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N??p?p?r *od fiiwt" elating The tmrtard Printing Oo. ino. P. 0. Box 1796, LoalewiUe (Jw 1 ?'# ? VOLUME'73 Subscription: $3.00 A Year; $4.00 Out Of State, 10* Per Copy WARRENTON, COUNTY OF WARREN, N. C. tuudcwv ,,a? , Civil Court Term To Open On Monday The May Civil Term of War ren County Superior Court will open on Monday morning with Judge James H. Pou Bailey of Raleigh presiding. Seven cases have been docketed for the term of court scheduled to last through Wed nesday. The only case of gen eral interest is that of "In the Matter of the Will of Mattie L. Tucker." All of Tuesday has been reserved for the trial of this case. Cases docketed for Monday and Wednesday are as follows: Monday?Robert Joe Spence -YS-_KHen T. Shpartn and Wil liam B. Franzier; Delane Per kinson, admrx. of the estate of Jackie Wayne Perkinson, vs. Clifton Stegall and Charles M. White, III, admr. of James E. Hight, deceased; W. W.Morris, Jr., vs. Mcpherson Beverages, Inc. Wednesday - Robert Clyde Mitchell vs. John R. Edwards, Sarah B. Edwards, Albert T. Edwards, Thelma S. Edwards, John Russell, Jr., Ada Russell, Sallie Bet Russell Forrest, Ann Eliza Russell Monroe, Thomas Bullock, Kathleen R. Thompson, Arthur G. Thompson, Dorothy B. James and Farmer James; State Highway Commission vs. W. D. Martin and Mabel H. Martin; State Highway Commis si ,n vs. Mary Rooker Craft. Jurors summoned for the term are: W. H. Abbott, Jr., Mrs. c. P. Allen, Ernest Alston, Helen G. Alston, Julia P. Alston, J. W. Arnold, Joyce O. Aycock, Mrs. J. E. Banzet, Jr., Wal ter Barnes, D. A. Baskervllle, Mrs. Phillip Bender, Mrs. Elizabeth . Benson, Russell Boyd, Melissa Brewer, James Dog Care Meeting To Be Held Here All 4-H Club members carry ing Dog Care and Training Pro jects, 4-H adult leaders and other citizens Interested in Dog Care are invited to hear Dr. Don Gwynn, Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, in a special interest meeting at 10 a. m. Saturday, May 3, in the courtroom of the Warren County Courthouse, Mrs. Bertha Forte, Home Eco nomics Rvtpnstnn Agent, an nounced yesterday. Mrs. Forte said that the pro gram is being sponsored by the Agricultural Extension Service, and it is hoped that all interested citizens, 4-H members and others will take advantage of this opportunity to learn more about the proper care of dogs. G. Bullock, Jr., Lucy Hen derson Bullock, Russell B. Bur nett, Eugene C. Coker, Janntel Coley, Bennle N. Collier, Ray mond C. Cook, Mrs. Ruth Dia mond, Olive D. Mmonds, Robert D. Edmonds, Miss Effie Ellington, Mrs. W. 5; Farmer, Julian W. Farrj^ William Lewis Flemtngy^ Jr., Mrs. Edna M. Harris, R. C. Harris. Also, Mrs. Chart esllobgood, Miss Madge Hudglns, Eddie Johnson, Betty Lou Jones, Mrs. J. H. Kerr, Jr., Joe Henry King, W. H. King, Mrs. Nettle Morris, F. B, Newell, Virginia -S,?Parkinson, Mrs. . Fannie Pittard, B. L, Reavis, Jr., John Artis Richardson, Mrs. William Riggans, Franklin B. Rivers, Mary Lee Rivers, Mrs. F. B. Robertson, Mrs. Vera H. Robertson, Herman Seaman, Nlles Serls, Mrs. G. W. Shearin, Melvin J. Sprag gins, Zeb Vance Sutton, Mrs. W. H. Thompson, Mrs. Edward Warren, Charlie A. Williams, Mrs. J. W. Williams, Mae Belle Williams, Matthew King Williams, Patricia Woods Wingfield. Linda West Selected College Who's Who Miss Linda West, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Lee West of Warrenton, was recent ly selected to membership In "Who's Who In American Col leges and Universities." Linda is a senior at Lee College in Cleveland, Tenn. During her four years at Lee she has been a member of Phi Beta Lamba, Phi Sigma Alpha, Sigma Nu Sigma, and Pioneers For Christ. She served as secretary of Phi Sigma Alpha for one year'and as president for two years. she has also served as secretary treasurer of Sigma Nu Sigma, a girl's society. Linda has been active in all phases of campus life and was placed on the Dean's List for