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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, TUNE 12. 1969 NUMBER 24
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Deborah Joyner, "Miss Warren County of 1969", is shown packed and ready to leave for
Charlotte on Sunday night to take part in the "Miss North Carolina" Pageant as a representa
tive of the Warren County Junior Chamber of Commerce. She will present her talent on
Thursday night, June 12, and will be on the TV final night on Saturday, June 14, Miss Joyner
is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Joyner of Afton, was accompanied to Charlotte by Mr.
and Mrs. Roy Pat Robertson who will serve as chape rones.
Bus Driver Praised
Students Hurt When
Car Crashed Into Side Of Warren School Bus
Nine Nathaniel Macon Junior
High school students were in
jured around 3:10 p. m. last
Thursday when the school bus
in which they were riding was
struck by a car at the inter
section of US 158 Business
with US 158 some four miles
from Warrenton.
Also hospitalized were the
driver and seven passengers in
the car which struck the front
right side at the bus.
X-rays were taken of all the
injur ed and after being read by
Dr. Bunch, all were dismissed.
A tenth passenger on the bus,
Howard Powell of Inez, became
sick while playing Little League
ball on Friday and was taken
to the hospital for observation.
He was kept overnight and dis
charged.
Parents of four of the children
carried them to Maria Parham
Hospital in Henderson, for fur
ther examination, where it was
found that Barry Shields had
suffered a broken nose in two
places, and that Stewart Satter
whlte had suffered a badly
bruised jaw and had teeth cuts
about the lips. Nancy Lee
Brooks was found to have suf
fered severe, bruises about heft
body and remains under obserV
vat ion at her home. Michael
Allen Slpe suffered a cut about
Ms eye, but bis injuries were
found not to be serious.
Barry Shields was taken to
McPherson Hospital Monday for
an operation on his nose. Stew
art Satterwhite remains under
treatment.
Students hospitalized were
Nancy Lee Brooks, 14, 219
Ridgeway Street, Warrenton.
Joe Ross, bus driver, tit Ma
con.
Michael Allen Sipe, 13, Route
2, Macon.
William Barrlngton Shields,
12, 330 Hazelwood Drive, War
renton. . .
Stewart Adam Satterwhite,
13, Falrlane Drive, Warren
ton.
Claiborne Benson Ay cock, 14,
214 Fairvlew Street, Warren
ton.
Thomas Reld Rooker, 14,
care Colonial Lodge, Warren
ton.
Karl Lynn Shear In, 14, 532
White Street, Warrenton.
Gene Wester Medlin, 14, 601
Oak Street, Warrenton.
Also examined and dis
charged from Warren General
Hospital were Mrs. Georgene
Remenar, driver of the car, and
her four children; and Mrs.
Ellen Flynn, sister of Mrs.
Remendar and her two children.
Wallace Brown, Highway Pa
trolman who investigated the
wreck, said that Mrs. Georgene
Remenar 27, of Bridgeport, Pa,
was driving a 1958 Olds mobile
which was pulling a U-Haul-R
trailer and that she failed to
stop at a Highway intersection
with stop sign and caution light.
Passengers in the car were
Mrs. Rnmenar's four children,
her sister, Mrs. Ellen Flynn
and her two children.
The car crashed into the
right front wheel of the bus,
causing it to run for a short
distance on two wheels.
Skillful driving on the part of
the 18-year-old has driver,
Joseph Alfred Ross, Is credited
with keeping the bus from over
turning.
Brown said that a Negro doc
tor from A. & T. College In
Greensboro, whose name he did
not know, was following the bus
at the time of. the accident,
and told him that only the cool
ness and excellent driving of
the driver kept the bus from
overturning. Brown also said
that Mrs. Remenar said that
the bus traveled for a distance
on two wheels and had the driv
er applied his brakes the bus
would have overturned.
Damage to the car was esti
mated at $250 and to the school
bus at $600.
Brown said that Mrs.
Remenar was charged with
driving without a driver's lic
ense and with falling to yield
right - of- way In obedience to
stop sign.
Following the treatment of the
children at Warren General
Hospital members of the War
renton Woman's Club carried
them to Warren Plaza inn
where they were fed and
sheltered for the night.
Mrs. Remenar was given a
hearing In Warren County Dis
trict Court Friday by judge
Claude Allen and sentenced to
the Woman's Division of the
State Penitentiary for six
months. Execution was not to
Issue until 6 p. m. Saturday
if she was found in the state.
Her brother carried her and her
sister and their six children
to Bridgeport, Pa., Friday.
