?Pf ? v?- .i arren IRrrord VOLUME 73 Subscription: $3.00 A Year, $4.00 Out Of State, 10unty near Essex. Horace Richardson was kill when he was thrown from an >rtumed car and struck his >ad against a tree Driver of the car, Jafaes jinwood Evans, *3-year-old In dian. suffered only minor bruis es md abralsions. According to Highway Troop er Wallace Brown, who investi gated the wreck, Evans was driving al??8 Chevrolet we ?t on Rural Road 1614 between Beth lehem and EMex when he lost , control of the car which ran oft Lthe road on the left side of the ?mad and overturned throwing Richardson from the car. There were no other passengers. Brown said that Evans has been charged with exceeding safe speed and with manslaugh ter. Funeral services for the young boy were held Sunday at 1 p. m. at Mount Bethel Bap tist Church by the Rev. C. H. Richardson. Burial was in the church cemetery. Surviving are his mother, Mrs. Mary E. HW-harii.Non; five sisters, Mary E, KIchanlHon and Patricia E. Rirtianison e paying more for their plates this year as a result of a 25 per cent increase in regis tration fees voted by the 1969 General Assembly. As in the past, the plates will go free to the state's amputee war veter ans and those with.the Veteran Administration's 100 per cent disability rating The new reilectori/pd red and white plates will go on sale throughout the state on January 2. 1970. and the deadline for j displaying the plates is Feb ruary 16. Motorists are cautioned that renewal cards will be needed to j obtain plaFesT"""Vehicle"owners | are asked to read the instruc | Hons and complete the appli cation card before presenting it lor the new plates. This will expedite issuance of the plates. Persons who have failed to receive their license plate re newal application card by early January should contact the Reg istration Division. Department of Motor Vehicles, Raleigh. Emancipation Proc. To Be Held At Court House On January 1 The 100th celebration of the Emancipation Proclamation will be held- at the Warren County courthouse on Jan. 1 at 1 p. m.. the Rev. Paul Davis announced yesterday. The theme of the meeting will be "The Need of A New Emancipation.'' Mrs. Eva Clayton will be {the speaker. She will be pre sented by E. A. Turner, pres ident of the Warren County Chapter of the NAACP. The devotion will be given by the Rev. J. B. Silson. The Negro National Anthem will be sung by Mrs. Lula Davis and Mrs. Edna Wright. Following the devotion, the group will sing the "Battle Hymn of the Republic and after the offering the group will sing a number of Spirituals. Perkinson To Head W-P Ruritan Club Albert Perkinson was install ed as president of the Wise Paschall Ruritan Club for 1970 at the annual Christmas dinner meeting of the club on Thurs day night, Dec. 18. Leon Knight of Norlina, Zone Governor, was installation officer. He also presented the club with certificates on recreation won by the club at the state conven tion at Rocky Mount. Other officers Installed by Governor Knight were the Rev. Wade Tucker, vice president; Sinclair White, secretary: and Calvin Young, treasurer. Di rectors installed were Luther Paynter, three-year director; Harry Norvell, two-year direc tor; W.C.King, one-year direc tor; and Past President Sol Per kinson. The Ladies of the Jet n Church were In char^ .it* dinner.. Turkey, with all the trimmings, was served. The members planned to meet on Sunday night at the Wise school ' building to prepare Christmas baskets for the sick. Luther Paynter was In charge of this committee. W. C. King, in reporting the meeting Monday, said that the Wise - Paschall Ruritan Club would like to take the opportun ity at this time of year to hon or deceased charter members who helped organize the club on Dec. 4, 1962, and who gave to the club so much for which the members are grateful. They are Pane Perkinson, T. P. Per kin wm, J. Ikiyil Williams ami K, I. IHi-k*. Kini: iiImi s i Hi Hi.,I the tlttl, wixIm's everyone ? ' Moi ry Christmas ami a prosperous New Year. NAACP Files Two Motions Against Warren School Bd. Dorsey Capps, Warren Deputy Sheriff is shown holding the hide and horns of an albino deer which he killed near Scotland Neck last Friday. Capps was hunting with a group at Farmers Gun Club near Scotland Neck and was on the stand with ATU Of ficer Bill Walden when he shot the deer twice. Because