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VOLUME 73 Subscription: $3.00 A Year; $4.00 Out Of State, 10$ Per Copy WARRENTON, COUNTY OF WARREN, N. C. THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1969 NUMBER 10
Furniture Factory To Locate At Warrenton
Offices In Court House To Be
Closed Saturdays After March 29
ah OQices.. in the Warren
County" Court "Hmrse will be
closed on Saturdays, beginning
the first .Saturday in April,
with the exception of the office
of the Sheriff's Department.
Sheriff Clarence Davis said
yesterday that he feels that
the Sheriff's office is too close
to the people to close on Sat
urday.
This was determined by the
Board of County Commission
ers in regular meeting here on
Monday morning. The Clerk of
Court's office began Saturday
closing when its operation
was taken over hv the state
in early December. The Veter
an's Office, like other federal
offices, had been closed on Sat
urdays for months, leaving only
the offices of the Auditor, the]
Register of Deeds and Sheriff
open on Saturdays.
All th e offices in the Agri
cultural Building have been
closing on Saturdays for
months, it was stated that only
around five counties were still
needing meir omces in the court
house open on Saturday.
Following a complaint by
Claude J. Fleming, Dog War
den, that he was having trouble
getting warrants served, he was
Instructed toenforcethedoglaw
and to serve his own warrants.
Fleming reported that he had
picked up 47 dogs and traveled
952 miles since his last report.
He also turned over $11 to the
general fund from funds receiv
ed from sales of young dogs.
The board ordered tnat tne
commissioners sit as a Board
of Equalization and Review for
three days, April 21, 22, 23,
beginning at 10 a. m., each
day. Persons with complaints
concerning valuations placed on
their property are asked to ap
pear before the Board of Equali
zation on the days set aside for
this purpose.
R. L. Tolbert and William
Leach were re-appointed mem
bers of the Warren County Plan
ning Board for a five-year
period, following the expira
tlon of their terms. Tolbert
was re-appointed for five years
from Nov. 1968, and Leach for
five years from Nov. 1967.
J. H. Llmer, submitted
pi an s for additions at the Wel
fare Building on the hos
pital grounds. These plans
are to be approved by the State
Board of Welfare before bids
will be advertised.
The commissioners ended
their session at 12:30 p. m.
when they went to the jail
for dinner as guests of Jailer
W. P. Pegram and Mrs.
Pegram.
SchoolsToCollect
Discarded Articles
A campaign to collect dis
carded materials through the
Warren County schools will
begin today (Thursday) and con
tinue . through March 20, H.
Brevard Brown, executive di
rector of Goodwill Industries
of the Research Triangle Area,
Inc., announced yesterday.
The purpose of the program
is to collect donations of us
able and repairable clothing,
shoes, toys, and small appli
ances for the Goodwill Indus
tries. The discards make avatl
able vocational training and
jobs for the handicapped per
sons, who clean and repair
the items for sale in the Good
will Stores.
, Brown said that much of the
money received from the sales
of the merchandise goes to
the handicapped as wages.
Goodwill Industries is a
non-profit agency located at
Durham.
Pope Is Speaker At
Meeting Of Lions Club
Norwood Pope of Raleigh,
retired advertising executive
with Carolina Power and Light
Company and creator of the
Ready KUoWatf enlblerfi, wa&'the |
guest speaker at a meeting
of the Warrenton Lions Club
at the Lion's Den on Friday
night.
Pope, the uncle of Mrs. L.
T. Wilson, was 69 on last Fri
day and Happy Birthday was
sung for him by the Lions.
Presented by Lion Ted Wil
son, Pope spoke on "What's
Wrong With Flag Waving?"
Quoting from thePreambleto
to the Constitution, Pope said
that there is nothing wrong with
flag waving in Itself, that the
flag should be treated with rev
erance, and displayed more
often. But, he said that we must
make of flag waving more than
an outward gesture, but an ac
tion of true patriotism and love
of country for which the flag
stands.
