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4w2v X ?l|? Darren IRprnrfi VOLUME 74 Subscription: $3.00 A Year; $4.00 Out Of State, 10< Per Copy WARRENTON, COUNTY OF WARREN, N. C. THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1970 NUMBER 19 Seven Fail To Appear In Court Seven defendants failed to appear In Warren County Dis trict Court last Friday to ans wer to charges. Thornton Woodard failed to appear In court to answer to a charge of non-support. Capias was issued to Sheriff of Vance County and bond was set at $500 for his appearance at the May 15 term of court. A subpoena was also Issued for the prose cuting witness. Wilbur George Farnsworth failed to appear In court to answer to a charge of non support. A capias was Issued and bond set at $600 for his appearance at the May term of court. Nisi Scl fa ordered. Wallace Neal failed to appear In court to answer to a charge of giving a worthless check. The case was continued until May 8. Gene Everette King, charg ed with speeding 65 miles per hour In a 50 mph zone, failed to appear in court to answer to the charge. A capias was issued to the Sheriff of Durham Coun ty and bond was set at $40 for . is appearance at the May 29 term of court. Charlie Carlton Norwood (See COURT, page 2) Beautification Group Organized A Warren County Beautifica tion Committee was formed by a group of interested citizens here last week at a meeting in the Agricultural Building. Its purpose is to stimulate a clean up, paint up and beautification effort in all sections of the coOnty. May 18 has been approved as Beautification Week for the County. The meeting last week was called at the request of Mrs. F? E. Ransom, who was ap pointed county coordinator several weeks ago by Gov. Bob Scott. Bruce Bell, CADA representative, presided over the meeting. Chairmen of committees were appointed by the group and have been contacted by Mrs. Ransom. These chairmen are to name their assistants who will organize the beautification program in their neighbor hoods. Appointed as chairmen were: Miss Pollle Williams, Ar eola; Mrs. Eugene Wilson, Drewry; Alex Henderson, Em bro; the Rev. P. G. Davis, Hecks Grove; E. A. Turner, toez; Mrs. Dennis Rose and Walter R. Price, Littleton; Bruce Bell, Macon; EUls Flem ing, Manson; W. Leon Knight and Sterling Cheston, Norllna. Also, Reuben Palmer, Oak vllle; Sam Powell, Vaughan; M. B. MassengU, A. C. Fair, G. W. Koonce, Miss Emily Balllnger, J. Howard Daniel, Frank W, Reams, Warrenton; and A. W. Ward, Wise. Festival Service To Be Held At Ridgeway The Ascension Day Festival Service will be held tonight (Thursday) at St. Paul's Lu theran Church at Ridgeway, the Rev. G. T. Naumann, pas tor, announced yesterday. The theme of the message will be "Heaven on Earth," and everyone Is cordially in vited to attend. HORSE SHOW POSTPONED A horse show, scheduled to be held at the Warrenton Rec reation Club, Inc., arena on Bun day afternoon, was postponed tor two weeks due to rain. BAKE SALE A bake sale will be spon sored by the Warrenton Wo man's club on Friday, May 8, at the AAA Gas Company rf 10 a. re. Proceeds will go toward* the scholarship fond. ' GUEST SPEAKER ' The RiT. J. list, will be the guest ?Mak er * Pleasant Hill Baptist Church tk Macon on May 10, ?t 11 ?W a. m.1 tto is tavtted. With the grading of the Warrenton Air Strip Saturday by Members of the local National Guard Engineering Company, business executives and other persons desiring to visit Warrenton in their own planes will no longer have to land on an air strip on Gaston Lake or at the Roanok? Rapids field. Frank Reams, director of the Warren County Industrial Commission, which is responsible for the building of the air strip here, said that the strip is 100 feet wide and some 2200 feet long and is large enough to accomodate all executive type planes. In the above picture the engineering company is shown grading the strip on the Airport Road. Reams said that the strip will tx? ready as soon as it dries out following the grading. Chamber Of Commerce Meeting An organizational meeting of the Warrenton Chamber of Commerce will be held tonight CThursday) at 7:00 o'clock at the Lions Den on the Warren ton Fair Grounds. A social hour will preceed the dinner at 6:30. All business, professional men and merchants in the Greater Warrenton area of both races are urged to attend the free dinner meeting, to hear a musical program, and enter tainment and a talk by Neal Chafin, executive secretary of the Rocky Mount Chamber of Commerce. The buffet dinner will bo pro vided by the Citizens Bank, Leggett's Department Store, Will Fowler of Fowler-Barham Ford, B. W. Currln, Jr., of Boyd's Warehouse and Vernon Steed of Warrenton Radio Sta tion WARR. Bennle Powell, one of the promoters of the chamber, said yesterday that