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S. Security Changes
Add Funds In Warren
NEW YORK-What will the
new social security legislation,
liberalizing pension rates do
for residents of Warren Coun
ty?
How mucli more will they be
receiving from Washington per
year? What will the average
payment be, compared with what
It was last year?
If is estimated that the change
In retirement benefits, ap
proved last month by Congress,
will add approximately $266,000
a year to the amount that local
residents have been collecting.
The estimate is based upon
the latest statistics for the
county, released by the Social
Security Administration. They
show the number of retired and
disabled workers, as well as
dependent relatives, on the
pension rolls, and the amounts
paid them.
All of them will be aided by
the legislation. Those who have
been getting no more than $660
a year, the minimum, will now
get $759. The ones who were
receiving $1,320 a year will go
to $1,518. Those who have been
at the $2,100 level will now col
lect $2,415.
What Is the most that is paid?
Under the new schedule, a work
er who has just retired at age
65 and has had maximum tax
able earnings will now receive
$2,278 a year if single. If
married and his wife is 65
or older, their total will be $3,
416.
It is expected that there will
be further revision In the social
security laws sometime this
year, in tempoiaui?y dropping
the Senate's call for * major
Increase in minimum payments
there was a tacit understanding
in Congress that this and other
issues, left hanging, would be
taken up in 1970.
As of the beginning of last
year, pension payments In War
ren County averaged $691 per
year per recipient, the Social
Security Administration re
ports.
Under the new setup, they will
collect approximately $795 on
average.
As for the total payments
throughout the local area, bas
ed upon the number who were on
the pension rolls at last count,
they will amount to some $2,
042,000 this year, a consider
able rise over the prior total
of $1,776,000.
Although the increase was
effective as of January 1st,
the checks covering the In
crements will not arrive until
April.
Gen. Bowers Resigns
N. C. Adjutant Post
Major General Claude T.
Bowers, Adjutant General of the
North Carolina National Guard
for the past 10 years, has re
signed effective Feb. 1.
Col. Ferd L. Davis of Zebu
Ion was named on Wednesday
of last week by Governor Scott
to succeed General. Bowers.
Davis, so, automatically will
assume the rank of major gen
eral upon becoming adjutant
general. His salary will be
$20,000 a year.
Scott's announcement to
newsmen In his office last we?k
ended prolonged speculation as
to Bowers' retliument. Bowers,
71, retired from the Army
some five years ago.
Bowers, who was appointed
adjutant general in 1960byGov.
Terry Sanford, remained on
throughout the term of Gov.
Dan Moore.
Scott told reporters that Bow
ers offered his resignation when
Scott took office a year ago.
"However," the governor said,
"1 asked him to remain until
I could feet settled in my office
and my administration well un
der way. I am grateful to Gen
eral Bowers for this willing
ness to do so."
"It was good to have a man
of his experience during the
first year of my administra
tion when the National Guard
was called upon on several
occasions to deal with civil
disorders, natural disasters
and searches for missing par
sons. We enjoyed a warm
friendship and good working re
lationship," Scott said.
Gen. Bowers enlisted in the
North Carolina National Guard
on February 18,1921 with Com
pany B, 120th Infantry, 30th
"Old Hickory" Infantry Di
vision. He was commissioned
a second lieutenant on January
20, 1923, promoted to flrstlleu
tenant on June 9, 1/984,
to captain on October 9, 1924
when he was appointed com
manding officer of Company B,
120th Infantry In Warrenton.
He commanded Company B
for fourteen years, during which
time he was captain of the rifle
tei.il which won twenty trophies.
On March 22, 1938, he was pro
moted to major and assigned'
as commander of the 1st Battal
ion, 120th Infantry. General
Bowers was called into active
service with the 30th Infantry
Division, North Carolina Na
tional Guard, on September 16,
1940. He was promoted to lieu
tenant colonel on February 13,
1941 and served with the 30th
Infantry Division in various ca
pacities untl'. June 1943
when he was transferred to
overseas duty.
