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VOLUME 73 Subscription: $3.00 A Year, $4.00 Out Of State, 10<f Per Copy WARRENTON, COUNTY OF WARREN, N. C. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25. 1969 NUMBER 52
Five Cases Ot Drunkenness Ve
Tried In District Court Friday
Five Cases of public drunk
enness were tried in Warren
County District Court Friday
in a relatively light session.
Cleveland Watson was sen
tenced to the custody of the
Commissioner of Corrections
for not less than 30 days nor
more than six months when he
was found guilty of public drunk
pnness. The commitment was
suspended for 12 mon'hson con
dition the defendant ,iOt consume
or have in his possession any
beer, wine' or whiskey, or to be
found guilty of public drunken
ness for twelve months, and
pays a $25 fine and court costs.
Clarence Edward Watson was
ordered to pay a fine of $25
and court costs when he pled
guilty to a charge of public
drunkenness.
Charles Clinty Daily pled
guilty to a charge of third of
fense of public drunkenness and
was ordered to be imprisoned
in the custody of the Commis
sioner of Correction for not less
than 30 days and not more
than six months.
John Macon Vaughan was or
dered to pay a $5.00 fine and
court costs when he pled guilty
to being publicly drunk on a
North Carolina highway.
Matthew Ball, who pled guil
ty to a charge of public drunk
enness, was ordered to pay
court costs.
Thurman Hargrove was sen
tenced to the roads for three
months when he pled guilty to
a charge of assault. The sen
tence was suspended for 12
months provided the defendant
pays a $25 fine and court costs,
and that he not be found guil
ty of larceny during the period
of suspension.
Henry Rawles was found gull
ty of assault on a female and
was ordered to pay court costs.
Vernon Nash Whitmore pled
guilty of speeding 45 miles per
hour in a 35 mph zone. Pray
er for judgment was continued
upon payment of costs.
Harvey A. Brown, charged
with speeding 80 milesperhour
In i 65 mph zone, entered a
plea of guilty in absentia of
speeding 70 mph in a 65 mph
zone, and was taxed with court
costs.
Egerton Plummer. Jr., was
sentenced to the roads for 60
days when he pled guilty to a
charge of trespassing and dis
orderly conduct. The sentence
was suspended for 12 months
provided the defendant pays
court costs in both cases and
th? further condition that he not
go on the premisesof Kearney's
Sprinkle Service Station during
the period of suspension unless
tie has written invitation from
the ..owner and that he not be
found guilty of using profane or
vulgar language-within the hear
ing of two or more people
The ^><ue iook a ni_i iros with
leave in the case of George
Johnson, charged with tres
passing.
The State also took anolpros
with leave in the case of Vin
cent Johnson, charged with
trespassing.
Selma Stegall Conn was or
dered to pay court costs when
she pled guilty of failing to
reduce speed to avoid an ac
cident.
Larry D. Kearney was order
ed to pay a $11 fine and court
costs when he pled guilty to a
charge of speeding.
Carlton Richard Jess pled
guilty to a charge of speeding
80 miles an hour in a 65 mph
zone and was ordered to pay a
S10 fine and court costs.
Mario R. Daneli was order
ed to pay a $15 fine and court
costs when he pled guilty to
speeding 80 miles an hour in a
65 mph zone.
John Thomas Honaker was
ordered to pay a $7.00 fine and
court costs when he pled guil
ty to speeding 66 miles per hour
in a 55 mph zone.
James Davis, Jr.. wh" pled
guilty to speeding 77 miles per
hour in a 65 mph zone, was
ordered to pay a $9 00 fine and
court costs.
Richard Chapman Fugate,
who pled guilty to a charge of
speeding 80 miles per hour in a
63 mph zone, was ordered to
pay a $15 fine and court costs.
Charles Alum Brown was or
dered to pay court costs when
he pled guilty to speeding 65
miles per hour in a 50 mph
zone.
Peter D. Utsinger was or
dered to pay a $5.00 fine and
court costs when he pled guil
ty to a charge of speeding 73
miles per hour in a 65 mph
zone.
Wayne D. Baker pled guil
ty to speeding 80 miles per
hour in a 65 mph zone and was
ordered to pay a $15 fine and
court costs.
Alfred Baskett pled guilty of
allowing Jo Anne Williams to
operate a motor vehicle upon
the public highways of the state
without a valid operator's lic
ense, he being owner of the
vehicle. He was ordered to pay
a $25 fine and court costs.
William George Hickey was
ordered to pay a $9.00 fine
and court costs when he pled
guilty to a charge of speeding
77 miles per hour in a 65
mph zone.