the fall semester. School Report To Be Made On Wedne5dav A report of the House Edu cation Committee on creating Warrenton as a special schoo: district, scheduled to bemads on Wednesday of last week, was postponed until Wednesday ol this week. The report, If made, was made after this newspapei went to press. rock flah vtOctfhe caught In Gaston Lake behind Kerr Dun on last Thursday afternoon. One of the fish weighed 89 1/4 pounds and the oOm lf/pounct?. au^iseld Ike etaU recorder catching a fishing ?1 bucktail lure, the larger flail the time. Tot Currin of warrenton Is shown riding horse in barrel race in horse show held at Warren Recreation Club arena last year. Fleming State Winner In Tobacco Project Sidney Fleming, Jr., 18 year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Fleming, a John Gra ham High School senior and a member of the Alton-Elberon Vlcksboro 4-H Community 4-H Club, has been declared state 4-H winner in the Flue-Cured Tobacco Project. Announcement of the award was made this week by Jim D, Hammings, Associate Agri cultural Extension Agent. Sidney's award entitled him to a trip to Chicago where he will attend the National 4-H Congress held in November. In his eight years of 4-H club work, Sidney has com pleted 51 projects. Not only has he learned much through his project participation, Hem mlngs said, but has excelled to win county and district honors as follows: County Champion In Tobacco Project 1966 and 1968; County winner in Tobacco Demonstra tion Program 1966 and 1967; Second place In District in To bacco Demonstration Program 1966; District Champion in To bacco 1969; District Blue Rib bon Award winner in Health 1967 and 1968; District winner in Dairy project 1969; won num erous blue ribbons and Grand Champion and Reserve Cham pion awards In Dairy projects; County medal winner in Field Crops, Agricultural program and Dog Care; County winner in Leadership 1965; County win ner In Achievement 1966 and 1967; County key Award win ner 1967; and the I Dare You Award 1967. His participation and accom pllshments in winning the State award was based on FLEMING the growing of three acres of tobacco producing 5,482 pounds with total profit of $2, 678.05 and his outstanding work in tobacco demonstrations in 1966 and 1967. Womanless Wedding The Macon Rural Fire De partment and the Macon Jun ior Woman's Club are.expect ing a large turnout Friday night when the Womanless Wedding recently shown at Macon will be repeated at the John Graham High School auditorium. They base their expectation by the success of the event at Macon and the extremely favor able comment heard since the performance. Curtain time Is 8 o'clock. Proceeds will be used by the Macon Rural Fire Department tor the construction of a fire house. May Vote To Be Held On Cotton Allotment Transfers Cotton farmers la Warren County will vote next week to decide whether, In 1970, they want to be able to sell or lease their cotton allotments outside the county, W. S. Smiley, Chair man, Agricultural Stabilisa tion and Conservation County Committee, announced yester day. ? ?V V The referendum applies only to 1970 and will be conducted by mall during the period May S through May 9. Ballots may also be delivered by hand to the ASCS county office. ~ The only question to be decided by the balloting Is whether upland cotton allot ments may be transferred dur ing the nejct year to other farms , _ fers may be i sade by sale or -'"iff will permit such transfers for the upland cotton crop during 1970. Cotton allotment transfers were provided by the. 1965 Food and Agriculture Act, and past referenda on this question have applied to growing seasons through 1969. The Congress voted to extend the Act to cover the 1970 crop year, and the cur rent referendum will decide the ^tjuestlon of tranfers for the single year 1970. Smiley said, "We hope all producers will rate. The vote should be fully representative of the wishes of