With the waving of the Flag
must go an appreciation of the
Constitution and its preamble
"That all men are created equal
and all are endowed with
:ertain unalienable rights, that
imong these are Life, Liberty
rnd the Pursuit of Happiness,"
he speaker ,Unless with
fie" wavlng OT^he flag goes a
ove for the Constitution and
ts guarantee of the rights of all
tnder the Constitution, flag
waving means little, he added.
Quoting from Kenneth For
and, Pope told of the history
>f civilizations: "Bondage to
spiritual faith; faith to cour
ige; courage to freedom; free
k>m to abundance; abundance to
:omplacency; complacency to
ipathy; apathy to fear; fear to
lespondency; despondency?
lack to bondage. He said that
tmericans must guard against
ipathy, fear and despondency
n order that America may
'emaln a land of hope, Justice
ind opportunity.
President Allen Tucker pre
sided over the meeting. Lion
1111 Fowler gave the Invocation.
Sroup singing was led by Lion
ton roe Gardner with Lioness
lellle Gardner at the piano.
A delicious meal was prepar
d for the Lions under the su
ervlsion of Mrs. Ayscue.
Warren County To Have
Pilot Nutritional Program
A pilot nutritional program
will be held In Warren County
for low-Income families be
ginning around the middle of
March and continuing until July
1.
Announcement of the pro
gram was made on Monday
morning to the county com
missioners by Miss Emily
Balllnger, extension home eco
nomist for Warren County,
who will be In charge of the
program.
Funds for the program will
be provided A rough the North
Carolina Extension Service
with tariff funds allocated by
the United States Department
of Agriculture. Similar pro
grams will be carried on In 58
counties of the stale.
The programs will be direct
ed toward both adults and youth
from low-Income families liv
ing in both urban and rural
areas. Initially, communities
Bfa i. . ? ,
nutritional balance and how
to prepare such foods.
Two aides will carry on this
program under the direction of
Miss Ballinger following a
training period. Their salary
will be $320 per month. f
Applications for these aides
will be accepted until Friday,
Miss Ballinger said. The aides
must furnish their own trans
portation but will receive mile
age.
The aides, who will periodi
cally receive additional nu
trition training, must get In
touch with homemakers person
ally. They must visit homes
and go back and visit again
to give help ic some area of
nutrition. They will hold
small meetings of home
?alriri In a neighborhood, and
showsome bomtfltAIUt| HUM
and talk with homernakers about
these skills.
The aides will teach nutrition
primarily but will expect to be
la to provide other types of.
homemaklng helps. They must
m their work, keep records of
home visits, keep track of the
number of hours they work
and write logs an families via it
Mis. Ballinger said that
tho t at got dftto for liiiti?tUi
New Store To Open
Here On Saturday
A new store will open In
Warrenton on Saturday, March
8, at 9 o'clock when the Salvage
Store will hold Its formal
opening on North Main Street,
next to Western Auto, In the
building formerly occupied
by Haywood's Store.
The new store will be
owned by Andrew J. Max who
also operates a store In Chase
City, Va. It will be managed
by Mrs. Henry Shearln.
Max Is a cousin of Harry
Cohen of Florida who for many
years operated the Salvage
Store on the corner where J.
E. Cheves nowoperates astore.
Revival To Be Held At
Inez Bapt. Church
Revival services will beheld
at the Inez Baptist Church,
beginning on March 10 and con
tinuing ? through March 14,
the Rev. Elwln Melton, pastor,
announced yesterday. Services
will be held each night at 7:30
o'clock.
The Rev. Henry Johnson,
pastor of Sulphur Springs Bap
tist Church, will deliver the
message each night.
In anhouncing the revival,
Mr. Melton said that he would
like to invite all who would like
to attend to visit with the con
gregation.
Sattorwhites Not
Involved With Sale
| Neither Mrs. Sam Satter
ls Involved In anyway with the
property which has become the
atte of proposed Soul city in
Warren County, Mrs. Sam
Satterwhlte said last Thurs
day following the appear
ance cf ? news story linking
the estate with the property.
