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m VOLUME'73 ^ Subscription: $3.00 A Year; $4.00 Out Of State, 10<f Per Copy WARRENTON, COUNTY OF WARREN, N. C. THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1969 - NUMBER 19 Little Business Is Transacted By Board Little business was before the Boar"! of County Commission ers at their regular meeting on Monday afternoon after they had spent practically all the morning sitting as a Board of Equalization and Review to hear complaints from taxpayers dis satisfied with valuations on their property. Julian Farrar, director of Public Welfare, and Dr. J. U. Weaver, Health Department director, appeared before the commissioners to discuss the Welfare and Health Budgets. A delegation, with Alfred Wright as spokesman, appear ed before the board to re quest the commissioners to ask the State Highway Commis sion to blacktop county road No. 1109, a distance of one mile, running from Highway 158 to Snow Hill. The board or dered that the Highway Com mission be requested to black It was ordered that an off premises beer license be Issued tO C. B. CUrtlS. -Tr ffaHinw as Chuck's Interstate Esso at Rldgeway 85 Intersection upon receipt of state license. C. J. Fleming, dog warden, made his report for the months of March and April. His re port showed that he traveled 2761 miles In March, due to clinic advertisement in part, picked up 80 dogs and sold dogs for $8. His April report showed that he traveUed 1915 miles, picked up 67 dogs and sold $3.00 worth of dogs. A. P. Rodwell, Jr., Tax Col lector, reported 1968 taxes collectpd during April in the amount of $13,346.40, making a total of 1968 taxes collected to date of $446,484.20. The per centage of 1968 taxes collect ed to date is 90.49. The commissioners decided to meet on April 20 at a night meeting to begin a study of the 1969-70 budget. Julian Farrar, welfare director, is scheduled to meet with- the commissioners at that time to discuss the budget for the Wel fare Department. Whiskey Plays Part In Number Of Cases Whiskey was a major factor In cases tried In Warren Coun ty District Court last Friday with six defendants facing Judge Julius Banzet on charges of drunk driving and two defend ants being charged with public drunkenness. Wilson Harris was ordered to pay a $100 fine and court costs when he was found guil ty of drunk driving. Gene Mann, who pled guilty to a charge of drunk driving, was sentenced to the roads for 60 days. The court recom mended that he be granted the option of serving the sentence under work release. Dan Gray Arnold pled guilty to a charge of drunk driving and was ordered to pay a $100 fine and court costs and to surren der his driver's license for a period of 12 months. John Alston was ordered to pay a $100 fine and court costs when b^ pted guilty to a charge of drunk driving. Curtis Richardson, who pled guilty to a charge of drunk driv ing, was sentenced to the roads for 60 days. The sentence was suspended for two years provid ed the defendant does not operate a motor vehicle upon the public highways of the state for 12 months and pays a $100 fine and court costs. Richardson also pled guilty to having no operator's license. He was ordered to pay a $25 fine and court costs. James Walter Barnes, sen tenced to the roads for 60 days, when he pled guilty to a charge of drunk driving, had his sen tence suspended for two years. Terms of the suspension were that the defendant surrender his driver's license for a period of 12 months and pay a fine of $100 and courLCdgfit. " ~ Wilson Harris, found guilty of | public drunkenness, was or dered to pay court costs. Phillip Donald Curry pled guilty to a charge of public drunkenness and was sentenced to jail for ten days. James Edward Turner was ordered to pay a $10 fine and court costs when he pled gull- I ty to possession of taxpald whiskey with seal broken; Terry Lee Apperson pled guilty to a charge of speeding 85 miles per hour In a 65 mph zone. He was ordered to pay a $50 fine and court costs. John Archer Turner failed to appear In court to answer to a charge of having no operator's license. A capias was Issued for his arrest. nwp? - ? Herman Vaughan of Norllna, holds 2# lb 11 or rock fish, Mid to be the largest ever caught In either North Carolina or Virginia, caught behind Kerr Dam in Oaaton Lake last Friday afternoon. The fish measured 41 1/2 inches long and 