he was not returning to Warren before Saturday night, Capps dress ed the deer before he could have its picture made. Albino deer are very rare, said tohe aroundone in 1000. Capps said that this was the only deer killed by the group. About Half Local Firms To Have Two-Day Holiday Practically all business houses of Warrenton will be closed Thursday for the Christ mas holiday, with about half the stores being closed on Friday as well, Howard Oakley, sec retary of the Warrenton Mer chants Association, said Mon day. An exception to the general Christmas Day closing will be Blank's Grocery Department on the Norlina Road which will Tax Credit GREENSBORO- J. E. Wall, District Director for IRS re minded taxpayers today 'not to forget the increase in gasoline tax in North Carolina when they file their 1969 Federal returns. For the first six months of 1969 the State tax per gallon of gasoline was 7 1/4 cents, then on July 1 the tax went to 9 cents per gallon. Wall suggested that taxpay ers who Itemize deductions on their federal returns re member this increase in State gasoline tax since it will serve to reduce their federal income tax. He added that Federal tax on gasoline is not deductible. BANK HOURS The Citizens Bank will be open on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, from 9:00 until 1:30 and from 3:00 until 6t00. The Northwest Drlve-in Bank will be open on Dec. 24 from 9:00 until 1:00. Both banks will be closed Dec. 23, 26 and 27th. NAME OMMITTF.D Tin' mime i* Tim Hawks w:ix ii?:ntv?'il4>n*ly Hum tt*> Imhuh' roll list or W.irii'ii Ar.i , Dm ., suhtiillti'il (iir |itih lintlion in lliix last remain open Thursday but the grill will be closed. Also ex pected to be an exception is a number of service stations. The Citizens Bank and Car olina Power and Light Com pany will be closed on Thurs day. Friday and Saturday. Hun ter Drug Company and Boyce Drug Company will both be closed on Thursday and Fri day. Roses, Leggetts, A. &. P. and Colonial will close on Christ mas Day only, reopeningon Fri day. Oakley said that about half the remaining stores are expected to be closed on both Thursday and Friday. Court house officials and members of the Extension Staff will have a long holiday. The court house will be closed at the end of business Tuesday after noon and will reopen on Mon day morning. The closing of the court house will also give employees of the ASCS two extra days of holiday. This office was supposed to be closed on Christinas Day only, but since the heat to the ASCS building is supplied by the court house, the ASCS office will ob serve Wednesday and Friday as holidays. No scheduled events for the holiday have been reported to this newspaper. Mrs. Helen Jackson McMillan of Norfolk, Va., is visiting her sister, Mrs. Hugh White. Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Riiford, Jr., and son, Pttrlck, III, o( Charlotte and Mr. Howard Jones of Raleigh will be Christmas guests of their parent*. Mr. and'Mm. Btgn;ill Jnnt?s. |Mm>r |tHPK|iMti Sinnl.iy w.-iv Mr. ii?l Mrs. tfoilvri Kmc ami i>? WmsliMHMyiu. Mr. mhI Mrs. J. <11. IVfltfk anil oUU ilivn itf W Midnight Service To Be Held At Episcopal Church Christmas Eve Familiar carols and special seasonal music will feature the midnight Choral Eucharist at Emmanuel Episcopal Church. 11:00 o'clock Christmas Eve. Mrs. Leonard S. Daniel, church organist, will ac company the choir in the Holy Communion service. A soprano solo for the Offertory will tie jung by Mrs. Sam P. Harrell. Jr.. an adaptation of ''Green sleeves,"' "What Child Is This?" Organ preludes will l>e . "Jesu. Jay of Man's Desiring" and "Sheep May Safely Graze" each by J. S. Bach, and as postlude, "In Excelsis Deo", Old French Carol. The Reverend Robert W. Or vis, rector will be celebrant, assisted by Lay Readers Arthur J. Williams, and Benjamin T. | Terrell. Acolytes for the ser vice will be Jay Williams, Kearny Davis, Alfred Williams, Barry Shields, and Frank Holt. Mr. James Y. Kerr, Sonior Warden, is in charge of the ushers. Christmas flower memorials are for Clarence Perry Gaston by his sister, Mrs. J. Lester Connelly; Willie Norwood Jones by Mrs. Kenan Smith: William Mitchell Lyerly by Mr. and Mrs. John G. Mitchell: and Katherlne Conway by Miss Syl bert Pendleton. "Rest eternal grant them, O Lord, , and may light perpetual shine upon them." A service of Holy