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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, DECEMBER 12, 1968 NUMBER 50
h . . John Graham High School Yellow Jackets who received recognition on All East Class A Teams
Keceive are pictured above, left to right; Jim Elam, freshman center who won honorable mention;
m m Bennie Hilliard, Junior back who won berth on first team; Leon Edmonds, junior back, who won
Recoan ition Place on second team; and senior linemen Buck Young and Wayne Short who won honorable
' mention.
John Graham Gridders Make All-East Team
John Graham High School
placed one player on the All
East Class A football team as
published in The News and Ob
server last Friday; one player
on the second team and had three
other players to make honorable
mention.
Selected to the first team
was Bennie Hiliiard, a jun
ior. The second team selec
tion was Leon Edmonds, also
a junior. Making honorable
mention were Wayne Short,
tackle; Jimmie Elams, center;
Buck Young, guard. Short and
Young are seniors and Elams
is a freshman.
All members of the first team
are seniors with the exception
of Junior Bennie Hiliiard, and
ail members of the second team
are senior with the exception of
?T snlor Leon Edmonds.
The first team stars, their
parents and head coaches will
be honored at the Annual Awards
Banquet on Thursday night, Jan.
23, at Raleigh with Carolina
Coach Bill Dooley the speaker.
Hiliiard, the first team selec
tion, averaged over eight yards
a carry In picking up 1235
yards and scoring 19 touch
downs and five conversions. He
was a fine blocker and tackle,
Warrenton Coach Harvey
Brooks observed. Brooks rated
him with his ex-star at Stan
ly, Jimmy (Bubba) Llsk of N.
C. State.
Leon Edwards made ^touch
downs and 10 extra points while
making 1029 yards foY a 6.05
average. Brooks said he did
a fine job as blocker and tackle.
Of the three John Graham
players who won honorable
mention, Coach Brooks said:
Wayne Short was outstanding
as a tackier, having a total of
82 tackles even though he was
out of two game s with a knee
injury. Forty - nine of Short's
tackles were individual.
Buck Young, who switched
from center this year, turn
ed in an excellent performance
with 85 Individual tackles lor. a
total of 99 tacfcMs 1n all. H8
served as permanent co
captain.
Jim El am did not make a
bad center all year, even though
he played center for the first
time this year.
While Coach Brooks was
pleased with the selections of
his players on the All-East
Teams, he said there were
several others who should have
made either the teams or hon
orable mention for the fine per
formances that they had, such
as Hugh Davis, with 75 tackles,
Billy Sprulll with 59 and
Lafayette Turner with 56.
Coach Brooks said that Ed
ward Shearln wasn't abletoplay
all the time due to Injuries but
John Graham certainly wouldn't
have had the fine season that it
had without his passing, running
and fine pass defense.
Clifton Wilson, Coach Brooks
said, was out most of the year
due to an old Injury from last
year, but the time that he did
play he did a fine job of run
ning and blocking.
Project JOBS To Have
Special Program Sunday
Project JOBS will have a
special program Sunday, Dec.
15, at Coley Springs Baptist
Chroch at 5 p. m., Mrs. Sophese
Hawkins, chairman, announced
yesterday.
The President of Kittrell Col
lege will be the guest speaker.
His topic will be "Self De
termination on the Part of the
Negroes." Kittrell College
Choir, along with local church
choirs, have been Invited to ap
pear also.
All citizens are asked to at
tend this special program and
other planned activities of Pro
ject JOBS, Mrs. Hawkins said.
Mrs. Hawkins said that the
committee that governs the
activities of Project JOBS has
elected temporary officers.
They ares Mrs. Sophese Haw
kins, chairman; Nathaniel
Davis, co-chairman; Miss
Emily Russell, secretary; Miss
Opal Ellis, assistant secretary;
Mrs. Eleanor Ellis, treasur
er; Miss Debbie Hunt, publi
city; Miss Jocelyn Bullock and
Lafayette Turner, editorial
staff of Project newsletter.