25 1/2 inches irouad. ft took one hour sad SO minutes to land the fish. Vaughan carried the fish to Chase City, Va., where It was weighed and measured by the Virginia Wildlife Service and re corded as bslng the largest rock fish ever ew0* Ja Virginia or North Carolina.. H* was presented a spinner casting outfit and promised a $100 award if no larger fish is caught by I 1. The picture was taken In Schuster'a Service Station at K iWMUUMl U'l SCeeze Branding like ilte brand visible in the photols done with extreme cold instead of heat. Freeze branding is designed to destroy the pigment producing cells in the skin, 'eaving the branded area white. Dry ice plus alcohol can be used in a solution for cooling the branding irons. Freeze Branding Comes To Warren A local cattleman said this week that he Is really sold on Freeze Branding, a way of marking cattle new to Warren County cattlemen. "It's freeze branding all the vay for our cattle," stated rravls Pulley, local cattleman and manager of the Carolina Biological Research Farms In Warren County. Assisted by Dr. R. L. Mc Gulre, Animal Husbandry Spec ialist,?N. e. State University, Raleigh, L, B. Hardage and Jim D. Hemmlngs, Agricultural Ex tension Agents, Pulley brand ed 50 head of purebred Herefords during March of this year. Hemmlngs said yesterday that the brands are already turning white and show up real good on the Hereford steers. He said the brands are plainly readable at~ 100 feet or more. "Branding with a hot iron is a thing of the past with me if freeze brands are going to be this good," Pulley said. He also said that many of his neigh boring cattlemen have seen the brands and have decided to use the freeze branding methods on their beef cattle. New Business Opens At Warrenton On Monday A new business opened at Warrenton on Monday morn ing when the Minute Mart be gan the sale of groceries and gasoline and oil at a site on the Norlina Roadformerly occupied by Hicks' Grill and Grocery. A grill, to be run in con nection with the Minute Mart, Is expected to be open within the next week or ten days, G. T. Blanks, owner, said yesterday. The grill and grocery, form erly run by Levy Hicks was sold by him to Blanks several months ago. Included in the sale was the Hicks' home, which will be occupied following reno vation by Mr. and Mrs. Blanks, their two children and Mr. Blanks' young sister, Miss Sandra Blanks. The grill and grocery were torn down and a modern masonry building, housing the grocery department In one end and the grill In the other end, erected on the site. The Minute Mart will carry a full line of groceries, with the exception of a meat mar ket, and will be open from 7 a. m. to 11 p. m. seven days a week, Blanks said yesterday. A native of Vance County, Blanks for the past nine years has been employed by Carolina Telephone and Telegraph Com pany. He Is a graduate of Ay cock High School and during his high school days worked with Save-Way Grocery Co., at Henderson. He also has an interest in a service station at Loulsburg. Blanks Is a member of the Henderson Junior Chamber of Commerce. He and his fam ily are members of the Baptist Church. Hospital Insurance Deductions Increased RALEIGH?Robert A. Flynn, district manager for social se curity at Raleigh announced this week that the hospital Insurance deductible - the portion of the hospital bill for which the patient Is responsible - was Increased from $40 to $44 beginning January 1, 1969. This Increase was made necessary because of the rising costs of hospital care through out the country. The Medi care law calls for an annual review of the deductible. If this review shove a great change in hospital costs, the deducti ble is adjusted. The 19*? In crease results from review of costs made this year. While the deductible Increase amounts to ten percent, the Increase In the portion of the overall bill that Is paid by the patient will be slight. Where the Medicare patient now pays 10% of a $400 hospital bill, he would pay only one percent more (or 11%) next year. The percentage is even less, at course, on higher bills. Flynn said there will also be a 10% Increase In the hospital 'co-insurance" amount - this is the part paid by the patient after he has been in the hos Ir Hospital Patients In Warren General Hospital at 8 p. m. Tuesday were listed as followsi Nora Nose, Lala Walters, White, Myrtle pital 60 days or In