Mrs. Satterwhlte said that
er husband sold the property
to Better Lumber Company
IS years ago. Later Butler
Lumber Company sold the pro
perty to oes Desks who sold
tt to Leon W. Perry.
William (BUI) Craft was memorialized at Norlina High School on Friday, Feb. 14. His wife,
Mrs Mary Wylie Craft, and daughters, Annie, Edith, and Tommie, presented a United States
flag to the school in his honor. Mr. Craft, who died in 1967, was a graduate of Norlina High
School, Class of 1948, and an outstanding athlete. Pictured, left to right, are: Rex Gordon,
principal; Edith Craft, 6th grade; Annie Craft, 9th grade; and Tommie Craft, 3rd grade.
Divorce Granted In District Court
One divorce was granted at
the Friday session of Warren
County District Court, the only
civil case among a number of
criminal cases heard by Judge
Claude Allen.
A jury granted a divorce to
Sandra Gail Ellis Goddardfrom
Joseph Liiiford Goddard.
Mary Richardson Kearney
failed to appear in court to
answer to a charge of operat
ing an automobile with improp
er equipment. Bond was set
at $500 and a capias was Issued
to the Sheriff of Warren County.
Willie Lee Harris was or
dered to pay a $5.00 fine and
court costs when he was found
guilty of the larceny of a $17.95
auto battery from Thomas
Moseley.
Willie George Williams,
charged with trespass and dam
age to personal property, was
found guilty of trespass and
not guilty of damage to person
al property. The defendant was
sentenced to the roads for 30
days.?The sentence was sus
pended for a period of three
years provided the defendant
pays a fine of $15 and court
costs, and that he not go on
the premises of Marie Taylor
during this period, and the fur
ther condition that he not be
found guilty of the violation
of any of the criminal laws of
the state pertaining to alcoholic
beverages during the period of
suspension.
Robert Worrell, who pled
guilty of the first offense of
escape, was sentenced to the
roads for a term of three
months, the sentence to run con
currently with any sentence that
he might now be serving.
Joseph Rogers Broadnaxpled
guilty of giving a worthless
check in the amount of $32.11
to Roger Moore and was sen
tenced to the roads for a term
of five ironths. The sentence
was suspended until 12 o'clock
on March 3 upon condition
the defendant pays into the of
fice of the Clerk of Superior
Court the sum of $32.11 for the
use of Roger Moore and a $10
fine and court costs.
Two Men Arrested Here
On Larceny Charge
Two white men of Henderson,
wanted on a larceny charge,
were arrested at Warr ?n Plaza
Inn on Wednesday of last week
as they were eating dinner at
Warren Plaza Inn where they
had registered under assumed
names the previous day.
Durwood Johnson and Wade
Johnson were taken into cus
tody by Deputy Sheriff Dorsey
Capps, Vance County Deputy
Sheriff K. K. Roberson and
6unter Awarded Navy
Commendation Hedal
Master Gunnery Sergeant
Joseph M. Gunter, Jr., USMC,
the son of Mrs. Katie L. Gun
ter of N, Main St., Warrenton,
was awarded the Navy Com
mendation Medal with Combat
"Va", on Feb. I, 1969.
MGySgt. Gunter received the
medal for his meritorious ser
vice In connection with opera
tions against Insurgent Com
munist forces In the Republic of
Vietnam, while serving as
maintenance chief of the Third
Motor Transport Battalion,
Third Marine Division, from
March 2, 1967 to NOV. 1, 1968.
MGySgt. Gunter, who serves
with Headquarters, 10th Ma
rines, 2d Marine Division,
Camp Lejeune, North Carolina,
was presented the Navy Com
mendation Medal while parti
cipating with his unit in "FIREX
1-69", in Vlequez, Puerto Rico
recently. Members of the 2d
smm?uivmon away
participate in amphibious ma
neuvers, helicopter envelop
ment exercises and counter
guerrilla operations.
MGySgt. Gunter, 48, and his
wife, the former Lula K. Murph,
live on Rt. #2, Box 77, Cleve
land, N. C. The Marine at
tended John Graham High In
Warrenton, until 1940, before
entering the Marine Corps on
10, 1941. He was re
fract active duty an April
30, 1964, but re-enlisted on Jan.
