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VOLUME'73 Subscription: $3.00 A Year; $4.00 Out Of State, 10* Per Copy WARRENTON, COUNTY OF WARREN, N. C. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1969 NUMBER 38
Winners in last year's 4-H Calf Show. Another one of these popular shows will be held at the
Warren County Fair on Saturday morning. Pictured, left to right, are: Dave Ashworth,
Scene At Fdir fleldman for Pine State Creamery; Conrad Bender, holding Reserve Champion; Sidney Flem
ing, Jr., holding Grand Champion; J. B. Thompson, Fair Manager, and James Smith,
herdsman for Butner Farms.
Annual Warren County Fair To Open Monday
The Warren County Agricul
tural Fair will open Monday
night for a full week with David
Endy Amusements on the mid
way, W. K. Lanier, fair pub
licity chairman, announced
yesterday.
In addition to a large number
of rides and other attractions
on the midway, the Fair this
year, Lanier said, will be fea
tured by a number of prizes
to be given away each day. On
Monday night a 1960 Valiant
automobile will be given to the
holder of a lucky ticket.
This car with new paint job
through courtesy of B. & D.
Motors, is a contribution of
Lion Will Fowler, president of
Fowler-Barham Ford, Inc.
On Tuesday a new mlni-blke
will be given free to holder of
lucky ticket, obtained by paying
admission to the fair.
Wednesday and Thursday will
be school days and $200
In prizes will be given away
on School Days, with two grand
prizes each day at 5:30 p. m.
Saturday is the big gift day
when tickets for a 1,000 lb.
Angus steer will be drawn at
10 a. m. and will go to the hold
er of the lucky ticket, which may
be obtained by a cash donation
of $1.00 from any member
of the Lions Club. This
steer was donated to the
Warrenton Fair Association
through the courtesy of the
Warrenton Tobacco Board of
Warehousemen, and will be
processed to suit the winner
through the courtesy of the
Warren Freezer Lockers, Inc.
The ticket holder does not
have to be present to win.
Lions and members of their
families are not eligible to
participate In the drawing.
On both School Days, Wed
nesday and Thursday, all
school children will be admitted
free and all rides will be re
duced on both of these days.
Due to favorable weather and
a large premium list, the ex
hibits are expected to be espec
ially good this year. Exhibitors
are asked to bring their ex
hibits In Monday for judging on
Tuesday.
Two highlights of the fair are
the 4-H Poultry Show and Sale
on Friday and the Junior Dairy
Calf Show to be held on
Saturday. The Poultry Show
will be held at 4 p. m. Friday
and the sale will begin at
4:30 p. m. Judging for the
Calf Show will begin at 10
a. m. Saturday.
Ten coops of pullets will be
for sale at the Poultry Show.
Each coop contains 12 pullets,
which are Just beginning to lay.
J. R. West, N. C. State Uni
versity Extension Poultry
Specialist, will judge the show.
This will be an ideal op
portunity for those persons
Interested In getting some ex
cellent laying hens for the home
flock, L. B. Hardage, exten
sion chairman, said this week.
These hens have been vacci
nated against Fowl Pox, New
castle and Brocitls diseases,
and have been de wormed.
They are in excellent health and
are Just beginning to lay.
"Come out to the show and
sale," Hardage said, "see and
buy these fine hens from de
serving 4-H Club members
who have raised them from lit
tle chicks."
Judging for the Calf Show will
begin Saturday at 10 a. m.,
R. L. Wynn, Dairy Specialist,
A. & T. University, Greens
boro, and Dave Ash worth,
Field Representative for Pine
State Creamery, Henderson,
will Judge the animals. There
will be 23 head of dairy females,
composed of Brown Swiss,
Guernsey, Holstelns and Jer
seys, in this year's competi
tion.
The Danish system of judging
will be used with prizes as
follows:
Blue ribbon, $12; red ribbon,
$10; white ribbon, $8; Grand
Champion, $15; Reserve
Champion, $5; Best Fitted,
$S; Showmanship, $5.00.
The food booth will again
be operated each d?y and
night by the Lions dub under
the management of Lion Clyde
V. Whltford.
Lanier said the Lions are
looking tor one of their bast
fairs this season and urges citi
zens of this area to make the
Fair Ground their play ground
all next week.
