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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, TUNE 27, 1968 NUMBER 26
One of the two Welcome Centers in North Carolina, which
xe scheduled to open on Aug. 1, is shown under construction
?n Wednesday morning. It is located on 1-85 between Oine and
where 1-85 Is crossed by Highway No. 1, and is on the site of
a former rest area.
Welcome Station To Open On August 1
North Carolina's two wel
ome centers, one on 1-85 in
Varren County and the other
in 1-95 In Northampton County,
re expected to begin operation
in Aug. 1, according to a Raleigh
lews story.
Among the six hostesses al
ieady employed are a Norllna
roman and two women from
lenderson. They are Mrs.
Unda Fleming of Norllna and
Urs. Rachel Petty and Mrs.
Jandra Perklnson of Hender
on.
Other hostesses are Mrs.
Xlexis Smith of Dunn, Mrs.
Dorothy Eason of Jackson, Mrs.
Eat Nethery of Halifax, and
More Than Half Of
Citizens Non-Farmers
While all of Warren County,
Including its Incorporated
towns, is classified as rural,
less than half of its people are
classified as farmers, accord
ing to Information compiled and
computed by the U.S. Bureau of
the Census.
A table prepared by the Uni
versity of North Carolina from
the census figures and released
last week shows that 52.9 per
cent of Warren's population is
classified as non-farm and 47.1
per cent is classified as farm.
Thirty-one of North Caro
lina's 100 counties are classi
fied as rural, the table reveals.
Vance, Franklin, Halifax and
Nash counties, all of which
border on Warren, are classi
fied as urban. The only rural
county bordering on Warren is
Northampton.
Miss Judy Mumford of Sea
board. The eighth hostess has
not been hired yet.
Their salaries will range
from $4,176 to $6,408 a year.
The young women, who will
officially greet tourists to North
Carolina at the state's two wel
come centers, began a four
week training session Monday to
bone up on fact and fiction of
the Old North State.
Governor Dan Moore greeted
six of the seven attractive young
women already employed on
their first day on the Job Mon
day. He reminded them of the
Important role they will play
in promoting North Carolina as
a "Variety Vacationland." Miss
Judy Mumford was unable to be
present at the governor's office.
For their call at the gover
nor's office, the hostesses
sported smart beige uniforms
trimmed In dark brown. They
wore matching leather gloves
and stylish brown shoes.
During the coming weeks the
hostesses will tour North Caro
lina, visiting practically every
historical and recreational spot
in the state.
Mrs. Sara Harrison, super
visor of the welcome centers,
said the hostesses will be ex
pected "to tell visitors about
attractions in North Carolina."
In addition, she said, they will
plan vacations and map out
routes as well as supplying in
formation about the weather,
highways and accomodations.
Mrs. Harrison said the two
new welcome centers will be
open 365 days a year?from 8
a.m. to 8 p.m. in June, July
and August, and from 8 a.m.
to 5 p.m. during the remaining
months.
The centers are being built
of brick In a Fleming bond pat
tern, using "Old Salem" archi
tecture. Each will have a bay
window and dormer window on
the second level. Total costs
of both centers, now nearlng
completion, is about $120,000.
The C & D Board requested
the 1967 General Assembly to
appropriate funds to build aeven
welcome centers. The Advisory
Budget Commission recom
mended only four and this
number was cut to two by the
Legislature's Joint Appropria
tion Committee.
Revival To Be Held
At Browns
A series of revival services
will be held at Browns Baptist
Church at Axtelle from June 30
to July 5, the Rev. J. Marshall
Neathery, pastor, announced
yesterday. Services will oe
held each night, beginning at
8 o'clock.
The Rev. Gwyn P. Sullivan,
pastor of the New Sandy Creek
Baptist Church, will be the
guest preacher. He is a native
of Caldwell County and has been
the pastor of New Sandy Creek
Church since December, 1967.
He is married and has four
children.
Special music will be ren
dered throughout the week, Mr.
Neathery said. He said the
public is cordially invited to
attend these services of wor
ship.
Warren County To Start Own
Ambulance Service On July 1
Warren County will operate
Its own ambulance service, be
ginning on July 1, on a seven
day, 24-hour basis.
