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OttB, .> - v IRprorfc t. PLANNING COMMITTEE DISCUSSES CALF SHOW Plans Are Made For Junior Calf Show By JIM D. HEMMINGS Asso. Agri. Exten. Agent A Junior Beef Call Show and Sale will be held next spring according to a de cision of the Executive Plan ning Committee in a meeting 'A field at the County Agricultural Building last week.? A, L. Meek, 1969 Chairman of the Planning Committee, pre sided at the meeting. During the main business session of the meeting, It was voted that patlon In the past year's show and sale. Members of the executive planning committee for the Warren County Junior Live stock Show and Sale attending this meeting were: A, L. Meek, H. M. Williams, Jr., Roy ?Pat?Robertson, Travis Pulley, J. O. Knight, William Bender, G. W. Koonce, Bob Butler, William Skinner, Scott Gardner, Ben Harris and Jim Hemmlngs. the Beef Calf Show and Sale be held In the Spring of 1970. New officers elected to serve on the Executive PlannlngCom mlttee for the coming year were: William Skinner, chair man; Travis Pulley, vice chairman; and William Bender, was also unanimously voted by the committee that A. L. Meeks be commended for his dedicated leader ship and very active particl Drag Race And Sunday Sale Of Beer Are Before Commissioners Legal drag racing and the Sunday sale of beer may seem foreign to Warren County but both were before the county commissioners In their regular meeting held on Tuesday due to the Labor Day first Monday holiday. Beer Is already being legal ly sold on Sunday In two Warren County towns and at Mlddleburg a short distance be yond the Warren County line in Vance County, the commis sioners were told by Charlie Williams of the Snow Hill community when he appeared before the board to rquest the commissioners to make the off premises sale of beer legal in Warren County on Sunday. Williams said that beer Is now being sold on Sunday at Macon, Norllna, and at Mld dleburg in Vance County. He said that while the sale of beer at Macon does not affect him, his business Is being hurt by Sunday sales of beer at Nor llna and Mlddleburg. Not only Is he losing beer sales but sales of gasoline and other arti cles, Williams pointed out. He said that It does not appear fair to permit the towns to sell beer on Sunday and to forbid its sale outside the towns. The commissioners said that the county has no authority over the sale of beer in the towns, but expressed the opinion that a large majority of Warren Coun ty citizens do not want beer sold in the county on Sunday. However, they said that sales In towns pot ? different face on the matter and for this rea son they voted to table the measure for further considera tion. The commissioners ex pressed the view that a public hearing should be held on the question of Sunday sales of beer fcetire any action Is taken. There Is no law to prevent drag racing on private proper ty in North Carolina in so far as County Attorney Jim Llmer could find from a hasty search of the law books when Brown Hawkins of Macon raised the question on Monday. Hawkins said that if there Is no legal objection, he plans to build a 2500-foot drag strip on his property near Churchill this winter at a cost of around $20,000. Hawkins was told that the county apparently has no juris diction over the matter. In order to give Warren County representation on the Vance County Mental Health Advisory Council, which also serves Warren and Vance counties, the commission ers appointed a committee of eight members at the request of the Henderson office. Nam ed to the committee were Mrs. Margaret Williams, Mrs. Dora Robblns, Mrs. Heath Beck wlth, Mrs. Rachel Fishel, Julian Farrar, Herbert Rich ardson, A. T. Carroll and El lis Fleming. A proposal from the Town of Warrenlon that the county appropriate $700 this fiscal year and $1,000 for the fiscal year 1970-71 as part of the ex pense of collecting trash from county buildings and maintain ing the town's trash dump was turned down by the commis sioners with little discussion. Roy Hayes appeared before the commissioners to submit a bid for the rent of an of fice for Magistrate N. G. Hud gins in Norllna. He propos ed to furnish the building, lights and water for $40 a month. The commissioners accepted his proposal. A proposal from the Asso ciation of County Commis sioners that news of activities of the board be forwarded to the association headquarters in order that each county might be more familiar with the activities of the other counties resulted In the ap pointment of Board Clerk Jim Hundley as collector of In formation. Information receiv ed from each county Is to be assembled and made available monthly to boards of other coun ties. Claude Fleming, Dog Warden, reported that he travelled 2042 miles during the month of Aug ust and picked up 80 dogs. He alao turned over $3.00 to the county from the sale of dogs. San A. Robinson |||S On Taasday Sam Alex Robinson, of Lln colnton, husband of the former Miss Katharine Williams of Warrenton, died at a heart at tack oa Tuesday morning. Fun*rat services will beheld Thursday at 11 a. m. at St. iMkm'B Episcopal Church In Llnoolntan. la addition to his wife ha Is Richard Wilson Mich.; and or*? ftt* M8H ra*|pj Warrenton Sural Fire a flak Fountain Speaker At Rotary Club Meeting Congressman L. H. Fountain of the Second N. C. Congres sional District was the guest speaker at the meeting of the Warrenton Rotary Club on Tuesday night of last week. Rep. Fountain has In recent days been visiting a number of places