MAN'S BODY BROUGHT FROM WELL
Body Of Missing Man Found In
Deep Well; Brought To Surface
Tire Doay of a 3B-year-oia~
Negro man, missing for more
than 24 hours, was removed
from a deep well at his home
in Drewry around 4:30 p. m.
Monday, by members of the
Warren County Rescue Squad,
Warren Rural Firemen and
Food Stamp
Users Show
A Decline
The number of Warren County
citizens participating in the
Food Stamp program dropped
237 from June to July, accord
ing to the Food and Nutri
tion Service of the U. S.
Department of Agriculture.
The drop from 3,237 to 3,000
was attributed to Increased
agricultural employment op
portunities during July.
U. S. Department of Agri
culture food programs aided
196,113 needy persons in North
Carolina during July, 17,694
persons less than the number
that received food assistance In
June but 48,314 persons more
than the number that took part
in the programs a year ago.
USDA's Food and Nutrition
Service said that 67,838 per
sons in 38 counties took part
in its food stamp program and
received $453,066 in bonus cou
pons.
FNS' family food distribution
program aided 128,275persons
in 59 counties. The foods dis
tributed had an estimated re
tail value of $1.4 million and
included dairy products, can
ned and dried fruits and vege
tables, canned meat or poul
try, grain and cereal pro
ducts, as well as other Items
such as peanut butter and
scrambled egg mix.
In North Carolina, the- food
distribution program is ad
ministered by the North Caro
lina Department of Agricul
ture, and the food stamp
program is administered by
the North Carolina Board of
public Welfare, both in cooper
ation with the Food and Nu
trition Service.
members of tHe Sheriff's De
partment.
Beechy Bullock was dead
when his body was located by
Sheriff Clarence Davis and
Bonny Stevenson and removed
from the bottom of an 18-lnch
terra cotta pipe some 70 to
80 feet deep.
Sheriff Davis said that Bul
lock's father reported to him
around 9 a- m. Monday morn
ing that his son was missing
and had last been seen around
2 a. m. Sunday morning at his
home. He and Deputy Bonny
Stevenson returned with the
father to the son's home where
they found Bullock's wife look
ing down Into an abandoned
well. Sheriff Davis said that
Indications were that something
had been around the well but that
their flashlight was not powerful
enough to reach the bottom of
the well and that the sun was
under a cloud and light could
not be reflected down the pipe
with a mirror.
The officers returnedto War
renton and obtained a more
powerful flashlight and noti
fied the Rescue Squad and the
Rural Fire Department. Re
turning to the scene, the offi
cers found, the sun having ap
peared, with the use of a
mirror and flashlight, that a
body was in the well.
Sheriff Davis said thai the
body was removed with ropes
and grappling hooks in a short
time.
The body wastakentoWarren
General Hospital for exami
nation by Dr. Charles Bunch,
medical officer, and the infor
mation obtained by the officers
was turned over to him and
Coroner Bobby Blaylock. Sher
iff Davis said they ruled the
death was caused from the fall
and shock and possibly suffoca
tion and that death was suicide.
Sheriff Davis said that Bul
lock was a former mental
patient and also suffered from
epilepsy.
Town Not To Pick Up
County Bldgs. Trash
The Board of Town Commis
sioners on Monday night direct
ed Town Manager J. Ed
Rooker to write to the County
Board of Commissioners in
forming that body that due to
its failure to share In the cost
of maintaining the town's trash
dump that effective Oct. 1,
that the town will make no
pick-ups of trash from county
buildings with the exception of
the Warren General Hospital.
Action of the board was taken
after Manager Rooker had
read a letter to the town com
missioners from J. H. Llmer,
county attorney, stating that the
county rejected the town's pro
posal for the use of the garbage
dump.
During the session that last
ad for more than four hours,
the commissioners also order
ed that a letter be written
to Howard T. Pitts, manager
of Carolina Telephone and
Telegraph Company, of Hen
derson relative to poor tele
phone service In town recently.
Jimmy D. Roberts, Fire
Chief, appeared before the
board with a proposal that an
addition be made to the town
fire station as a memorial
to former Fire Chief Walker
P. Burwell. The board, with
favorable comment, referred
the matter to the fire com
mittee.
