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VOLUME'73 if ) Subscription: $3.00 A Year; $4.00 Out Of State, 10$ Per Copy WARRENTON,COUNTY OF WARREN, N.C. THURSDAY JULY 17, 1969 NUMBER 29
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Dignitaries Pictured At
Groundbreaking Exercises
Dignitaries are shown posing for the groundbreaking ceremonies on last Friday morning
They are, loft to right: W. D. Little, cashier Peoples Bank and Trust Company of Norlina;
W. A. Miles, Mayor of Warrenton; John G. Mitchell, chairman of the Board of Citizens Bank;
Pett. B. Boyd, president of Citizens Bank; Major General Claude T. Bowers, chairman
of the Board of Bute Development Company; Charles S. Edwards, N. C. Economics Specialist.
Economies Development Administration; Selby G.~Benton, president of Bute Development Com ?
pany; T. E. "Red" Cochrane, president Cochrane Furniture Company; Jerry Cochrane, pres
ident of Cochrane Eastern; Alfred J. Ellington, Warren County Commissioner; W. Monroe
Gardner, chairman Warren County Industrial Commission.
Groundbreaking For
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Furniture Plant Is
Held Here On Friday
The friendliness of people
of the Warrenton area and their
full cooperation was respon
sible for the decision of Coch
rane Furniture Company of
Ltncolnton to locate a subsid
iary company on the outskirts
of Warrenton, Jerry Cochrane,
president of Cochrane Eastern,
Inc., said at groundbreaking
ceremonies here on last Friday
morning.,. 5 -
During the ceremonies
ground was broken for a new
$1.2 million furniture parts
company which will eventually
grow to a $2 million dollar
business and employ some 500
local people In Warrenton's
Industrial Park.
Cochrane said that Cochrane ?
officials inspected many sites
in North Carolina and other
states, and while they found
some sites that were better
suited physically for their plant,
nowhere else did they receive
the warm welcome and cooper
ation they received in the War
renton area. This, he said,
was decisive in the choosing of
a site.
Breaking ground Friday for
Members of Boy Scout Troop No. 617 werepictured during lull at groundbreaking ceremonies.
Several other members of the troop who directed traffic were not present at the time the group
' was spotted by photographer. Shown, left to right, are: Walter Gardner, Jr., Smltty Bugg,
Sears Bugg, N. M, Hilliard, Jr., E. J. Burgess, Jr., and Stewart Satterwhlte.
Mayor W. A. Miles, T. E. Cochrane and Jerry Cochrane
using their shovels as official groundbreakers for the Cochrane
Eastern Plant on the outskirts of Warrenton.
the 60,000 square-foot building
on the 43 acres of land In the
community of 3,500 were Mayor
W. A. Miles and Jerry and T.
E. Cochrane, owners of Coch
rane Eastern, Inc., a subsidiary
of Cochrane Furniture Com
pany of Lincolnton.
The new firm, largest to
settle In Warren County, will
temporarily manufacture wood
parts for maple Early Ameri
can style furniture. The firm
expects to expand within the next
two years to a 300,000 square
foot building and manufacture
all types of furniture.
Jerry Cochrane said that 95
per cent of the employees will
be hired from In and around
Warrenton "as much as pos
sible."
Construction of the building
is expected to begin within the
next two weeks. Manufacture ot
the wood parts is set to be
gin January, 1970.
Monroe Gardner, Chairman
of Warren County Industrial
Commission, was master of
ceremonies for the event
attended by town and county
officials, company officials, and
dignitaries from other sections
as well as local bankers and
others who have been active in
bringing the olant to Warrenton.
Mayor W. A. Miles welcom
ed the plant to Warrenton and
County Commissioner Alfred
J. Ellington, acting on behalf
of board chairman Amos L.
Capps, welcomed the plant to
Warren County.
The exercises were held from
a truck body in the shade of
large trees at the old R, B. Boyd
home site with celebrities on
the platform. Tne messages of
the speakers was carried to the
crowd of around 150 persons
over the loudspeaker truck of
R B. Butler Auction Company,
with "Junle" Drake at the con
trols. Traffic was directed by
members of Boy Scout Troop
No.' 617. Invocation was given
by the Rev. Ted Wilson, minis
ter of the Wesley Memorial
Methodist Church.
Handling the shovels in the of
ficial groundbreaking were
Jerry and T, E. Cochrane and
Mayor W. A. Miles, but after
wards a number of others took
(See PLANT, page 3)
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Warrenton May Restrict
Use Of Town Dump After
County Board Decision
Warrenton may restrict the
use of its trash dump to the
use of town citizens following
notice from the board of coun
ty commissionersthat tire coun
ty would no longer pay a $25
a month fee for the public use
of the dump.
Mayor W. A. Miles to Id the
board that he had been notified
By County Commissioner
Chairman Amos L. Capps that
the county would no longer pay
the fee as no provision for its
payment has been provided in
the county budget.