Diet FiRtril Is
Held Or Tiesday
Funeral services tor Mrs.
Daphne Com Dice, SO, were
held in Foster Funeral Home
la Portsmouth, Va., on Tees
at 3:30 p. m. Tuesday In Zebu
Ion cl*T Cero?*ery. , . r
Mrs. DIM, ? former resi
dent of aoftifcm,
la 1
was the
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Garment Factory To Manufacture
Children's Dresses At Hollister
HOLLISTER?The Hollister
Essex Garment Corporation, an
affiliate of Sharlyn Fashions,
Inc., of New York City, an
nounced Wednesday It will open
a plant here to manufacture
children's dresses.
The announcement was made
by Bob Wallace, president
of the local garment corpora
tion. Wallace said he hoped
to be In operation by Novem
ber and that his Company
would employ up tolSOworkers
within the first year.
The building for the new
plant will be constructed on a
seven acre site between Hol
llster and Essex by the Hol
lister-Essex Development Cor
poration according to James
H. Quails, president of the local
non-profit development corpor
ation. He said financing for
the building will come from the
sale of local bonds, the Small
Business Administration and
The citizens Bank of Warren
ton. He said the garment
company would acquire the
building over a period of
years through alease-purchase
arrangement.
Other officers In the Hol
lister-Essex Development Cor
poration, In addition to Quails
are: W. R. Richardson, vice
president; Mrs. Ann L. Arring
ton, secretary; Mrs. J. J.
Williams, treasurer, and the
following Directors; Amos L.
Capps, D. D. Thorne, Thomas
Hedgepeth, Murzlc Mills and
Arthur Lee Wollett.
William J. Benton, executive
director of the Halifax De
velopment Commission, said
one of the main reasons for
the garment company choosing
Holllster for the location of its
plant was due to the enthusiasm
and cooperation of the local
people In the Holllster and Es
sex area. Benton said that
when the plant was In full
operation that It would have a
payroll approximating $500,000
and would have a tremendous
effect on the economy In the
Hollister and Essex area of
Halifax County.
Cut Tobacco Stalks
Now, Hardage Urges
L. B. Hardage, County Ex
tension Chairman, this week
urged farmers to cut and de
stroy tobacco stalks at once.
This could be the most Im
portant time spent In tobacco
In 1969, he said.
Warren County tobacco farm
ers are urged to cut and de
stroy tobacco stalks at once,
Hardage said. "Most of you
have finished harvesting your
crop but less than 10 per cent
of the stalks are destroyed as
of today. Plow up your stalks
at once and encourage your
neighbors to do the same.
"I think all of us realize
labor is scarce and everyone
Is trying to sell the crop as
fast as possible, but let's not
neglect one Important step In
tobacco production."
Holiness Church To
Have Homecomiag
The Warrenton Pentecostal
Holiness 'Church -will hold a
homecoming service on Sunday
morning, 38pt. 21, the Rev. Ray
Ward, pastor, announced pas
te rd ay.
Dinner .will he held on tba
grounds at 1 p. m., followed by
an afternoon sing beginning at
StSO.
Mr. Ward also announced that
revival services will begin at
the church on Monday, Sept.
82, M 7t?0 p. m. The guest
minister will ha the Mr.
Clayton Outjrie of Harkers
Mrs. Weldon Paate
Green, Kjf.,
Mr a. c. a.
County Convention To Be
Held Here On Sept. 25
The county convention, where
farmer-chosen delegates will
elect farmers to fill vacan
cies on the Warren County
Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation (ASC) Com
mittee, will be held Thursday,
Sept. M, at 3 p. m. In the
courthouse at Warrenton, W.
S. Smiley, chairman, ASC Coun
ty Committee, announced yes
terday.
The convention will be open
to Ilia piMlfij ?1 liei aim
interested in observing the vot
ing procedure may attend,
Smiley said. However, only
farmer-delegates to the
vwuUoo
, and
each county committeeman Is
limited to three consecutive
terms. (One oounty committee
man will be elected tor a three
year term (or Warren County).