General Bowers commanded
a battalion with the First Di
vision in Sicily and England
for about a year. He was then
assigned to Third United States
Army where he remained until
the end of World War IL He
received the silver eagles of a
colonel on July 26, 1945. For
his service during World War
II he was awarded the Bronze
Star Medal, Combat Infantry
man's Badge, the European
(See BOWERS, page 2)
Two Divorces Granted
In Warren Dist. Court
Two divorces were granted In
last Friday's session of War
ren County District Court.
Quaen Bather Townes Hunter
was granted an absolute divorce
from WllUam Herman Hunter,
and Mildred Louise Williams
was granted an absolute di
vorce from Yar bo rough Wil
liams.
Walter SpruUl, Jr., failed to
appear In court to answer to a
charge of a second offense of
public drunkenness. Judgment
absolute oa his bond was or
dered and the state took a Ml
pros with leave.
Larry Dean Bum failed to
gar In cowrt to answer to a
of non-compliance wiUl
Of a suspended sen
Nisi 3d Fa and c^lur
gRtod was set at
o* court.
par hour in a 50 raph zone and
was ordered to pay a $5.00 fine
and court costs.
Johnnie Neal Wynn of Cole
rain, a tank driver, pled
guilty to a charge of speed
ing 50 miles per hour in a
35 raph zone kAd was ordered
to pay a $10 fine and court
costs.
Leonard Cole Cooper, Sr.,
was ordered to pay a $5.00
fine and court costs whan ha I
pled guilty to apoartlnt 65 miles
par hour In a H mpb son*.
Betty Mosely Weber of Dur
ham pled guilty to using a plate
not registered to her vehicle,
was ordered to pay court
Valerie Fleming Is holding Grand Champion steer at Warren County Junior Calf Show and
Sale last spring.
Jr. Show And Sale To Be Held In April
The Warren Cou.ity Junior
Livestock Show and Sale will
be held on April 16 at the
Warrenton Lions Club Fair
ground Arena, it was decid
ed at a meeting of the execu
tive planning committee held
at the Agricultural Building on
Monday night.
Jim Hemmlngs, associate
Extension Agricultural Agent,
a member of the committee,
said yesterday that the show and
beef calf judging will start at
2:30 p. m. on April 16 with the
sale starting at 4 p. m.
Hemmlngs said that there
will be a total of nine beef cat
tle entries in this year's show
and sale.
Travis Pulley, vice chair
man of the committee,presided
at the Monday night meeting.
During the main business ses
sion, the group discussed the
rules and regulations o f the
1970 show and sale and a few
minor revisions were made to
clarify the rules. The commit
tee adopted a resolution that the
number of entries into each
year's show shall be determin
ed at the fall meetingpreceed
ing the following year's show.
Members of the executive
planning committee for the
Warren County Junior Live
stock Show and Sale attending
the meeting were Travis
Pulley, William Bender, J. O.
Knight, L. C. Davis, F. W.
Reams, Gordon Limer, L, B.
Hardage, Scott Gardner, Wil
liam Brauer and Jim Hem
in ings.
Icebergs One Day May Augment
World's Supply Of Fresh Water
WASHINGTON- Cities of the
future may tow in an iceberg
to help solve water shortages.
For decades, men have sought
to tap the abundant water lock
ed in the polar icecaps. Antarc
tica alone holds about 80 per
cent of the Earth's fresh water
in its frozen grip.
More than a century ago,
ships from San Francisco sail
ed to Alaska to bring back lake
Mrs. Butler Appointed
To 3-Member Board
Mrs. R. B. Butler of War
renton has been appointed a
member of the Warren County
Board of Social Services, suc
ceeding William Benton of Lit
tleton who recently resigned.
She begins her new duties on
Feb. 1.
Mrs. Butler was appointed
by the two other members of
the three-man board. They are
Marvin Aycock of Elberon,
whose appointment was recom
mended by the State Board of
Social Services, and John Wil
son of Man son, representative
of the County Commissioners
on the board.
