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* Sprorfi '? ?? " ???'" VOLUME 74 -v. Subscription $3.00 A Year; $4.00 Out Of State, 10* Per Copy WARRENTON, COUNTY OF WARREN, N. C. THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1970 NUMBER 15 Former Sheriff Dies Here Funeral services for Roy Vance Shearln, 68, were held at 4 p. m. Saturday at Blay lock Funeral Chapel by the Rev. L. T. Wilson. Burial was In Falrview Cemetery. Mr. Shearln, a former sheriff of Warren County, died Thurs day night at his home. The son of the late Ellen Wemyss and Jesse Vance Shearin, Mr. Shearin was born in Wayren County, In Jud kins Township, near Little ton on May 27, 1901. In early manhood he engaged in a num'oor of activities until 1933 when he was appointed Deputy Sheriff by the late WUlis J. Pinnell, remaining a law en forcement officer for 27 years. On May 16, 1945, he was appointed by the Board of Coun ty Commissioners to fill out the unexpired term of Sheriff Pinnell and remained Warren County Sheriff until Dec. 1, 1958. Mr. Shearin was a former member of the Warren County unit of the National Guard. On July 19, 1936, he married Miss Roberta King of Areola. Mr. Shearin is survived by his wife, Mrs. Roberta King Shearin; six sons, Robert of Greensboro, Charles of Spring field, Va., David of Los Angeles, Calif., Ronald, a lieu tenant In the U. S. Navy, San Francisco, Calif., Larry, a stu dent at U. N. Chapel Hill and Edward Shearln a student at N. C. State University, Raleigh; three daughters, Mrs. F. D. Benton of Aiken, S. C., Carolyn Shearin of Alexandria, Va., and Ellen Shearln of Lawrencevllle, Va.; seven brothers, Earlie of Warren Plains, Jack and Woodrow of Norllna, W. D. of Warrenton, Edwin of Scotland Neck, Joe of Raleigh, and Grov er Shearin of Holilster; six sisters, Mrs. S. G. Moretz of Atlanta, Ga., Mrs. R. H. Bright and Mrs. Grady Mose ley of Warrenton, Mrs. J. E. Stansbury of Littleton, Mrs. Ben Allen of Henderson and Mrs. John Woodard of Picay une, Miss.; and four grandchil dren. In Hospital Patients in Warren General Hospital at 5 p. m. Tuesday were listed as follows: Josie Hutton, Lizzie Harris, Ethel Pinnell, Janle Rooker, Bertha Hecht, Janet Rooker, Rev. Lewis Hutton, Lottie Faucette, Lizzie Nichols, Percy Sommervllle, Henry Boyd, Howard Robinson, Junlous Plummer, Pattle Burchette, Sadie Williams, Estelle Rich ardson, Essie Coleman, Clyde Perklnson, Luvenla Kearney, Herman Hayes, Rachel Denlse ? Harmon. Mrs. Eddie Echols and chil dren who have been vlsttlngher mother, Mrs. J. T. Harris, for two weeks, have returned to their home in Georgia. One Person Hurt In Four Vehicle Wreck One person was injured and four vehicles were damaged ill ? wreck Involving a pJrhm truck and three avAomoblles on Main Street la front of Colon ial Store around 1:30 p. m. Fri day. Following the accident, Mrs. Ann Robertson Daniel was taken to Warren General Hospital for treatment. She received a blow on her head sad a lacerat ed knee. According to Warranto* Police officers Grady Haynes and W. L. Ross, a parked truck w# struck by a car and drtan into a second car after % heen hit while making a loft tart fay an approaching vehicle. According to t a 1964 Ford cat Irvine HH by his wife, Ann Robertson Dan iel. ' ?Headed?north?was a 1954 Chevrolet driven by Frank Wil liams and headed south was a 1962 Chevrolet driven by Nelson Allen Basket. As Williams started to make a left turn into College Street, his ear was struck by the car driven by Basket. The force ot the Impact drove William's car Into the picki?>occt?>iedbyMrs. forcing It into the Lan cer. age to the Daniel trap* at 96S0) to Um ear $400; Williams CP&L Upgrading Service In Area Officers Ctpfure Two Stills Tuesday In Warren County Local ABC and federal of ficers captured two stills In Warren County Tuesday, one In Nutbush Township In the morning, and the other In Fork Township In the afternoon. Neither still was In operation. Members of the raiding party at both stills were Warren Deputy Sheriff Dorsey Capps, T. C. Blackmon and W. G. Watkins, Vance County ABC officers, and Tommy Stokes and Stan Burroughs, federal ATT of ficers. Deputy Capps said the of ficers destroyed 700 gallons of mash and 10 gallons of whiskey in the 11 a. m. raid In Nutbush Township. In addition they de stroyed eight 180-gallon bar rels, five 50-gallon barrels, and one 55 - gallon still. The still in Fork Township has not been ope rated for some time, Capps said. The officers destroyed one 55-gallon still, one 180 - gallon barrel, one 55 gallon barrel and two 10-gallon kegs. Tobacco Support Price For 1970 To Be 66.6c Pound Average support price for flue-cured tobacco In 1970 will be 66.6 cents per pound, or three cents per pound more than In 1969, the U. S. Department of Agriculture recently announced In Washington. A similar increase of 4.5 percent was announced for all types of tobacco under quota programs. The rate on burley leaf was raised from 65.8 cents to 68.6 cents per pound for 