The service, Which will begin
with one ambulance, will be
operated by Roy Harmon of
Warren ton on a salary basis,
and he will be backed tg> by the
Warren ton Rescue Squad and
the War ronton Fire Department
on an emergency basis.
Twelve thousand dollars has
been placed In the budget for
the purchase of an ambulance
and for its operation. Harmon
said yesterday that the ambu
lance has already been ordered
and delivery bee been promised
within 20 days. He said that by
special agreement he would be
permitted to use the ambulance
of the Warrauton Rural Fire De
partment until the county's am
bulance arrives, in order that
the service might start on July
1.
On and after July 1 pera
phone numbers:
257-3364 (Sheriff's office),
day.
257-3123 (Warrenton Police
Dept.), night.
257-3749 (Harmon's home),
at any hour.
Persons needing ambulances
are asked to call Harmon first.
All trips will be charged for
by the rates set up by the oounty
commissioners last week. They
are:
Any trip within oounty?$20.
Trips outside oounty?$20,
plus 20$ a mile both ways from
the county line. The first hour
at a waiting period wfll be
without ??MPVM>al charge;
additional hour $5.00.
Harmon said that in eases at
emergency he would be assisted
by the Sheriffs Department
where two officers and the Jailer
has fur
?ertfkia. *
la eases at \
accidents. oi**
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call thai the county's service
would be backed up by ambu
lances of the Warrenton Rural
Fire Department and the War
renton Rescue Squad.
Harmon stressed the fact that
the new ambulance service Is
not a private service bat Is
county owned and county
operated. He said that If It Is
to be successful the full coop
eration of the citizens must be
given.
Harmon has been the chief
driver tor the Warrenton Rural
Fire Department's ambulance
and has made many trips to
local and oat-of-coonty hos
pitals daring the emergency
caused by the withdrawal at all
funeral homes from ambulance
service. He said yesterday that
while the oooaty system Is new
bare he feats that It will not only
give the county good i
service but that It
la burden from both the
Fire Depar
Bad Check,
Whiskey
Cases Tried
A Warren County woman,
found guilty on two counts of
violating the whiskey laws of
the state, and a defendant
charged with two charges of
giving a worthless check, were
tried in Warren- County Re
corder's Court last Friday.
Other cases involved speeding
charges.
Daisy Bell Bullock was
charged with possession of non
taxpaid whiskey for sale and in
a second case was charged with
possession of non-taxpaid
whiskey. The defendant was
sentenced to the woman'sprison
at Raleigh for six months on
each count. The sentences were
suspended for five years in each
case. Provisions of the suspen
sion in the first case was that
the defendant not violate any of
the prohibition laws of the state
for five years and pays a fine
of $200 and court costs. The
provisions in the second case
were the same except that the
fine was omitted.
C. B. Frazier pled guilty to
giving a worthless check in two
cases. Prayer for judgment was
continued in each case. In one
case he was required to pay into
the office of the Clerk of Super
ior Court the sum of $18 for
the use of Rose's Store. In the
second case he was required to
pay into the office of the Clerk
of Superior Court the sum of
$22.00 for the use of Rose's
Store, and pay court costs.
Defendants in speeding cases
and verdicts of the court were
as follows:
Roger Butler, costs; Joseph
P. Glenn, costs; Charles R.
Freedman, costs; Dale Virginia
Goff, $10 and costs; Gary Carle
ton Cough, costs; John B run son
Hammond, Jr., costs; Oscar D.
Jeter, costs; Charles Edward
Lesher, costs; Jack Curtfs
Smith, costs; Arnold Thomas
Stencil, costs; Hartford Bunn,
costs.
Coke Machine At
Marina Damaged
Henderson?A Coke machine
at Tar Heel Marina was broken
Into nd damaged an estimated
$200 during the weekend, the
sheriff's office was advised
today by Harold Watktne, of the
bottling company. The money
box and money were taken, said
the report late Monday.