Julian Farrar, director of
Social Services for Warren
County, In announcing the ap
pointment of Mrs. Butler,
said thai the board is fortunate
to have a person of Mrs. But
ler's ability and record of
civic services on the board.
ice. But in 1853 when mild
weather slowed the freezing of
lakes, glacier Ice prdved a sat
isfactory substitute, the Na
tional Geographic Society
says.
Towing Icebergs Proposed
Oceanographers have sug
gested that ice bergs could be
towed to the West Coast to fur
nish water for Southern Call'
fornia's desert.
Two United States scientists
recently estimated that if an
iceberg 250 yards thick and 2,
700 yards across were towed to
Australia, it would provide 207
billion gallons of water?even
though 70 percent of the ice
berg would melt duringthe trip.
Dr. William Campbell, of the
Department of the Interior's
Geological Survey, and Dr. Wil
ford Weeks of the Army's cold
Regions Research and Engin
eering Laboratory, concluded
that a sea-going tug could make
the voyage for less than $1
million. The fresh water ob
tained from the iceberg would
be worth about $5.5 million.
This would be less than a
tenth of the cost for an equi
valent amount of desalted sea
water.
The scientists had in mind
tabular, or flat-surfaced ice
bergs that form when the con
tinental ice shelf covering An
tarctica is eroded by the pres
sure of tides, storms, snow
falls, and even earthquakes.
For example, Ice formation
thrusts the 160,000-square
mile Ross Ice Shelf seaward
as much as four feet In a day.
Icebergs?some larger than
American states?are broken
off from the shelf's edge by
the action of the sea.
In 1956 the Navy icebreaker
Glacier skirted a tabular ice
berg 208 miles long, 60 miles
wide and about 1,000 feet thick.
The 12,000-square-mlle mass
nearly equaled Connecticut and
Massachusetts combined.
Tugboat Risks Disaster
Icebergs found in the Arctic
usually are mountainous rather
than tabular, and frequently as
sume fanciful shapes.
These floating castles and
cathedrals sometimes become
top-heavy as they melt. A ship
attempting to two one would
risk being crushed if the ice
berg capsized.
As many as 20,000 Arctic
Icebergs can form in a single
year, primarily from glaciers
pushing Into the sea. Where
the seabed drops away sharply
from the land, the sea eats Into
the overhanging ice until It
breaks off as an iceberg.
Winston Churchill suggested
towing icebergs in World War
II, but not for water. A British
historian quotes him:
"Let us cut a lar^e chunk
of Ice from the Arctic Icecap
and tow It down past Cornwall,
fly on our aircraft and tow It
to the point of attack."
Four New Families
Expected In Area
Pour new families are ex
pected to move into the War
renton community during the
summer when four linesmen are
transferred to Warren County
by Carolina Power and Light
Company.
H. V. MassengUl, localCP4L
manager, said this week that
his company would build a 1X00
square (Dot warehouse on the
Airport Jtoad tor storage of
stvpUes and would transfer four
linesmen to the area. The ware
house will be located next to the
Warrenton sd>-statlon. The
warehouse will contain an office
tor the line foretMfc ?
Maaaenglll said that oon
*k? should start wtthla the
30 day* and should be
the linesmen will be trans
ferred to the i
(My two
??'?tog the area. 1
Four Persons Die In
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House Fire At Littleton
LITTLETON?Two persons
remained In satisfactory con
dition at Roanoke Rapids Hos
pital Monday for treatment
of burn Injuries received in a
house fire that killed four
others early Sunday morning.
Dead are Buddy Tabron, 59;
John Ashe, 45; Crewaoe Ashe,
tO, son of John Ashe; and Tom
my Lewis Rice, 23.
Hospitalized were Thomas
Franklin Rice, 55, a brother
of Mm Ashe, and Majrola
Tabron, 4?, wife at Buddy Ta
Altort Stums, 45, escaped
Fireman tore said the seven
were aleepUf in the
frame home four
i Littleton on High
Saums woke up Thomas
Franklin Rice and both rushed
from the house to get help.
