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^?<.1 Slip Damn Error?) VOLUME'73 Subscription: $3.00 A Year; $4.00 Out Of State, 10* Per Copy WARRENTON, COUNTY OF WARREN, N. C. THURSDAY, ]ULY 31, 1969 NUMBER 31 Town Budget Is Adopted; Rate $1.50 Warrenton's tax rateof $1.50 set up In the tentative budget, was formally adopted by the board of town commissioners In special session on Wednesday night of last week. Making up the $1.50 rate on the $100 valuation are a 50? levy for schools, 43$ levy for debt service and a 57$ levy for general purposes. The adoption of the new rate marks the first time In at least a quarter of a century that the town rate has been Increased. It has remained at $1.15 for a large number of years. The board took no other form al action during the meeting ex cept to order the Installation of a street light near the home of Mrs. ElizabethO. Burwell at the corner of Eaton and Marshall ! Street. However, the commls- I stoners spent much time dis cussing the recent actton of the board of county commissioners in removing from the county budget the sum of $300 paid annually to the Town of War renton towards the support of Its trash dump in a session last ing about two and one-half hours. Assault On Female Brings Defendant Road Sentence A Warren County man, found guilty of two counts assault on a female in Warren County Dis trict Court last Friday, was given a road sentence by Judge L. T. Peoples. Both cases we$e combined for judgment and Cleveland Hawkins was ordered to serve , not less than nine months or more than 18 months on the roads of North Carolina. The | court recommended that Haw kins be granted the privilege 1 of working under the work re lease program. Robert Lee Williams pled | guilty of drunk driving and was sentenced to the roads for six months. The sentence was sus pended for five years upon pay- | ment of a $100 fine and court costs, provided he surrenders his driver's license for 12 months, and that he refrains absolutely from the use of In toxicating beverages for five years. Williams gave notice of appeal to Superior Court and appearance bond was set at $125. McKinley Wilkins, charged with driving on wrong side of road, was found not guilty. Gloria Ann Walker, charged with Improper passing, was found not guilty. James Robert Foster enterec a plea of nolo contendere to a charge of speeding. Prayer for judgment was continued upon payment erf costs. Phil N. Radford pled guilty to a second offense of public drunkenness within a period of one year. He was ordered plac ed In the custody of the Com missioner of Corrections for an Indeterminate sentence of not less than 30 days nor more than six months. Foster gave notice of appeal to Superior Court and appearance bond was set at $50. Herman Delane Person was sentenced to the roads for 12 months when he was found guil ty of an assault with a deadly weapon. The sentence was sus pended for five years provided the defendant remains of good behavior and not violate any of the criminal laws of the state for five years and that he t placed on probation for fit years. He was required to pi court costs. James Williams was see teoced to Jail for 20 days whs be pled guilty to charges c public drunkenness and dia (See COURT, page I) The Warren county school ayatea win offer a course la ?? All LITTLE LEAGUE ALL-STARS?Little League All-Stars who participated in play-offs at Southern Pines are, left to right: Front row?Gregg Williams, Waverly Thompson, Marvin Cox, Glenn Benton, Jay Haynes, Richard Blankenshlp; second row?Steven Bender, Glenn Norwood, Joey Greer, Allen Kearney, Glenn Coleman, David Munn, Eddie King and Kenny Green. Little League All-Stars Split Games It took two strong Greenville teams to stop the Warren Coun ty Little League All-stars In tournament play at Southern Pines last week. Warren County advanced to the finals by defeating Green ville North State 5-1, on Wed nesday. The following day the Greenville Tar Heels stopped Warren County 6 - 2, winning the District tournament and the right to advance to the Region al playoff. In the first game Eddie King was the winning pitcher allowing 3 hits, one run, and striking out 11 batters. In the second game Joey Greer and Greg Williams shared the pitching duties allowing 10 hits and 6 runs. The Warren County boys were able to collect only 5 hits and 2 runs. The two runs came WARREN COUNTY ALL-STARS TOURNAMENT RECORD POSITION AB R H AVERAGE Richard Blankenshlp 3B 6 2 3 500 Joey Greer P & 2B 5 0 0 000 Eddie King P Si SS 6 1 4 666 Glenn Norwood C 6 1 1 166 Steven Bender LF 3 1 0 000 Jay Haynes CF 5 0 1 200 Marvin Cox RF 2 0 0 000 Gregg Williams SS Si P Si 2B 2 1 0 000 Glenn Coleman IB 1 1 0 000 Allen Kearney Ph. 1 0 0 000 Kenny Green