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Kewapeper ?dC Tl^p*r? i?w woya^v r c iiu " ? " r CXuv jLDq The tendard Printing Oo. Ino.^^^ P. 0. Box 1736, Louisville 1,1 4^8w 1 Hworfc VOLUME 72 Subscription: $3.00 A Year; $4.00 Out Of State, 10* Per Copy WARRENT0N, COUNTY OF WARREN. N. C Tut rnon * \r MWUU J 1 <(|7, 17UO NUMbKK ^ Opening Of Schools Postponed Following Judge's Order Negro Enrollment In White Schools Increased; Faculty Integration Ordered The opening of all Warren County schools has been post poned for at least one week following a court order Issued by Judge Algernon Butler Sat urday, it was learned Monday from J. R. Peeler, Supt. of War ren schools. The board of education was scheduled to meet last night to set a new date for the open ing of schools which wereorigi nally scheduled to open Friday. Frank B. Banzet, attorney for the school board, was notified by telephone Saturday morning that a plan for further desegre gation of the school system sub mitted by the board of educa tion on August 19, had been re jected, and a new order was issued. He said that a written order would follow the telephone order. In his new order, Judge But ler ruled that the plan sub mitted by the board of education on August 19 was rejected as un satisfactory both for the 1968 69 and the 1969-70 school year. He ordered Increased integra tion of the school system for 1968-69 and complete desegre gation of all schools of the coun ty by the beginning of the 1969 70 school year. Judge Butler ordered for the 1968-69 school year that 15 per cent of Negro students must be enrolled in former white schools. feeler said that this would mean a total of 579 Negro students In former white schools.' Since 211 Negro student s had already been en rolled in these schools, this would mean that an additional 368 Negro students will have to be enrolled for the 1968 69 year. Judge Butler also ordered that at least two Negro teach ers must be assigned to form erly all - white schools, and that at least two white teachers must be assigned to formerly Negro schools. Supt. Peeler said that it is simply impossible to make the changes ordered by Judge But ler in less than a week's time. It is not certain that it can be done in a week's time, he said. He said it will require a week or more to assign and notify by mail the 368 addition al Negro students who will be transferred to predominantly white schools and that it will also be necessary to move sev eral mobile units from Negro schools to white schools to provide space for additional transferees. Bus routes will have to be changed and buses transferred. Peeler said that in addition it will require planningto reach a decision as to which teachers will be transferred. Additional time will also be required in preparing student schedules and in moving books, desks and other equipment and material. He said that a decision should be reached in time to notify students and patrons of the new opening date in next week's paper. 1 Superior Court To Open Session Here On Tuesday Two murder and seven man slaughter cases have been dock eted for trial at the Septem ber criminal term of Warren County Superior Court which will open here on next Tues day morning. Judge Leo Carr of Burlingtorixwill preside over the term. \ Court will open Tuesday due to the Labor Day holiday Mon day. The murder cases embrace one charge of murder in the first degree and the other a charge of murder in the second degree. The manslaughter cases grew out of two fatal automobile wrecks, with a defendant charg ed with five counts as the re suit of one wreck, and a second defendant charged with two counts In the other. Thirteen cases of drunk driv ing have also been docketed for trial. Cases have been docketed through Thursday of next week and they are as follows: Tuesday?Frank Brown, as sault with deadly weapon; George Washington Davis, drunk driving on driveway or parking space for customers; Jimmie Thomas Strickland, drunk driving; Lloyd Elmer Rudd, drunk driving; Levi Terry, drunk driving; Barbara Blrdson Turner, speeding; Perry Williams, five charges of manslaughter; Clyde Ray King, speeding 85 miles per hour in a 55 mph zone. Also, Minnie Silver, drunk driving; Arthur Cooper Boone, speeding 80 miles per hour In a 55 mph zone; Alfloyd Alston, five charges of assault with a deadly weapon; John Stevenson, assault with