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Proud Of Little League
All Warren County Is proud of
the showing made by the Little
League All-Stars at Southern Pines
last week. Although they were elimi
nated in district play in their sec
ond game, they made a fine showing
and upheld the honor of the county.
A source of deep regret to this
newspaper has been that it has
lacked an adequate staff to cover the
play of Warrenton's Little League
and has failed to give them the cov
erage and the pictures they so rich
ly deserved.
The benefit of Little League
baseball play here is hard to mea
sure. Its worth has been much more
than providing wholesome entertain
ment for young boys of the county
and developing good players for
high school ball. Managers, coach
es, umpires and parents, we expect,
have been as much benefited as
were the boys. The immeasurable
part of the Little League is the
worth of the community effort and
the association of boys and adults
In a worthwhile project.
While there Is ample credit to go
around, special credit should be
given to two men, Howard Oakley
and the Rev. L. T. Wilson, with
out whose efforts there would have
been no" Little League at War
renton.
We think that it is indeed fitting
that the Little League field at
the Armory was named in honor
of Howard Oakley, whose hard work
and devotion made the Little Lea
gue a success. We would also like
to see the contribution of Ted Wil
maiiner. More than any other man
he was responsible for the organi
zation of the Little League here,
and his interest has been un
diminished.
Blood From A Turnip
The News And Observer
North Carolina's entry-into the price-fixing
suit against several publishers of children's
books was a necessary move which a less
watchful attorney general might not have made.
Thirty-five firms are changed with rigging
prices on special editions of children's books
sold to schools and local libraries from 1959
to 1967. Any funds recovered in court would
be distributed to school districts and local
ffovfmoot Malta e?-a prorata baale,
6 State participation in this action acquires
special significance when one considers some
^statistics. Good library service, the experts
say takes an average expenditure of $4 per
person per year. In North Carolina, only
about $1.61 is spent (including money from
such sources as federal grants and private
gifts). The state contributes just 16 cents
of the per capita figure. Local government
contributes $1.16, with poor prospects of up
plng its investment.
Traditionally, per capita library spending
here has been well below the national aver
age, and traditionally state government hasn't
cared very much. It appropriated $1.7 million
for local library aid in the last biennium,
raising that to $3.2 million for the present
one. Library officials, while grateful for the
Increase, are painfully aware that twice
as much was needed for mere adequacy.
All states and cities involved in this salt
have Important Interests to protect. It maybe,
though, that North Carolina, by virtue of its
paltry library spending, Is the plaintiff least
able to sustain the losses alleged. If com
munity library budgets were cut by the actions
charged, a turnip was bled.
'Ludicrous' Is Right
The Orgonian
In a sense, It Is the concern only of Johnny
Carson, NBC and the Internal Revenue Ser
vice how much money Mr. Carson Is paid
for keeping millions of Americans from get
ting a full night's sleep. The guess that his
new contract calls for $75,000 to $85,000 a
week has been called "ludicrous" by the
entertainer and "flagrantly In error" by
a spokesman for the TV network.
Maybe the guess thai his old contract was
worth about $1 million a year, or almost
$20,000 a week, wasn't accurate either, though
as far as we know it hasn't been denied.
Mr. Carson got a "good increase" when his
contract was renewed and even if he now re
ceives only $25,000 a week, It will seem
ludicrous to most Americans
The whole system by which movie stars,
champion prize fighters, ball players and
now television celebrities are paid fabulous
sums is ridiculous. S has been going on for
a long time, since the first flickers gave
medicore actors and actresses world renown
and ballyhoo produced the first million-dollar
gate for heavyweight slugging. Baseball and
football players are paid more merely to sign
a contract, In some Instances, than the aver
age hard-working person can earn In a life
time.
This Imbalance In monetary rewards la
one of the Inequities young critics of our
society are griping about, we think. If so,
they have a point.
Hope Of The Future
The Detroit Free press
The latest gimmick tor people trying to
hedge against inflation Is to Invest In postage
stamps and trying to take advantage at the
fact that a collection ot well-chosen stamps
raises In value somewhere around 25 percent
f per year, which Isn't a bed deal.
The problem, ot course, la to choose
stamps well, which tor most ot us would be
difficult. There are tew of us, as a matter of
fact, who are competent to Invest In coins,
; wines, paintings and sculpture. And even
. fewer at us have the money to look for stuff
which is going to Increase In value as fast as
. tae baying power of the dollar goes dow*.
Even the purchase of a house, the trsdl
: ttonal shield against Inflation. Is tricky on
today's money market and an Increasing num
ber of people are finding It either Impos
sible or at least exceedingly difficult.
It will take sterner measures than stamp
collections to do most people any good so
let's hope for the success of the politicians
and the federal Reserve In their efforts to
control our economy.
The situation Is not all dreadful. A lot of
people have attics full of copper wash boilers,
curling Irons, stereopticon slides, pin cush
ions, comic books and hat pins and If you
think they're not worth much you haven't
visited an antique show recently.