14, 1967.
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Vance ABC Officer John Brltt.
The men were taken to Hen
derson where they were releas
ed under $5,000 bond for their
appearance at Vance County
Superior Court.
They are charged with the
larceny of nine color TV sets
and a stereo set from Old
Dominion Motor Lines ware
house In Henderson about a
month ago. Vance officers
estimated the value of the stol
en property at between $4,000
and $5,000. Capps said that only
the stereo set has been recov
ered.
Capps said that the two men
were believed to have been In
Florida but were recognized
when the officers went to the
Plaza Inn for dinner.
Graveside Services
Held For Infant
Graveside services were
conducted at 11 a. m. Monday
In Shocco Methodist church
cemetery for the Infant daughter
of Willis and Alice Palmer
Fleming. The Rev. W. S. Tea
gue was the officiating minis
ter.
The child was born and died
Sunday at Maria Par ham Hos
pital.
Surviving In addition to the
parents are a sister, Kelly
Palmer Fleming of t'ic home;
the paternal grandmother Mr*.
Bob Fleming of warren county;
and the maternal grandfather,
Russell Palmer of Miami, PI a.
Archeological Society
Te Meet March 12
The Roanoke River Chapter
of the Archeological Society
of Virginia will meet Wednes
day, March It * 7:30 p. m.
In the Court House in Boyd
ton, Virginia.
Colonel Howard A. MacCord,
with the Virginia
Vtt
Head-On Collision
Worse Than Driving
Off Road At 50 MPH
CHAPEL HILL-''To avoid a
head on collision at 50 miles
per hour, I would drive off the
road no matter what the ter
rain." So says Dr. B. J.Camp
bell, director ol the University
of North Carolina Highway
Safety Research Center. But
Dr. Campbell adds one point. He
regularly wears a seat belt and
shoulder harness.
Campbell says that he is in
favor of ditching the car for
two important reasons. First,
any amount of time, even a split
second, that a driver might have
to avoid a high-speed head on
collision would give him a see
off the road, the driver
gains more time to avoid
major damage or to protect
himself. But the abrupt stop
in a direct collision gives the
driver little or less chance to
avoid injury.
Second, the seat belt gives a
driver two times more chance of
saving his life. The seat belt
keeps the driver from being
thrown from the car, one of the
greatest hazards in running off
(See COLLISION, page 6B)
AA TO MEET
Alcoholics Anonymous will
meet on Saturday night, March
8, at 8 o'clock in a dwelling
house in Norllna, known as
the Herbert Harton home
place. Future meetings will
be held weekly on Saturday
night at the Harton home
place.
PRESBYTERIAN SERVICE!
8erricee will be held at th
Warrantee Presbyterlai
Church on Sunday March I
and Sunday March 18. The ser
vices usually held on first sun
da y was cancelled on accowt
of the snow.
R. A. (Bob) Bolton
turn home "
Announcement Of Loan
Made By Rep. Fountain
A furniture factory that may
employ as many as 150 men
is expected to be established in
Warrenton within the next few
months.
Following the approval of
an EDA loan in Washington
last week, company officials
are expected to arrive here
within the next few days to de
cide on a definite site on the
Warrenton Railroad north of
town and to discuss pre
liminary plans with officers of
Bute Development Company
and with Frank Reams, dtrec
tor of the Warren County In
dustrial Commission.
The Bute Development Com
-pany and - the Warren Tndns
trial Commission have been
working for more than a year
to have an affiliate of the
Cochrane Furniture Co., Inc.,
of Lincolnton establish a branch
plant here.
?News that the plant was to
be established here came
Monday in a telegram from
Congressman L. H. Fountain
stating that the Economic De
velopment Administration has
approved a $482,220 loan to
help establish a furniture fac
tory at Warrenton.
The loan was made to Coch
rane - Eastern, Inc., an affili
ate of the Cochrane Furniture
Company. Fountain said that
the Warrenton plant will
laminate wood for tables and
will produce stock for furni
ture to be marketed by the
parent company.
