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" \ ??"'V "" Ernirii Two Men Rob Station At istol Point; Flee Two Negro men In their early twenties obtained from $250 to $300 In an armed robbery ?t Chuck's Esso near Ridgeway around 3 a. m. on Friday morn ing and made their escape after being fired on twice by a motor ist who approached the station. Bloodhounds, brought to the scene from the Halifax Prison Camp, folloyred the trail of the men for around three-quarters of a mile before losing it In the right lane of 1-85. Two men were at the service station, operated by Churchill Curtis, at the time of the rob bery. Deputy Sheriff Bonnie Steven son, who Investigated the rob bery with Deputies Dorsey Capps and Theo Vaughan and SBI Agent Pat Kelly, yesterday gave the following account of the robbery as they pieced It together: The_ two Jien left their car headed north on 1-85 and crept through a bean field near the station to the rear of the sta tion. Sylvester Davis, an em ployee of the station, was sit ting on the outside of the building at the time. The rob bers crept up and struck him on the back of the head, stunning hint, and carried him Into the service station where one of the men pulled a pistol and told Jack Bishop to open the cash register and give him the money. After the men had taken the money from the cash register, they asked Bishop If there was any more money In the station. Bishop said that there might be some money In another room. He was told to bring It. Bishop went Into the room and locked the door behind him and the robbers fled. As the robbers were leav ing Irvin Cleaton ana James Hayes drove up. When Davis yelled that the station had been robbed," Hayes pulled a pistol and shot twice at one of the fleeing men. The men, who scattered as they left the service station, came together again In the bean field and traveled through it for around three-quarters of a mile. Bloodhounds followed the trail to where they evident ly got into a waiting car on 1-85. Many Traffic Cases Are Heard In District Court Drunk driving, driving after licenses had been revoked and other traffic cases were responsible for the majority of cases before Judge Julius Banzet In Warren County Dis trict Court last Friday. McKlnsle Silver was sen tenced to jail for 10 days when he pled guilty to a charge of drunk driving. The sentence was suspended tor 12 months upon the condition that he surrenders his driver's license for 12 months, except as allowed In limited driving privileges granted the defendant, and pays a $100 fine and court costs. Jessie James Branch pled guilty to a charge of drunk driving. He was ordered to surrender his driver's license for 12 months and to pay-a $100 fine and court costs. John Austin Shaw, charged with drunk driving, was found not guilty. Joseph Slmms was ordered to pay court costs when he pled guilty to a charge of public drunkenness. Robert Jeffress, charged with speeding, entered a plea of nolo contendere. Prayer for judgment was continued upon payment of costs. James Freeman entered a plea of guilty to a charge of fishing without aflshlnglicense. Prayer for judgment was con tinued provided the defendant pays court costs, Including cost of capias. William Henry Ferguson was ordered to pay a $25 fine and court costs when he pled guilty to a charge of reckless driving. Patsy King Smith, found guil ty of failing to have vehicle Inspected, was ordered to pay court costs. Larry Dean Strange was sen tenced to the roads for 30 days when he pled guilty to a charge of reckless driving. The sen tence was suspended for two years provided he does not go on the premises of the Shadow Club at Norlinaor Hunt's Motor Lodge at Norllna for two years and pays a fine of $25 and court (See COURT, page 10) Retail Sales In Warren County Over $16,000,000 Based oil sales tax col lections, gross retail sales In Warren County tor the fiscal year ended last June 30, amounted to $16,258,843 the State Revenue Department re ported this week. Actual sales taxes on the three percent state sales tax was $385,043.68. Warren County ranked 21 in gross sales tax collections. At the state level, sales taxes received during the year were $226,888,623 on a gross sales volume at $10,838,485,772. m Warren Onatf apparel accounted tor gross sales of $92,843; automotive, $4,840, 248; tood, $5,037,292; fornttmre, $801,885; general merchandise, $3,183,530; building materials, $484,062; isiclassified rrouo. $648,059. Mecklenburg County led the state in gross soles of $1,345, 017,019 and sales tax collec tions of $28,876,195.42. Cam den County was at the bottom with gross sales of $2,900,651 and sales tax collections of $50,113.79. Gross sales in adjoining North Carolina Counties were: Vance, gross