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4o8w 1 iRrrnri VOLUME 74 Subscription: $3.00 A Year; $4.00 Out Of State, 10< Per Copy WARRENTON, COUNTY OF WARREN, N. C. THURSDAY, APRIL 2. 1970 NUMBER 14 i.- \ vi.uk'*.?- ? ? MANSON POSTOFFICE At Man son Thieves Wreck Safe In Postoffice Robbery Thieves cleaned the Manson postoffiee of all its stamps and cash in a break-in last Thurs day night. The amount of both stamps and cash is being with held by postal inspectors. Also taken by the theives was a valuable coin collection belonging to postmaster Ellis Fleming. Fleming said yester day that he had spent more than 20 years making the collection. The break-in was discovered by Star Route Carrier Thomas Hudgins early Friday morning when he went by the office to pick up his mall from a ves tibule in the rear of the build ing. Entry had been made by first cutting through the outer door of the vestibule neai the lock and repeating the perform ance on the door leading into the postoffiee proper. Perry Funeral Is Held Here Tuesday Funeral services for William Edward Perry, Jr., 54, were held at 4 p. m. Monday from Wesley Memorial Methodist Church by the Rev. L. T. Wil son. Burial was in Fairview Cemetery. Mr. Perry, retired owner and operator of General Building Supply, died at his home here Saturday. He was a member of Wesley Memorial Methodist Church. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Mary Drake Perry; two sons, Thomas Drake of Arlington, ? Va., and W. E. Perry, in, of Dayton, Ohio; his mother, Mrs. Edith P. Perry of Wake For est; three sisters, Mrs. Gor don Livermore of Arlington, Va., Mrs. Charles W. Teague of Raleigh and Mrs. gdlth Mit chlner Oakley of Warrenton; and two grandchildren. The thieves forced the door to the large postoffice safe with a crowbar or other specked tool or tools and removed every thing from the safe, even money order blanks as well as some valuable papers belonging to the postmaster, in addition to his coin collection. Ellis said that he had to borrow stamps from another postoffice in order to operate Friday. Warren Deputy Sheriff Dor sey Capps was first called to the scene and the Sheriff's Department called In the SBI. They were joined by Secret Ser vice and FBI Agents who ?p;_nt the ent'.-o day seeking clues and taking photographs of the damage. Tho postoffice was in shambles, Ellis said. He added that he does not have any idea how long it will take to restore the office to Its normal condi tion. Population Shows 24,000,000 Growth WASHINGTON - The Census Bureau has estimated the U. S. population was 204.4 million on Jan. 1, an Increase of 24.3 million or 13.5 percent from 1968. The estimate was Issued just before the Bureau was schedul ed to mail forms for the de tailed 1970 head count of all Americans. The population increased by 1 per cent last year, the bureau said. R estimated that 87.6 per cent of the population is white. The Negro populailonwas esti mated at 11.2 per cent. The Bureau said there are now 96.4 males for every 100 females compared to a 97.8 ratio In 1960. Soul City Seeks To Join In Area Water Plan Promoters?of Suul CUy In Warren County have shown In terest in a regional water sys tem for Soul City, Henderson and Oxford with water to be obtained from Kerr Lake, it was announced at a meeting of the Henderson City Council last The regional water supply plan was given consideration by the Council but no formal action was taken pending further study. The idea, presented by CUy Manager R, W. Bock, would place Henderson, Oxford and Soul City In an overall unit to tap Kerr Lake for an sta&d ant supply j&ipck there was interest b tttclf' * three areas, ?dh, prop , . its own all but mated - $25,000 for enlarged pumping (acuities at the pre sent filter plant on the e-Mt em outskirts of town. A new pump would be installed to re place the present pump, which has been in service 44 years and is capable of handling only 3.2 million gallons of water dally, whereas the filter pint can process four million gal loos. This would be expected to meet demands until some decision is made on a regional procedure. A new pump would be capable of moving 4.? mil lion gallons dally. Buck said be had talked with officials in Oxford and with pro moters of Soul City anl all were Interested. He estimated an initial investment would be of $6 to *sT WRECKS SAFE Ruritans Plan Lights For Athletic Field At Wise Plans for the complete light ing of the ball field at Wise was approved by the board of directors of the Wise-Paschall Ruritan Club on Monday night, W. C. King, a member of the club announced yesterday. King said that light poles have been donated by the telephone company and the club Is also hoping to get some of the grad ing done. The completion of the project will give recreation for both young and old, King said. Another project being push ed by the Ruritan Club, King said, is the providing of a gar bage dump for the people In that section of the county. King said that as the county grows and more and more people use Gaston Lake the more trash and garbage piles up. Beer cans and' other trash litters the highway