RF 1 0 0 000 David Munn RF 1 0 0 000 Glenn Benton 2B 1 0 0 000 Waverly Thompson IB 2 0 0 000 Alternates: Donnle Robertson and "chuck" White on homeruns by Richard Blank enship and Eddie King. There were no men on base. The All-stars enjoyed the trip to Southern Pines, leav ing on Tuesday morning and re turning to Warrenton on Thurs day night, accompanied by their coaches Charles Lyles, Carl ton Quails, and B. L. King. Board Adopts Budget County Tax Rate Is Set At $1.50 The Warren County tax rate for the fiscal year 1969 70 will be $1.50 on the $100 valuation. The board of county com missioners on Monday after noon made it official when they adopted the tentative budget, with no changes in the amount of appropriations and only one slight technical change. The change was concerned with a $7,500 appropriation for the Warrenton Rural Fire De partment. The title of the appro priation was changed to County Rural Fire Departments. Rea sons for the change is to pro vide for a possible reduction in fire Insurance rates in rural sections of the county. Under the law county funds have to be made to each fire district If the lower rate Is to be ef fective. The commissioners said they anticipated no loss of effectiveness of the donation through a change in allocation. Figures making up the bud get are derived from 90 per cent collections on a taxable valuation of $36 million, repre senting 50 percent of the true valuation of the county. The rate was reduced from $1.97, a drop of 47$, largely due to an Increase In valuations. In addition to the county wide rale of $1.50, the commis sioners levied an additional tax of 16$ on the $100 valuation for the Littleton-Gaston spec ial school district, approved by the voters on July 22. Warren Population No Longer Growing Younger NEW YORK - For a number of years, up to 1967, residents of Warren County were getting younger all the time. Not In dividually?only collectively. The median age of the local population, which la the point at which there are as many persons above that age as be low it, had dropped about 7 percent in aperod of 7 years. It went from 21.7 years In I960 as determined by the cen sus taken at that time, to ap proximately 20.4 years, where It remains today. That Is neither younger than Springtime nor older than Me thuselah. |t compares with a median age of 27.4 years in the nation as a whole and with 24.0 in the State at North Car Why the sudden end to the growing - younger process?B is all tied up with the nation wide drop In the Mrth rate, which is attributed in part to the new attitude at the young women of the "now" gfigration toward Wis While the report does not Indicate the extent to which the pill and other relatively new techniques of family planning are responsible for this drop, It declares that these techniques "undoubtedly have been a con tributing factor." The lower birth rate and the trend toward smaller families Is ascribed by the Population Reference Bureau to n aware ness among young Ouupi -,s that "rearing children In Ibis com plicated and expensive world presents big problems." The figures bear out this trend, according to a recent survey by the Census Bureau, k finds that there are SO per cent fewer young children per mother than In 1960. This so-called "fertility ratio" refera to the number of children under the age of S per 1,000 women of chlld bearlng SO*' ' in Warren County, In I960, this ratio was S79. R is now The budget adopted on Mon day provides for a total outlay of $808,625. Of this amount, $277,848.94 Is for schools, in cluding $6,721.56 for the Llttle ton-Gaston school district. Ellis Choice Of Commissioners For Highway Commission T, W. Ellis, jr., appointed last week by Gov. Robert Scott as a member of the 23-man board of highway commission ers, was the choice of the War ren County Board of Commis sioners. Several months ago the coun ty board went on record as fav oring the Henderson business man and forwarded a request to Gov. Scott that he make the ap pointment. Ellis, who took the oath of office with other commission members yesterday, Is the first man from this immediate area ever to be named to a full term on the state body. Once, several years ago, Stanley S. Betts of Henderson was ap pointed to the commission to fill a vacancy. Ellis Is one of the 23 com missioners announced by Gov. Scott on Wednesday of last week. The chairman, Lauch Fair cloth of Clinton, was named several months ago. Ellis, a native of Vance Coun ty, has long been active In political, civic and church cir cles In Vance Comity. He is currently serving a second term as chairman of the Vance Board of county Commission era. He is a former president of the Henderson-Vance Coun ty Chamber of Commerce, an official