Other members of the com
mittee are Mrs. Ida John
son, Rufus Burnette, Joe Als
ton, Jr., Attorney Frank W.
Ballance, Jr., Mrs. Patsy
Hargrove, Eugene Exure, Henry
Pitchford, Jr., Mrs. EvaClay
ton and the Rev. Arthur Brown.
Project JOBS Committee will
have its regular meeting on
Wednesday, Dec. 18, at the
Community Center at 7:30 p. m.
A representative from the State
Planning Task will be present
to discuss different aspects
of the local Project. Com
mittee meetings are open to the
public.
School Food Program Is
In Favorable Position
Recent legislation amending
the National School Lunch Act
has put the school food service
program In Warren County In
the most favorable position It
has enjoyed in recent years,
Mrs. Sue D. Skinner, Warren
County Lunchroom Supervisor,
announced yesterday.
Mrs. Skinner said that it has
enabled the schools to offer a
nutritionally adequate, educa
tionally sound lunch to all stu
dents at a price within the
reach of most of them, in ad
dition, she said, a recent policy
jWMWMI by the Warren County
Board of Education sets op cri
teria for furthfcr reductions to
those at the lowest income
levels. These criteria Will be.
Used uniformly in all attendance |
units In the county and are
based on economic need as re
flected by famSy Income, In
cluding welfare payments,
family size and the number of
children In school.
Determinations concerning
eligibility for further reduc
tions are to be made In the in
dividual schools, Mrs. Skinner
said. To aid in making these
determinations a scale has been
devised taking into considera
tion the before mentioned fee
tors. for additional Informa
tion ae to application, Inter
pretation of the scale, special
considerations and eo forth,
parents are asked to contact
the principal In person in the
school which their child attends.
Cotton Allotments May
Be Leased In County
Upland cotton allotments may
be sold or leased for transfer
to another farm for 1969, T. E.
Watson, ASCS office manager,
announced yesterday. Trans
fers may be made within the
county but cottpn allotments
may not be transferred outside
the county, he said.
Watson said that some points
to remember are:
1. The deadline to file an ap
plication for transfer is Dec
31, 1968.
2. The application must be fil
ed at the transferring forms
ASCS office.
3. Both owner (s) and opera
tor (if separate persons) of
transferring farms must sign
application.
4. Any llenholder on trans
ferring farm must agree to
transfer.
5. No allotment can be trans
ferred to a farm and from the
John Graham Chorus
To Present Two
Christmas Programs
The John Graham High
School Chorus will present two
Christmas concerts next week.
On Monday, Dec. 16, they will
appear in a half-hour concert
at 9:00 p. m., in Rocky Mount's
Tarry Town Mall.
On Wednesday, Dec. 18, they
will present their annual
Christmas concert In the John
Graham High School Auditor
ium at 8:00 p. m.
The first portion of tne con
cert Wednesday night will con
sist of the following sacred
numbers: "Lo How a Rose E'er
Blooming," "Before ThyCra
dle,'' "winds Through the
Olive Trees," "The Snow
Lay on the Ground," "a La
Nanita Nana," "The Little
Drummer Boy," and "TheHolly
and the Ivy."
The last half of the concert
will be comprised of the fol
lowing ever popular Christmas
selections: "A Musical Christ
mas Card," Irving Berlin's
"White Christmas," "Carol
of the Bells," Mel Torme's
"The Christmas Song," "Jin
gle Bells," "Christmas Chop
stlcks," "WinterWonderland,"
and Meredith Wilson's "It's
Beginning to Look Like Christ
mas."
The chorus is under the di
rection of Robert M. Davis and
accompanied by Mrs. Nellie B.
Gardner.
Roafiiie Meeting
Only matters of a routine
nature wars transacted at the
regular monthly meeting of the
Board of Town Commissioners
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same farm during a single crop"
year.
6. The amount of reimburse
ment, terms of payment,
etc., for allotments is entire
ly up to parties Involved in the
transfer. After a transfer is
approved, the agreement can be
dissolved only by all parties
concerned notifying the county
committee in writing that they
want the agreement dissolved.
