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V*?V :>?. liew?p*j>*r ond Ti-iw" jcla^ina The ': taodirt Printing Co. In?. P. 0. Boat 17??, LonlotlUo X*I*. ? 4-8v X <* V . 8*?v% **??*'"'f ? %''??&?' ;v "?' , ": ra.VSr.5i ?>,: * ? :-.>V r'.Stf'-; ?:>'? ?'.??* ' "'.????? r A '.-' ' ' . ?' ? ?* ?|r? '?"???? ?'. ? ?-.? . ? ?' * \ ? ? ? ?yr^ywnr*:"' ^w?y?gw-?--'r. . y?WgWB^|WW-*y VOLUME 73 Subscription: $3.00 A Year; $4.00 Out Of State, 10<f Per Copy WARRENTON, COUNTY OF WARREN, N. C. THURSDAY. FF.RRUARV 27. 1Q6Q Deed For Soul City Recorded; May Purchase More Land Scouts Aid In Warrenton's Girl Scout Troop participated in the planting of the first tree on the Warrenton Rural Volunteer Fireman's firehouse grounds on Monday afternoon under the sponsorship of the Junior Garden Club. This was the first of a planned landscape planting in a project sponsored by civic clubs of Warrenton in memory of the late Walker P. Burwell. The Junior Garden Club is sponsored by the Little Garden Club of Warrenton. The Junior Garden Club is sponsor of the Brownie Troop No. 379, participating in the planting of the first tree. Leaders are Mrs. Frank Daniel and Mrs. W. A. Connell. Out-Of-State Children Must Pay Tuition Children whose parents live lutslde the State of North Car illna and who are able to keep he children In their custody will Development Corp. Is Incorporated Articles of Incorporation have been Issued to the Eco :lon of Warren County by Clyde Smith, deputy Secretary of State. Issued under date of Feb. 15, the articles were recorded In the office of the Register of 3eeds on Friday. The corporation is a non -nembership corporation and the Initial registered agent of the corporation Is Mrs. Eva M. Clayton of Warrenton. The period of duration of the cor poration shall be perpetual. The purpose for which the corporation, as stated In the articles of Incorporation, are: 1. To encourage and to foster economic growth among the disadvantaged through com munity development. 2. To Inform citizens of State and Federal programs which may assist in this eco nomical growth. 3. To encourage and support education and training. not be permitted to enroll In Warren County schools lor the 1969-70 term, the Board of Edu cation decided at a meeting here on Monday night. The board, however, will con sider the acceptanceof children on an Individual basis with a fee being charged for their en rollment. Roger Moore of Littleton was sworn in as a member of the Board of. Education by Mrs. Lanle Hayes, Clerk of War ren County Superior Court. He succeeds Gid F. Alston of Lit tleton who recently resigned to accept a position as Magistrate. In its action considering the new enrollment policy, the Board of Education passed the following resolution: "Resolved, that beginning with the 1969-70 school year, the Warren County Board of Education will not accept for enrollment any student whose parent or parents have been determined by the Super-_ lntendent of Schools to be able to keep their children in their cus tody. "The Board will consider, however, on an individual basis the enrollment of such children who do not have living par ent or parents, or who for any valid reason have a special need to attend a Warren County FCX Builds Plant To Handle Bulk Fertilizer The Warrenton FCX will landle bulk fertilizer, bulk lime v and liquid nitrogen fertilizer *rom a plant being built In North Warrenton at a cost of approxl nately $25,000. These items have been handl t ed. formerly out of the Hender son plant. The 42X38 building, locat ed on a .88-acre lot just north jt the old Warrenton Fertilizer al|pt, which will contain bins 'or the storage of bulk fertlll ier, was expected to be com pleted during the weekend and put Into operation this week. The Installation of a liquid nitrogen tank and-a place for the storage of lime is expect - ed to be completed in the next few weeks. Everette Gupton, manager of the local plant, said yesterday. A spur railroad track to the lot has been completed, and the Warrenton Railroad Com pany is expected to derive con siderable revenue from these fertilizer Items formerly brought to Warrenton from Henderson by distributor trucks. Tha Warren County Junior Livestock Committee mat Monday night M the Agricultural building on Monday night with A- L. (Bod) Meeks presiding. The date tor this year's show si sale waa set for April IT Various working committees were appointed and 'Inst Ptsns were made for the spring show and sale. Members of the committee are pictured above, laft to 3 right: Travis Pulley, A. U Mask, Harry WUllams, jr., Scott