Bach year, the convention also
electa a first ami second al
ternate committeeman, each
tor a 1-year term.
Alter the county committee
men are elected, the delegates
vote vain to determine which
at the regular committeemen
will serve an chairman ardvloe
chairman tor the com In* year.
These pOfMlQm an redeter
mined annually.
The delegates to the county
Enrollment 80% Non-White
Warren County Schools Fully
Integrate Without Incident
Warren Cour.typublic schools
opened for registration on
Tuesday morning on a fully In
tegrated basis without Incident.
Classes are scheduled to
start this morning (ThursdayJ.
Enrollment on Tuesday
morning of 4,104 was more than
1,000 less than on opening day
last year when 5,120 were
enrolled. The drop in the num
ber of white students was
561 less than last year. Some
200 of these white students
are enrolled In the Vance Coun
ty public schools, and a number
Warrenton Private
School Opens With
Enrollment Of 141
Warrenton's private school
had a fine opening on Wednes
day morning with 141 pupils
enrolled, according to Head
master George A. Fleming.
The school, with grades from
one through eight, is temporar
ily housed in the Apartment
Building of the Warrenton Bap
tist Church and In the Metho
dist Church, with the first four
grades In the apartment house.
Tuition fees are $100 for each
child entered and $35 a month
for each child entered where
there is only one child from
the family. Where there are
two children from the same
family the charge Is $30 a month
for the second child, and $25
a month for the third child en
tered. in addition there is a
$5.00 book fee, and milk may
be purchased.
The faculty Is composed of
Headmaster Fleming and the
following teachers:
First Grade?Miss Elizabeth
Massey.
Second Grade?Mrs. Nellie
Gardner.
Third and Fourth Grades
Mrs. Ann Fleming.
Fifth Grade-Mrs. Wallace
Brown.
Sixth Grade?Mrs. Gld King.
Seventh and Eighth Grades
Mrs. Katie Jones.
School hours are from 8:30
to 3 p. m.
Senator To Speak
At Ruritan Meeting
Senator Julian Allsbrook of
Roanoke Rapids will be the
guest speaker at a meeting
of the Wise-Paschall Ruritan
Club to be held at the Wise
School building tonight (Thurs
day) at 8 o'clock. He will
be presented by the Hon. W. R.
Drake, former Representative
from Warren County In ''tie
House of representatives.
Luther Paynter, secretary
of the club, said thai due to the
prominence of Senator Alls
brook a special Invitation Is
issued to all other civic clubs
of the county. He said a spec
ial invitation Is given to wo
men club members.
Following Senator Alls
brook's talk, a 15-minute ques
tion and answer period will be
held.
Senator Allsbrook's talk will
follow a business meeting of
the club.
Johnson Funeral
Held At Seaboard
Funeral services for Charles
T. Johnson ?tn held Tuesday
at 3 p. m. at the Seaboard
Baptist Church by the ftov.
George Turner. Burial was in
the Seaboard Cemetery.
Mr. Johnson a farmer, died
after a* Illness of sev
Ot Charles T. Johnson, Jr.,
a Warranto* attorney.
Survivors in wMttlo* to his
son ben are Us wUt, Mr*.
I i IM M imP*
?r, Mrs. Msry Drewett at
two brothers, John
* Oamberry and UK.
Norlina 128
Littleton 140
. . ? WHITE NEGRO INDIAN TOTAL
177 582 41 800
322 450
177 317
Vaughan 17 190
Macon 38 84 x
Marlam Boyd 159
South Warren 3
Hawkins 68
Northslde 43 290 * 333
North Warren 63 504 567
207
123
445 62 666
248 251
305 17 390
STUDENTS GATHERING AT JOHN GRAHAM HIGH SCHOOL
are enrolled In private schools.
A hundred and fifty Hallwas,
living In Halifax county and
enrolled in the Hallwa School
In Warren County last year have
been returned to Halifax Coun
ty schools.
J. Roger Peeler, superinten
dent of schools, said reports
from the ten schools In the coun
ty show a ratio of 20 per
cent white and 80 per cent non
white. He said "It Is quite
obvious that some white stu
dents are staying away from
school.
