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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, OCTOBER 16, 1969 NUMBER 42
Group Ot Seven Australian Men Visit Town
Members of Australian group who visited War renton on Monday afternoon were, left to right;
Peter Parrish, Frank Robinson, Bob Harper, Jim Boswoll, Roy Watson Be van Sommerlad
and Ron Robinson
Hal Connell points to a scene his ranch near Warrenton as Peter Parrish of Australia
looks on Parrish is an Australian rancher who manages 24,000 acres.
Mental Health Drive To
Begin Here Tuesday
The 1969 Mental Health Cam
paign will begin in Warrenton
on Tuesday Oct. 21, Mrs. W.
E. Coleman, fund chairman, an
nounced yesterday.
Mrs. Coleman, In making the
announcement, said that the
fund Committee wants to let the
public know that there are lit
erally hundreds of thousands of
people across this state who
are counting on them for their
help in raising fluids for the
North Carolina Mental Health
Association. "The quarter of a
million children In the state,"
she said, "and the many In our
county are all depending on you
for help."
Mrs. Coleman said that she
wishes to thank the many volun
teers who will make the can
vass for funds and asks the pub
lic to contribute as generously
as possible when they make
their calls. She listed canvass
ers as Mrs. Clinton Capps,
Mrs. G. C. Robinson, Mrs.
T. E. Burton, Mrs. Walter Ben
der, her helpers, Mrs. O. S.
Davis, Mrs. Cooper Leonard,
Mrs. Norfleet Claiborne, Mrs.
Roy Pittman, Mrs. Ellis Flem
ing, Mrs. Allen Kearney, Mrs.
Clestian Kearney, Mrs. Ben C.
Harris, Mrs. O. M. Greene,
Mrs. W. A. Connell, in, Miss
Dorothy Bolton, Mrs. J. O.
Perry, Miss Sandra Stokes,
Mrs. Eddie Hamm, Mrs. O.
H. Yancey, Mrs. Edgerton Ride
out.
Also, Mrs. Margaret Slpes,
Mrs. Delia Stegall, Mrs. Al
fred Wright, ICta. Gladys
Wemyss, Miss HelanOelbrldge,
Mrs. M. C. Clary, Mrs. Joe
Rlggan and helpers, Mrs. L,
0. Robinson, MrS. Milton
Pullen, Mrs. W. L. Cox, Mrs.
L. T. Wilson, Mrs. Creed Sat
terwhite, Mrs. J. R. Gilbert,
Mrf. H. E. Bobbitt, Mrs. Blanch
Andrews, Mrs. L. B. Beddoe,
Mrs. W. A. Benson, Mrs. Mat
tie Hawkins, Miss Cynthia
Halthcock, Mrs. T. R. Vaughan,
Mrs. Mable Alston, Mrs. L. C.
Davis, Miss Katherlne Blanken
shlp, Miss Cathy Renn, Miss
Patricia Odom, Mrs. L. B. Hen
derson and Mrs. W. fc. Exum.
"With people like we have
here who are willing to give
of their time to help where help
Is needed our drive is going to
be a great success, lam sure,"
Mrs. Coleman said.
Land Bank Ass'n To
Hold Open House
The Federal Land Bank As
sociation of Henderson will
hold an Open House Dedication
on Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 21,
In the new office building lo
cated at 125 W. Belle Street.
Ribbon Cutting ceremonies
are scheduled to begin at 3:00
p. m. and the Open House will
follow until 6:00 p. m. Robert
A. Darr, president of the Fed
eral Land Bank of Columbia,
and other Land Bank person
nel will be on hand for the oc
casion.
The Henderson Association Is
a part of the farm credit
system which serves farmers
and ranchers over the nation
for all types of farm loans.
Farmers from the counties of
Warren, Vance, Franklin,
Granville, Person, Durham
and Orange are served by the
^Henderson Association.
Mrs. R.O. Parrott and daugh
ters of Goldsboro were weekend
guests of Mr. Gld Macon.
Registration Books
Open For Election
Registration of eligible vot
ers for the Nov. 4 local sales
tax election began Saturday.
Under general supervision of
the Warren County Board of
Elections, registrars were at
polling places in each of the
county's 14 precincts to en
roll those applying. They will
be there again on Saturdays,
Oct. 18 and 25.
The local tax proposal will
be voted on in all of the state's
100 counties. If approved, the
one percent tax would be
collected by the State Revenue
Department along with the
statewide three percent sales
tax, and the money then re
turned to the county and muni
cipalities under a formula
based on population and ad va
lorem tax collections.
Bazaar
The Snow Hill Homemakers
Club will sponsor a bazaar
Saturday, Oct. 18, from 10 a
m. to 5 p. m. at the Commun
ity Center, located on Franklin
Street in Warrenton, Mrs.
George F. Walton, chairman,
announced yesterday.
Baked goods and articles for
gifts and personal use will be
on sale.
A handmade silk quilt will be
raffled as first prize and hand
made pillows for the second.