Evidence at the trial was that
Mrs. Remenar and her four
children had been deserted by
her husband in Florida and that
she with her sister, Mrs. Flynn
and her two children, with lit
tle funds had decided to return
to her father's home in Bridge
port, Pa. They bought an old
car and hired a trailer and with
a total of $40 had started home.
At the time of the wreck, Mrs.
Remenar said, they had $20 left
and had decided that they would
not eat until they arrived at
her father's home.
Operators Have
12 Days To
File Certification
Farm operators have 12 days
left to file certification of crops
and land uses, Thomas E. Wat
son, manager of the Warren
County ASCS Office, announc
ed yesterday.
"Warren County farm opera
tors have the responsibility of
determining and reporting
their crop acreages and land
uses for 1969 to the County
ASCS Office," he said.
"Through June 9, 30 percent,
or 586 farmers, had filed cer
tification reports, Watson said.
Operators on 1923farms need
ed to certify to the crops plant
ed for 1969. Since there are
only It working days left, it
will be necessary tor an aver
age of 111 farmers to certify
dally, he said. The crop
certification reports must be
made in person by the farm
operator or his designated
agent. These reports cannot
be accepted by telephone or
soon as farmers corn
planting their crops, they
be made
Allen Funeral Held At
Brown's Church Sunday
Funeral services for Samuel
Edmond Allen, 85, register of
Deeds of Warren County for 27
years, were conducted on Sun
day afternoon at 3 o'clock
at Brown's Baptist Church
by the pastor, the Rev. John
Neatherly. Interment was 4tT
the church cemetery.
Mr. Allen died In Warren
General Hospital at 11:50 a. m.
on Friday.
Mr. Allen was appointed
Register of Deeds of Warren
County on Sept. 27, 1937, upon
the resignation of the late
L_ Joseph C. Powell, from a field
' '""of TO-candidates. When he
became a candidate in the next
primary he was opposed by six
other candidates, but defeated
them all in the first primary.
From then until his resigna
tion on July 6, 1965, he sel
hls later years he was recogniz
ed as unbeatable.
worked for one or more years
as deputy tax collector for
his uncle, the late Sheriff
Robert E. Davis. This was the
only political office he ever
held until his appointment as
Register of Deeds.
Mr. Allen was born in the
Axtelle Community on April
27, 1884, and lived within a
quarter of a mile of his birth
place all of his life. The son
of the late Walter Allen and
Minnie Davis Allen, Mr. Al
len?attended?tire?old field
school at Axtelle and later
attended the old John Graham
ALLEN
Academy at Warrenton. He
spent practically all of his life
-as a farmer. He jotned Brown^s
Baptist Church as a youth and
remained an active member of
this church all his life. He
served, as superintendent of the
Sunday School for many years,
and was also secretary
treasurer of the church and
member of the board of dea- |
cons and chairman for many
years.
He was married to the late
Bessie Park Bobbitt, and is
survived by one daughter, Mrs.
Mary Allen Bobbitt and two
grandsons, Sam Allen and Bill,
of Durham; two sisters, Mrs.
Walter Watson and Miss Eula
Allen, Both of Axtelle, two
nieces and several great nieces
and nephews.
Lester Knight Is Chosen
Lester Knight has been
chosen the 4-H representative
from Warren County to parti
cipate in the annual 4-H Fores
try Camp at Camp Millstone
near Rockingham.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. J.
O. Knight of Norlina, Lester
is one of almost a hundred boys
?each chosen to represent his
county as a 4-H Club Forestry
Leader. This week these boys
are converging on Camp Mill
stone in Richmond County for
the annual 4-H Forestry Awards
Camp.
Both Southern Bell and the
Agricultural Extension Service
at North Carolina State Uni
versity sponsor this program
geared to the development,
among the young people of our
state, of leadership and know
ledge in forestry.
Special features of the camp
which appeal to young fores
ters include the planting and
caring for trees, identification
of trees, proper cutting of for
est for timber purposes, care
of forestry equipment and fire
fighting techniques. All of these
skills are taught on a "learn
KNIGHT
by-doing" basis so that most
of the "on-the-job training"
takes place In the outdoors
where experts can skillfully
guide the boys In actual fores
try skills.
In addition to recreational
activities such as baseball and
swimming, the boys are also
encouraged in the healthy de
velopment of citizenship and
character.
Rural Carrier Is Hi
. right,
School Election To
Delay Setting Rate
Warrenton's budget can not be
completed until after the spec
ial school election here on juiy
1., Town Manager J. Ed Rooker
told the commissioners althelr
regular meeting on Monday
night.
