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VOLUME 72 Subscription: $3.00 A Year; $4.00 Out Of State, 10* Per Copy WARRENT0N, COUNTY OF WARREN, N. C. THURSDAY. IUNE 20. 1968 NUMBER 25
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The Warren County Cucumber Committee are pictured, left
to right: Milton King, station manager, Mount Olive Pickle
Connany; Richard Davis, contest chairman; I.. B. Hardage,
county extension chairman: Scott Gardner, president, Warren
County Chamber of Commerce; R. V. (Buck) Fleming, Jr.,
field director, Perfect Pack Pickle Company: and L, C. Cooper,
agricultural extension agent. Hot) Butler, field director, Mount
Olive Pickle Company, was not present when the picture was
m ade.
Cucumber Yields Contest To Be Held
A county-wide cucumber
yield contest will be sponsor
ed by the Warren County Cham
ber of Commerce this year with
the sanction of county mer
chants. L. C. Cooper, Agricul
tural Extension Agent, announc
ed yesterday.
The major purpose of the
contest, the first to be held
in Warren County, is to en
courage the development of new
production techniques and to
promote record keeping, Coop
er said.
Growers will compete for
station prizes and county priz
es. To enter, growers can get
an entry sheet from any sta
tion manager or at the county
extension officers. Growers are
required to keep accurate re
cords of cucumber yields, and
measure size of field harvest
ed.
Cooper said that cucumber
production came to Warren
County in 1944, according to
Bob Butler, field director,
Mount Olive Pickle Company.
He said his company started
with one station with less than
50 acres of cucumber.
Farmers received in 1944
two cents for No. l's; one cent
for No. 2'd and l/2 cent for
No. 3's. This year the farm
ers will receive 7 cents for
No. l's, 3 1/2 cents for No.
2's, and 1 1/2 cents for No.
3's.
Butler said Mount Olive con
tracts over 1,000 acres in War
ren County, employing over 104
workers at 10 cucumber buying
stations during the harvest sea
son, with a payroll exceeding
$425,000 for trucking, labor
and green cucumbers.
Brookneal Pickle Company
started buying cucumbers in the
Warrenton area In the late
forties and now has eight sta
tions servingthe Warren Coun
ty area. Brookneal contracts
an estimated 800 acres with a
payroll in excess of $375,000
for labor, cucumbers and trans
portation, according to R. V.
Fleming, field director for Per
fect Pack Pickle Company.
Cooper said that the cucum
ber committee reports that the
19G8 crop looks very good and
growers are expected to exceed
last year's record of gross in
come.
Board Goes On Record
As Opposing Gun Laws
The Board of Warren Ccran
tv Commissioners went on re
cord as opposing all gun regis
tration and control bills at a
WORKMEN SHOWN ERECTING WATER TANK WEDNESDAY
Water Tank Being Erected
A 150,000-gallon water tank
> for the Town of Warrenton U
being erected on a site at the
Warrenton Fair Grounds by
R, G. Coleman Manufacturing
Company of Nerwnan, Oa.
Footing for the tank
completed several weeks ago by
H. W. Cornell, a sub-contrac
tor, who also has the eon
tract for making water connec
tions, bat It
before the first
arrived. A
work was done on Friday but
It was Monday before work
was started In earnest.
While the completion date
is August 12, those In charge
of erecting the tank say they
win oomplete the Job within four
weeks, J. Ed. Booker, town
manager said yesterday.
?* After the tank Is erected, con
nections will have to be made
fence around ^he
s say that the entl
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Job will be completed by August
12, the completion date set In
the contract.
The contract price for the
tank, Including foundation,
water connections and a fence
around the property la $82,063.
However, Hooker said, thla U
not the complete coat of the pro
ject, The total coat la expect
ed to be around $70,000, he
said.
The teak wW repine, a78,000
gallon tank <**royed in a fire
hereon Aug. 16, 1807.
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special meeting'held here on
Tuesday morning.
On motion of Commissioner
A. J. Ellington, seconded by
Commissioner Richard Davis,
the following recommendation
was adopted.
"Resolved that the Board of
Commissioners of Warren
County does hereby pet it ion the
Congress of the United States
of America to vote against any
and all gun registration and
gun control bills presented to
it in order that the constitution
al right to keep and bear arms
may be preserved."
Kate White Williams
Dies At Hospital
Miss Kate White Williams,
75, died in Warren General
Hospital on Tuesday after a
long illness.
Miss Williams, the daughter
of the late Sol Williams and Kate
White Williams, was born in
Fork Township, but moved
to Warrenton with her family
when she was a young girl.
For many years she was em
ployed as a bookkeeper by Bur
roughs Grocery Company. She
was a member of Emmanuel
Episcopal Church.