Rice was the first back
to the scene and was ln)urvl
after he helped Mrs. Tatoron to
safety and tried to re sens the
others.
Rice told firemen he was 1
driven beck by flames that en
gulfed the back bedroom, where
all four killed U the fire had
been sleeping.
A fire department spokes
man said the cause of the Ore
had not been determined.,
The blase was already out
of control by the time firemen
notified and reached the
? bodies of (!*, tour per
who dtod in the fire were
Jury Awards Damages
In Reservoir Case
Two Men
Are Injured
In Accident
Two Vance County men were
hurt in a single-car accident
around 5:30 p. m. Sunday about
half a mile north of the Ridge
way 1-85 overpass.
Taken to Warren General
Hospital by the Warren County
ambulance were Frederick Ro
berson, 24, driver of the 1963
Ford involved in the wreck, and
his father, Prince Roberson
50, of Kittrell. Frederick Rob
erson was treated at the hos
pital for a painfully injured
hand and released. Prince Rob
erson was hospitalized "/Sin a
head wound.
Highway Pat. Iman W. A.
Joyce, who Investigated the ac
cident, said that the car was
traveling south when it ran into
a ditch and back onto the road
where it overturned and travel
led for some distance on its
back. He said the car was
completely demolished.
Joyce said that Frederick
Roberson has been charged with
drunk driving.
Welfare Cuts Are
Subject Of Meeting
THE Education Committee
of the Economic Develop
ment Corporation was sche
duled to meet Wednesday
night, Jan. 28, at 7:30 at the
Oak Chapel Methodist Church.
Title I and plans for various
programs were to be discussed.
Mrs. Eva Clayton in announc
ing the meeting said that all
welfare recipients who receive
aid for dependent children are
urged to be present. Ways and
means of restoring welfare
cuts in Warren County were
to be discussed.
Rescue Squad Lists
New Phone Numbers
The Warren County Rescue
Squad's new phone numbers are
257-4931 during the day and
257-4670 during the night and
weekends, Sgt. Rip Aycock said
yesterday.
Aycock said the squad made
16 calls last week.
LITTLE
BEAD
Two Norliaa Bank
Officials Proaiated
Promotion of two officials of
the Norliaa Branch at Pmiha
Bank and Trust Company was
announced this week by W. H.
Stanley, nraatrtanl
William D. UtUe was pro
moted from cashier to *lca
prealdant, and Helen P. Ha ad
Damages in the amount of
$8,965 were awarded Pauline
M. Edwards and her husband,
Hubert L. Edwards, by a jury
in the civil term of Warren
County Superior Court last
Tuesday afternoon following
several hours of deliberation.
The civil term of court open
ed on Monday morning with
Judge Edward B. Clark of Ellza
bethtown presiding.
Trial of the case, which grew
out of appropriation of lands
covered by Gaston Lake by Vir
ginia Electric and Power Com
pany, began on Monday morning.
The issue submitted to the Jury
was:
"What sum, if any, are the
defendants Pauline M. Edwards
and husband, Hubert L. Ed
wards, entitled to recover of
the Petitioner Virginia Elec
tric and Power Company, for
the appropriation of that por
tion of the lands of the defend
ant described in the defendants'
land, over and above all special
benefits, if any, accruing to
defendants land by reason of
the creation of the reser
voir described in the Petition?"
The case of George W. Davis
| vs. Thomas E. Clifton, Admr.
of the Estate of Ed D. Mills,
was being tried on Wednesday
near noon when this paper went
to press.
Prior to calling the power
company case on Monday, the
case ol Robert Clyde Mitchell
vs. John R. Edwards et al. was
continued by consent of all par
ties with approval of the court
"for good cause."
In the case of A. O. Kearney,
Ancillary Admr. of Estate of
Clarence Emanuel Chavis, vs.