In the Uoaa Club and First Methodist i ????? . . NOSEKVICE - There will be no morning services bald at Supt. Says Progress Being Made At least 850 students from town and county are expected when Warrenton City Schools open on Aug. 29, Supt. Fred Bar tholomew told members of the Warrenton Lions Club at their regular meeting on last Friday night. Bartholomew, guest speaker, presented by Lion Ted Wilson, said that plans for the new school were coming along nice ly, and the probability of obtaining quality teacher Is very good. He said that quali ty education Is certainly ex pected from the start of the school. Following his talk and a few remarks from Dr. SamH. Mas sey, Jr., chairman of the city school board, Bartholomew answered a number of ques tions about the school during a question and answer period. ?Dr. Donald R, Coffman, who recently began the practice of medicine here, was wel comed as a new member of the club. He will be Installed at a later meeting of the club. Mac Bullock, chairman of the Fair Board, thanked Lions who helped on the preceedlng Tues day In preparing grounds around the fair building, and the gifts of seed by Dr. Charles Bunch, Miles Hardware Co., and Lanier Hardware Co. He also thanked Lion "Coon" Currln for donating and hauling suf ficient hay to cover the seeded ground. Lion Dick Miles, chairman of the Lions Birthday Calendar, announced that the calendar drive would be held at an earl ier date this year. He asked that those Interested In plac ing advts. on the front of the cal$ndgr to call him or any member of the club. President Scott Gardner pre sided over the meeting. Lion Monroe Gardner led In group singing with Lioness Nellie Gardner at the piano. Lion Ed Rooker gave the Invocation. Lion Charles White was Lion X and presented the dollar to Lion Allen Tucker. Dr. Massey and A1 Fleming were guests of Lion Ted Wil son and Billy Thompson was the guest of his father, Lion J. B. Thompson. Two Members Named To Warren County Jury Commission Edward a. Hendrlck, retlre< electrical contractor of War renton, was on Monday ap pointed a member of the War ren County Jury Commission succeeding John G. Mitchell o: Warrenton, whose two - yeai term has expired. The appointment was made b; Judge Hamilton H. Hobgood resident Judge of Warren Coun ty Sig>erlor Court. Mitchell, who served ai chairman of the commission requested that he not be re appointed. Tasker Hicks, dairy farmei of the Olne section of th< county, was appointed to thi commission this week by Mrs Lanle Hayes, Clerk of Superloi Court, to succeed the late San E. Allen. Ernest Whitby of Llttletoi was the third member of thi commission, appointed by tin board of county commissioners He Is expected to be offered re appointment when the commis sioners meet Monday. Revival To Bo Held At Harris Ckapol Homecoming services will be held Sunday, August 3, at Har ris Chapel Baptist Church ?* Ho 111 ster, with re viral services the week, will be City Schools Scheduled To Open On August 29 Warren School Plan Approved By Court Classes To Start On Sept. 2 RALEIGH-The U. S. East ern District Court here has approved the Warren County school board's desegregation plan for this fall. In an order filed Monday, Chief Judge Algernon L. Butler said that a plan based on geographic attendance zones submitted by the school board last December "will achieve the transltion to aunitary, non-rac ial system of public education in the Warren County school system." Court approval of the plan, however, does not clear up the Warren County school sit uation. After the plan was submitted by the school board, the General Assembly autho rized Warrenton and Lit tleton to withdraw from the Warren county School unit and form separate systems. Establishment of separate units for Warrenton and Littleton ? which would merge with Lake Gaston in Halifax County ? would significantly af All-Stars, Managers Extend Their Thanks The Little League All-Stars, eliminated in district playoff in their second game at South ern Pines last week, and their managers this week thanks the public for its support. They said: "The Warren County Little League and their managers would like to thank all the people who supported them by attending the games in Southern Pines last week and for the telegrams received. "Special thanks to Mr. Joe Gilbert and Peck Mfg. Co., and to all the families of the All-Stars who gave so gener ously and made the trip and the win possible." feet the Warren County school board's plan. Two of three high schools for three geogra phic districts are located in the break away communities. Judge Butler said in his order that approval of the school board's plan does not affect a lawsuit filed earlier this month challenging the separate