The entire, project will cost
$803,700. In addition to pri
vate financing, the Bute De
velopment Company of Warren
ton and local banks are as
sisting with the project.
The Bute Development Com
pany Is required to provide
some $40,000 of the capital
needed for the plant under a
ruling of the EDA thai local
people must provide 5% of the
capital for a plant if the loan
is to be granted. Selby Benton,
president of Bute Development
Company, said yesterday that
Interest bearing sfock would
be offered the business people
of Warrenton in order to meet
the local part of the cost. Sale
of this stock is expected to be
gin shortly.
Benton explained that the
entire cost of establishing the
plant is to be borne .by the
parent company including the
site. The only requirement
of local people is that a suit
able site be found and that
water and sewage be provided
at this site. Cooperating in
the local effort is the Warren
ton Railroad Company which
has agreed to run spur lines
to the factory site.
Unlike fund raising efforts
to obtain the Carolina Sports
.. wear Company here a number
of years ago when two type
debentures were issued, A
bonds bearing interest and B
bonds with no interest and no
1 guarantee of payment, all de
bentures for the furniture plant
will all bear interest, Benton
said. He said that the only
reason that it is necessary to
I issue bonds locally is th e 5%
local participating inflnancing
requirement of the Economic
Development Administration.
Both Benton and Reams yes
terday expressed their plea
sure that a plant of the caliber
of a Cochrane Furniture af
filiate is to be established at
Warrenton. Not only will the
payroll add to the economy of
the town and county, they said,
but company officials and em
ployees will make a real
contribution to the financial and
civic life of the town.
Reams said that he con
siders the decision to locate
the plant here the big break
through, for whichthe Industrial
Commission and the Bute De
velopment Company has been
working. He said that the pro
spects for obtaining other in
dustry here is considered to be
very good.
The Town of Warrenton has
applied for a federal grant for
the construction of water and
sewer lines into the industrial
park in which the furniture pi ant
is to be located, but action is
still pending on the request.
Mrs. Butler To Head
Easter Seal Campaign
Mrs. R. B. Butler has been
named chairman of the annual
Easter Seal Appeal In War
ren County, Mrs. Leonard Dan
iel, publicity chairman of the
Warren County Easter Seal So
ciety of Crippled ChllrtretL ami
Adults of North Carolina, Inc.,
announced yesterday.
?Hfive -which is again
sponsored by the Warrenton
Woman's Club, is being held
from March 1 through Easter
Monday, April 6.
Mrs. Daniel said that the
Easter Seal Fund Appeal is
being conducted throughout the
United States. She said that
last year rehabilitation ser
vices were provided for more
than 250,000 persons.
In North Carolina, assistance
was given to over 3,000 handi
capped persons. Crutches,
wheelchairs, braces and walk
ers were provided with Eas
ter Seal funds.
Two hundred children ad
adults attended Camp Easter la
the Pines, the N. C. Easter
Seal Camp, where activities
are geared toward their indi
vidual shuttles.
Mrs. Daniel satd that volun
teers from the Warrenton Wo
addressing
Easter Seel letters which pre
the Easter Seel story to
Warren Comity residents. She
eld the Esster Seel Society
is the nation's oldest and larg
est voluntary agency serving the
physically handicapped.
"Your local Easter Seal So
ciety, Mrs. Daniel said, "pro
vides direct services to crip
pled? children and adults in
Warren County. Your gener
ous contribution to the annual
appeal will make this oonttnu?
ous program possible."
orld Day Of Prayer
To Be Observed Here
World Day of Prayer, spon
I so red by church women united,
will be held Friday, March
7, at Wesley Memorial Meth
jodlst Church at 10:30 a. m.
Announcement of the Day of
I Prayer, was made yesterday
by Mrs. Thomas W. Hawkins,
I president of the Womaa'e Bo
|ciety of Christian service of
trial
said thei
| the time when millions of
Christian women of
will be wilted in 1
get her in Christ."