DIFFERENT RIVERS
The Robert Rivers, a i
defendant la Warren County Re
corder's court on charges of
violation of motor vehicle laws,
la not tha Robert D, Rivera of
Norllna who drives a Pepsi
Cola track tor a Henderson
Food Stamp Program In
Warren County Delayed
Warren County 1968-69 Tax
Rate Is Again Set At $1.97
Warren County's 1968-69tax
rate will remain at $1.97 on the
$100 valuation, according to the
4-H Club Members
To Leave For Camp
Twenty Warren County 4-H
Club members will leave on
Monday, July 1, for a camp at
Betsy-Jeff Penn 4-H Center
near Reldsville. They will be
accompanied by Miss Emily
Balllnger, home economics ex
tension agent, and a leader.
The Warren County campers
will camp with 4-H Club mem
bers from Davidson County for
a week of recreation, educa
tional classes and fun.
Club members attendingfrom
Warren County will be Elaine
Bender, Suzanne Bender, Donna
Brauer, Katherlne Brauer,
Annie Craft, Edith Craft, Tom
mie Craft, Dawn Curtis, Alice
Dryden, Susan Dryden, Paula
Fleming, Kathryn King,
Paulette Robertson, Daniel
Bender, Samuel Bender, Tony
Coley, Phillip Fleming, Anthony
Garrett, Michael Garrett, and
Michael West.
tentative budget adopted by the
commissioners on June 18 and
released to the public this week.
The $1.97 rate is the same that
has prevailed here for the pas)
four years.
The budget must remain open
for public inspection for 20 days
prior to its formal adoption.
An allotment of $12,000 for
ambulance service and
$13,000.00 for the construction
of an addition at the Welfare
Department are new figures in
cluded in the budget, making a,
reduction in the rate im
possible. More than a million
dollars rise In valuations made
it possible to hold the rate at
the same figure.
The tentative budget calls for
a total appropriation of
$773,901.17. Of this amount
$432,548.68 is from ad valorem
taxes and $321,352.49 is from
taxes other than ad valorem. Ad
valorem taxes account for 57.4
per cent of the budget and non
ad valorem taxes account for
42.6 per cent of the budget.
Schools account for around
one-third of the total budget.
Current expenses of the schools
are $169,198.24, and capital
outlay for $59,418.93, for atotal
of $229,617.17.
Other items going to makeup
the budget are:
General Fund, $193,707.06;
County Accountant, $13,103.08;
Farm Agent $17,496.52; Home
Demonstration Agent, $6,
149.04; Public Health, $25,773
.80; Poor, $1,000; O.A.A.
Grants, $26,705.00; Aid to
Blind, $8,088.00; A.F.D.C,
Grants, $37,498.00; A.P.T.D.
Grants, $19,862.00.
Welfare Department Ad
ministration, $67,282.00; Vet
eran Service Officer, $5,112.00;
Ambulance Service, $12,000;
Court House, $4,000.00; Hos
pital Maintenance, $35,250.00;
Revaluation, $7,200.00; Indus
trial Development, $11,800.00;
Debt Service, $33,257.50.
Injures Eye
A.D. (Bud) Endicot', who sus
tained an eye injury at Gaston
Lake on ihiesday is at Duke
Hospital in Durham where it
is not yet known whether the
sight of the eye can be saved.
He was struck in the left eye
by a flying nail as he was en
gaged in carpentering.
Three Warren County 4-H members who were district winners In 4-H demonstration com
petition at East Central 4-H Activity Day are, left to right: Linda Heltzman, Laura Bender and
Arlene Bender.
Three Warren County 4-H Mergers
Are Winners In District Contest
Three Warren County 4-H
club members were District
winners in 4-H demonstration
competition at East Central 4-H
Activity Day held at Clayton
High School, Clayton, on Thurs
day, June 20.
The members placing first In
the district were Linda Holtz
mann in Dairy Foods Demon
stration contest (Early Teens);
Laura Bender In Egg Cookery
demonstration and Arlene Ben-1
der in Girl's Electric demon
stration. These club members
will each receive $20.00
scholarships to State 4-H Club
Weak to be held in Raleigh
July 22-26. Linda's scholar
ship Is given by the American <
Dairy Association at North
Carolina; Laura's is given by
the North Carolina Egg Mar
keting Association; aadAr
lene'a la given by the Tar Heel
Electric Membership Assocl
Earlier this year, two War- II
ren County leaders, Mrs. Chris
bers being declared top place
winners In the District, there
were several Warren County
club members receiving blue
ribbons In their areas of par
ticipation. Demonstration blue
ribbon winners were Delaine
Meek in Fruit and Vegetable
Use demonstration and Eric
Tunstall In Poultry Barbecue
demonstration. Sondra John
son placed In the blue ribbon
group In Girl's Public Speak
ing.