a deadly weapon; Robert Champion, speeding 95 miles per hour In a 80 mph zone; Alston Kearney, as sault on female; L M. Clark, operating motor vehi&e while license was suspended; Law rence William Seaman, reck less driving; Nathaniel Ellis, operating motor vehicle while license was suspended; Also, Ernest Jefferson Daniel drunk driving, Higgan Or lando Pat ton drunk driving, speeding 60 milee per hour In a 35 mph zone, no tall lights; Clanton Terrell Sharron, drunk , driving; Sylvester Wllburn, tar ries Meeks, aiding and abet in larceny; Samuel Roy Sanders, aiding and abetting in larceny; Clarence Thomas Fields, drunk driving, speeding 75 miles per hour in a 60 mph zone; Earnest Williams, driving while operator's license was revoked; Ivey Felts, third offense of public drunkenness; Willie Ella Burchett, two charges of manslaughter; Frank Harrington, larceny; Wallace Emmanuel Neal, speeding 73 miles per hour In a 55 mph zone, Improper regis tration, and driving while license was suspended. Wednesday ? George Thomas Jones, murdfr; Samuel Mans field Fishel, drunk driving and transporting taxpaid whiskey with seal broken; Fred Robert son, second offense of drunk driving and hit and run; Rob ert Rivers, reckless driving, speeding 90 miles per hour QSee COURT, page 3) Growers May Compete In Soybean Contest Any producer with a five-acre field or more of soybeans is eligible to participate In the North Carolina soybean contest, L. C. Cooper, Agricultural Ex tension Agent, said this week. He said that participants are not restricted to varieties, fer tilizers and cultural practices. The purpose of the contest, Cooper said, is to empha size those practices neces sary for efficient production, to encourage the production of quality soybeans and to help farmers produce the soybean crop to Its maximum potential In Its continued development of Warren County and state agri cultural opportunities. Awards are sponsored by the N. C. Soybean Producers Asso ciation, toe., and the N. C.State University Extension Service. Cooper said that a similar contest with identical rules and regulations, but limited to the seven Monties making up the capital Area Development Association, la being promoted by the Capital Area Develop ment Association, through the county CADA and Agricultural Committees. % Members of the committee are W. B. son, R. E. Fleming, R, Davis. Estimated Warren's 1968 Farm Income $10,690,000 Warren County's 1968 farm Income is estimated to be $10, 690,000, L. p. Hardage, coun ty extension chairman, said yesterday. He said this is a drop of about $50,000 from the 1967 income. While tobacco income will be down about $500,000, Hard EDWARDS Edwards Associated With Local Warehouse M. P. Edwards, Jr., 41, a native of Vance County, will be associated with C. E. (Buck) Thompson this year in the oper ation of Thompson's Ware house, succeeding the late Dick Young as sales manager. Edwards was reared on a Vance County tobacco farm ' and still operates a farm In Kittrell Township. He is the son of the late M. P. Edwards Sr., who was connected with Henderson warehouses for 39 years. Edwards has been connect ed with Henderson warehouses i for the past 16 years. Last year he backed sales at Farm - ers Warehouse at Henderson and was in charge of leaf. For the past nine years he con ducted sales for Wells Broth ers Warehouse in Glasgow, Ky. Edwards is married and the father of four children, two boys and two girls. One of the sons is a buyer with Reynolds Tobacco Company. Over 600 Familes Getting Food Stamps In Warren County Six hundred and twenty-four families embracing 3442 per sons were receiving food stamps in Warren County on Aug. 26, Julian Farrar, Wel fare Director, said yester day. Stamps received by these persons were valued at $48,167. New applications have de creased and the caseworker has begun home visits, Farrar said. Recertlfications are being made on recipient families where changing Income was expected within two or three months after participation (See STAMPS, page 2) ? r age said, this loss will belarge ly offset by Increased income from soybeans, cotton and beef cattle. Soybean will probably be the second highest producing crop income with a total of $750,000, the chairman esti mated. The cotton income will be up considerably from all indications. Cucumber income will be down about 25 per cent, but this will