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Alcohol Is
Factor
In Court
Alcohol played a part In a
number of cases tried in War
ren County District Court last
Friday with one case of drunk
driving and five cases of pub
lic drunkenness being heard by
Judge Llnwood T. Peoples.
Another defendant, George A,
Par ham was charged with
drunk driving but entered aplea
of careless and reckless
driving. He was given a six
months road sentence, sus
pended for three years upon
payment of ?. SI 00 fine and court
costs.
Ralph W. Bradberry was
charged with drunk driving and
with speeding 90 miles per
hour in a 55 mph rone. The
two cases were consolidated
and the defendant was sentenc
ed to the roads for six months.
Bradberry noted an appeal to
Superior Court and appearance
bond was set at $250.
Bradberry was also charged
with resisting arrest, but the
case was nolprossed withleave.
Leroy Paschall Butts was or
dered to pay a $10 fine and
court costs when he pled guilty
to a charge of public drunken
ness.
Cleveland Watson pled guilty
to a charge of nubile drunk
enness and was ordered to pay
a $5 fine and court costs.
George Williams, who pled
guilty to a charge of public
drunkenness, was sentenced
to jail for six days and credit
given for time spent in jail.
A1 Smith Powell was order
ed to pay a $5 fine and court
costs when he pled guilty to
a charge of public drunken
ness.
Walter Williams, charged
with assault with adeadly wea
pon, was found not guilty. The
p'rosecuting witness, Lizzie
Williams, was taxed with court
costs.
William S. Blackwood, Jr.,
who pled guilty to a charge of
falling to reduce speed to
avoid an accident, was ordered
to pay a $10 fine and court
costs.
Robert Louis McWllllams
was sentenced to the roads
from 12 to 18 months when he
pled guilty to a charge of non
support. The sentence was sus
pt tded for five years provided
he pays $30 a week to Depart
ment of Social Services for sup
port of three minor children
and court costs.
Donald David Stevens pled
guilty to a charge of speeding.
Prayer for judgment was con
tinued upon payment of cost.
In a civil case, Ozzle Wilk
erson, a minor, by his next
friend, J. E. Wllkerson, plain
tiff, vs. William Alexander
Featherson, Jr., and Virginia
B, Featherson, the court order
ed that the plaintiff recover
$5,374.45.
Harold L. Spruill failed to ap
pear in court to answer to a
charge of falling to have ve
hicle Inspected. A capias was
Issued and bond was set at $50.
Victor Bullock, found guilty
of assault with a deadly wennon
was sentenced to the roads
for not less than 18 nor more
than 24 months.
The court found probable
cause In the case of James
Howell, charged with hit and
run. He was ordered to appear
In Stg>erlor Court upon his own
recognizance.
Henry C. Andrews, charged
with speeding 55 miles per
hour In a 35 mph zone, waived
a hearing and paid costs to Clerk
of Superior Court.
Willie Lee Harris failed to
wpear In court to answer to a
charge of driving while his lic
ense was suspended. A capias
(See COURT, page a)
Homecoming To Bo At
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vtceat Weaver's Chapel United
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Dawson Alston, left, and Duke Miles are shown wearing Japanese kimonos as they report
on their trip to National Lions Club Convention In Japan at meeting of Warrenton Lions Club
on Friday night.
Town Asks County
$600 For Trash Dump
The Town of Warrenton will
ask the board of county com
missioners to appropriate $600
towards the expense of the
Warrenton garbage dump for
the 1969-70 fiscal year and
$1,000 for the 1970-71 fiscal
year.
Mayor Miles and members
of the Board of Commissioners
appeared before the County
Commlsslonei s on Monday of
last week asking for a donation
because of handllngtrashfrom
ccunty-owned buildings In the
town. The county commis
sioners on Monday of last week
asked for a donation because of
handling trash from county
owned buildings in the town.
The county commissioners
agreed to appropriate $300, but
said that since no provision for
this Item was placed In the bud
get, that would be the limit of
the county's appropriation.
Meeting In regular session
on Monday night, the town
commissioners Instructed the
town manager to write to the
county commissioners asking
$600 for the current year and
$1,000 for the next year. He
was also asked to inform the
board that the town would pre
pare a lease and to let the
board know of its decision by
Sept. 15.