Tobacco Meeting
To Be Held Here
On Tuesday Night
Warren County's annual to
bacco meeting will be held in
Warren County Courthouse at
Warrenton on Tuesday night,
Dec. 17, at 7:30 p. m., L. B.
Hardage, County Extension
Chairman, announced yester
day.
The meeting is being spon
sored by the Warren Coun
ty Extension Service and F.
A. Todd and Ben U. Kittrell
of North Carolina State Uni
versity will be present to
discuss production and disease
problems of tobacco.
Hardage said that R. E. Flem
ing will,discuss his "Economy
of Fertilization" tobacco dem
onstration conducted in 1968.
"Mr. Fleming will show you how
a good deal of money can be
saved on your fertilizer pro
gram for 1969."
Hardage said that each to
bacco farmer in the county is
urged to attend this meeting
and to bring a friend.
Edgar Limer Accepts
Position With Town
Edgar Llmer has accepted
a position with the Town of
Warrenton as office assistant
to Town Manager J. Ed Book
er. He began his new duties
the last of November.
Llmer had been manager of
the local office of Economic
Opportunities for eight months
prior to its being closed, and
had been offered a position with
OEO as district supervisor of
Western^ North Carolina. Llfi
?r said he refused the offer
because he wanted to remain in
Warren county.
Prior to accepting the posi
tion with OEO, Llmer had work
ad for many years as office
manager and bookkeeper for
White's Milling Co. at Warren
ton. .
LEAVES FOR VIET NAM
Pfc Barnard P. Smiley, Jr.,
son of Mr. and Mrs. b. P. Smil
ey, left on - Nov. S9 for
Oakland, Calif., from where he
will (o to Vietnam after spend
ing a month'a leave here
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Six Persons
Are Injured
In Wreck
Six persons were hospitaliz
ed in a wreck In which three
cars were involved around 6:30
p. m. Tuesday on Route 158
a mile east of Warrenton.
Hospitalized were Lyman
Hamilton Priday of Warren
ton, Paulette Silver, Betty
Cheek, 16, and Joseph Alston,
all of Route 1, Littleton, and
Sandra Bullock, 14, and Jacque
line Bullock, 16, both of Route
1, Macon.
The extent of injuries has
not been learned, but it is
not believed that any were
critical.
According to Patrolman Pete
Vaughan, who investigated the
accident, Priday, drivingal964
Cadillac, riding alone, and
traveling east and in the left
lane of the highway, brushed a
car driven by Willoughby
Harris, who was accompanied
by M. C. Clary. The Priday
car then collided head-on with
a 1964 Chevrolet driven by
Paulette Silver of Route 1, Lit
tleton.
Vaughan said that Priday's
vision was imparedbythe snow,
ice and sleet on his windshield.
Harris' car was only slightly
damaged and Harris and Clary
escaped injury.
Harris said that Priday, who
was en route to Warren Plaza
Inn, was driving very slowly at
the time of the crash, and the
Silver car had almost stopped
at the time of the impact.
The group in the Silver car
was enroute to a basketball
game at Hawkins High School
here. ,
Vaughan said Wednesday
morning that no charges have
been made as he is continuing
his Investigation.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert D.Scott
and Mrs. Bignall Jones were
business visitors in Raleigh on
Wednesday.
Prominent Hollister
Citizen Dies In Fire
New District Court
Holds First Session
The Warren County District
Court held its first session
here last Friday with JuJge
Claude W. Allen of Oxford pre
siding and Charles M. White,
III, of Warrenton serving as dis
trict solicitor.
The district court replaced
the Warren County Recorder's
Court which held its last ses
sion on Nov. 29, with Judge
Julius Banzet presiding. Judge
Warren Soldier Is
Wounded In Action
A Warren County soldier was
slightly wounded in action on
Dec. 3, in Vietnam, his parents
were notified on Monday by
Kenneth G. Wickham, Major
General. His telegram, ad
dressed to Mr. and Mrs. James
B. Collins of Route 2, Norlina
reads as follows:
"The Secretary of the Army
has asked me to inform you
that your son, Sergeant Jack
H. Collins, was slightly wound
ed in Vietnam on 3 Dec. 68
as a result of hostile action.