Commun ion will be said by the Rector at 10:30 o'clock Christmas Day morning. Special Service To Be Held At All Saints Members of All Saints Epis copal Church will gather at 8:00 o'clock Wednesday even ing, for their Christmas Eve Holy Communion and carol sing. The Reverend Robert W. Orvis, Priest in Charge, will be the celebrant, assisted by Dr. Thomas W. Haywood, Lay Read er, and Leonard S. Cooper, Jr., Frank Bullock, Mackeever Baskett, and Michael Baskett, acolytes. Mrs. Robert E. Ran som will preside at the organ. Ushers under Leonard S. Cooper will Include Charles S. Fitz, Caesar J. Cawthorne and Robert E. Ransom. Altar flowers are in loving memory of Laura Taylor Wil liams Harvey by her husband Frank Harvey. A set of cruets to hold the water and wine used in Holy Communion, given by Miss Willie Sommervllle Taylor of Ocean City, N. J. In memory of Laura Harvey, will be used for the first time. To Present Songs The Primary and Junior Choirs of the Warrenton Baptist Church will present songs of the season during theeleveno'cloclc worship service on Sunday, De cember 28. The Primary Choir will sing "Once in Royal David's City," "Sleep, Jesus, Sleep," "O Come Little Children," and "Ring Out the Jttyful News." Songs by the Primary Choir will Include "Christ Is Born," "Lullaby," "Go Tell K On The Mountain," and "The Hills Awake TO Singing.". V.' The choirs ere under the direction of Mrs. W, Hon roe Gardner. ? ? Everyone Is invited to attend this special service of worship. I'WKSK.XT ( OMK8 Tin- \Vartviiton Woman"*Cltfh coph'.s of "What t.? i-ltriMlttMM'.'". by A(3*?* Says Ratio Of Teachers Is Improper Attorneys for .he NAACP filed two motions against the Warren County Board of Edu cation last Friday during a hearing on the Constitution ality of the State of North Carolina 'setting up special school district before Federal Judges Algernon Butler and John Larkins in Raleigh. The first motion was to de clare that the Board ?f Edu cat iorr^hadntrlegalTTgtrt to ~nr lease students to go to out of county public schools. The second motion asserted that the Board of Education does not have proper pei oentage of black teachers in relation to students in certain schools of Warren County. A decision on the motions is expected to be made at a later date. Arguments on the Consti tutionality of the State Acts in setting up special school dis tricts at Warrenton, Littleton Gaston and Scotland Neck were presented by attorneys for the school districts, the Town of Warrenton and the Board of Education, the NAACP and the Government last Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, with a decision to be made .at a later date. According to a press report the two Federal Judges indicat ed Friday that they may rule against the three acts of the Legislature. Attorneys for the defendant school districts each met sharp questioning from Judges Al gernon 1. Butler and John D. Larkins, Jr., as they presented oral arguments in defense of the separate units, but no rulings were made im mediately. The arguments came in the second day of a hearing on the constitutionality of legisla tion authorizing the t^ree school units. The U. S. Department of Justice filed the suit charg ing that the effect of the legis lation was to create "white islands" in predominantly black areas. Raleigh attorney William T. Joyner, counsel for the Scot land Neck city school board, contended that Scotland Neck was a "proving ground" for a "realistic'* approach" to school desegregation. In his argument, Joyner said if the statute was held un constitutional Scotland Neck would experience "a mass movement of white children to private schools." Judge Butler asked Joyner, "What effect would upholding the constitutionality of this act have upon other students within the confines of Halifax coun ty?" Both Judge Butler and Judge Larklns then engaged Joyner in a dialogue concerning the pro jected figure* of Halifax Coun ty school attendance by race with and without the Scotland Neck City unit. ' To uphold the Scotland Neck statute would result in a greater (racial) disproportion than If It were not adopted," Judge Larklns concluded. Similar exchanges took place between the judges and W. w. Taylor, attorney for the War rantor! city school unit. The burden of proving the bill un constitutional, Taylor said, was on those JMge Butler "la It your