1970. The Increases are the largest for any given year In twelve years. They reflect higher prices of goods and ser vices bought by farmers dur ing the past three years com pared with 1959. Supports, fixed by grades, are minimum pric es guaranteed by the govern ment under the tobacco market ing act. The farmer is paid the support price by afederal ly backed growers' coopera tive when a pile of leaf on the warehouse floor falls to re ceive a company offer at least one bid above the support level. Carolina Power and Light Company Is In the process of completely upgrading entire distri bution system In Warren County at a cost of more than $500,000. H. V. Massengill, local manager, said this company hopes to complete entire project by late fall. He said plans also call for the building of a warehouse and the stationing of a four-man line crew at Warrenton. In the top picture at left is a new transformer doubling the capacity for the area covering War renton, Norlina, Littleton and rural areas. The use of the two transformers at the right will be discontinued by late summer. Shown in the bottom picture is new switch gear for Warrenton. Norlina and Littleton areas. The sub-station is located on the old Airport Road near Warrenton. J. Ed. Rooker Resigns Job As Town Manager J. Ed Booker, town manager of the Town of Warrenton for the past four years, submitted his resignation to the boardof commissioners in a called meeting on Tuesday night ef fective April 30. Reasons of health were given for the resig nation. The resignation was accepted with regret by the commission ers who expressed their deep appreciation for the fine job done by Rooker during the nine years he has been with the town. Rooker was employed by the town as town clerk and trea surer in 1961 and was made town manager in 1966. He served as Warrenton Mayor from 1953 to 1957. Prior to being employed by the town he had served as Re corder of Sudan Shrine Temple In New Bern from 1960 to 19G1. He was former treasurer and general manager of the Old Peck Manufacturing from 1935 until Its sale and reorganization when he was made office manager of the mill here and of Clayton Spinning Company until 1960. Rooker is a member of the Warrenton Baptist Church and a former deacon. He has for many years been active in Ma sonic circles and is Past Poten tate of Sudan Shrine Temple. Married to the former Mary Crtnkley, he is the father of two daughters, Miss Edwlna Rook er, librarian at Virginia Wes leyan at Virginia Beach, Va., and Mrs. Robert L. Elklns of Charleston, W. Va., and has two grandsons. National Library Week Sponsored The week of April 12-18 has been designated ?s National Li brary Week and will be sponsor ed locally by the Warrenton Woman's Club. Mrs. Louise Twttty, chair man of the education com mittee of tfe club, urges all citizens of Warren County to visit and us* the public lib raries of the county. Par ents and others are also urged to visit school libraries. Mrs. Twttty said that many of the schools in the county art putting special emphasis on Library Week by making posters and bulletin boards. Programs on the work of the library are being given. ijpattonal Library Week, she said, wtU be observed in U? school libraries by talks on various books, fllma and the . IN HOSPITALS Contributions Asked Warren Library Must Have Funds To Operate Unless funds are raised by donations, Warren County Me morial Library must cease to operate, the library trustees said in an article submitted to this newspaper for publication this week. Federal and state funds were cut off at the end of the last fiscal year and without these funds the library finds itself without sufficient funds to con tinue operation, the trustees said in asking for donations. An explanation of the situation and the reasons for it was out lined in the release as follows: "The Warren County Me morial Library was incorpor ated in 1930, for the bene fit of all citizens of the coun ty, and any others who would use it. The Memorial part of the name is in memory of world war veterans. It has been used extensively by students In Board Approves Dog Vaccination Change All dogs vaccinated for rab! - In Warren County after 1970 will be for a three-year period, the board of county commis sioners ordered at its regular meeting held here last Thurs day. The decision of the board was made following the appear ance of Dr. John Freeman, veterinarian Public Health Sec tion of the State Health Depart ment, and Dr. Don Gwyn, vet erinarian of Henderson, who discussed the use of three year program. No changes will be made in the vaccinating procedure this year when one-year vaccine will be given in the clinics now being advertised. A. P. Rodwell, Jr., was in structed to advertise for sale in May and sell In June liens on land upon which 1969taxes have not been paid. Marvin Newsom of Littleton was appointed by the board to represent Warren County on a steering committee to form ally organize the Tar River Basin Association. Julian Farrar, Social Ser vices director, and board mem ber Marvin Aycock appeared before the board to submit the tentative budget for that de partment. The board ordered that Green Funeral Home be paid $75.00 towards the burial expenses of three paupers. Claude J. Fleming, Dog War den, reported that he travelled 1557 miles and picked up 51 dogs during the month of March. He turned Into the general fund $10.00 collected from the sale of dogs. It was ordered that beer license be issued to Louise S. Pegram/dba Pegram's Lake Gaston Grocery and Variety Store and A. T, Carroll and Eddie Plnkney/dba West End Cv. .:c2 3 . 