REELECTED JUDGE
Charles Crockett, former
resident of Warrenton and now a
practicing attorney in Eliza
bethtown, Tenn., has been re
elected ctty Judge of Elizabeth
town for a four-year term. His
father and mother were both
born and reared in Elizabeth
town. Judge Crockett is the
brother of Mrs. A. D. Harris
of Warrenton.
A group of seven m<?n from
Australia were In Warrenton
Monday afternoon and evening
as guests of members of the
Warrenton Rotary Club and
were dinner guests of the club
at the Warrenton Country Club
on Monday night.
The group, composed of six
members of a team and a
team leader, have been in North
^Carolina for the past month on
a Rotary Study Exchange and
will remain in the state for
another month, visiting towns
and cities and interesting plac
es as each member studies
how the business with which he
Is connected In Australia
is conducted in Ame' ica. Be
fore coming to North Carolina
the group spent a short while
la California and Nevada.
Coming here from Hender
son, the group met at the office
of H. W. Holt on Franklin
Street from where they were
taken to Carolina Sportswear
Company for a tour of the plant.
They were accompanied by Ro
tarians Holt, Bill Delbrldge,
L. H. Prlday and Jim Kerr.
Following the tour of the
were taken on individual tours,
pursuing their Individual Inter
ests, by Rotary members.
Frank Robinson, team lead
er, who is a car dealer in
Australia, was taken on a tour
of his plant by Will Fowler,
owner of Fowler-Barham Ford,
Inc.
Peter Parish, a ranch man
ager, was taken on a tour of
Hal Connell's ranch by Selby
Benton.
Bob Harper, an electrical
engineer, was shown the office
of Carolina Power and Light
Company and other faculties
by local manager H. V. Mas
senglll.
Jim Boswell, a Baptist minis
ter, was shown the Warrenton
churches and introduced to
Warrenton ministers by Jim
Kerr.
Be van Sommerlad, rural
youth supervisor, was given
a tour of the area by Bill Del
bridge, and later joined Parish,
Selby Benton and Hal Connell
at the Connell Ranch.
Ron Robinson, a newspaper
editor, was brought to the of
fice of The Warren Record
by Hugh Holt and was shown
over the offset plant and brief
ly Interviewed. The company for
which Robinson works Is print
ing three papers by letter
press In three offices, but will
soon convert to offset and print
all the papers In one plant.
Robinson said his company,
which also does commercial
printing, would purchase a 16
page rotary offset press. His
company employs 70 persons in
newspaper and printing opera
tions.
All three of the papers are
published three times a weak,
for a total of nine papers print
ed each week.
Robinson is editor of the Glen
Innes Examiner, New South
WaQes, Australia. He Is atypi
cal member of the group.
Robinson, 33, was educated
at St. Joseph's School, den to
nes, and gained leaving cer
tificate, Awarded Rotary citi
zenship prize In 19SS for final
year of school. Holds advanc
ed diplomas In shorthand and
typing. He spent some time
with Australian Broadcasting
Commission as news editor. Is
keenly interested in com
munity affairs and holds many
positions in varied amount of
organizations, including youth,
church and clvii affairs. He
has been a member of the Lions
Club for nine years and pub
licity chairman for eight years.
His hobby is his 4-acre borne
garden containing over 2,000
native and exotic trees and
shrubs. He Is the father of
two sons, Blithe 4 and Hamiah,
six months.
Following the tours Individual
hosts took their guests to their
tomes altar computing tows so
they could freshen up and meet
family and friends.
At the dinner meeting, where
President BUI Delbrldge pre
sided, five members at the
Former Alton public acboot bulldlnf which has bean laaaad from the Board of I
ha Warranted Private School. Puplla formerly hooaad it the Wealey Memorial ]
*>ch and tha Warrantee Baptlat Church apartment movad Mvtial daya i
Committee To Make Annexation
Study For Town Of Warrenton
Warren Leads State
In Percent 01 Negroes
Only seven counties in North
Carolina have Negro popula
tion majorities, according to
1960 census figures, compiled
by Wachovia Bank and Trust
Company.
Warren County, with 62.6
percent Negro, led the list,
followed, In order, by Bertie,
59.3%; Hartford, 59%; Halifax,
54.2%; Gates, 54.1%; Edge
combe, 51.8%; and Greene,
50.3%.
During the 195 0-1960 period
88 of North Carolina's 100
counties showed a loss in pop
ulatlon due to migration. War
ren County led the list with
34.6%. Other counties show
ing a population loss of 25%
or more were Bertie, 28.4%;
Bladen, 25%; Chowan, 27.2%;
Columbus, 25.3%; Greene,
30.5%; Northampton, 25.6%;
Scotland, 27.3%; and Swain,
33%.
OAKLEYS RETURN
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Oakley
returned last week from a
wedding trip to the Bahamas
and Florida. Mr. and Mrs.
Oakley were married on Sept.
27. She Is the former Mrs. J.
T. Mltchlner.
William Brauer Selected
As 'Ruritan Of Year'
William Brauer, livestock
farmer of the Norlina area,
was selected as Ruritan of the
Year at the annual Ladles Night
Dinner of the Norlina Ruritan
Club on Tuesday night.
James White presented
Brauer a plaque for his con
tributions to his club and his
community.