a skilled nursing home 20 days. He explained that the deduc tible Is paid only once by a hospitalized Medicare enrollee during a benefit period. No Increase in the medlca. Insurance (doctor bill) deducti ble or premium Is anticipated at present, he said. For more information, con tact the social security office at 1122 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh between the hours of 8:30 a. m. and 5:00 p. m. Mon day through Friday. The office Is also open until 7:00 p. m. on Friday nights. Deadline The deadline for signing ap plications for federal "All Risk" crop Insurance In the Middle Belt Is Thursday, May 15, Mrs. Lucille B. Buchanan, representative In charge of the Warren County office, announc ed yesterday. She said ap plications cannot be accepted for this Insurance after the to bacco has become generally planted in the county. This is a guaranteed dollar coverage that nothing will change for 1MB, Mrs. Buchan sald. "Federal Crop hi fi e," she added, "guaran tees you that your tobacco crop will bring a stated amount at money even If the crap is hit by drought, flood, too much unavoidable ln wind, fire, sod Mrs. Bobbitt To Retire As Deputy Mrs. Will N. Bobbitt, office deputy for the Sheriff's Depart ment for the past 18 years, has resigned, effective July 1. Mrs. Bobbitt became office deputy when Roy Shearln was sheriff, succeeding Mies Gayle Tarwater. She continued to serve while Jim Hundley was sheriff and remained office de puty when Clarence Davis be came sheriff. Notice of her resignation has been given the board of coun ty commissioners but her successor has not been named. Following her retirement Mrs. Bobbitt expects to make a tour of Europe with friends from Warrenton. Sheriff Clarence Davis In commenting on Mrs. Bobbitt's retirement yesterday said that she would be hard to replace. He described her as efficient, loyal, conscientious with an un usual ability to deal with the public. "I don't think It would be possible," he said, "for me to say too many nice things about Mrs. Bobbitt. She Is Just a fine person." Court Recessed The May Civil Term of War ren County Superior Court, which convened here on Monday morning with Judge James H. Pou Bailey of Raleigh presiding, recessed on Wednesday and was expected to resume on Thurs day morning. The recess was granted at torneys for caveators In the Matter of the Will of Mattie L. Tucker, In order that they might bring other concerned parties into court. Trial of the case began on Tuesday. Two Encumbents Defeated Three New Members Are Elected To Town Board Leon Knight Elected Mayor Of Norlina W. Leon Knight, appliance dealer, defeated E. L. Perry, Seaboard - Coastline Railroad Agent, 157 to 139, in Norlina's mayoralty race on Tuesday. Five members were elected to the Norlina Board of Com missioners. They were W. Macon Wemyss, 240, James A. Overby, 250; T. Wallace Stal lings, 244; James Macon My rick, 236; John A. Dore, 259. Norlina's board of commis sioners was increased from" three to five by special act of the present Legislature. Encum bents of the present board are John A. Dore, Leigh Traylor and Clint Hege, with only Dore seeking re-election. As a result the new board will con sist of one veteran commis sioner and four new members. Both Perry and Knight en tered the race for mayor after Lesson Of Death Proves Hard For Many To Learn RALEIGH ? Sixteen - yeai - old Tony was arrested on Jan. 14, 1969, by a North Carolina State Trooper. The charge was driving 110 miles per hour In a 55 mile speed zone?at night and without lights. Sixteen-year-old Bobby was arrested four days later by the same State Trooper. The charge was speeding 90 miles per hour In a 45 mile zone. Sixteen-year-old Joseph was arrested later the same day by the same Trooper. The charge was speeding 90 miles per hour in a 55 mile zone. All three youngsters were from the same county; two from the same city. Two of the three already had previous driving violations and the third had pre viously been Involved in a traf fic accident. Unusual? Not really?except for one thing they all had in common. On November 6, 1966?a lit tle over two years earlier Tony's brother had been killed in an automobile accident in volving excessive speed. On May 10, 1968-a little over eight months earlier Bobby's brother had been kill ed in an automobile accident Involving excessive speed. September 22, 1968 ? less than four months earlier ? Joseph's brother had been killed In an automobile accident Involving excessive speed. Three arrests in less than a week? all for flagrant speed ing violations, all by the same Trooper, and all in just one of North Carolina's 100 coun ties. Makes you wonder ? doesn't it? KNIGHT encumbent Graham P. Gris som had announced that he would not be a candidate. Senator Allsbrook Offers Amendment To Trustee RALEIGH?Action on a bill to give students represen tation on the boards of trus tees of state-supported colleges and universities In North Carolina was delayed in the Senate Tuesday. Sen. Julian Allsbrook, D Hallfax, noting that he opposed the original bill, sent forward an amendment to make the stu dent trustee a specially elect ed student body officer. The original bill would make the stu dent body presidents trustees. "Having served as student body president at Chapel Hill, I can tell you a lot of things go Into the election of the stu dent body president," Alls brook said. "If we're going to put a stu dent on the board he should reflect the real sentiment of students ? not the minority groups who come there to pa rade around and cause vio lence," he said. The sponsor of the bill, Sen. Ralph Scott, D-Alamance, said he would accept the amend ment. He also agreed to delay action on the bill to give Alls brook more time to prepare technical changes. During debate on the amend ment a supporter and an oppon ent of the original bill both op posed the change. "The purpose of the amend ment is to defeat the bill," Sen. William Staton, D-Lee said. "The most prestigious office one can have on campus Is stu dent body president," he said. "They're usually highly com petent, capable persons." Allsbrook denied that he was trying to defeat the bill and said he was only trying to make it "palatable." (See ALLSBROOK, page 8) warrenton voters on Tues day re-elected W. A Miles as mayor and named seven men from a slate of ten men and one woman to serve on the town board. Mayor Miles, running with out opposition, received 260 votes. The seven met. elected vere A, C. Fair, Major Pope Powell, 'M. Gordon Haithcock, Eddie Clayton, Thomas Gaski'l, Aaion M. Allen, and B. G. White. Defeated were encumbents W. G. Coleman and A. A. Wood, and Mrs. W. L. Wood andW'. L. Turner. Leading the ticket in Tues day's vote was encumbent M. Gordon Haithcock, serving his - first term as towncommisst0n-? er. As a result of the election, three new commissioners were elected to the board to serve with the four encumbents re elected. A fifth encumbent, Dur wood Johnson, was not a can didate. New members elected were B. G. White, Aaron M. Allen and Eddie Clayton.. Removed from the board were A. A. Wood and Wiley G. Coleman. The new board will take office on July 1, at the beginning of the new fiscal year. The count of the vote, which began at 6:30, was completed shortly after 9 o'clock. Unofficial Ballot Mayor W. A. Miles 260 Commissioners M. Gordon Haithcock 265 B. G. White 260 Thomas Gaskill 247 Aaron M. Allen 242 Eddie Clayton 239 A C. Fair 224 Major Pope Powell 217 A A Wood 213 Mrs. W. L. Wood 145 W. L. Turner 114 Wiley G. Coleman 108 Mrs. Effie Jones Dies At Hospital Mrs. Effle Harper Jones, 83, died In Warren General Hos pital Tuesday after a brief Ill ness. she was a member of the Norlina Methodist Church, the Woman's Society of Christian Service, the Ladles' Bible Class, and a longtime mem ber of the Norlina Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star, which she had served as Worthy Ma tron. Funeral services will be con ducted today CThursday) at 3 p. m. from the Norlina Methodist Church. The Rev. J. S. Epper son and the Rev. Bruce Pate will conduct the last rites. In terment will follow in Kings wood Church cemetery near Bracey, Va. Mrs. Jones Is survived by a son-in-law, Leon Knight of Nor lina; a sister, Mrs. Woodrow Haines of Bracey, Vs. Her hus band, Thomas J. Jones, died In the 1M0*S. ALL8BROOK TO SPEAK Senator Julian Allsbrook will be the guest speaker at a meet ing of the Warrenton Lions Club Friday night. President Allan Tucker announced yester daf; The dub will meet at 7 o'clock In the Llona Den. MEMORIAL SERVICE A memorial service will be held Sunday afternoon, May 11, aC S o'clock at the Church ot cemetery. The Rev. B.W. via, rector, will conduct the
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