Mere Warren Women
Are Now In Labor Market
NEW YORK, ?For a growing
number of married women In
Warren County, running a home
and raising a family are only
part of their activities.
With each passing year, more
and more of them are finding
that they can take care of their
household responsibilities and
still have enough spare time to
permit them to take outside
jobs.
As a result, locally and else
where, the proportion of wives
at work?in offices, stores, fac
tories and in professional occu
pations?Is at an all-time high.
In Warren County, an esti
mated 37.3 percent of the mar
ried women are now employed,
according to the latest statis
tics. This compares with 28.3
percenUin 1960.
On the average, throughout
the United States, in more than
1 out of every 3 husband-wile
families, the wife is employed,
either part-time or full-time.
It represents a considerable
chango over earlier years. In
1952, for example, only 1 out
of five was in the labor force.
The figures are based upon
sampling surveysof the nation's
labor force, conducted by the
Census Bureau, and upon re
ports from the Labor Depart
ment and others.
They show that no less than
15.8 million wives in the 43.3
million husband-wife families
in the United States were in
paid jobs In the past year.
Their contributions to the
family exchequer have made it
easier to cope with the family
budget, to save for junior's edu
cation and to live on a better
scale generally.
The increase in the number
of working wives reflects only
part of the changing pattern of
women's attitude toward econo
mic self-sufficiency. The pro
portion of single women in
jobs has also been going up.
Between 1950 and 1968, it
is shown, the number of working
women rose 60 percent,
although the number of men em
ployed went up only 16 percent.
In Warren County, similarly,
there have been marked chang
es. The proportion of working
women has been edging up
steadily.
In 1960 when the last census
was taken, there were 1,680
local women ir. the labor force,
or about 25.9 percent of the
female population over 14.
There are now approximately
30.3 percent.
The ratio, high as It is, is
below the national figure of
40.7 percent.
Boy Dies When Thrown
tn Overturned Auto
A 13-year-old Indian boy was
tantly killed around 7i30 p.
last Thursday In a one-car
tomobtle wreck In Warren
>unty 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 <?f
Richmond, Va-, Bedora Ricii
ardson and Jo Ann Richardson
of the home and Mrs. Lucent*
Richardson of HolUnter: four
brothers, Edward of Uirhmond,
Va., Joseph C., Carl PaMonand
I Robert Richardson of liolliMter.
FLEMING
Fleming Receiving
Advanced Training
Warrant Officer Candidate
Ronald "Dean" Fleming re
cently completed U. S. Army
Primary Helicopter Flight
Training at Fort Wolters, Tex
as. He is now receiving ad
vanced flight training in Ala
bama.
Upon completion of the four
month advanced training pro
gram, Candidate Fleming will
be awarded pilot wings and a
warrant officer rating.
Candidate Fleming, the son of
Air Force Captain and Mrs.
George E. Fleming, visited
his parents in Tucson, Ariz.,
after graduating from primary
flight school.
A 1968 graduate of Atwater
High School, Calif., Candidate
Fleming attended Salerno Jun
ior College for one semester
before joining the Army last
February. He completed basic
training at Fort Polk, La.
Both parents are former
Warrentonians . and graduates
of John Graham High School.
Mrs. Fleming is the former
Mary Alice Wright, daughter of
Mr. (deceased) and Mrs. J. L.
Wright. Captain Fleming is the
son of Mr. (deceased) and Mrs.
H. C. Fleming.
HEBE FOR HOLIDAYS
Mr. and Mrs. Wright Tlsdale
are spending the Christmas
and New Years Holidays at their
home on Ridgeway St. Their
KUi-RtK for Miss Jane Burwell's
wedding on Iter. 27 will lie Mr.
and Mrs. Sum Thorn.. :unl
daughter, MIkk Agnes Tteft-NKf
and Mr. and Mrs. Arml.steud
Boyd and sons, Ramlolpli anil
H. A. Boyd, Jof Charles
City, Va. '
Application
For License
Cards Mailed
KALEIGH ? Approximately
3.300.000 application cards
needed to obtain 1970 motor ve
hicle license plates have been
mailed to North Carolina mo
torists. according to Miss Foy
Ingram, director of the Regis
tration Division of the Depart
-mtMit of Motor Vehicles.
Miss Ingram says motorists
will l>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.
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<k'in>, 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|iM<f Mr'- :?l*l Kirs
T. K. St.illtno i>ti Sinnl.iy w.-iv
Mr. ii?l Mrs. tfoilvri Kmc ami
i>? WmsliMHMyiu. Mr. mhI
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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.
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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