and trash Is piling up on pri vate land, he said. King said that since the coun ty commissioners had informed the club that there are no funds available for the garbage dump, that the Rurltans plan to raise money for this baoly needed project, following a similar procedure used In raising funds for the fire house. He said that on'Frlday night, April 17. the Rnrltan willsoon sor a talc aU show at 8 p. m. in the Wise school auditorium. Since there will be no advance tickets sold the club is counting (See RURITANS, page S) la Hospital Patients in Warren General Hospital at S p. m. Tuesday were listed as follows: Florence Paynter, Lizzie Harris, Ethel Plime 11, Florence Edwards, Alma Lynch, Bortha He chi, Joyce Re id, Alfred T. Carroll, QeorgUnna Robinson, Robert A. Bolton, Eve rat to Elmo Carroll, Carolyn Goode, Felecia Goode, Elisabeth Pe gram, Janie Rooter, Helen Moss, Lizzie Nichols, Marls rm?, Charlie ltodw.ll, Floyd Short Appointed FB Agency Manager Wade Short of the Cokesbury Community of Vance County baa bMn appointed manager for North Carolina Farm Bureau Insurance Services In Warren Cooaty, Dennis Harris, pres ident of Warren County Farm Bureau, announced yesterday. He will alw represent N. C. Blue Crosa and Blue Shield and Southern Farm Bureau Life in surance Company. 8hort was reared in Vance County and graduated from the Middleburg High School In 1063. He has had sales experience with Southern Life and Health Insurance Company in Pensa cola, Fla. He has been employ ed for the past IS months as a member of an audit crew in Columbia, s. C. .. is married to SHORT Enumerators Begin Taking 1970 Census Enumerators for the 1970 Census of Population and Hous ing began yesterday, April 1, when census takers, most of whom are women, started making their rounds. They are expe;cl ?d to complete their work in three to five weeks. Householders will not have any difficulty identifying enu merators, District Manager Donald K. Payne pointed out yesterday. Each census taker will wear a red, white and blue identifica tion card. This card bears the seal of the Department of Com merce and the words "Census Enumerator, Official Creden tial" are printed across its face. It bears the censustaker's signature and certifies that she Is authorized to perform the duties of a census enumerator and has sworn to keep confi dential all census information you provide. Persons purporting to be census takers who do not have this identification card should be reported immediately to the local police or to the census district office, which is located at 1st Floor, Vance Hotel 102 N. Williams Street, Henderson, Payne said. Census takers will be further Identified by the portfolio con taining their supplies. The port folio is blue and bears the legend, "1970 Census." Inthe portfolio, the census taker car ries her supplies of report forms, maps, pencils, and other tools necessary for her work. Electric Power To Be Off On Sunday ?^?Electric-power in the Nor Una, Warren Plains, Wise, Ridgeway, Manson, Middleburg, Drewry and all rural areas around these towns and com munities will be interrupted Sunday, April 5 from 1:00 p. m. to 4:00 p. m. H. V. Massengill, local man ager for Carolina Power and Light Company, said this inter ruption is necessary to connect new transformers andotherllne equipment which cannot be done while the lines are energized. This work is a part of the pro ject to upgrade all the lines in this area. In case of rain or bad weather this Interruption will be resche duled for the following Sunday, Massengill said. LIBRARY HOURS The Norllna Public Library will start opening at its regular time from 3 to 5 o'clock, Mon day through Friday, beginning on April 6, Mrs. Fred Bobbitt, Librarian, announced yester day. Part Of Area Association Warren TB Association Ends Work As Local Unit Child Is Killed When Struck By Automobile A four-year old Negro boy was killed late last Friday afternoon when he was struck hv a car driven by a Warrenton Negro businessman near the "Duck Pond" on Highway 401, some ten miles south of War renton. Shawn Fields is reported to have been playing near the high way with another boy when lie darted in front of the path of a car driven by Gaynell Brown I of Warrenton and traveling | south and was killed. Highway Patrolman W. A. Joyce said that hi was called to the scene of the accident around 4:50 p. m. when Brown told him the child ran in front of his car and that he could not avoid hitting him. The of firer said he noticed no skid marks or other evidence of high .speed. Joyce said that he would make no charges pending a coroner's inquest. An in^ut-st was sche duled for Monday afternoon but was postponed when Coroner Bobby Blaylock had to parti cipate in a funeral that after- j noon. The child was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Green Fields | of Route 2, Warrenton. He is also survived by two sisters and one brother. Kuneral services were con ducted at Coley Springs Baptist Church on Tuesday at 3 p. m. t?y the pastor, the Rev. James Coppage. Interment was in the church cemetery. Revival Services To Be Held At Baptist Church