be offset by increas ed income from other commo dities. Hardage gave a complete breakdown of estimates as fol lows: All field crops, Including vegetables, greenhouse, flow ers, ornamental trees, and shrubs will be $7,231,559. Of this total tobacco accounts for $5,254,386. Livestock and livestock pro ducts, $1,430,000; an in \ crease over 1967. Forestry products, $1,448, 250. Livestock and forestry I products show a $75,000 increase. Government pay ments will be roughly $580,534, a slight increase. The outlook as of now is very encouraging, Hardage said, un less some unforseen circum stances arise. Hardage said that 1968 recre ational income is expected to reach $1,000,000 in the county. He said that while some of this goes to the farmers, this, how ever, is not counted in the total income. Rites For Former Norlina Mayor Are Held On Friday Funeral services for James Louis Overby, 89, were con ducted at 4 p. m. Friday at Norlina Methodist Church by the Rev. Bruce Pate and the Rev. Mr. Ekilaughman. Burial was in Warren Dale Ceme tery in Norlina. Mr. Overby, a former mayor of Norlina, died at the Roanoke Rapids Hospital on last Thurs day morning. He was a charter member of the Norlina Metho dist Church and was a Sunday School superintendent for 49 years. He owned and operat ed Overby's Grocery Store in Norlina for 60 years. He was also a member of Francis S. Packard Lodge AF&AM. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Hettle Clark Overby; a son, I J. Roy Overby of Raleigh; a j daughter, Mrs. Macon Moore | of Littleton; six grandchildren I ajd six great-grandchildren. STEW SALE The Annual Staff of John Gra ham High School will hold a Brunswick stew sale on Satur day, Aug. 31, at the Warrenton Rural Fire House. The stew will be cooked by Henry My rlck and will be ready by noon at $1.25 per quart. Mrs. J. L. Newsom of Char lotte spent several days this week with Mrs. L. O. Robert son. Warrenton Tobacco Market To Begin Sales On Tuesday Familiar ^cpno lit' Tobacco Is being prepared for curing on W. H. Hawks' a III II lal JIG II C III farm near Wise on Tuesday morning. This is a familiar site \il_____ /*?...??.. over all of Warren County where much tobacco still re TT arrcn county mains in the fields. Norwood Succeeds Davis As Forester Allen T. Norwood has been selected to fill the Warren County Forest Ranger vacancy created by the recent retirment of Wilbur F. Davis on July 1. District Forester E. F. Corn of Rocky Mount yesterday an nounced Norwood's selection and said he will move to the new job Sept. 1. Norwood is the son of George C. Norwood who lives near Cokesbury in Vance County. The new County Ranger grad uated from John Graham High School in Warrenton in June of 1958. For the past three years he has worked for the North Carolina Forest Service as Assistant County Ranger in Vance County under the super vision of Mr. Rufus Daniels. Norwood is married to the former Jacqueline Rose of Vance County. They have two children Michael who is two and a half years old and Rus sell who is one. Ranger Nor wood and his family will move to a residence near the center of the County on or near the first of September. The Warren County Forest Ranger works directly under the supervision of District Fores ter E. F. Corn whose office is in Rocky Mount. The Dis trict Forester and his Staff will assist Ranger Norwood in carrying out a varied Forestry Program in the County. Forest fire suppression and fire pre vention will always hold top priority in the program. Assist ant District Forester David Hudson of Rocky Mount will advise and assist Warren Coun ty landowners with scientific management and harvesting of their forest stands. Landown '57-4227?w the Ranger at 257 4227 Warren Fire.Tower for this assistance. The County Forest Ranger will collect forest tree^eed through producers, sell tree seedlings and deliver them, give Planting Instructions, assist in he Forest Service superior tree program, plow pre suppression fire lanes for land owners, provide custom pre scribed burning service, mark timber, provide educational forestry programs for interest ed groups, promote a program of forest insect and disease detection and control, and co operative efforts w,th other County Agricultural Workers and RUrai Flre Departmems Warren Smokechaser Irvine Halthcock and Warren Lookout Tower Operator Mrs. Mary W rwmy will continue