cotton farmers tat our county." The chairman said that copies of the bellot are being sent to eQ cotton producers of retort# in the county, together with tat-1 Horse Show To Be Held On Sunday The Warren Recreation Club will sponsor a horse show at the club arena on Sunday, May 4, beginning at 2 p. -m., Eddie Clayton, chairman of the com mittee on arrangements, an nounced yesterday. Clayton said that top horses from North Carolina and Vir ginia will be entered in the show. Game, Western, Plea sure and English horses will be entered. He said the show is approved by the Central North Carolina Quarter Horse Association. Sherrill Greer will be ring master and Steve Starliper of High Point will be the judge. Brunswick stew, barbecue and soft drinks will be on sale. All proceeds will be used for club purposes. In Hospital Patients in Warren General Hospital were listed at 5 p. m. Tuesday as follows: Nora Rose , Lalla Walters, Lola Devine, Helen Thompson, Effie Jones, Willie Hamm, Al fred C. Collier, Jennie Han ford, Eugene Odom, Hazel Hight, Sam Allen, Lillian El lington, Kenneth Whitmore, Margery Drake, Hugh Plum mer, Maggie Williams, Andrew Stansbury, Laura Alston, Cheryl Mason, Ernestine Evans, William Collins, Mal colm Stewart. Miss Lisa Paul, daughter of Mrs. Shirley House Paul, has returned from Maria Parham Hospital, Henderson, after un dergoing surgery. Mrs. R. B. Butler and Mrs. Allen Tucker attended the State Woman's Club Convention in Ashevllle this week. Town Election To Be Held Tuesday Mayfield Chairman Of Board Of Education Boyd W. Mayfield, Norlina farmer andTWg -time memner of the Warren County Board of Education, was named chair man of the board at an organ izational meeting here last week. Mayfield and the four other members of the new board took the oath of office before Mrs. Lanie Hayes, Clerk of Court, nrior to their mooting Robert Gupton, Areola farm er and long-term member of | the board, was named vice chairman. Mayfield succeeds Eugene R. Davis of Inez who served 22 years on the board, 14 of which were served as chair man. Gupton succeeds Dr. Sam H. Massey as vice chairman. Dr. Massey had served eight years on the board^much of it as vice chairman. Neither Dr. Massey nor Davis were candi dates for re-election. Other members of the board taking the oath of office were Dr. Charles Bunch of War renton, Ben C. Harris of Inez, and Roger Moore of Littleton. Frank Banzet was re-elected attorney to the board. Supt. J. Roger Peeler was not up for re-election as he was appointed to a four-year term two years ago. A delegation.!}!.about 20 citi zens appeared before the board to protest tuition charges for students whose parents live out side the state, and the proposed creation of a special school district for Warrenton. Chief spokesman for the group were Ernest Turner, president of the Warren County Chapter of the N>ACP, and Mr. and Mrs. T. T. Clayton and John Ellis. The group were told that tne board realizes that hardships were created in some lnstanc es by the county's tuition charge but the overall result was in the best interest of the county, and would not be changed. The group was also told that the Board of Education had nothing to do with plans to create the Town of Warrenton as a special school district. The board awarded Seegars Defence Company a contract to erect a chain-link fence at Mar iam Boyd School at a cost of $4396. Mrs. James C. Harris, Jr., was elected a teacher for the next school term, and c. L. Hege, vocational agricultural teacher at Norlina was grant ed a leave of absence in or der that he may attend sum mer school for three weeks. The board voted to release the children of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Bender and those of MAYFIELD Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bender In order that they might attend school outside the c^"r.t; nex' year. A burst water main ea\* students at Littleton High School an