Gardner, L. C. Coopw. WU II am Render, Rot Pat Robertson, Willi school. Any student permitted to be enrolled for said special reason, whose parent or parents are living and working out of the state, will be required to pay a tuition of $50 per year." Supt. of Schools J. Roger Peeler said yesterday that a special day or days will be set aside to determine the status of individual students covered by the resolution. He said that the time and date of such meet ings would be advertised. Funds Being Raised For Macon Fire Department Funds are being raised for a building at Macon to house the Macon Rural Fire Depart ment, sponsored by the Macon Junior Woman's Club. The department, which will be an auxiliary of theWarren Rural Volunteer Fire Department was organized at a community meeting at the Macon school house in November, when of ficers were elected and 17 vol unteers enrolled. Mack Hllllard was chosen as Fire Chief. L. M. Halthcock, Jr., was named first assistant chief; Bernard Williams, sec ond assistant chief; M. E. (Doc.) Thompson, secretary; and M. C. Clary, treasurer. Following the meeting Mrs. E. H. Russell donated the old Coleman Store building lot as a site for a fire house. The lot, which runs from Route 158 to Person Street is approximately 40 ft. by 210 feet, and will provide space for a building and parking lot. Under regulations of the par ent company a community' must have a fire house before the Warrenton Rural Fire De partment will provide the two necessary fire trucks. Hllllard said this week that -It l?i ocHmqtprf that wm cost $6,000 to construct the build- ~ lng. The Macon Junior Club is busy raising funds tor the fire house and there have been a few other donations. The club sponsored a turkey and barbecue supper in the Macon Junior High School build ing on last Friday night when around $400 was raised for the building. A spokesman for the club said yesterday that the club would like to thank every one who supported the supper by coming and buyingplates, and by donating their food, time and work to make it a great success. We hope," she said, "to see each and everyone again next year to help us celebrateGeorge Washington's Birthday and another supper." The spokesman announced the next project will be a dance on Friday night, March 21 at Nocarva Marina. she said that Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Davis, owners of Nocarva Marina, have consented to give the club the use of their building and the St. Sing Band their music free of charge. All proceeds will go to the Macon Rural Fire De partment. e Hilllard said that the Fire Department could not begin operations until the building Incompleted. He said he hope! 1 . wUJ be comPleted by spring or early summer. Solons Want Cigaret Warning Continued WASHINGTON, D. C. - All 11 members of North Carolina * '?'ii in 'he Houte Joined last week in spon soring legislation to extend 'art Present cl?arette labeling The present act expires June 30. The Federal Commu nications Commission has stated it plans to ban all ciga rette advertising on radio and television after that date If Congress does not extend the act. The bill Introduced today would continue the present labeling requirement on cig arette packages but would not restrict advertising. ? ,1,0 would ? ??g" fhr?ntrnl I ng re quirement permanent. Congressman L. H. Fountain, speaking for the North Caro lina delegation, said, "There is no reason why a legally manufactured and mark* eted product cannot be adver tised in a like manner. To sin gle out cigarettes for special, prohibitive treatment wotfu only be the beginning ot se lective discrimination against any product which might not be popular with some individual or agency in the federal gov ,,.'Y'n,VUn th* 'CC's at titude "shows s callous disre ??rd for thousands of personi who make aa 1 - OSee CIGARET, page 10) Floyd McKissick Enter prises, Inc., of New York, has exercised its $390,000 option on 1810 acres of land in west Warren County as a sitefor Soul City. The deed for the property upon which McKissick proposes to erect an 18,000 Negro domi nated city, was recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds of Warren County last Friday morning by McKissick. This property was trans ferred by Leon W. Perry and wife, Lucille F. Perry to Car Vlr. Investors, Inc., a cor poration organized and existing under and by virtues of the laws of the State of North Car olina The corporation trans ferred its title to McKissick Enterprises. Also recorded were two deeds of trust, one to Chase Manhattan Bank for $200,000 and the