The town commissioners
also ordered that the town pur
chase from Duke Jones an acre
of land adjacent to the garbage
dump at a price of $250, with the
town paying the cost of the sur
vey and the cost of the deed.
Mayor Pro-Tern A. C, Fair
presided over the meeting in
the absence of Mayor W. A.
Miles who is spending afew days
at Myrtle Beach, S. C. Com
missioner Thomas Gaskill was
also absent as he was attending
the State Fireman's Convention.
Woodrow Sears of the N.
C. League of Municipalities ap
peared before the board to pre
sent the League's group life in
surance and hospitalization
plan. The board deferred
action until a full meetingofthe
board.
Routine matters occupied the
remainder of the two and one
half hour session.
Quarantine To Be Lifted
NCDA officials have notified
the Warren County Extension
Service that the movement of
swine from farm- to - farm,
to approved feeder or breed
er sales, and to approve live
stock market sales will be re
sumed on Monday, Aug. 18,
on a permit basis only, L. B.
Hard age, Extension chair
man, announced yesterday.
Hardage said each consigner
will be required to file an ap
plication tor a permit to move
swine at least ten days prior
to the time of the actual move
ment of the animals.
County Extension offices will
serve as a clearing house for
the distribution of blank appli
cation forms and the collect
ion of the completed forms
which are used to obtain per
mits to move swine, Hard
age said. Designated Inspec
tors will pick up the complet
ed application forms from the
Extension office and will fol
low through the procedure for
Issuing permits to consignors.
Inspection and permit Issu
ance will be carried out under
the supervision of Area Veter
inarians of the N.C.D.A. By
special arrangements between
(See QUARANTINE, page 2)
Super Dollar Store To
Open At Warrenton
Super Dollar stores, inc.,
a publicly owned North Caro
lina Corporation will open
Its 48th store on Main Street
In downtown War ronton on
Thursday, Aug. 21.
Announcement of the opening
was made this week by Lynn
Stephenson of the advertising
and promotions department.
The store will carry a wide
assortment of clothing, house
hold goods, and moat other
family and home needs at dls
oount prices. The store will
also have a discount health and
beauty aid medl-center.
Dollar Stores are
to the retail trade as
k "low- margin merchant," With
buying and few over
Stephenson said that as a
retailing to smaller cities and
towns. While the typical "full
line" discount stores (consist
ing of around 100,000 square
feet) are located only in major
cities, Super Dollar Is success
fully opening stores of from
2500 to 6500 square feet In
towns of from >000 to 9000
population.
Super Dollar Stores, Inc., was
found In May of !M|e by a
group of North Carolina bo al
ien. its capital la now la
? it one and a halt mil
lion dollars and it u reported
to be the fastest-growing chain
'wft: discount dollar atorea In
America, other taper Dollar
Stores in this area are la Ox
ford, Roxboro, Frankllnton,
aarhavme,
LawrencerUle, Vs.
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Lions Tell
Experiences
In Japan
Warrenton Lions and guests
who attended the regular meet
ing of the club held at the Lions
Den on Friday night, were all
ready to take atrip to theOrlent
following aprogram, Illustrated
by slides, of a trip taken by
Lions Duke Miles and Dawson
Alston to Tokyo, to attend the
International Convention of
Lions.
Dressed In oriental kimonos
"Mr. Htng" and "Mr. Ma
socka" better known to local
Lions as Dawson Alston and
Duke Miles, gave highlights of
one of their most memorable
trips, declaring that they.were
surely going back just as soon
as possible. From the stories
they told of Tokyo and Hong
Kong, and from expressions
heard from those present,
they would have much company
on their journey. While it Is
quite possible that some ex
periences of "Mr. Hing and
Mr. Masocka" might have been
a bit exaggerated, it was in
teresting listening and their re
marks were most compli
mentary of the Orient.
"Most Americans are too
complacent and don't appre
ciate this wonderful country,
but those from Alaska and
Hawaii went all out to tell the
world how proud they were to
be Americans" Lion Miles
said. He also said that the
orientals were the cleanest
people In the world, and that
regardless of their station In
life, or the type of home they
lived In, everything about them
was spotless." Following the
bowing and scraping and story
telling of "Mr Hlng" and
"Mr. Masocka" many beauti
ful slides were shown by Lion
Dor man Blaylock and Frank
Reams, which were taken and
described by the speakers who
were presented by Lion Will
Fowler, program chairman.