Trash from all over the coun
ty has been carried to the town
dump and often dumped indis
criminately away from the deep
Beer May Be Sold On
Permit Issued By State
A municipality cannot legal
ly refuse to issue a-beer lirr?
cuse 10 anj c.. :en who has bee n
granted a beer permit by the
state, L. B. Phillips, head of the
State ABC Enforcement Divi
sion, told the town commission
ers on Monday night.
A town may refuse to reissue
a license for cause after a
permit has been granted by the
state but not when the permit
is an original one, Phillips said.
He said that the state would re
_fusg to issue a permit where
applicant has been found guilty
of a felony or found guilty of
violation of the prohibition law.
Where the state grants aper
mit, it is mandatory that atown
grant a license upon applica
Students Signing Up
To Attend City School
Approximately 525 students
living outside the Warrenton
special school district have
been signed up to pay tuition
fees to attend the local school
this fall, Fred Bartholomew,
city school superintendent, said
yesterday.
He said that "two or three"
Negroes are among those who
have signed up.
"Frankly," he said, "the
sign-up so quickly has passed
my expectations."
Bartholomew said that a lot of
procedural work remains to
be done before school can be
opened, but that plans for the
school opening are proceeding
very well.
He said that the school is
now taking applications for
teaching positions within the
school and said that Interested
persons may apply at his office
in the John Graham High School
building.
To Vote Tuesday
Voters of the Littleton-Lake
Gaston special school district
will cast their ballots on next
Tuesday, July 22, to determine
whether or not the district shall
be created as a special school
district and whether or not a
special tax shall be levied for
its operation.
tion, Phillips told the commis
sioners;?Whore a town refuses
to re-issue a license, he said,
the applicants may demand a
hearing before the full board and
may appeal the decision of the
board to the courts.
Proper procedure, Phillips
said, is for a citizen desiring
a license, to give notice to the
town board of his intent to file
for a state permit. The town
.must state its objection to the
state board within 10 days, he
(See LICENSE, page 8)
Opportunity, Inc.
Getv $487,262 Grant
A Federal grant of $487,262
for a 5'ear long community ac
tion program for Franklin
Vance - Warren Opportunity,
Inc., of h'enderson was announc
ed from Washington last week
by the Oi'fice of Economic Op
portunity.
The statement said the major
portion of the funds will go to
24 classes of year-round, all
day Head lit art for 360 chil
dren. Another portion will pro
vide emergency food and
medical care in the three-coun
ty area i'or sir months.
The progr.am has been in
operation for se veral years, and
is directed for the three coun
ties from offices in Henderson.
Tobacco Mark et To
Open On Sept. 2
The War rent on Tobai-co Mar
ket and other market, s in the
Middle Belt will open o.n Tues
day, Sept. 2.
The date was set by the Flue
Cured Tobacco Mark feting
Committee at a meeting he 'Id in
Raleigh on Friday night to ar
range for openings In the
various belts.
The date Is virtually the san ne
as last year, when sales beg ran
on Tuesday, Sept. 3.
The crop In this area Is t?-\
pected to be larger this ye ar
than last as to poundage, diuc
to carryover from allotments
that were not used in 1968 as
a result of the drought shortage'.
ravine reserved for this pur
pose. The commissioners said
on Monday night that the $300
which has been paid annually by
the county did not cover the
cost of shoving the trash into
the ravine.
This problem was taken tothe
commissioners a few years ago
by the town commissioners and
the county officials agreed to
bear part of the cost of main
taining the dump.
The commissioners said
Monday night that debris is
being hauled to the Warrenton
dump from Macon, Norlina and
other sections of the county,
and from county buildings in
the town, and that under the
law the county is supposed to
provide a public trash dump for
the use of county citizens.
The suggestion wasmadethat
the town erect a gate at the
entrance to the woods road
leading to the dump, but no
action was taken pending
recommendations of the new
street committee appointed by
"Mayor Miles near the close of
the two and one-half hour ses
sion.
Major Pope Powell is chair
man of the street committee,
appointed by Mayor Miles on
Monday night, other members
(See DUMP, page 8)
Horse Show To Be Held
At Afton Saturday
The Afton Horse Show will
be held at Afton on Saturday,
July 19, beginning at 7:30 p. m.
Admission will be $1.00 for
adults and 50? for children.
The show ring is located five
miles south of Warrenton, just
off Highway 401, with direct
ional signs.
Food and refreshments will
be available on the show
grounds.
The judge for the show,
which Is approved by Carolina
Central Western Horse Asso
ciation, will be Mrs. Esther O.
Wlsecarver. Lindy Arrington
will be ringmaster, and Harold
Harris and Lewis Reavis are
chairmen.
Tobacco Meeting To
Be Held At Oxford
All tobacco farmers in
Warren County are invited to a
tobacco field day at the Oxford
Research Station, L. B. Hard
age, county extension chair
man, announced yesterday. The
tour has been scheduled tor
Monday, July 21, starting at
9 a. m. and ending at J2 noon.
Hardage said the tobacco
farmers will find this event
i worth their time and suggest
>ed that farmers get a carload
of their neighbors and go direct -
1? to the station.