He received a fragment wound
to the left thigh and the left
leg. He was on a combat oper
ation when hit by fragments
from a hostile booby trap.
"He was treated and (hos
pitalized in Vietnam). Address
mail to him at the Hospital
Mall Section, APO SF 96381.
Since he is not, repeat not,
seriously wounded no further
reports will be furnished."
Banzet is holding district court
in Vance County during the
month of December.
Roger Suitt, found guilty of
trespassing, was sentenced to
the roads for two years. Judge
Allen recommended that the de
fendant be given psychiatric
treatment.
Calvin Cornell Davis, charg
ed with speeding, entered aplea
of nolo contendere to speed
ing 75 miles per hour in a 55
rr.rii zone. Prayer for judg
ment was continued upon pay
ment of costs.
Roger Suitt, who pled guilty
to a charge of public drunken
ness, was sentenced to the roads
for 30 days, the sentence to
run concurrently with a sen
tence imposed upon Suitt for
trespassing.
Larry Cornelius Weaver was
ordered to pay a $25 fine and
court costs when he pleo guil
ty to a charge of reckless driv
ing
Lonnie T. Brown, found guil
ty of charges of speeding 80
miles per hour in a 60 mph
zone, with having no operator's
license and with disregarding
siren, was sentenced to the
roads for four months. The jail
sentence was suspended upon
condition the defendant remains
of good behavior for one year,
pays a fine of $75 and costs.
John Venible Thomas, charg
ed with spee3ii.* 44 miles per
hour In a 25 mph zone, was
sentenced to the roads for 60
days. The road sentence was
(See COURT, page 2)
Mrs. Sam Webster and David Proctor are shown decorating a tree on the courthouse lawn
In preparation for the Christmas Sing to be held here on the night of Dec. 19. The event will
be sponsored by the Warrenton Junior Woman's Club.
Christmas Sing To Be Held On Dec. 19
The Warrenton Junior Wo
man's Club will sponsor a War
renton Christmas Sing on the
courthouse square on Thursday
night, Dec. 19, at 7:30 p. m.
In case of Inclement weather
the Sing will be held at Thomp
son's Warehouse beside the
AAP Store.
Santa Claus will attend the
Sing, Mrs. Sam Webster, pub
licity chairman for the Junior
Woman's Club, said yesterday.
He will come riding In on a
fire truck and treat the children
to candy. Hot coffee, compli
ments of local merchants, and
hot chocolate, compliments of
Pine State Creamery, will be
served. There will be a na
tivity scene on the courthouse
square, which will become a
"live" nativity scene on the
night of Dec. 19.
Robert If aeon Davis will lead
the (roup In singing and Mrs.
G. W. King will accompany
him at the piano. Misses Laura
Bonnie Davis and Nancy Wll
Hams and Leonap* Duiel, ac
companied by Mrs. Btemard
Daniel will present special
music.
The Rev. L. T. Wilson, pas
tor of Wesley Memorial Meth
odist Church, will give a Christ
mas reading. Programs, com
pliments of the local Merchants
Association, and carol booklets,
compliments of Equitable Life
Assurance Society of the Unit
ed States, will be distributed to
those who join in the singing.
There will be a short request
time for favorite Christmas
songs.
Mrs. Webster said that the
Warrenton Juniors are urging
everyone from all around to
comc to the courthouse square
on Dec. 19 to see the "live"
nativity scene, to see jolly Old
St. Nick, refresh with a cup
of coffee or hot chocolate, and
com* Join in the singing around
the lighted Christmas tree.
TO PRESENT PROGRAM
The St. Paul's Evangelical
Lutheran Church Choir at
Ridge way will present a pro
gram of Christmas music Sun
day night, Dec. 15 at 8:00
o'clock.