other to Leon W. Perry and his wife in the amount of $186,000. McKissick said that the Chase Manhattan Bank had provided $200,000 of the purchase price of the property, and that a note had been given Mr. and Mrs. Perry for the remainder of the purchase price. The $4,000 paid for the option was applied to the purchase price, making up the $390,000 needed for the transaction. McKissick said that the notes given Mr. and Mrs. Perry might be paid in Installments, but it is more likely that they would be paid in a lump sum. He said that the delay In ex ercising the option was caus ed by the number of people In volved and the difficulty In get ting them or their attorneys to gether. It just takes time, he said. Involved in the transac tion, In addition toHr. and Mrs. Perry, were Mrs. Sam J. Sat | terwhlte, original owner of the property, and Gus Daeke, who sold the property tothePerrys. McKissick said that the state l (See SOUL CITY, page 7) Successful Tournament Norlina Girls, Gaston Boys Winners In Roanoke Basketball Tournament The Roanoke Conference Basketball Tournament ended on Saturday night with the Nor lina girls and the Gaston boys the conference champions. The tournament which opened on Monday night, has been de scribed as one of the most suc cessful tournaments ever by the conference. The crowds were large and well behav ed, the refereelng good, and several of the matches were of high calibre. Large crowds were present almost every night and on some nights the gym was overcrowd ed, This was especially on Sat urday night for the champion ship battles when 1200 tickets were sold for a gym that norm allv holds about 900 persons. This was in addition to a large number of spectators who en tered on passes. Every seat | in the gym was more than filled and standing room was not available. Those unable to enter the gym watched the game over closed - circuit television pro vided in {he lobby, the music room, and the officials room by Vernon Steed. The championship game between i Norlina and Wei don was a hard-fought affair all the way. At the end of the third quarter Weldon led by one point, but in the final quar ter Norlina pulled ahead and won hy to 2?, D. Floyd led Norlkia^corlng with 11 points and was high scorer among the girls. Others playing for Norlina were Hawks 1, Hunt A, Stokes 8, Sabrowskl S, Vaughan and Cathy Hayes. H T" ? ?Dickens led Weldon with 0 points. Others playing were L. Tillery 5, Messengale, TUlery 3, Carraway 4, Robinson 1, Norllna coaehe?~Bbb Price and Billy-Fuller relax as they watch championship game between Weldon and Gaston over closed-circuit television following gruelling battle between Norllna and Weldon girls thai gave Norllna tfie tournament championship. but in the second half Gaston found the range and ran away from Enfield by the score of 62 to 49. Rothrock led Enfield with 18 points, followed by Woodard with 17. Others playing were E. Beasley 6, M. Beasley 2, Mat thews 6, Saunders. Miles was high scorer for Gaston with 25 points, followed by Weaver with 15 and Rook with 11. Others playing were Allen 5, Garner 6, D. Gardner ] and Powell. Following the championship games, trophies were present ed by J. Roger Peeler, Supt. of Warren County schools. Championship trophies were presented to the Qaston boys Bd the Norlina girls; runner up trophies were preheated to the Weldon girls and the En field boys; and Conference tro phies were presented to the War mo ton girls and the Wei- ! don bdys as conference lead ers. In addition, pins were presented to each member of ] the all Norllna girls with 19 points. Others playing were Hawks 4, Stokes 7, D. Floyd 3, Sabrow ski, Newsorae, Hayes, Nor wood 2, L. Floyd, Vaughan. Rook was high scorer for the Gaston girls with 10 points. Others playing were Colston 3, Smith 2, Burnette, R. Willey 2, Moore 3, Dunlow, Wray 1, C. Wiley, Whitby, Clary. Rothrock netted 31 points to lead Enfield to Us victory over Murfreesboro. Others playing were W. Beasley 8, Woodard 10, M. Beasley 2, Mathews 2, Saun ders 6. In Thursday night play the Norllna girls downed Warren ton by the score of 28 to 25 and the Enfield boys defeated Wei don 5? to 41 In second round play. r : . Hawks, Stokes and Floyd scored 7 points eadh tor the Norllna girls. Others Maying were Hunt 6, Sabrowskl, New some, Norwood 1. Carroll lad Warrant on with 13 points, wood e, i *v Twice-A-Day Mail Service Is Restored At Warrenton Mayor Graham Grissom Not To Seek Reelection Mayor Graham P. Grissom of Norllna announced this week that he would not be a candi date for Mayor in the town elec tion