Funeral services will be con
ducted today (Thursday) at 11
a. m at Emmanuel Episcopal
Church by the Rector, the Rev.
Robert Orvis. Burial will be
in Fairview Cemetery.
Surviving are two sisters,
Mrs. Arthur Petar of Warren
ton and Mrs. J. w. Turman
of Richmond, Va.
Dog Owners' Neglect
Hay Bring Arrest
Warren County residents who
have not listed and had their
dogs vaccinated are now subject
to prosecution, C. J. Fleming,
Dog Warden, said yesterday.
Dog owners had until June 1
to list and vaccinate their dogs
and after 14 days notice by the
dog warden became subject to
prosecution.
Fleming said that he has al
ready issued eight warrants to
those he has notified and will
issue warrants tor the arrest of
others who have not complied
with the law as soon as the 14
day notification period has
Mrs. w. P. Raitord, Jr., at
Charlotte Is spending the week
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Mra. Mildred Wagner is
visiting friends and relatives
in Texas.
Residential Building Ups
Values In Warren County
Hearing On
Roads Is
Held Here
Real estate developments
were responsible for the ma
jority of requests for road im
provements at a public meeting
with highway commission offi
cials at the court house here
last Thursday morning.
Meeting with the county com
missioners to discuss road
problems with Interested citi
zens were J. B. Brame, High
way Commissioner for the fifth
division, and Merle Adkins, di
vision engineer, both of Dur
ham, Wayne Adkins, district
engineer, of Henderson, and J.
H. Beddinfield, county super
visor. Amos L. Capps,
chairman of the board of county
commissioners, presided over
the meeting.
Presented by Chairman
Capps, Commissioner Brame
briefly outlined the highway
commission organization and
duties. The highway com
missioners, who receive $7.00
a day for their services, Brame
said, have final authority and
are responsible for the overall
organizational procedure. Us
ually the division and district
engineers have much of the re
sponsibility for determining
what roads should be added to
the system, stabilized, or
paved, under a priority system.
Divisiog Engineer Merle Ad
kins, presen5ed<by Brame, ex
plained the priority system un
der which roads are selected
for paving. Priorities, lie ex
plained. are based on number
of inhabitants living along,
a road, school bus routes,
(See ROADS, page 21
Board Sponsors
Williams For Fire
Ranger Position
Harry M. Williams, Jr., Fork
Township farmer, was recom
mended for appointment as
Warren County Fire Ranger by
the county commissioners in
session here Tuesday morning.
The appointment of a Fire
Ranger will actually be made
by the State Forestry Commis
sion but recommendations of
the commissioners usually car
ries considerable weight with
the Commission.
Chairman Amos L, Capps and
all the commissioners were
present at the meeting.
Williams was recommended
to replace Wilbur R. Davis,
who has retired after many
years service as Fire Ranger
for the county.
The motion to recommend
Williams was made by Com
missioner A. J. Ellington, sec
onded by Commissioner Davis,
and unanimously passed.
During the session the com
missioners ordered that a beer
license be granted to Eddie Lee
Fltts upon receipt of state per
mit.
The commissioners resolved
that the tentative budget for
the fiscal year 1968-69 as pre
sented by the County Auditor for
all purposes other than schools,
and the tentative budget for
schools for the said fiscal
year as presented by the Coun
ty Board of Education, be filed
and published.
iontconiag To Bo
Hold At Reedy Creek
Homecoming will be observed
at Reedy ere* Baptist Church
on Sunday, June M, beginning
at 11 a. m.
Homecoming services Sun
day will be followed by a re
vival beglnateg on Monday night
through
?t 7:48 p. m.
The Rev.
Valuation Increase By Townships
low nship
1 967
19f>8
(?a in
River
$1,900,410
$2,014,938
$ 59,028
Sixpound
1,196,670
1,248,422
01,702
Hawtree
1,000,837
1,620,048
69,211
Smith Creek
2,618,787
2,707,007
138,220
Nutbush
1,274,321
1,363,272
89,901
Sandy Creek
1,309,686
1,322,400
12,714
Shocco
726,932
700,182
23,250
Fishing Creek
1,033,282
1,081,507
48,225
Judkins
1,386,938
1,421,388
34,400
Warrenton
6,937,962
7,049,963
112,001
Fork
? 708,745
769,059
10,314
Roanoke
545,608
273,320
Wildwood Point
643,402
371,119
$21,295,178
$22,314,913
$1,019,735
Corporation
2,518,879
2,518,879*
?Estimate
$23,814,057
$24,833,792
$1,019,735
Commissioners Choose
Community Action Agency
Franklin-Vance-Warren Op
portunity, Inc., was designated
as the Community Action Agen
cy for Warren County at a spec
ial hearing held by the Board
of County Commissioners In
the courtroom on Tuesday
morning.