The three talent numbers
from Warren County were all
blue ribbon winners. These
numbers Included William
Crews, singing a solo; Mary
Dovell Taylor, Paulette
Robertson, Rosa Felts, Debra
Smith, Linda Holtzmann and
8e*anoe Bender, giving a tap
danoe routine; and Diane Hen
dricks, Sandra Heodricks,
David Hendricks, Mary Qwyn
?Ml Richard Coleman
"Aura Lee" and'
and their
and Patricia Williams in Rural
Civil Defense demonstration;
Richard Holtzmann In Wildlife
demonstration; and Mary Renea
Reavls in Soil and Water Con
servation demonstration.
Club members receiving
white ribbons and their area
of competition were Kathy Per
ry and Roy C. Alston In Forage
Crop demonstration; Gwyn Hun
ter, Home Improvement demon
stration; Mary Qwyn Coleman,
Sewing demonstration; Danny
Davis, Tractor Operator con
test; and Sandra Raskins
Jacqueline Hasklns, The
American Business
Nancy Mitchell was Warren
County's voting delegate.
Others from Warren Ooaety
: ths East Central Dis
trict Activity Dap
?ar
uc.
Warion County Food Stamp
Program, scheduled to begin
operation on July 1, will be
delayed in opening and possibly
cancelled, Julian W, Farrar,
Welfare Director, announced
Tuesday.
Farrar said he was notified
of the delay and possible can
cellation in a letter received
from the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture Consumer
and Marketing Service, Wash
ington, D.C., last Friday.
He said thai contact has been
made by state officials through
N.C. Senator Jordan, who Is a
member of the Senate Agri
cultural Committee, to permit
the three N.C. Counties of Gull
ford, Rockingham, and Warren
to begin their programs but no
affirmative action has yet been
received. Rep. L.H. Fountain
has also been notified.
Farrar said that persons is
sued identification cards should
retain them until further notice.
The Citizens Bank has al
ready received a shipment of the
coupons for use beginning July
1. These will be retained until
further disposition of the pro
gram is k.:uwn.
A number of Warren County
merchants have qualified to
handle food stamps following a
meeting with Sam W. Pope,
officer in charge of the Con
sumer Food Program field of
fice In Rocky Mount, here on
June 18. Farrar said yester
day that more than 200 families
had already been certified to
participate in the Bt?mp Pro
gram, and Federal and Food
Stamp Program officials last
week were urging Warren
County citizens to participate
in the program.
The Letter from the USDA
Consumer and Marketing Ser
vice, signed by Rodney
E. Leonard, Administrator, and
addressed to J.W. Farrar, Di
rector of Warren County
' Department of Public Welfare,
reads as follows:
"This is to Inform you thai
we have today notified the chief
welfare officer of your State
that the Food Stamp Program
cannot open in your area in
July, even though we had earlier
indicated our approval of his
plans.
"At this time we do not know
at what level the Food Stamp
Program will be funded in fis
cal 1969. Until this is clear,
I have no other alternative than
to take the above action. We
are authorizing only 98 areas
in the entire country to open in
July. These 98 areas are among
the 1,000 lowest per capita in
come counties that do not now
have a food assistance program
for needy families. We will
soon make a decision as to the
status of other areas among the
1,000 lowest per capita income
counties that have requested to
be designated for food stamps.
"I regret having to tqke this
action but to do otherwise could
Jeopardize the entire Pood
Stamp Program which now
reaches Z.S million people In
1,097 areas throngbont the
United States. I am hopeful
that the funding situation will
be settled shortly, ta the mean
time, If we can assist yon In
alleviating immediate food
Program, we will be
to work with yon eed
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