President Scott Gardner pre
sided and group singing was
In charge of Lion Monroe
Gardner with Lion Wilton
Drake at the piano. Grace was
said by Lion Ed Rooker. Lion
(See LIONS, page 2)
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Judge Butler Rules
Warren Schools To Operate
Substantially As Last Year
School Hearing To
Be Held On Aug. 25
The date of Aug. 25 has
been set for an injunction hear
ing In Raleigh before U.S. East
ern District Court Judge Al
gernon Butler on the operation
and the Llttleton-Gaston School
at Littleton.
Summons have been served
on the Warrenton City School
Board and the Warrenton Board
of Commissioners and the Llt
tleton-Gaston School District
to appear as defendants in a
suit to prevent the operation
of the two districts brought
by attorneys for the NAACP.
August 25 has also been set
as the dat e for an Injunction
hearing In Raleigh before Fed
eral judge John D. Larkln on
the opening of the Scotland Neck
School, whose plan was large
ly copied by the Warrenton
School District. The Injunc
tion to prevent the opening of
the Scotland Neck School Is be
ing brought by the U. S. Depart
ment of Justice.
Attorneys for the Warrenton
and Littleton - Lake Gaston
Boosters To Hold
Kick-Off Supper
The John Graham High
School Boosters club will
hold Its annual "kick-off" sup
per tonight (Thursday) at 7
o'clock at the Lions Den, Mack
Hllliard, president, announced
yesterday.
A dutch barbecue and bruns
wlck stew supper, at $1.25 per
plate, will be served.
Following the supper, season
tickets will be distributed to
the Boosters tor sale to the pub
lic.
Hllliard said the first game of
the season will be held at
Park View on September 5,
with the first home game to
be played with Weldon on Sept.
12. ?
Five Hen Named To
Warren County Board
?
Five WarrenCcunty men have
been appointed by the Warren
County Board at Commission
ers to meet with five-man
boards from Northampton and
Halifax Counties to discuss
water safety on Lake Gaston
with the Wildlife commission.
Named to the Warren County
committee were G. O. Tant of
Littleton, W. L. Turner and
Alpheus Jones of Warrenton,
A. D. Prldgen of Creek and
H. C. Ellis of Macon.
The three boards are sche
duled to meet at the Holiday
Inn at Roanoke Rapids on Wed
nesday, Aug. 20, at > p. m.
Warren Hospital Find
Continues To Bo Active
The memorial fund tor the
benefit Of Warren General
Hoapttal continues to be active.
During the month of July
two air conditioners and an tee
cart, to km need In petleate'
fooma, war* pmrahaeart from
ru
school districts Tuesday filed
statements in U. S. District
Court in Raleigh denying the
1969 General Assembly created
the separate districts to avola
desegregation^
The statements were con
tained in answers to a suit filed
by 22 Warren County Negro
families last month challenging
the constitutionality of the
break-away Warrenton and Lit
tleton - Lake Gaston school
units.
The answers filed by the two
school units and a third defend
ant?the Halifax Board of Edu
cation?were largely routine.
They denied without elaboration
charges questioning the Intent
of the separate districts and
asked that the court dismiss
the case.
The attorney for the Little
ton-Lake Gaston system said
that the protesting parents had
erred in tacking their com
plaints onto an already existing
desegregation suit against War
ren County. He asked for a
separate trial if the court keeps
the suit.
The answer from the Little
ton-Lake Gaston district also
challenged pupil population fig
ures given in the suit. The par
ents had said that unit would
have 327 white students and 118
Negro students. The schools'
attorney listed the racial break
down for Littleton-Lake Gaston
as 289 Negroes and 231 whites.
The answer filed by the Hall
fax County Board of Education
? which is Involved because
some of the area included In the
Littleton-Lake Gaston area in
cludes a portion of Halifax
County?said that board "neith
er encouraged or sponsor
ed the bills getting up separate
districts."
The Halifax County Board of
Education is also Involved in
a similar suit in federal court
challenging the separate unit
created by the Legislature in
Scotland Neck.
Greatest Rise In U. S.
Warren County Economy
Shows Steady Growth
NEW YORK - Warren
County's economy continued
moving forward durlngthe past
year, according to a report on
the nation's markets, Just re
leased.
Significant gains were chalk
ed up in the local trading area
as consumers, with more money
at their command, Indulged In
large-scale spending.