In his district "seek ing out the Informed opinion at oar people." He said that ha regretted that "the brevity of the legislative recess has not al lowed me the privilege of visit ing each and every part of the district. But this was simp ly not possible." In his presentation of Rap. Fountain, Rotary President Bill Delbrldge said of him, "Ha has contributed much that we aU know about; ha has contributed much at which only a few know about, and I am sure ha has contributed much we shall never the domestic issues, said the mood at i is consistent with that at tta President. Tfcia ha* been reflected in moat re? cent tax legislation which was inlUted by the i by are two of the Tax K U>s FOUNTAIN ;Y vws for tha tarns they pay. The whole syatom depends on ttaa confidence of tha Amartcan paopla and that ooafldaaea U high-Income tycoons escapa an Judicious place ment c? I throu?h larga, entirely "Tot azampla. IM n ?& by tha Ta* Act of 1MB If it pas S. Security Payments Are Rising NEW YORK - The number of Warren County residents who are getting monthly retirement checks from the Government, through Social Security, contin ues to rise. A total rf 2,570 former work ers and their families, more than ever before, are now on the receiving end. They are benefiting from con tributions they made, over the years, through payroll taxes, In to the Social Security trust fund. The majority of the recipients are retired workers. The others Include disabled work ers, widows, children and other dependents. The facts and figures are con tained In the annual report of the Social Security Administra tion. It shows the extent to which the pension system has and the effect of this expansion in the local area. The number of Warren Coun ty residents receiving pension checks Is 13 percent larger than three years ago, when the total was 2,266. The growth Is the result, for the most part, of changes In the Social Security Act, made by Congress from time to time. They have had the effect of bringing more and more people under coverage. Nationally, at the present time, more than 9 out of 10 working people are covered by Social Security or are eligible for such coverage. Along with the increase In the number of persons enrolled has been the significant rise In benefits going to former work ers and their families. In Warren County, the aver-, age amount received is now $691 per year, well above the $578 they collected three years ago. The Increase, 20 percent, was greater than that In the United States, 15 percent. The rise in the State of North Carolina was 18 percent. The combination of more beneficiaries and bigger checks has added materially to the In flow of cash to the local area. The official figures show that total payments to local resi dents, as of the beginning of this year, were at the annual rate of $1,776,000. Three years ago, by way of contrast, the payments totaled $1,310,000. Church To Collect unds For Sufferers The Moderator of the Gen eral Assembly of the Presby terian Church in the United States (The Southern Presby terian Church) has sent out a request that eachof the church receive an offering to be used to relieve human suffer ing caused by damage and de struction from hurricane Ca milla In the Mississippi and Virgin la-West Virginia area. Harold R. Skill man, an offi cer of the local church, said yesterday that in answer to this request the War ronton Pres byterian Church la requested to make a contribution at the morning worship service of the church on Sunday, Sept. 7. Spec ial offering envelopes will be provided. Doe to the problems of trans portation, it Is requested that no further shipments of clothing be sent to either disaster area at this time. CalNdar Program Is k Mgh 6tar The Lions 1970 Commun ity Birthday Calendar program U getting in high sear, Lton Dick Miles, chairman, said yes terday. Miles asks that families that have not bam contacted by * Academy Organized No Date Set For Opening Of Warren County Schools SCENE OF TOBACCO MARKET OPENING Warrenton Tobacco Market Makes 72.22C Average; 318,263 Pounds The War ronton Tobacco Market averaged 72.22$ a pound on opening sale here Tuesday, Owen Robertson, Jr., sales supervisor, said Tuesday night. The market sold 318,263 pounds for $229,837.35. Quality and price were good and farmers seemed highly pleased with sales, the sales supervisor said. The market opened at 9 o'clock on Tuesday morning at Thompson's Warehouse, fol lowing s few remarks by BUI Martin, auctioneer, and a pray er by the Rev. R. Lynn Og burn, pastor of the Macon Meth odist Charge. Sales followed In order at Boyd's, Centre, Farmers and Currlns. Robertson said that full sales are expected on the entire mar ket during the remainder of the week. The Warrenton Market, with other Middle Belt mar kets, Is expected to operate iour days a week for the re mainder of the season, from Monday through Thursday. Marketing procedure this year is largely unchanged. To bacco offered by the growers will be prepared in the pre sheeting process on farms be fore being taken to warehouse doors for sale. Middle Belt markets in ad dition to Warrenton are at Dur ham, Henderson, Oxford, Fu ouay-Varina, Louisburg, San ford, Carthage, Aberdeen and Ellerbe. A crew Is putting the finish ing touches on the Warrenton Postofflce after weeks of work renovating the building and Installing a new heating and air conditioning system. The past weekend the crew has been working In the lobby and will again be engaged there this weekend. For many of tbe employees at tbe Warrenton