J. H. Limer, county attorney
presided over the public
meeting, at the request of vice
chairman Richard R. Davis, who
was serving in the absence of
Chairman Amos L. Capps.
Limer announced that notice
of the hearing had been given
in both The Warren Record and
the Littleton Observer and the
purpose of the meeting was to
have an expression from the
public. No one spoke against
the proposal.
George Boyd, director of the
FVWO, said that several of the
commissioners were familiar
with the organization and ask
ed for an expression from the
members. They said that they
felt that the organization would
be the proper agency for the
county.
The motion to make the FVWO
the action agency for the coun
ty was made by Commissioner
A. J. Ellington, seconded by
Commissioner Robert Thorne
and passed With no opposition.
Commissioners present at
the meeting were Vice Chair
man. Richard R. Davis, and
Commissioners A. J. Ellington,
and Robert Thorne.
REV. L. T. WILSON
Ted Wilson Is Chosen
As lion Of The Year'
Lion L. T. (Ted) Wilson was
chosen as the Lion of the Year at
the regular meeting of the War
renton Lions Club last Friday
night.
Lion Wilson, pastor of
Wesley Memorial Methodist
Church for the past four years,
has been a member at the local
club during all that period.
He has been the leader of the
Little League baseball project
to which he devoted consider
able time to get it properly
organised and running smooth
ly, and has been active la all
phases of Lions work.
Mr. Wilson took an active
pert in the United Methodist
General Oonferenoe. at Dallas,
Texas, when he was one of the
two ministers reoordh* the
proceedings at the two weeks
meeting which ended on May S.
His father, the Rev. W. <
of Raleigh, t!
Mr. and Mrs. gem
ference Journal at this meet
ing.
Lion Wilson was rece-Jy re
turned to Warrentrj tor
fifth-year term as pastor of
Wesley Memorial Church by the
North Carolina Methodist Con
ference.
Lion Duke Miles made a re
port of the recent State Con
vention at Ashevllle and recog
nised all the Lions that attend
ed tor brief reports.
President F. P.WhlUeypre
sided over the meeting held at
the Rural Fire Department Hall
where Chef Henry My rick i
a delicious pH
Million
Dollar
Increase
Taxable values >>ow an in
crease of mire that one mil
lion dollars in War'en County
last year, according to figures
on file in the office of A. P. Rod
well, Jr., tax supervisor.
Since taxable values are bas
ed on 40 percent of the as
sessed values, the actual in
crease duringtheone-year per
iod was more than two and one
half-million.
Taxable valuations in 1967
were $23,814,057, and in 1967
these values had increased to
$24,833,792, if the same cor
poration values are used in 1968
as were used in 1967. Rodwell
explained that corporation
values are assessed by the
state and have not yet
been reported, which might
change the final total to a de
gree. However, he said, the
corporation values usually show
a slight increase each year.
For this reason these estimated
values are included in the final
total by this newspaper.
Practically all the increase
in valuations are credited to an
increase in residential build
ing, with the development of
property around Gaston Lake
responsible for the greater part
of the increase.
Property valuations in Roa
noke Township, which In
1967 showed an increase over
1966, again showed a big in
crease in 1968. The $371,119
increased for the year was
slightly less than 70 percent.
The development of Wildwood
Point was responsible for much
of the increase in Roanoke
Township. In 1967 all of Roa
noke Township was included In
the $545,608 valuation. In 1968
Wildwood was listed separate
ly for $643,402, and the
rest of the township was list
ed at $273,325, for a total
of $916,727.
The greatest increase in the
county, $371,119 was in Roa
noke Township, and the least
increase, $10,314, was in Fork
Township.
The impact of Gaston Lake on
valuations in Roanoke Town
I ship is shown by the rise in
I values since the lake was built.
Five years ago the valuation in
Roanoke was $187,944: it was
the smallest in population of all
the 12 townships, with pro
spects of advancement perhaps
the least promising. Today its
valuation is $916,727. still third
from the bottom, but with in
dications that it may soon be
one of the counties most pros
perous townshinc
Han And Wife Are
Elected To Offices
A Warren County man and his
wife were elected to office at
the 61st annual convention of
the North Carolina Association ,
of Launderers and Dry Clean
ers held at the Statler Hil
ton Inn in Raleigh June 12-13.
Mrs. Graham Grissom of
Norllna was elected president of
the Launderers and Dry Clean
ers Auxiliary. She had ser
ved as vice president In
1967.
Graham P. Grissom, Mayor
of Nor line, was elected vice
president of the association's
central division. He has ser
ved on the board of direc
tors for a number of years.
? Mrs. Grissom own