The St. Paul's Evangelical
Lutheran Church junior Choir
will present a Nativity Play,
"Christmas For The Very
Young," by Claire Harsha
Upshur. The St. Paul's Evan
gelical Lutheran Church Sen
ior Choir will present a Christ
mas Pastorale, "The Shepherd
And His Lan.u"', by James R.
Gillette.
Pastor G. T. Naumann will
be the narrator for the pas
torale. Mrs. Hal White, Jr.,
is the director of the two choirs
and Mrs. Sam Webster Is the
organist.
CHRISTMAS CANTATA
The Warren Plains Baptist
Church Adult Choir will pre
sent Its Christmas Cantata,
"The Music of Christmas," by
Ira B. Wilson, on Sunday, Dec.
15th, at 7:30 p. m. with Mrs.
Glenn Weldon as organist and
choir director. The public la
cordially Invited to attend.
CANTATA AT NOBLlNt
* "The Night The Angels
Sang," a Christmas cantata by
John M. Peterson, will be pre
sented by the Adult Choir at
the Norllna Baptist Church on
Sunday at 5 p.
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Funeral Is
Held On
Wednesday
A prominent Hollister citi
zen lost his life in the flames
of his home early Monday night.
Firemen answering a fire
call found the body of Tracy
Carlton Quails, 65, farmer and
merchant, in his home around 8
o'clock Monday night.
Firemen report that Mr.
Quails was alone in his home
at the time as his wife had
gone to the store across the
street. They express the view
that the fire may have originat
ed from an exploding oil stove.
Giving credulence to the view
is the fact that a man passed
the house on his way to a near
by store and noted nothing, but
minutes later as he entered the
store, he turned to see the house
enveloped in flames.
The Areola Fire Company
responded to the call and
promptly called in other com
panies for assistance. Re
sponding to the call were com
panies from Littleton, Enfield,
Warrenton, Inez and Center
ville
A member of the Warrenton
Rural Fire Company said yes
terday that the flames had made
too much progress to be ex
tinguished when the firemen ar
rived. The two story frame
building was completely de
stroyed.
Sheriff Clarence Davis said
yesterday that he had never
seen firemen work harder and
that too much could not be said
for their efforts made in the
freezing cold.
Funeral services for Mr.
Quails were conducted at the
Harris Chapel Church Wednes
day at 3 p. m. by the Rev. David
Dill and the Rev. Phate Mc
Swain Burial was in the church
cemetery.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Ethel Quails; four sons, Carlton
of Hollister, Jimmy of the
home, Qulnton of Memphis, ?
Tenn., and Phil of Portsmouth,
Va.; a daughter, Mrs. Mar
garet Hagwood of Portsmouth,
Va.; three sisters, Mrs. Sam
A. Stone of Portsmouth, Va.,
Mrs. Avis Wollett of Wilming
ton, and Mrs. Juanita Hinton
of Kinston; and 12 grandchil
dren.
Postoffice Windows
To Remain Open
The service windows at the
Warrenton Postoffice will re
main open until 5 p. m. on the
two Saturdays prior to Christ
mas for the convenience of the
public in transacting all postal
business, Postmaster A. C.
Blalock said yesterday.
Throughout the entire year,
he pointed out, the windows are
open for service all day Wed
nesday. They do not close on
Wednesday afternoon.
All Christmas cards must be
stamped with a minimum of
6<r postage. Blalock said that
there is no longer any price
differential between sealed and
unsealed Christmas cards ex
cept with regard to weight. A
sealed card must carry 8$ post
age for each ounce of weight;
an unsealed card must carry Cf
postage for the first two ounc
es of weight. Ha said that
since most Christinas cards
weigh under an ounce, it will
be to the public's advantage to
mall cards first class and re
ceive forwarding and return
privileges.
ATTENDS BOARD MEETONG
Mrs. R. B. Butler attended
the mid-winter
d the N.c. Federation of
*s Clubs, I
Thursday m
Mrs.