However, should the elec
tion pass, the special school
levy will not exceed 50?
on the $100 valuation, the com
missioners agreed. Calling at
tention to a State law limit
ing a special school tax
to 50?, the commissioners
passed a minute stalingthatthe
maximum school levy Would
not exceed 50?. Some confus
ion had arisen over the language
of the Act providing for the
! school referendum which stat
ed that a tax of "not less"
than 50? should be levied.
Three new commissioners,
r-Eddie Clayton, Aaron Allen and
Beverly White, visiting with the
'board, concurred with the
board's decision. They will
take office on July 1.
Should voters approve the
creation of a special school dls
I trlct at Warrenton the maxi
mum tax that can be levied
for this purpose is 50? on the
$100 according to North Car
olina General Statutes. Only In
districts of units with 100,000
or more population may thlsflg
ure be exceeded. Such districts
have a maximum of 60?.
The law reads:
"In no event shall a tax for
supplementing the current ex
pense imd budget exceed fifty
I cents (50?) on the one hundred
dollar ($100.00) valuation of
property, real or personal:
Provided that in any school ad
ministrative unit, district, or
other school area having atotal
population of not less than 100,
000 said local annual tax that
may be levied shall not exceed
sixty (60?) on one hundred
($100.00) valuation of said pro
perty.
Under the special Act which
would create Warrenton as a
special school administrative
district the Town Commission
ers would be refunded to levy
a 50? rate, no less nor no more.
The commissioners agreed
to meet on July 1 after the
election returns are in and set
the tax rate. The present tax
rate is $1.15 on the $100 valua
tion.
The commissioners agreed
that Mayor Miles should
attend a meeting of the coun
ty commissioners on Wednes
day night when allocations for
industrial purposes are to be
discussed. Mayor Miles is
to report the results of the
meeting to the town board.
The rain of Sunday night re
sulted In a false fire alarm
and the commissioners agreed
that the check on defective wires
or other causes should be
continued.
The commissioners Inst rue.. -
ed Howard Salmon, chief of
police, to notify owners of
vacant lots that they must have
them cut, or otherwise they
would be cut by the town and
the cost assessed against the
owners.
Tax releases were ordered
for six persons because they
were not living in the limits
of the Town of Warrenton. Re
ceiving the releases, for atotal
of $19.21, were : John Bruce
Lonard, $1.92; Miss Lillian S.
McCoy, $2.32; Edward P. Pen
dergrass, $9.06; Turner Advt.
Co., $1.84; Thurman Rooker,
$1.00; Charles Peete Bolton,
$3.07.
Mayor Miles told the com
missioners that he had an In
quiry from the Town of Macon
relative to allowing Warrenton
Police Officer Grady Haynes,
Jr., to Serve as prill ro nfflrnr
at Macon during the time he
was off duty at Warrenton and
at his home In Macon. The
commissioners would not grant
the requests on the grounds that
double-officer holding is not
permitted by law.
Town Manager Rooker was
Instructed to write t .e N. C.
Board of Alcoholic 1 average
Control that the \? rrenton
Town Board does jt look
with favor upon the granting of
an on-premises beer license to
Byron C. Brown, T/a Jet
Carry-Out Foods, due to the
number of minors frequently
In the pool room which the ap
plication covers. The board
stated that It would give con
sideration to granting an off
premises license.
Mayor Miles said that It was
not likely that another meeting
of the board would be held be
fore July 1 when Commission
ers Wiley G, Coleman, Dur
wood Johnson and A. A. Wood
complete their terms of office.
He said that he wanted to thank
each of these commissioners
for their years of faithful ser
vice to the town, and to the:
splendid cooperation that they
have given him.
Frances Jeen Allen
Dies In California
Relatives here have been
notified of the death of Miss
Frances Jean Allen, daughter
of Mr. J. Edward Allen of
Warrenton and the late Mrs.
Allen, on Sunday night in Berk
ley, Calif.
Miss Allen, 44, was found
dead in bed on Monday morning.
Relatives believe she died of 4
heart attack.
Funeral arrangements have
not been completed pending the
arrival of the body at War
renton.
Miss Allen had been living In
California tor the put seven
years, where she worked tor
publishing houses after teach
ing tor two years. She was a
graduate of Louisburg College
and the University of North
Carolina at Chapel mn, and
was a member of Wesley Me
morial United Methodist Church
at Warrenton.
She is survived by her father,
J. Edward Allen; one brother,
J. Edward Allen, jr., of War
renton; and two sisters, Miss
isebel Alien of Nyeck, New
York, end Mies Edkh Allen of
Burlington.
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