sales of $59, 812,075, and sales tax $1,327, 852.47; Franklin, gross sales of $110,238,527, and salestax$2, 537,434.91;' Nash County, gross sales of $137,164,202, and sales tax $2,917,305.97; and North ampton Ccuxity, gross sales of $19,546,903, - and sales tax $374,686.0$. Que Hurt In Tractor Aitklent A 11-year-old boy ?u UUed and natter boy ww aartooaly Injured la a tractor accident at the hotna of Albert Hargrove on Thursday afternoon at Killed whan the tractor over turned la the mmm/mmm WW Darrall Qovaa, It, of Haw York. Tatew te'gtek 1 j wtera 1 I trove,H lock, skid this week that mm tractor wwb n wm driven into the ytr d whs re it overturned* He eeldthat a witness to the ac the tractor wes ?t a high rate of Oartd said that seven at Miss North Carolina, Patricia Johnson, Is shown In her presentation gown for the Miss America Pageant, to be in Atlantic City, September 2-6. A gift from Cone Mills, the dress Is by North Carolina designer Luther Wlnborne Self. It Is made of French lace over Cone's chiffon crepe, has prin cess lines, a portrait neckline and Is adorned with pearls, irldescents and tiny pink bows. Floor-length panels of the chiffon drape from back of the shoulders. Grant Made To Operate Head Start In Warren One hundred and thirty-five children in Warren County are expected to be enrolled in Warren County for a Head Start program which will begin on September 8 and run through May, 1970, under the direction of the Franklin Vance - Warren Opportunity, Inc. W. Aster Kirk, director of the Mid-Atlantic region OEO has Informed officials of FVW Opportunities that Governor Scott notified the regional of fice of the grant to the local agency in the amount of $487, 262. Of this grant, $393,246 will be used to operate centers for 360 children in the three counties. Expected to be enrolled, in addition to the 135 children in Warren County, are 120 chil dren in Vance, and 105 in Frank lin. Children are being recruited now for the 1969-70 term In terested persons may contact the Head Start office at the Law Building, 116 Young Street, Henderson. The Head Start program will deal with a wide range of prob lems of Area children and their families. Enrollees will receive free health and dental examina tions and follow-up treatment for defects discovered. Two hot meals will be served dally with out charge to children, and social and psychological ser vices will be provided to those children with a need for them. The program will enroll 15 children in each of 24 classes. B is stated that these classes aim to create an atmosphere of love and concern which will make the centers a happy place for the children and their Sportswear Team To Play la Tournament The Carolina Sportswear Girla Softball Team Will play in the tournament at Doyle field in Roanoke Rapids on Sun day, Auk. 24, at 1 p. m. The i, coached by Bernard Wil kes a record of 16 wtas four losses for the season Girls who will (day in tlx tournament art Judy Rich utmu Lynch, Shirley Ed wards, Jackie Stegall, Bett; | "Ginger" Novell BlackweU, Rosa T*Ht families. A variety of equip ment and materials are on hand for exploration and use The staff is sympathetic to the needs of young children and skilled in designing daily activities for children. Head Start personnel hope to have the support and coopera tion of the total community. The program is based on the philosophy that through co operative efforts, a community can meet the needs of all chil dren. The "Volunteer" Ser vices of many persons are need ed. Three adults are desired in each classroom daily, one of which will be a volunteer. Peo ple of all walks of life are in vited to help. ? Pre-school aged children will be selected for the program on the basis of need with children nearest to compulsory school age receiving preference. Family income will be used to determine eligibility without regard to race, creed, color, or national origin. The Program space will not be confined to Head Start Class rooms and play grounds. The whole community: stores, li braries, fire stations, and farms, are Included in the child's experience Once a month an extended field trip will be made to such places as mu seums, airports, and TV sta tions. Visits to the child's home by the Head Start teacher is also an important part of the program. Han Is Badly Hurt In One-Car Wreck A Warren County man was seriously injured in a single car accident around 11:30 o'clock on Monday night near the' 1-85 intersection at Ridge way. Edward Coley, driver of the car, was taken In an uncon scious condition to Duke Hos pital where his condition re mains serious. Deputy Sheriff Bonnie Steven son, who accompanied Highway Patrolman V. H. Vaughan to the scene, said yesterday that Coley had pulled away from Chuck's Ssso