'on, be granted beer licenses upon receipt of stato permits. Alvls Fleming of Littleton appeared before the board rela tive to having a road to his dairy black-topped and ex pressed dissatisfaction with priority. A. P. Rod well, Jr., tax col lector, reported 1969taxescol lected during March in the amount of $13,343.03, making a total of 1969 taxes collected to date of $494,099.07. J. H. Hundley, register of deeds, reported 99 marriage licenses Issued during the quar ter ending March 31, for which the sum of $495.00 was turned into the general fund. Cafe To ftt-Open The Puritan Cafe, which was closed several weeks ago will reopen on April 13, under the management of Mr. and Mrs. James Brown. Mr. and Mrs. Brown live on the Norllna Road. He Is employ ed by Carolina Power and Light Company. The cafe will be operated by Mrs. Brown. Lewis To Speak Henry W. Lewis, Professor of Law in the Institute of Gov ernment, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, will address the Roanoke River Branch, Association for the preservation of Virginia Anti quities on Saturday, April 18, at 3 o'clock In the Court house at Boydton. Mr. Lewis will speak on "James C. Bruce of "Berry HOI"; His Travels in 1844 and 1845". Bruce was a large landowner, widely known and Influential In hlstey. The public Is Invited. their school work, by research ers in various fields, and by the general public seeking in formation, instruction and entertainment. it has been recognized as being outstand ingly good for a small town. An official of the State Library Commission considered it the best in this area, covering sev eral counties, and hoped to make it a regional library. "For many years it went along smoothly, operating by means of local county support and private donations of money, books, articles of interest. Then the State and Federal Sup port came along; their financial aid was welcomed. The money contributed by the State and Federal agencies was earmark ed for certain purposes, and was so used. Next the pattern that has become familiar, and Is inevitable, showed up; when you take their money you give up your control; they furnish the music, they call the tune. The library trustees and the county commissioners were told that the library, all pro ijerty, appurtenances, money, gifts, memorials, would have to be formally conveyed to a new ly constituted board of trustees, to be appointed by the county commissioners, the name would be changed. The Warren County Memorial Library would have ceased to exist. To be sure that their directives would be carried out all state and Fed eral funds were cut off The Warren County Memorial Li brary has- received-no state or Federal fund* for this fiscal year, beginning July 1969. "The trustees requested a ruling by the State Attorney General on the legality and pro priety of the trustees re linquishing their responsibility by ceding the property to another agency. We have had no decision from the office of The Attorney General. "It is the desire of the pre sent board of trustees to con tinue to maintain a local, auto nomous library, supported and operated by and for the people of Warren County, and for the use and benefit of all who (See LIBRARY, page 12) Norlina Blue Waves Down Littleton 2-1 Norlina Blue Waves played and won their first conference game of the season Tuesday when they downed Littleton at Norlina by a two to one score. The game developed into a pitcher's duel with Littleton ing two hits and scoring one ? in ttie Becond inning. Nor connected for four hits md came back in the fifth with two runs for the win. Japkie Walker was the win ning pitcher for the Waves with 11 -strike - outs. Jimmy ; Kearney was the losing pitcher for Littleton. Norlina will host Warrentoo In another conference game I thto (Thursday) afternoon. - Mitch Mitchell. Methodist Parsonage r;v$ To Final Plans Made For Junior Livestock Show And Sale Planting Livestock Show Aid Silt HIT?n ?nr- I ? Members of the Warren County junior Livestock Show and SaUi Enecutlve ririiii|e> jmk pictured at their urn-ting last week. THey are, left to right: standing-James Harris, Jr., Harry Williams, Jr., William Brauer and Gordon Umr; seated?Robert V. Allen, Travis Pulley, Sidney Fleming, George W. Koonca, wuiiam Bender, Bitter Harris, and Landon Davt H Wt . t: i&K ?* BrSE
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