their For-' Service duties under the supervision of Ranger Norwood. Hew Water Tank Is *?w In Operation Warrenton's new 150,000 gallon water tank went into full operation Wednesday morning, J. Edward Rooker, town man ager, said yesterday. The tank had been filled Sat urday and sterilized withchlo rene for 48 hours. Follow ing this period the water was tested for purity by the State Board oi Health and certified ? Ctory' Hooker said Following the tests the tank Tf oL y fiUed with ^ter at ^lan!the fUllng was com t^k m ^Sday nlght and the Sneif ln fUl1 nation Wednesday morning. tan^H ??W tank reo'aces the tank destroyed by a warehouse fire on Aug. i5 last yeJ Rooker said that the enter gency pressure tank leased by the town is expected to be re S?thfr?m thC '"'^'wn lot within the next few days. In Hospital ?*?"??>? a? follows: m^ T>eyJl"rtln' janlce Se? Peytona Rogers, Louis. 2*^' V'1** Stearin, Graham Hamm' SniU,y' WU11? Qf?nt. Clark, _ st**art? Moses Kearney, f?1* ?rMc. Wiley Colwnan Sidney Gibson, Eudora^fcZ WB'Michelle Carroll, Mat iMaaU. LQlle Alston, Ce PMkSrr LEAVEi Mlaaaa I Nicholson i ALLEN T. NORWOOD John Graham Tadam Jacket. ir* pictured, mi to right: drat _ ? * - ?--t- l D*nny Bartholomew, Oeorfe Stearin, Harry Williams, BurwaU Powell, Jerry Thompson, Jim JOHh UriniM s flam, Robin Capps, Bon Ayooch, manager; aaoood row?Coach Wayne Plaater, Tarry rovers B1U Young, ?a*a White, Ronnie Rlggan, Clarence (Bock) Young, Carl Peoplea, Clifton WUaon, a A/A r ?? ? r - #5 H*rT'T Brooke; beak row-a trance Thorapaoa, Bobby MUea, Edward Shearln, Billy ' ItW rOOtblll Solid 8pntf11, Mecoln Brown, Leon Edmooda, Wayaa Short, Hugh Da*la, Julian HobarU Not present j whan the picture waa taken laat Friday morning ware Lafayette Turner, Benny Hllllard, Alt" Cheek, and rraok Onftar. Mi Graham wOl open its football season bare un Friday i ? ? from Park View High School, near Sooth RUI, Vk. Change At One Of Five W'houses The Warrenton Tobacco Market will open at 9 o'clock on next Tuesday morning, Sept. 3 with five warehouses prepar ed to receive the farmers crop. Currins Warehouse will have first sale next Tuesday. Boyd's will have second; Farmers, third; Center, fourth; and Thompson's, fifth. The five warehouses will be under the same management as of last year with the exception of Thompson's, and many famil iar faces will be found among the buyers who will represent all the companies and many independent this season. Earl Lightsey of Florida and Bill Martin will again be the auctioneers on the Warreeton Market. Lightsey will auction eer for Currins, Farmers and Center. Martin will auction eer for Thompson's and Boyd's. One new face will be found among those operating the warehouses here this year. M. P. Edwards of Henderson will be associated withe. E. Thomp son in the operation of Thomp son's Warehouse. He replaces the late Dick Young as partner and sales supervisor. Boyd's Warehouse will be operated by Walker P. Bur well; Center by M. P. Carroll, Edward Moody and Edward Rad ford; Currins by D. G. Cur rin, Jr., C. W. Currin and D. E. Tillotson; Farmers by Edward Tarwater and Gayle Tarwater; and Thompson's by C. E. (Buck) Thompson and M. P. Edwards. Dan Currin, president of the Warrenton Tobacco Board of Trade, said yesterday that he feels that tobacco sales will be lighter on all Middle Belt markets this year because of damage to tobacco because of the extreme heat of the past several weeks. He said that leaf from the lower part of the stalk should be very good but that tips and other upper leav es were apt to be light and some of it of inferior quality. He stressed that this was only his private opinion. "That's the way it looks to me," he said. In spite of a possibly smaller crop than anticipated a few weeks ago, warehousemen are looking for a good season and are extending an invitation to farmers of Warren and ad jacent counties to sell their tobacco at Warrenton, the larg est single sales market In the Middle Belt. Rotary Club Hosts Plstrict Governor Avery C. Upchurch, district Governor tor this area at Ro tary International made Ids official visit to the Warren ton Club laat Tuesday. Follow ing a business aessioo with the officers and directors of the local club, principal address at t dinner ; meeting of ? club hald In the Civic at Colonial of tor 1M?~M
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