near the inter eectlon and driven down the ramp into 1-8S. He said his car croaaed the median and wreck ed onthe apposite lane. The car was practically demolish Instead Of Monday Thre? School Suits To Be Heard In Raleigh Today Booster Tickets Are On Sale Season tickets for the John Graham High School athletic events were placed on sale last Thursday night following a kick off dutch barbecue supper at the Warrenton Lion's Den by the John Graham Boosters Club. Invocation was given by Har old Skillman. Following the sup per Thomas Waison presented Fred Bartholomew, principal of the school, who after a few brief remark's, In which he stat ed that Enfield, a conference foe, had dropped football and a make-up game would have to be found, presented Gerald Pop lin new assistant" principal of the schooL Bartholomew said that Poplin, a former coach, would assist In the coaching at John Graham. Poplin express ed his pleasure at being at the Warrenton school. Presented by Bartholomew, Coach Harvey Brooks briefly discussed football prospects at John Graham. He said that 38 boys remained from the 43 who had turned out for prac tice. He^ said the boys were unusually fight this year, but were fast and several are giving good promise. He predicted that Joi... Graham would again have a winning season. Following Coach Brooks' re marks, Tom Watson, ticket chairman, and B. G. White, secretary, distributed tickets to be sold by a number of the Boosters. Bartholomew said that John Coleman, former star athlete at John Graham, would teach the 8th grade at the Mariam Boyd school this year, and would coach Junior varsity football. John Graham's football sea son will open on Sept. 5 at Park View, near South Hill, Va., with the first home game being played with Weldon on Sept. 12. On Sept. 19 the Jackets will be at William R. Davie and on Sept. 26 at Louisburg. The home game with Enfield, scheduled to be played on Oct. 3, has been cancelled. Princi pal Bartholomew said It Is hop ed that a make-up game can be arranged. John Graham will play Norlina here on Oct. 10, and Zebulon here on Oct. 17. After playing at Gaston on Oct. 24, the Jackets will play their last home game of. the season with Murfreesboro on Oct. 31, and will close the season at Lit tleton on Nov. 7. Sportswear Factory To Hold Open House Carolina Sportswear Factory will hold open house Sunday afternoon, AUg. 24, from 1:30 | to 5 p. m. JOhn Andrews, plant man ager, this week emphasized that "everybody's Invited." The local plant, which manufactures knit shirts tor men and boys, is In Its 13th year of operation. Open house Sunday will In clude tours of the plant with explanation of the plaid's oper ations. Refreshments will hp j served and favors given to tfia old and young attending. UataalCakli Three northeastern North Carolina men made an unusual ar catch of Rah In Gaston last Friday when they apDodl Opening Date For City Schools Is Announced Plans to open the Warrenton City Schools are going forward in spite of efforts to obtain an injunction this morning in Fed eral Court to prevent its oper atlon, Supt. Fred Bartholomew an nounced^ yesterday that teach ers would report to work on 28, and that all students enrolled in Warrenton City Schools would attend school one-half day on Friday, Aug. 29. Monday, Labor Day, will be observed as a holiday and | the first regular day of school I would be held on Sept. 2. Registration for first graders at Marlam Boyd School will be Tuesday, Aug. 26, from 9 a. m. until 4 p. m. A child must be six years old before October 6 if it is to enter school. Bartholomew said that there are several things the parents should do before the child may enter school. The state law requires that the child have a physical examination and that he must be inoculated against- wheoping-eoughr-diph- - theria, tetanus, poltomelitis, and smallpox. Bartholomew said that school medical examination forms and birth certificates are neces sary to register the child. Around 900 pupils have been enrolled in the Warren City Schools for the 1969-70 school year. Of these some 312 are enrolled in the high school, about 10 less than enrolled last year. Enrollment at Mariam Boyd is slightly under 600. Enrolled in the student body are seven Negro children and around 25 Haliwa children. There are no Negro members of the facult , Father And Daughter Drown At Kerr Lake HENDERSON-A club outing at Kerr Lake near Henderson resulted In a drowning tragedy which claimed the lives of a Vir ginia man and his daughter Sun day afternoon. The Vance Sheriff's Depart ment identified the victims as George A. Saunders, 41, restau rant operator of Route 1, Hol land, Va., and his 18-year-old daughter, Nellie E. Saunders, who was to have entered Hamp ton Institute