Postofflce It seemed like ? "lost week end," Postmaster A. C. Bla lock said yesterday. This is exactly what It turned out to be, Blalock added, as he de scribed tbe tribulations of post al employees and patrons. He added: "H there was one redeem ing feature of their work on Saturday, Sunday and Monday, it was tbe expressions of ap preciation from the postal pa trons who came to the post office on these days to get their box mall." The turmoil started early Saturday morning when a crew of workers from Greensboro took possession of the lobby and set up scaffolding through out the MUre area In order to modify the oeiUac tor in stallation of at Blalock said. Hie men did leave ? rather perilous path, more like a rat maze, froaa the front door to tha poat oftioe box eec bot often as the work pro Crew Putting Finishing Touches On Postoffice urday the same men will re turn to finish that phase of the work on the celling of the lobby, and patrols will again find scaffolding to impede the order ly transaction ofbuslness. After thit, only painting and Installa tion of fixtures will hava to come but that shouldn't be such a problem. Blalock asked the Warren Record to express the apprecia tion of his entire staff for the public's patience. He said he hopes that the air conditioned lobby, In the future, will add to their pleasure of coming to the post office. Hunters Visit County Ten sportsmen from Hol land, Michigan, have been guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Prldgen at Creek for the past several days and partici pating in dove hunting this week. They are: Dr. H. a DeVrles, Dr. Ron Vogen, Dr. J. E. Cool, Ab Mar tin, Joe Knell, "Doe" Hon aen , Richard Martin, Peter LeZlnga, PaulLeZlnga, Geriok LePerdlnk. AUon Prldgen said Tneaday in the crowd has each of the two Football Games To Be Played Friday Night In spite of delay ill opening Warren County schools, both Warrenton and Norllna will be gin their football season on Friday night. Norllna will play host to Wil liam R. Davie while John Graham will Journey to Park View near South Hill, Va., for a non-conference game. Coach Harvey Brooks Mid that he is looking for a good season at John Graham this year with eight starters among the 16 monogram players on his team. He said that the defense team would be a little smaller than last year's team but that the speed would be perhaps a little better. The loss of Bennle HUllard, speedy back, will be a loss to the team, but this will be over come to some extent by the ad dition of A1 Floyd, former Norllna quarterback, whose parents have moved to War renton, and A1 Cooper, who Is showing much promise. Mil liard has enrolled In a private school rt Enfield. Brooks said that he expects this year's team to be fttt about as strong as the 19M team, ki a preview of high school football, The Greens boro Dally Maws la a feature article places War reaton among the top five teams In Class A. Norllna, In q?*e of some to?a, and la qMto of ? mm No date has been set for the opening of Warren County sciwols following a Federal Court order that the schools must be run this year on a fully Integrated basis. Meeting on last Tuesday and Wednesday nights, the board of education was unable to agree on an opening date and post poned further action until the regular meeting on Sept. 8. Members gave as the reason for delay the giving of more time for the people to adjust to the Idea of full lnteeratlon of the schools. A Sept. 3 date had been recommended by School Super intendent J. R. Peeler and school principals. Supt. Peeler said that 264 teachers are awaiting the open ing of school to begin work. A court order forbidding the operation of the Warrenton City Schools has been met with the organization of the Warren Academy, Inc., which hopes to open on Sept. 15. Mon roe Gardner said yesterday that adeflnlte site forthe school has not yet been determined but that enough pupils have enroll ed to operate the elementary school. The court order has also been followed by the enrollment of a large number of white students in private schools and public schools In adjoining counties. The number of these is not known but it Is estimated to be around 300. Franklin County schools, which opened fully Integrated last year under order of the Federal Court, held Its orien tation session on last Friday, and Its first regular day of school Tuesday. Franklin County schools opened last year under almost identical conditions facing Warren County this year with only two weeks notice. Prior to the opening of the Franklin County schools School Supt. Warren Smith said, "We're much better organized and more ready for the open ing of school than we have been in the past several years. He reported that all vacancies are filled In the system and that all teachers reported on schedule last Tuesday for their first day of work. *Tve had real good reports from the principals," he stated. "They are very well pleaded with their teachers after the first meeting. We feel that we are off to a good Mart." Clint Fuller, editor of The Franklin Times, and a member of the Franklin County Board of Education, said yesterday th* schools opened on Tuesday without incident aid with meoh better attendance than on the opening daj last year. Fuller said that many stu dents who left the public schools last year to Mewl private schools have returned to the public schools. However, he added, a number of other stu dents are attending schools and t or not CrMulTtraiOf Covt h Smkn
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