The Warrenton Baptist Church will engage in a "Week of Worship Emphasis and Revival" during the week of April 5-10 with services each evening at 7:30 o'clock, The Rev. L. Mack Thompson, pastor, announced yesterday. The church will be led by Dr. John W. Eddins, professor of Theology at Southeastern Baptist Seminary at Wake Forest. His subjects will be: Sunday, "The Power of God": Monday, "The Nature of Salva tion"; Tuesday, "The Meaning of Forgiveness"; Wednesday, "Choosing Your God"; Thurs day, "True Love Is of God"; and Friday, "Paid In Full." Di. Eddins is married to the former Joanne Haver On Night Shift Sheriff Clarence A. Davis announced yesterday that he has put two of his deputies on a night shift as a result of the large number of break-ins in Warren County and surrounding areas during the past several weeks. The two officers will serve each night from 10 p. ml to 6 a. m. on a rotating basis, Sheriff Davis said. ?fi >? J EDDINS stock and has six children. He has received the following de grees: B. S. in Agricultural Engineering from Auburn Uni versity; B.A. from Sanford Uni versity; B.D. and Th. D. from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary of New York City. Having served as minister of several churches, Dr. Eddins has been teaching at Southeast ern Seminary since 1957. A nursery will be provided each evening. Mr. Thompson said the pub lic is Invited to attend this special week of services. Warren Cuuiity school teaehera wlio havo bean talcing a phonics course at i bare tor several weeks were pictured at the final session on Tuesday night. Standing at the rostrum Is Mrs. Rebecca Taylor instructor. ? 'v. Teachers Complete fbonics Cour$# Eighteen Warren County teachers completed the teo mmMmm. Applied Phonics In Heading and Spelling, Tues day night at Marian Boyd Ele mentary school, atfu. j. r. The phonics course, designed to improve phonetic teaching methods, was offered through the Extension Division Of Bast Carolina University at Green big reading which Include word perception: reaction of the In dividual; knowledge of the auth or's Intent; and relating proven older reading techniques to newer methods. .. ?. *-?? Some teachers elected to receive two semester hours of in-service credit toward newgl of their teaching certificates, while the other* took the cours 'J&m Robinson, Mrs. Betty Koonce and Mrs. Nannie Hurst ??ifcMariam Boytf School; Mrs. Louise Bryson of John Graham School; Mrs. Ella Christmas and Mrs. Mary William* of Viughan school; Mrs. Jbyoa Hint on, Mrs. VtVlM Miss An**la Edwards, Carol Jordan, An association that has for nearly 25 years fought tuber culosis and other respiratory diseases in Warren County this week ended its work as a county unit and has been combined with an area association. The Warren County Tuber culosis and Respiratory As sociation office was officially closed Wednesday and became a part of the Tar River Tuber culosis and Respiratory Dis ease Association with head quarters in Rocky Mount. This association will serve the counties of Edgecombe, Frank lin, Granville, Johnston, Hali fax, Nash, Vance, Warren, Wayne and Wilson. Mrs. Clyde Whitford, who has been executive secretary of the Warren County association for 17 years, will retire as soon as final reports are complete. Warren County will hava six directors on the Tar River Tu berculosis and RD Association. They are Mrs. Doris Dryden, Mrs. Blanche Ellis, Mrs. Lou Hayes, Mrs. Margaret Felts and Jack Harris and W". L. Turn er. In announcing the closing of the Warren County Association yesterday, Mrs. Whitford re viewed the organization of the (See COMBINED, page 5) Mrs. R. L. Traylor Dies Tuesday Night Mrs. Mary W. Traylor, wife of R. L. Traylor of Nprlina, died at Warren General Hos pital on Tuesday night after a long Illness. Funeral services will beheld at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon CThursday) at the Norllna Meth odist Church by the Rev. Sidney Epperson. Interment will be In Warren Dale Cemetery at Nor lina. Mrs. Traylor was a member of the Norllna Methodist Church where she was a member of the choir, the Woman's Society of Christian Service and the Norlina Woman's Club. She is survived by her hus band; a daughter, Mrs. Clayton Mitchell of Norllna; two sons, Leigh Traylor and Robert Tray lor of Norllna; her mother, Mrs. M. E. Walker, and a brother, Harry Walker, both of Norlina; and five grandchildren. Hofler Rites To Be Held At Fairview Leon W. Hofler, 82, a retired contractor and former resi dent of JVarrenton, died on Tuesday. He was a resident of New Bern. Funeral services will be held at New Bern this moraine (Thursday) at 11 o'clock, with committal and Interment rite a at Fairview Cemetery In War rant on at 3s30 p. m. today. He is survived by a son, Leon W. Hofler, Jr., of Norfolk, Va.; three daughters, Mrs. O. J. Mitchell of New Bern, lira. S. D. Duke of Norllna and Mrs. E. C. Matt son of Hampton, Va.; a sister, Mrs. O. T. Mangtan of Stem; a brother, H. C. Hofler of Norfolk, Va.; three grand children and two great-grand children. Registration looks
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