In Virginia as a freshman next month. The double tragedy occurred about one o'clock Sunday after noon in the Bullocksville Park area at Kerr Lake, said Sheriff Linwood B. Falkner. The bodies were subsequently recoveredby the Vance Rescue Squad In eight to ten feet of water, some 25 feet from the shore. Both the father and daughter went under the water after a ten-year old son and brother, George H. Saunders, called for help as he was riding a rubber raft In a cove at Bullocksville Park, explained Deputy Sheriff K. K. Robe rson. The boy mo ments later reached shore safely. Mr. and Mrs. Saunders have Poor Peoples Meeting To Be Held Here On August 27 A poor people's public hear ing for Warren County citizens will be held at the WarrentOn Baptist Church on next Wed nesday, Aug. 21, at 8 p. m. under the sponsorship of the Economic Development Cor poration. Black representatives from national organlzMlons will at tend the meeting where they will listen and look at local prob lems and frustrations, Mrs. Eva Clayton, field secretary, said yesterday la the meeting, limy are < to see for themselves oar pot- ; erty, she said. Mrs. Clayton said that the meeting win otter Wa County poor citizens tuntty to speak not i been operators of a restaurant at Holland, Va. Sunday the couple and their five daughters and one son had gone to the lake for a Sunday outing as part of a woman's club group In a chartered bus from Holland, according to De puty Roberson. Information was that the young son, George, was playing with a rubber raft some 25 feet from the shore when winds began blowing the raft deeper into the cove at Bullocksvllle. As the youth shouted for assist ance, his father entered the water to help the youth but the (See DROWN, page 10) MRS. HIGHT Mrs. Higlrt Manager Soger Dollar Store Mrs. Elizabeth Hight has been appointed manager of the new Stgmr Dollar Store which will open here this morning Super Dollar Store, MpJ?r Raleigh now has 50 atoms operating In North Caroline and Virginia. Mrs. Hight lived and attended school in Henderson prior to her marriage to Albert Right of Werrenton. Before to Wa Suits against the Warrenton, Littleton-Gaston, and Scotland Neck School districts created by the Legislature, scheduled to be heard on Monday, August 25, will be heard this morning (Thursday) instead. A consolidated hearing on the suits challenging the consti tutionality of the three separate school units will be held in U. S. District Court in Raleigh with Judge John Larkins and Judge Algernon Butler presid ing. A federal marshall several weeks ago served notice on~ Mayor W. A. Miles that the board of town commissioners would be a party" to the suit and on Dr. Sanf Massey, chair man of the Warrenton Board of Education, that the board of education would also be a party to the suit. J. Roger Peeler, Warren County superintendent ?of schools, was closeted Tues day afternoon with an attorney for the NAACP preparing a deposition to be used In the trial. During the past three months the U. S. Justice Department and black families have filed for injunctions to prevent the opening of separate schools in Scotland Neck, Warrenton and Littleton-Lake Gaston this fall. The suits claim the separate units would seriously hinder desegregation efforts in ths Halifax and Warren County school units, where the three separate units are located. Both county school systems are already under court de segregation orders. Chief U. S. District Judge Algernon Butler approved the geographic desegregation plan for the Warren County School Board earlier this month. However, the plan does not take into account the withdrawal of War renton or Lake Gaston from the Warren County unit. And, Judge Butler said his approval of the plan does not affect the law suit challenging the creation of the separate-districts. Halifax County's desegrega tion plan was rejected by the Department of Health, Edu cation and Welfare last win ter. When the Legislature auth orized Scotland Neck to with draw from the Halifax system, the county school board revert ed to a freedom of choice plan. | The federal government filed the suit against Scotland Neck in a joint suit which also list ed the Halifax County School Board. The suit asks the court to declare the separate unit unconstitutional and force the county unit to desegregate. Homecoming To Be Held At Wise Homecoming service* will be held at the Wise Baptist Church on Sunday morning, Aug. 14, the Rev. Wade Tucker, pastor, announced yesterday. Following the morning ser vice a picnic dinner will be served en the grounds.' - All former members Of the church and friends are invited to attend. ? ?.' ?; Rkcm Mb < Warren County I nine callalant week, 1
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