Perry Williams, Joseph H.
Fltts, III, Admr. Estate of
Joseph H. Fitts, and Milam P.
Fitts, Admr. of Estate ofSallye
Milam Fitts, on the motion
docket, action was dismissed as
to estate of Joseph H. Fitts and
Joseph H. Fitts, ill, Admr.
of estate of Joseph H. Fitts
and estate of Sallye Milam Fitts
and Milam P. Fitts, admr. of
the estate of Sallye Milam Fitts.
In the Matter of the Will
of Mattie L. Tucker, the appeal
of the three caveators, Earl
Dewey Parrish, Jr., Myrtle
Louise Parrish Blackburn and
Charlotte An.". Parrish Mason,
was dismissed for failure to
serve statement of case and
appeal within the time ordered
and allowed.
Federal Crop Insurance
On Cotton Is Reduced
RALEIGH ? Limitations or
1970 cotton insurance liability
were announced today by Julian
E. Mann, North Carolina State
Director of the Federal Crop
Insurance Corporation.
"Because of heavy losses
in the last few years," Mann
said, "tre are limiting the
amount of Insurance we write
on cotton crop Investments for
the 1970 crop year."
Federal Crop Insurance
fleldmei) will visit as many
growers as possible until Jan
uary 31. After that date. If the
county limit has not been reach
ed, applications for cotton In
surance will be accepted only
in FCIC offices until the limit
is reached. At that time, sales
will be closed, Mann explained.
In North Carolina, cotton crop
damage has been caused by cold
weather, drought and excessive
rain during the past four years.
North Carolina cotton growers
have received $2,358,931 In
Federal Crop Insurance indem
nities since 1966, as op
posed to $818,775 paid In
premiums duringthe same per
iod.
Nationally, more than $50
million was paid to cotton grow
ers In the 1966 through 1969
period by the Federal Crop
Insurance Corporation. Some
$20 million was paid In by
policyholders for cotton protec
tion during the same period.
.? ,Tbe intent of Congress when
Federal Crop Insurance was
created, Mann said, was for
premiums to be sufficient to
pay indemnities and to provide
an adequate reserve to pay
indemnities in years of heavy
loss. In the past 20 years, cot
ton indemnities have averaged
half again as much as pre
miums. This means that for
every dollar of premium taken
in since 1948, Federal Crop
Insurance has paid out a dollar
and a half.
Current Federal Crop In
surance policyholders will not
be affected by the limitation,
Mann said, but 1969policyhold
ers who have cancelled their
policies for the 1970 crop year
should reinstate at once. "After
we reach our liability limit,
Mann warned, ws will not be
able to accept reinstatements
from former policyholders."
Peeler Is Named Local
Coordinator Of Courses
RALEIGH?J. R. Peeler, Su
perintendent of Warren County
Schools, has been named Local
Coordinator of In-Service Edu
cation In North Carolina by
Craig Phillips, Superintendent
of the Department of Public In
struction.
The Program for the Pro
fessional Improvement of
Teachers, a State financed
program, provides funds to
administrative unite for local
in-service program* In accord
ance with regulations and pro
cedures adapted by tbi
Board of Educrftoo.
James VatsaoM, acting di
rector, Division of Staff Da
local coordinator will be invited
periodically to regloni
lngs to bring than up to i
on State sponsored In-service
tor all piuaes cm Om
tor the current
and tB toaetffer
to tal
programs. The Local Coordina
tor will be Invaluable to the
teachers lntbelr administrative
unit and to the Department of
Public Instruction in helping to
make this program even more
eanlngful to the Improvement
Of public education," Dr. Phil
lips mM.
Miss Bullock Wiis
Hotor At Peace
RALEIGH?Kathy Bollock has
been recommended lor awl ac
cepted Wo the English honor!
-ogram at Peace Colle*. The
MgMer ot Mr. and Mra. Char
lea McKee Bullock of Fair
view at., Warrenton, she ta I
Peace -
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