unscheduled holiday on Good Friday. The board granted Lit tleton school authorities per mission to extend the school term by one day to make up this holiday. As a result the Littleton school will end the 1968-69 term on June 10, while other schools of the county will close on June 9."r Draft Board To Be Closed On May 1-2 The local Selective Service Board will be closed on Thurs day and Friday, May 1 and 2, for the executive secretary to attend a workshop in Raleigh. Mrs. Winniefred K. Thomp son. acting executive secretary, said yesterday that at the last meeting of the board Edward Williams and Douglas McArthur Judklns were declared delin quent for failure to report for Armed Forces physical exami nations on Feb. 18, 1969. She said anyone knowing their whereabouts may contact them and ask them to get in touch with the Warren County local board, or anyone knowing their address may call the office and give the secretary such infor mation. Office hours for the Draft Board are: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday: 9 a. m. to 5 p. m.; closed for lunch 1 to 2 p. m. Wednesday: 9 a- m. to 1 p. m. Mr. A. C. Fair attended the North Carolina Watchmakers Convention In Charlotte Sun day. Atton-EIberstf students are sfecwe working on posters aa part of the Warren < CoMWrnbon Contest now taadsruaj It Warm Qotgdy i rig*: Bwta Uw Ayoocfc, DeLoo Rtftan, Kim Httrrls and Oliver 8K wl <* P*" ?H> ?student drawl Of the beat poster ta the fifth grade ? poster* drawn id the w?Jt? county by fM* grade <?.&?, reapietlvaly. The $MiK-MHast u JhS|N " tlon Buper vt sora awl tt? Warren County EMMnsio. WMtt ,#ool?- Hi contest wtu close on Mtaf tt. m --fsm W'r; Wh \ * >.r- ?? Eleven Seek BertFT On Board Warrenton's Town election will be held on next Tuesday, May 6, with 11 candidates seek ing a place on the seven-mem ber board of commissioners. Mayor W. A. Miles, candi date for re-election has no opposition. Polls will open at 6:30 a. m. and close at 6:30 p. m. Mrs. Mary E; Grant is registrar and H. R. Skillman and Mrs. Marian Coleman are judges of election. The polling place will be the Fire Station on Bragg Street. When the filingdeadllnecame on Saturday afternoon 11 candi dates had paid their filing fee, Including six of the present members of the board. The seventh member, Durwood Johnson, will make his home outside of Warrenton within a eeks. -?s in the order of are: Mrs. W. L. .t'o.-.. . Wood, Wiley G. Colerr . C. Fair, Major Pope 1 .1, M. Gordon Halth cock, Eadie Clayton, .Thomas Gaskill, W. L. Turner, Aaron M. Allen and B. G. White. Registration books, which opened on Saturday, April 19, and were open on April 25, will be open at the office of the Registrar at Citizens Insur ance and Bonding Company on Saturday, May 3, the final day for registration of voters. Tungsten Mine is Expected To Reopen The Tungsten Mine In north Vance County, closed for a number of years, Is expected to be reopened in the near fu ture. Rancher Exploration and De velopment Corporation of New Mexico has acquired the pro perty and is now in the pro cess of preparing to resume operation, according to George Shaffer, an official Hi charge of operations. The new company has pumped out the underground shaft and is now in the process of installing new milling equipment of the most modern design for mining activity. When the mine resumiti operations its output may be the second largest in the United States, Shaffer said. Plans for resuming operation of the mine were revealed by Shaffer at a recent meeting of the Henderson Rotary Club when he was guest speaker. The late W. Lunsford Long of War rent on was largely re sponsible for the development of the tungsten mine and for a number of years heeded a group that conducted large min ing operations there. The mine was operated to capacity for a number of years but was closed several years mil King sz RAL 'JSSVS St.
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