The board passed a reso
lution for the town to join
the Central Regional Plan
ning Commission, a law en
forcement unit sponsored by
the Governor's Committee on
Law and Order, Countler em
braced in the Central Unit
are Warren, Granville, Vance,
Franklin, Wilson, Halifax,
Nash and Edgecombe.
The matter of failure of
motorists to pay parking meter
tickets was before the com
missioners who expressed con
cern with the large number of
motorists who have failed to pay
tickets in recent weeks. The
board ordered that a list of
unpaid parking tickets since
Aug. 1 be made and warrants
issued against all persons who
are in violation.
Coach Brooks lams
Down Raleigh Offer
Coach Harvey Brook* of John
Graham High School has turn
ed down an offer mad* last
WMk to Join the coaching staff
at Needham Broughton High
School In Raleigh.
Coach Brooks utd Monday
that ha turned down the offer
on Monday because "I didn't
think tt fair to my boyfc*
tie aaid that the players had
been good to him and be didn't
thtok it would be right to drop
Six Persons Are Badly
Hurt In Truck-Car Crash
Six persons were injured, two
critically, In a truck-car col
lision *011- 401 Mar 8ulphur
Springs Baptist Church at 4:45
p. m. Saturday.
Taken to Warren General
Hospital were Walter Pete
Jones, driver of IMS Interna
tional Pickup truck, and a
passenger, - Qeorge Robinson;
Craven Woodrow Hicks, driv
er of a' 1906 Ford, and three
passencers, Bennie Hicks, Bar
bara McMillan and Shirley
Weaver, all of Garner. Robin
son and Mrs. Weaver were
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transferred to una Hospital
In Durham.
Jones suffered broken ribs
and lacerations. BoMxaon suf
fered two broken toga, a broken
arm and head Injur lea. craven
Woodrow Htoks suffered chest
Injuries an
Barbara
and Shirley Weaver, broken
leg, other leg Injuries and in
ternal Injuries.
Both the truck and car were
completely demolished
oordlng to V. R. (Pete) Vangh
lnvesttgmllng Highway Pa
trolman. ,k; 1
Evidence, Vaughan said, was
that Jooes attempted to male* a
left-hand tarn Into 401 and hla
trade ww struck by the car
driven by Hlcka com lngigi over
a hill and travelling north.
Vaughan said that a man follow
ing the car on a motorcycle
teatttad that he did not thfc*
the Ford was travelling over
53 miles
Jones hM been char**] with
failure to aee that the i
of hla truek oould be uk la
Registration Day Tuesday
Warren County Schools To
Begin Session On Thursday
The Warren County Board of
Education ordered on Monday
night that Warren County Pub
lic Schools be open for the
1969-70 session on Thursday,
Sept. 18 as the first regular
school day.
Teachers are to report for
duty on Monday, Sept. 15,
and students are to register
on Tuesday, Sept. 16, and re
main at home on Wednesday
when teachers will work.
Thursday students will report
for classes.
On Sept. 18 and 19 .school
will start at 8:30 and end at
11:30. On Sept. 22 and 23 school
will be In session until 2 p. m.
with lunch being served for
the first time on Sept. 22.
Principals will decide
whether there Is a necessity
for additional short days.
Lunchroom managers will
work two days prior to the
opening of the lunchrooms,
beginning work on the 18th.
Lunchroom employees will be
gin work on the 19th. Principals,
secretaries, Janitors and maids
will start to work on Monday
and Tuesday.
Supt. Peeler said yesterday
that the court has approved a
revised plan which m akt?s Ma
con, grades 1-6; Marl am Boyd,
grades 1-6; and South W.irren
grades 1-6. Hawkins wil.1 re
main 7th and 8th as on the ori
ginal plan. The revl:sed plan
makes Littleton grades 7- 12
and Vaughan 1-6. No change s
are made in the Norlina dis
trict.
Peeler said that generally,
students will attend the school
nearest their home in their dis
trlct. If parents have ques
tions as to which school their
children are to attend, they
should contact the principal of
the school nearest their home.
Bus drivers may pick up the
buses from the school garage
on Monday.
Bus Information
Pupils riding buses to John
Graham, Mariam Boyd and
Hawkins are requested to board
the bus that comes by their
home.