You may have treasures you wot not of.
Keep them. They are your financial hope of
the future.
The Fast Moving Cyclist
Ralph Delano, in hts "Scratch Pad" column
I the Benaon paper tails of a man with a
new ford who saw a man by the aide of the
his bicycle by tdsskta. The driver of the
lead If ha ootid help. The
ha was Just reattof a bit The
report the racing.
"Side by side the two ears are ooaftinc at
breakneck speed. And you may not believe this,
but behind the car driven on the left la a
man on ? bicycle Who is ringing hie beO fran
for the cars to get to one side an he
Mostly
Personal
By BIGNALL JONES
The young Jewess from New
York, In our office ? few days
ago, was defending the right serf
far-out dress, particularly the
t of men to wear long curls,
\ j I asked her would she
like to see the President of the
United States wearing curls.
She hesitated a moment before
saying that she was Interested
In the ability of the president
rather than the manner In which
he wore his hair.
On Its face, it might seem
a good and sincere reply, but
unfortunately for her conten
tion, ability Is not enough, the
Image that the President casts
Is very Important In his ability
to get things done. And In spite
of the feelings of many young
people th^t people should be
allowed to do as they please so
long as there Is no outright
violation of law, I still be
lieve with Jefferson that peo
ple must have a decent respect
for the opinions of mankind. At
any rate I like to see girls
dress and act like women and
boys dress and act like men.
Today the vogue seems to be
tor everyone to "do his thing,"
whatever that means, a new ex
pression, but hardly a new idea
as In the flapper age the ex
pression was for one to "ex
press his Individuality." It
meant then and It probably
means now a license to flaunt
the conventions set by an older
generation, and a breakdown
In the morality established over
many generations.
One remembering the age
that followed the First World
War with Its strange hair-dos,
its above - the - knee sack
^eSS"' 41,(1 "s rolled-down
hose, the raccoon coat, the
hip nask, the Charleston, the
necking" and other action of
wh0 condemn the
wUdness of another generation
following another great war
must wonder about the capacity
of the young to shock the old.
?k^??W tlme has Passed so
that we have a better perspec
tive of the twenties, we know that
much of the rebellion of youth
was bad In that it was the be
ginning of the breakdown of par
"rthor"y which Is respon
sible for many of the really
serious problems facing our
country today. But, on the other
hand much of it was really
healthy In that It freed us from
much Victorian hypocrisy.
Kirl?u t0 tlme' a Klrl would
blush to hear the word leg.
Instead of limb. Girls going In
swimming would wear long
sleeve bathing suits extending
beneath the knees, and shoes
and stockings. Women were
r?^ dressed in corsets
reaching from the bosom to be
yond the thighs, sometimes
laced with a foot In the back,
covered by a multitude of petti
coats and a dress sweeping
the ground. Few spoke of an
expectant mother, and when a
woman became pregnant she
stayed at home in "confine
ment. The girls, when I was In
'"h,7 usually wore
middy-blouses, dresses ex
tended below the knees, cover
In* numerous petticoats and
bloomers to the knees, long
*?*tag? and high-top shoes.
Tiny girls wore short, starched
dresses extending to the thighs,
* th? mlnl-sklrts,
Without the Starch, now worn by
many big girls.
Boys, until they reached their
mid-teens wore short trousers,
??g stockings and caps. The
men wore starched collars and
starched cuffs, and coats in
summer, which they would only
remove in the hottest weather
after obtaining permission to do
w from the ladles. To be frank
sbout the matter, in that day
before deodorants with their
antl-perspirants, many of us
were not too anxious to remove
the covering garment, inciden
tally most at us had year
round suits and many times
* bave returned from dancing at
Panacea on a July
wool coat soaking wet. The
r "jor- soft-collar
shirt America, and over
*** .*?*?* ?????" hM become
much more sensible sad s
?*2* more comfortable.
Not only is modern tress
? great deal
prettier and the women are
groomed. I like
of the lone hair appears
to bo dirty, and many d the
mea wearing the long-hair and
beards also appear to be dirty.
1 believe that cleanliness is
nest to godliness.
I don't like the use of four
letter words and dirt tor dirts
sake found in much of our
literature, but even then I
remember the other extreme.
When I was in my early twen
ties, doing a little courting, and
trying to like to smoke a pipe,
and in the process talking to a
girl friend on the porch of a
country store, I found myself
in need of a sack of tobacco,
then known as Stud. I re
quested the girl's younger sis
ter to bring me a sack of to
bacco and I still remember
her embarrassment when she
came back to ask me if I wanted
the sack with the picture of a
horse on it. She was not about
to say stud in mixed company.
I still remember how refresh
ing It seemed years later when
I heard a grown Woman friend
refer to a male cow as a bull.