units. The challenge listed new defendants -In the?case, in? eluding the State Board of Education. It charges that establishment of separate units for Warrenton and Lit tleton - Lake Gaston is racial- I ly motivated and will create an almost all-black student population in the county system. The Warren County school board filed its answer to the challenge last week, asking that the suit be dismissed. Border Belt Sets Record At Opening RALEIGH ?A record open ing-day average price of $70.79 was reported Tuesday for North Carolina's Border Belt tobac co markets. The Federal - State Market News Service said the belt's eight markets, which began sales Monday, sold a total of 4,628,124 pounds. The first day's average price per hundred weight was consid erably above last year's $67.92. The practical top price Mon day was $79, although there were some company bids as high as $81. The average price at Fair mont, the belt's largest market, was $71.25, compared to $68.45 last year. "I've never seen tobacco farmers so highly pleased," said C. B. Stafford, veteran (See TOBACCO, page 2) Warrenton City Schools are scheduled to open on Friday, Aug. 29, student orientation day, Fred Bartholomew, city super intendent, announced yesterday. Friday's session is expected to last one-hall day. Following Labor Day holiday on Monday, Sept. 1, the first regular school day will be held on Tuesday Sept. 2. Teachers will begin work on Aug. 28. Supt. Bartholomew said that all high school students residing in the city limits of Warren ton are requested to come to the principal's office at John Graham High School and pick up class registration forms for the 1969-70 school year on any week-day before Aug. 5. ? Students living outside of the? city limits of Warrenton who have signed up to attend John Graham High School for the 1969-70 school year will receive the above informa tion by mail, he said. Bartholomew said that page four, entitled, "Student Class Schedule," is to be returned by all students to the John Gra ham school library on the fol lowing nights: Students whose last names begin with A, H, C, D, E, F, G, are requested to bring page 4 to the school library on Tues day night, Aug. 5, between the hours of 7 p. m. and 9:30 p. m. Students whose last names begin with H, 1, J, K, L, M, N, O, are requested to bring page 4 to the library on Wed nesday night, Aug. 6, between the hours of 7 p. m. and 9:30 p. m. Students whose last names begin with P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z, are requested to bring page 4 to the library on Thursday night, Aug. 7, between the hours of 7 p. m. and 9:30 p. m. Bartholomew said that if by error a student in the county does not receive this informa tion by mail, he or she should come to the school library on the proper night as listed above. "It is very important that the (See SCHOOLS, page 2) Egerton Funeral Held Wednesday Funeral services for Joseph O'Brien Egerton, 68, of Nor Una, were conducted Wednesday at 3 p. m. at the Norllna Unit ed Methodist Church by the Rev. J. S. Epperson and the Rev. Cecil Baughman. Burial was In Warren Dale Cemetery. Mr. Egerton died Monday when he fell from a ladder while wiring a home under con struction. He was a former district deputy of the 21st Ma sonic district sod was a re tired conductor tor the Sea board coastline Railroad. Mao Hi electrical Soil Conservationist Leaves For Asheboro Nat White, Soil Conservation ist for Warren County for the past 16 years, left on Monday morning for Asheboro to as sume his new duties as Soil Conservationist for Randolph County. In announcing his transfer several weeks ago, David L. Dixon, area conservationist, said that White was being trans ferred to a larger county with more responsibility. White Is being succeeded by Donald J. Manley, a native of Rockingham County, who has since June 15 been working here with White. Manley gradu ated from N. C. State Uni versity in 1067 with a degree In Agriculture and has been work ing with the Soil Conservation Service since that time. He comes to Warrenton from Gull fbrd County. Manley and tils wife, the former Donna Miller of Ralds vlile, are making their home on the Norllna Road. They have no children. White, 40, a native of Vance Comity, la the son of Mrs. Henry B. White of Drewry and the late Mr. White. He la a 1041 graduMe of North Car olina gtate University, and fol lowing his graduation became with the Son Oon taught at Macon tor the pa* three years. Prior to accept ing a teaching pbytm was a member of the Uttte Garden citi>. , bers of the Warrenton Praeby tartar Chmrch, where White In an rider, hare threi draw Wat, jr., a lMt ate at John Oreham HlghTtoml. who will eater Bant Carolina University this tall; Stave, a at;