Bus Information for Norlina,
Northside and North Warren
Is a.'- follows:
The following buses will pick
up students In grades 4-8 at
tending North Warren: Num
bers, 104, 111, 112, 117, 122,
. 126, 129, 131.
Those students attending
grades; 1-3 at Northside and
grades: 9-12 Norllna will be
picked up by other buses.
Students will be picked up at
the Norllna High School and
the Norlina Super Market who
are golngto Northside and North
Warren; those picked up last
year will be picked up at the
same places.
Schedule Of Fees
Instruction supply fee (ele
mentary and high school), $1.00.
Typing fee, $5.00
Agriculture fee, $2.50
Home Economics fee $2,50.
Bricklaying fee, $2.50.
Cost of workbooks and Week
ly Readers may be charged to
students.
Student accident insurance is
$2.50; 24-hour coverage Is
$15.00.
No book fees
Persons standing In loco
parentis of the students whose
parents live out of the state
and who have been advised by
the Superintendent that they
must pay a tuition of $50
are requested to make pay
ment to Superintendent's office
4>t it may be paid to the prin
cipal of the school, ft must
be paid before a child can be
enrolled.
Faculties
The principal and teacher as
signment of the schools are as
follows:
JOHN GRAHAM?F. L. Bar
tholomew, Principal; MelvlnG.
Poplin, Evelyn E. Steed, Junes
L. Soufas, Mary W. Shields,
Nancy H. Williams, Harvey P.
Brooks, Louise B. Brooks,
Stu&rt M. Thomson, Benjamin
Terrell, George A. Fleming,
Susan C. Terrell, Constance
I L. Fraser, Louise B. Bryson,
Samuel N. Merrltt, Arnetra
D. Johnson, Cora H. Hawkins,
Lillle G. Hawkins, Evelyn Hen
derson, Sterling McNalr, Fan
nie Tharrlngton, Carlie L.
Powell, Carrie G. Hendrick,
James E. Howell, Phyllistlne
Goode, Mrs. Julia E. Townes,
Mrs. Lavlne E. McGrler, Wal
ter Price, Mrs. Lots R. Wil
liams, Arthur J. Williams,
Emily Person, Mrs. Elba
Ban set, Harold A. Stegall, Wfl
;Vord E. Exum, Clifton L. Fal
t*on, Thomas Plummer.
HAWKINS SCHOOL - B. L.
Ki ng, Principal; John A. Cote
man, Joseph O, Richardson,
GeoTgla J. Exum, Mary H.
Powell, Lucfcus Hawkins,
Loui se M. Twitty, James A.
Robin son, James L. Goolsby,
Walter' R. Alston, McCarroll
Alston,' William J. Long, Ro
bert Lewis, Crlchton A. Davis,
Ersie B.Stewart, Roger L.WH
Lucille B. En
NORLINA HIGH 8CHOOL -
a U Hegi>, Principal; Mrs.
Bessie R. Hicks, Carole A. Jor
dan, Mrs. Brand* p. Travis,
Mrs. Mildred c. Faster, Ro
ibsrt V. Pries, Edward D.
iihafer, John N. Martin, Mrs.
I'.va Howell, Vivian 1
QMe SCHOOLS, pass I)
Negro Delegation Demands That Schools Open
A delegation of Warren Coun
ty Negroes appeared before the
Board of Education on Monday
night to demand that Warren
County Schools be opened im
mediately and operated proper
ly or that the Board of Educa
tion resign immediately.
More than 100 Negroes filled
the meeting room of the board
to hear their complaints read
by John Hawkins, who stated
that the group were not all
NAACP members, and to ex
change rather tart remarks
with at least one member of
the board. A copy of Hawkln's
remarks were distributed to the
board members and the press.
It was as follows:
"We the citizens of Warren
County demand that our schools
are opened Immediately. We
recognize that there may be dif
ferences of opinion as to how
the schools should operate, but
this Is no reason whatsoever
for not opening schools. The '
Board of Education has a duty
to the citizens of the county
to open schools and maintain
Its proper operation. The
Board of Education took an oath
that they would properly operate
the schools of this county. If
any board member or all board
members feel that they cannot
fulfill this duty, they should re
sign.