The rise, 7.8 percent, was
greater than elsewhere in the
United States, 6.4 percent and
the State of North Caro
lina's 6.2 percent.
The amotmt that they spent In
the area, and what It meant tor
local retail merchants, are
brought oat Is Sales Manage
ment's new "Survey o* Buy
ing Power."
The copyrighted report pre
crease over the prior year's
$5,631.
What did local residents do
with their bigger Incomes? The
figures show that they spent
more for furniture, bought more
air conditioners, refrigerators
and washing machines, pur
chased fancier foods and, in
general, treated themselves
more luxuriously.
Neither the surtax nor the
higher coat of goods and ser
vices deterred them to a notice
able degree.
As a result, retail business
In the area was good. Local
merchants accounted tor gross
sales of $18,007,000, battering
the previous year's $11,800,
ooo. . fimsmm
the survey on the
at retail
Warren County schools will
be operated during the 1969-70
school year substantially as
they were operated last year,
J. Roger Peeler, Supt. of
Schools, said yesterday fol
lowing an Interview with Judge
Algernon Butler on Wednesday
of last week.
Schools will openonThurs
day, Aug. 28, for the registra
tion of students. Teachers will
also begin work on Aug. 28.
The schools will begin regular
schodulo -on?Tuesday, Sopt, 2.
Peeler said that registration
of pupils had been advanced a
day due to lack of Information
on students. He said that the
earlier registration will give
teachers and principals an ad
ditional day to work out class
schedules.
Students who will attend the
county schools are asked to
report to the school they at
tended last year, with the ex
ception of those who attended
the Hallwa school the past
term. They wlU be notified later
as to school or schools they will
attend.
Supt. Peeler, Board chair
man Boyd Mayfleld and Board
Attorney Frank Banzet ap
peared before Federal Judge
Algernon BuUer last Wednes
day afternoon to discuss chang
es in the Warren County
school plan due to the creation
of special districts at Littleton
and Warrenton. Peeler said
that they found Judge Butler
very sympathetic and told the
school board representatives to
work out the best plan possi
ble under the circumstances.
Also appearing before Judge
Butler In protest were Attorney
Frank Ballance of Warrenton
and two lawyers from Charlotte
representing the NAACP. They
asked that judge Butler for- -
bid the transfer of pupils to
the two special school districts.
Peeler said that Judge But
ler denied the request of the
NAACP attorneys on the
grounds that he had not yet rul
ed on the Issue of the two
schools. He is expected to
grant a hearing on this matter
on Aug. 25.
Judge Butler ruled that the
Hallwa Indian school near Ar
eola must be closed unless
apace Is needed. Peeler said
that this will depend on Halifax .
County as about 55 percent of
the students at the Indian school
live in that county. He said
that space would be available
tor Warren County students
previously attending the Hallwa
school at Vaughan due to Vaugh
an losing a number of students
Llttlatoa-Gaston school
district. There will also be
some room at south Warren
he said.
Meeting on Monday night, the
CMe SCHOOL. Dace tl
Joycees To HoM
Pop Bottle Drive
Hm With# County Jtyot?
will bold a Pop Bom* Orivo
on Monday al?M, Am- 1*.
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lin D. Danial, publicity chair
call oo I
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of tha junior i
HEGE
Hege To
Head School
In Norlina
Clint L. Hege, Vocational
Agricultural Teacher at Nor
lina High School for the past
21 years, will serve as prin
cipal of the Norlina school
for the 1969-70 term.
v
Hege was appointed by the
Board of Education on Monday
night. He succeeds Rex Gordon.
A successor to Hege as
vocational teacher has not been
found.
Probable teachers In the
Norlina school this term will
be:
Mrs. Bessie R. Hicks, Miss
Carole Jordan, Mrs. Ann Bas
nlght, Mrs. Brenda Travis,
Mrs. Mildred C. Peeler, Rob
ert Price, Edward Shafer,
John H. Martin, Mrs. Alma
Mayfleld, William S, Fuller,
William Shulenburger, Mrs.
Brenda J. Fuller, Mrs. Clem
entine D. Hawkins, Mrs. Mil
dred B. Hicks, Mrs. Edna S.
Baughman, Mrs. Myrtle L.
Ayscue, Mrs. Frances Q. Ep
person, Mrs. Lucy E. Per
k In son, Mrs. Elizabeth W. Lit
tle.