Brauer drives the activity bus
for the Norlina High School,
is a member and elder of St.
Paul's Lutheran Church, a
former treasurer of the Ruri
tan Club and willingly served
on /artous committees of tho
club, is an active member of
the Warren Farm Bureau and is
a member of the Forestry Club.
Leon Knight, president, pre
sided over the meeting. The
Invocation was given by Leon
Pridgen. Tommy Frazier,
toastmaster, recognized the
four charter members present,
Clyde Edwards, L. B. Hard
age, W. J. Hecht and Alton
Paschall. William Hicks, Bill
Little and Bob Traylor were
recognized as new members.
Steve Daniel welcomed the
guests and Mrs. L. O. Robert
son, Jr., gave the response.
John E. Piland of Raleigh,
Introduced by Tommy Frazier,
BRACER
spoke on the conditions of the
country. He said that to gain
satisfaction and make progress
one must continue to be up and
doing.
Weekend guests of Mrs.
H. P. Reid and Mrs. T. P.
Thompson were Col. and Mrs.
George W. Franklin of Warner
Robbin Air Force Base, Ga.,
and Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Lee
of Boone.
Winners of the Punt, Pass and Kick Contest held here on Saturday night who will represent
the Warrenton area In the Zone Contest at Raleigh are, left to right: Eddie King, John Boyd
Fleming, Jr., Everette Elam, William Ron Wilson, Gerald Reld, Timothy Jay Hawks.
GROUP OF 18 TROPHY WINNERS ARE PICTURED
Punt, Pass, Kick Winners Announced
Boys eight through 13 /ears
old from this area tasted their
punting, passing and place
kicking skills at John Graham
High School Saturday night In
Ford dealership competi
tion of the local Punt, Pass and
Kick program.
The program, sponsored
locally by Fowler - Barham
Ford, toe., was under the
direct ton or Brantley Overtoy
r, who presorted tro
1* winners in tU
The tap winner In
la
it Carter's
Mil
Oat, 18, beginning it l?i
Nine-year-old winners ware
Gerald Raid, first; Buddy
Faulkner, and Tom Skinner.
Ten-year-old winners were
William Ron Wilson, first; Wil
liam 8. Raid, Jr., and Earl
Howard Maynard, Jr.
i'^piton year - old winners
ware EWrett Klam, first} Ro
bert Lee Rivers, Jr., and Ron
ald Rivers.
Twelve - year-old winners
rteaUafc: Jr.,
Flaming, Jr., and Eddie King.
The six winners of the cone
competition will advance to the
district championship contest
to be bald at City Stadium In
Richmond, Va., October 85.
District winners will compete
la the area competition at Ken
November *8, while the Wash
fton Redskins battle the At
lanta Falcons.
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Apply For
Funds For
Pol icemen
Mayor W. A, Miles was In
structed by the Board of Town
Commissiohers on Tuesday
night to appoint a committee
to make an annexation study
relative to annexation of cer
tain areas adjacent to the
town.
The motion to have the mayor
appoint the committee was made
by Commissioner Beverly
White and seconded by Com
missioner Aaron Allen. There
were no opposing votes.
The regular meeting of the
board was delayed until Tues
j day night when it was found thai
[ certain conflicts existed.
The town will make an ap
plication for federal funds to
assist the police department
under the Law and Order Act.
Preparation for the application
for federal assistance through
the Governor's Commission
on Law and Order was
ordered by the commission
ers. The funds, to be applied
on a matching basis, will not
be available until the 1970-71
fiscal year. Town Manager J.
Ed Rooker and Officer Grady
Haynes attended a meeting of
the Central Region Planning
Commission In Rocky Mount
Monday when the Governor's
Commission on Law and Order
was discussed.
Letters were mailed to 175
persons who had failed to pay
parking tickets since August 1
. and all but 35 of these have
paid the cost of their viola
tions. The commissioners or
dered the Police Department to
Issue warrants against the
35 who have failed to pay.
The board ordered that the
town publish in The Warren
Record a six months state
ment covering the operation of
the town for the six months
ending on Dec. 31 each year,
and a 12-months annual state
ment at the close of the fiscal
year on June 30.
The commissioners order
ed that two parking spaces be
reserved In front of the resi
dence of J. Boyd Davis and one
parking space and driveway en
trance be reserved In front of
the home of Leonard Daniel.
The Police Department was in
structed to tag all cars using
these parking spaces with the
exception of residents of the
two homes.
The commissioners also or
dered that two parking spaces
be reserved for members of the
State Highway Patrol In front
of the office of Magistrate c.
V. Whltford In the Hendrick's
Building on Front Street.
Local Mm Wit Top
Money In Car ftaca
A modified Chevrolet built by
Clayton Mitchell of Norllna and
Jack Tant of Littleton took fir at
place in the Langhorn 200 Race
of Champions at Langhorn, Pa.,
Sunday, winning $9,4*0 tor the
TIm car, driven by Boy Hen
drlck <* Richmond, Va., aver
?Od lis miles par hour.
Mitchell raw yesterday that
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two and a half years a
T"?r. Laat year the car,
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