"The U. S. District Court has
ordered Warren County Schools
opened according to the court
approved order of July 1969.
Warren County Board of Edu
cation and Its administrators
submitted this plan to the court
In December of 1968. The court
approved It In July. Now we
hear the administrators say
ing they don't know how they
can make the plan work and the
Board refusing to accept the
court's order. It Is quite
apparent that the Board
of Education and the Adminis
trators did not plan and do not
plan to operate the schools as
they said In their plan. Nine
months Is sufficient time to
work out the details of this plan.
All this clearly points to the
fact that this Board of Educa
tion Is not functioning properly
and therefore should resign.
"This delay by the Board of
Education has caused great
harm to many children of War
ren County. Parents have sent
many students away to schools,
wherein if the schools had open
ed on time and orderly these
students would have remained
In the county, some have gone to
another public school district;
while residents of Warren
County. This raises a ser
ious legal question which
will be addressed to the
proper authorities. The Board
of Education has a duty to the
people of Warren County to
operate schools and operate
good schools. Tlie majority of
the citizens in Warren County
have not run and will not run- It
is our opinion that the delay by
the board Is completely without
cause or reason; but solely for
the purpose of defying the law
and allowing time for a few
citizens to organize private
schools. We have no objections
to private schools, whatsoever,
as long as they do not interfer
with the proper operation of
public schools, nor financed
or assisted In any manner by
public funds.
1 'We demand that schools are
ope ned Immediately and oper
ated' properly or that the Board
of Education resign Immediate
ly."
Mai'xm Reavls and Malvern
Felts, representing the Afton
Elbero n Rurltan Club and other
membe.rs of the community,
appeare d before the board to
ascertain what disposition will
be made of the Afton-Elberon
School tmlidlng, which is not
to be usei 1 for school purposes
this year.
Supt. Pi ?eler had previous
ly stated to John Hawkins
that the Mtacon school would
be operated Instead of the
Afton-Elberon school because
the latter *ciloot needed a new
boiler and th ere was not time
enough to Inst nil it before the
opening of .school. He said that
the board ha-d no plans to
rent it for a p.rivate school.
Reavls and Fi9lts said that
they had heiird rui Tiors that the
school would be le ased either
for a private scho ol or for a
private club and thi it people of
Elberon wanted tc > keep the
school for the ir own u 'se. They
were told that the b oard has
no present plans for tl. *e build
ing and were promised t hat they
would be contacted beft >re the
board made anydlsposltio nof it.
Hie board ordered t> hat a
$100 bonus supplement be paid
teachers as soon after thej? go
to work as possible.
Court Term
Ends On
Friday
The criminal term of Warren
County Superior Court, which
convened on Tuesday morning
of last week with Judge Clar
ence W. Hall of Durham pre
siding, adjourned on Friday
afternoon.
Among cases disposed of
during the week were:
Herman Nicholson, assault
with deadly weapon, six months
on roads, with option of work
release.
Jimmy Rodgers Williams,
larceny of automobile, not less
than four nor more than five
years in state prison. Three
other cases charging Williams
with larceny of automobile were
nol prossed with leave.
Phil N. Radford, second of
fense of public drunkenness,
committed to custody of Com
missioner of Corrections for
not less than 30 days nor more
than six months.
George Edward Newell,
drunk driving, five months
Jail sentence suspended provid
ed defendant remains of good
behavior, not violate any penal
laws of stale or federal govern
ment, pays a $125 fine and
court costs. He was granted
restricted right to drive truck
only in Vance and Warren Coun
ties between 4 a. m. and 6 p. m.
Robert Donald Moss, drunk
driving, nol pros with leave.
Thomas Ralph Phillips, aid
ing and abetting in larceny,
nol pros with leave.
Martha Champion Macklln,
possession of non-taxpald whis
key, seven months In women's
division at State Department of
Correction.
Jerry Milam, assault with
deadly weapon with intent to
kill doing serious bodily ln
t ry not resulting in death,
seven to nine years in state
prison with recommendation
that he be given psychiatric ex
amination.
John Herbert Terry, posses
sion of non-taxpald liquor,
seven months on roads, with
recommendation tor work re
lease.
Sally Terry
at pros i
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