In the twenties we had "ex
pressing our own Individual
ity," and trial marriages, and
today we have the new moral
ity. Just as the depression and
maturity cured many foibles,
I expect time and maturity will
cure many of the foibles of to
day's young. But when I think
of the next great leap I wonder
where there Is to go.
Court
(Continued from page 1)
orderly conduct. The sentence
was suspended for six months
provided the defendant does not
violate any of tne criminal laws
of the state for six months and
pays a $25 fine and court
costs.
James Pope, Jr., was found
guilty of an assault on a fe
male. Prayer for Judgment
was continued for five years
provided the defendant does not
violate any criminal laws of the
state for five years, that he
pays the hospital bills resulting
from the assault of Mary Fran
ces Pope, and that he pays court
costs.
Harry Alston, Jr., who pled
guilty of an assault on a fe
male, was ordered to pay
court costs.
Frankle Alston, charged with
non-support, was found not guil
ty.
George Wade Shear in, charg
ed with possession of afirearm,
was found not guilty.
Tobacco
(Continued frpm page 1)
sales supervisor at Fairmont.
The opening Monday was the
belt's second.
Border markets tried to begin
sales last Wednesday, in defi
ance of an industry committee's
recommendation, but had to
give up because of a lack of
buyers.
There was a full turnout of
buyers Monday.
Ih addition to Fairmont, Bor
der Belt markets are at Chad
bourn, Clarkton, Fair Bluff,
Fayetteville, Lumberton, Tabor
City and Whlteville.
Average prices by grades
were firm to a little higher on
South Carolina and Border
North Carolina markets Tues
day.
The Federal - state Market
News Service said nearly 50
percent of the grades showed no
change from prices paid Mon
day. However, most of the re
maining grades increased $1 to
$2 per hundred. Top prices paid
by tobacco companies held at
$81 per hundred.
The news service said the
quality of offerings was off
slightly.
Schools
(Continued from page 1)
students report on these nights
in order that they may be en
rolled in the proper classes,"
Bartholomew said. "I cannot
emphasize this too strongly."
. The remainder of the school.
Thonpsoi Revnioi
b Held Oa SaidiY
of Aaron and
Louise Myrick Thompson held
their family reunion on Sun
day, July n, * the home of
Mrs. Peart T. Vaughan at Dab
nay. She la the only surviving
child of Mr. and Mrs. Thorn p
Present were grandchildren,
great - grandchildren, and
great - great - grandchildren,
some of whom had never met
before and some who had not
seen each other tor over
SO years.
Dinner was served picnic
style on the lawn.
Mrs. Pearl Vaughan won the
prize tor being the oldest one
present, and Dean Guln was
presented a prize for being
the youngest person present.
It was reported that there have
been five weddings and five
new babies durlngthe past year.
Plans were made to hold an
other reunion next year.
Bolton Is Winner
Of Bicycle Prize
RALEIGH - Pine State
Creamery Company has an
nounced the names of the 14
winners In Its Fruit Drink
Sweepstakes.
Frank W. Bolton of Route #1,
Box 110T, Warren ton, was the
winner of a Boys' bicycle, one
of the ten bicycles awarded as
runners-up prizes.
In a special ceremony, Pine
State President Jlmes D. KU-"
gore presented the two top
prizes of a 1970 Ford Ma
verick "and a 14 toot fiberglass
boat, motor and trailer. Third
prize was a 23 Inch Color TV.
Bridge Club Meets
With Mrs. Stallings
LITTLETON ? Mrs. Cleve
land Stallings entertained her
bridge club Wednesday after
noon with two tables set up for
play In her home on Mosby
Ave. Summer flower arrange
ments were used for decora
tions.
Mrs. Charles H. Lambeth
was high score prize winner,
Mrs. Andrew May was low.
score winner and Miss Anna
Wollett was high guest prize
winner.
Others playing were Mrs.
Horace Palmer, Mrs. Alice
Browning, Mrs. Henry House,
Mrs. W. Hayes Hurdle and
Mrs. Benjamin Hicks.
A salad course and iced
tea were served.
Patterson Receives
Commendation Medal
U. S. Army, VIETNAM?
Specialist Four John Patter
son Jr., 21, son of Mrs. viola
Patterson, 1605 Seventh St. NW,
Washington, D. C? received the
Army Commendation Medal
June 18 while serving with the
297th Transportation Company
In Vietnam.
He earned the award for
meritorious service as first
cook in the company.
His wife, Carolyn, lives on Rt.
1, Littleton, N. C.
.calendar as adopted by the.
city school board Is as follows:
Nov. 27-28 ? Thanksgiving
holidays.
Dec. 22-26? Christmas holi
days.
Jan. 1-2?New Years holi
days. Schools close Wed. Dec.
31 and reopen Monday Jan 5.
March 26-31 - Easter holi
days.
May 29?Teachers' extra day,
pupils at home.
June 1?Last regular school
day.
June 2?Teachers' last extra
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