to be held in May The end of his term will mark the end of 20-years public service to the Town of Norlina by the 50-year-old Drewry native, who says of the Nor llna people that "they are the finest people on earth." Four years of this service was as a town commissioner when he served as mayor-pro tern, and the remaining 16 years has been as mayor. Upon the resignation of R. L. DeLoach on Feb. 1, 1953 Grissom was appointed Mayor by the Board of Town Commis sioners to fill out the unexpir ed term. Each two years since he was re-elected. Many improvements have been made during Mayor Gris som's administration. Among these were the construction of a municipal building and its equipment with furniture, fix tures and office equipment; the drilling of two new wells and the building of pump houses. Water mains have been ex tended and a new fire truck purchased. As a result large ly of this the insurance rates have been reduced from 55$ to 26?. Most all streets have been paved, a sanitary sewage system provided for the town and garbage collection is made onr a regular schedule. Progress of the town has been GRISSOM y matched with business progress as during this period a bank was organized for the town, as well as a new supermarket, and other businesses have been enlarged. Grissom said that while he is proud of the progress made by Norlina during his administra tion, it would never have oc curred without the full coopera tion and assistance of dedicated and loyal boards of county commissioners. Their shrewd advice and cooperation was in valuable, he said. ?present members -of- the Board of town commissioners are John Dore, C. L. Hege and Leigh Traylor. A bill is being submitted in the Legislature ttbfchange the (See GRISSOM, page 5) Patrons Had Not Been Satisfied The 1 Warrenton Postoffice, without twice-a-day mail ser vice since last fall when the Seaboard Air Line Railroad dis continued several of its pas senger trains that had been handling the mails, now has twice-a-day service. ?The long dry spell for War renton ended Monday with the installation of additional incom ing and outgoing mail services. Under the present set-up, Postmaster A. C. Blalock said yesterday, the early morning and late aiternOOn receipts and dispatch times remain the same; that is a receipt at 7 a. m. and a dispatch at 5:45 p. m. The new service provides a receipt of mail from all points at 1:30 p. m. daily except Sat urdays, Sundays and holidays. This midmorning dispatch of outgoing mail, Blalock said, will assure, in most Instances, next day delivery at most post offices. Blalock said that a similar increase in services has heen provided for the Macon Post office where the new additional receipt and dispatch times aire close to those of the Warren ton office. The JiewWarrenton mail schedule is as follows: Receipts: 7 a. m. from all points; 1 p. m., from Norlina only; 1:30 from all points. Dispatches: 10:30 a m., to all points except Norlina and Wise; 1 p. m. to Norlina and Wise only; 5:45 p. m. to all points. Blalock said that local pa trons, and especially the busi ness houses and civic organi zations, often have expressed their disappointment in the limited service, feeling that Warrenton was entitled to more frequent mail deliveries. The Post Office Department has not been indifferent to the wishes of the local patrons, Blalock said. The Warrenton Post Office has kept the De partment fully informed of the thoughts expressed by the pa trons, and actually it filed the formal request for additional services prior to Christmas, 1968. since that time the De partment has been conducting its surveys and mail counts in order to satisfy itself that additional service was justified. Blalock said that he is most appreciative of the patrons during the past few months, and. he asks that they continue their support of the localpostalor ganlzatton. Constructive criti cism of the service always is most welcome, he said. Postoffice To Be Air Conditioned The Warrenton Postoffice is to be air conditioned accord ing to plans of the Post office - Department t it eras learned Tuesday. Bids were to be opened on Feb. 16 for air conditioning, painting and general repairs at the Warrenton Postoffice, according to a telegram to this newspaper*! from Congressman L. H. Fountain. The cost of the. project is estimated at $5S,00Rl ON HONOR LKT A number of Warren Com ty students attending East Ca olina University at Oreenvt) made the honor Hat at the U veratty last fell. The list follows: Warraatoi honor roll. ~ "m
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