New Lines Drawn
Peeler said that new district
lines had been drawn up in
setting up the total integration
plan "and it looks as If we are
going to have to revise the
lines to provide more pupils at
under-populated schools."
He said that while there was
over-crowding of buses and
over - crowding of some
schools, "there were no In
cidents at any of the schools."
A group of citizens who had
threatened to send their
children to the schools to
which they had been assigned
under legislation in the 1969
General Assembly authorizing
special units in Warrenton and
Littleton-Lake Gaston ap
parently changed their minds.
Only 15 such pupils reported
at Warrenton and none at
other schools.
Peeler said he knew that
over 200 Warren County pupils
enrolled In Vance County
schools and a large number
enrolled in Halifax schools
because of the delayed open
ing. He also said a number
enrolled In private schools.
Punt, Piss Kick
Boys from 8 to 13 are again
reminded this week by Brantley
Overby to register for the Ford
dealer sponsored Punt, Pass
and Kick Contest which will be
held oa Oct. 11.
Overby said that the registra
tion period ends on Oct. 10
but urges dl boys in the 8
13 age group to register as
soon as possfele at Fowler
Bar ham Ford, Inc., on the Nor
lina Road so plans tor the con
test may be completed.
RETURNS FROM HOSPITAL
~ Mr. & P. Beckwith return
ed Saturday from IMps Hospital
In Durban vfeere he had been
returns from hospital
He also expressed the belief
that a number of pupils pro
bably stayed away from school
Tuesday "to see what was hap
pening."
He singled out the John Gra
ham and the Marlam Boyd
schools here "as the most
overcrowded."
Lunch Plan In Jeopardy
Supt. Peeler said that the
combination of state lunch as
sistance policy and the court
Imposed Integration plan may
penalize some of his students
who need free lunches.
He said he feels that the
State Board of Education is not
consistent and not flexible
enough to meet the needs of the
schools. The State Board is
supposed to give aid to de
segregated schools while the
lunchroom department pena
lizes schools that have de
segregated, he said.
Under state policy, the
amount of state reimburse
ment a particular school
may receive lor lunches is
determined by the previous
year's operation. Supt. J. R,
Peeler said the reorganization
of his schools meant many
high school students who need
the help are now attending a
school which does not qualify
for maximum asslstence.
Peeler said that while
lunchroom program in Warren
County's three high schools
Is threatened because he feels
the school board will balk at
setting lunch prices higher in
one school than in the other
two and may not operate a lunch
program. The first partial day
of school was Tuesday.
Peeler explained the situation
this way: The students who
attended predominately - Negro
Hawkins High School last year
have now been transferred to
John Graham High School under
(See SCHOOLS, page 2)
Four Incorporated Towns
To Receive Powell Funds
The (our incorporated towns
of Warren County will receive
checks totaling more than
$21,000 this month In street al
locations under the provision of
the Powell Bill, D. McLaugh
lin Fair cloth of the State
Highway Commission announc
ed this week.
Faircloth said that 427 cities
and towns will receive propor
tional cash allotments amount
ing to $11,134,494. Checks
will be mailed from Raleigh
this month so they can reach
the municipalities by Oct. I.
The greatest amount of the
Warren Coiaty fund will go to
Norllna, which will receive
$7,286.88. Warrenton will re
ceive $6,283.17; Littleton, $6,
236.67; and Macon $1,238.89.
The Powell BUI funds, pro
vided by one-half cent of the
regular gasoline tax, are re
turned annually to cities and
towns, baaed on both population
and non-state street mileage.
Norllna's population, baaed
on 1960 census, is 987, and its
non-system street* total 8.05
miles. Warrentoo'a population
Is UM, and Ma
streets 5.28 miles;
1024, and 5.71; an
187, and 1.22.
Warrenton Market Makes
7356 mmmae Monday
Market averatad 7S.M on
day with full sales on each at
the flv? warehouses, L. O.
Robertson, Jr., sales auper
vtaor said yeaterday.
of tl?
tip* (Ma
food grada of M
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high a* tlf.'
tlon la i
time ??* day or 1?
a day, Roberts*
'?? expects these hours to
latere*. .
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