enthusiasm for the chamber here has been very encouraging and that he feels that It is most important that all persons interested In the promotion of Greater War renton be present at the meet ing. He said that some 100 to 120 interested persons had signified their interest in a formation of the chamber here. The election of officers here tonight will be under the direc tion of H. V. Massengill, local manager of Carolina Power and Light Company. The invocation will be given by Jack Harris and guests will be welcomed by Will Fowler who will also be in charge of entertainment. Construction Of Soul City Not Expected To Begin Before 1971, McKissick Says Soul City in Warren County Is still In the planning stage and Intensive planning will take another year, Floyd McKissick, its promoter said In a brief Interview lr. Raleigh Monday and reported Tuesday in "Under the Dom<^" in the News and Ob server, v.Mch said that McKis sick was In Raleigh for an in terview with the Governor. The only buildings on the site, purchased more than a year ago are four trailers and a trailer business office. One of these trailers, located near the old Satterwhite home, has been used for several months by a group of planners, one of whom said several weeks ago that It would probably be 1971 before actual construction of the city started. The article in "Under the Dome" reads as follows: SOUL CITY-The possibility that the Coastal Plains Region al Commission may be asked to lend a hand to Warren Coun ty's Soul City project came to light Monday following a meet ing In Gov. Bob Scott's office. With the governor for more thaji an hour were black civil rights leader Floyd McKissick, two of his associates in the planning of the new town and Dr. Leigh Hammond, N. C. state director of the Coastal Plains Commission. Met by a reporter In the Cap itol corridor following the ses sion, Hammond acknowledged that possible financial assist ance for the project from the regional commission was dis cussed, "along witfi a lot of other things." "We are looking at all the alternatives," he said. Asked whether he was seek ing assistance from the Coast al Plains Commission, McKis sick said with a chuckle, "We need help from anybody we (See SOUL CITY, page 3) League To Be Expanded The Warrenton Little League will be expanded, Howard Oak ley, one of the men active In Its promotion, said yesterday. Oakley said that due to the Increased number of boys par ticipating in the program this year it was necessary to form two additional teams for this year in order that all the boys would get an opportunity to play. "It has been the policy of our program," he said, "to see that no boy who wants to play Little League baseball be turn ed away without being given a chance." All of the teams being over strength It was necessary to conduct a draft of players for the other two teams, Oakley said, j This was conducted Monday night and the two new teams will be known as the "Cougars" and the "Red Sox," and will play in the minor division, giv ing that division four teams. This makes twelve teams with four in each of the Senior, Regular and Minor divisions. The boys who were drafted for the new teams will be noti fied at their next practice ses sion. The Red Sox will prac tice on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 4 p. m. at the Pair Grounds and the Cougars will practice on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 5 p. m. at the Fair Grounds. The Cougars will be coach ed by Jim Elam and A1 Floyd, and the Red Sox by G. T. Blanks, Jr., the owner and operator of Blanks Minute Market on the Norllna Road. Blanks has not picked Ids assistant yet, bat has agreed to iponsor and provide the -rtforma tor his team. A spo -^r fortheCovr arr u still being sou**. Oakley said the Regular and the Minor divisions expect to op* their season play with* the two weeks. He asks that thoee interested watch the ?*w?wpers tor the m PUytof dates and tine. Randolph Is Speaker At Jr. Club Meeting John G. Randolph, psycholog ist with the State of North Carolina Department of Cor rection, was the guest speaker at a meeting of the Warrenton Junior Woman's Club at the Presbyterian Church last Thursday night. Mr. Randolph, who has been psychologist for the Depart ment of Correction since July 1968, Is currently consultant with the Warrenton Unit of the Department of Correction where some 50 men are receiv ing treatment for alcoholism. Presented by Mrs. Gay Lanier, Mr. Randolph talked on problems of the men In the Department of Correction and suggested ways In which the public may help them. He said the average age of the offender Is 47 years. Funds for the unit are limit ed, he said, and there Is no money for furnishing the men personal items such as deodor ants, shaving cream and other toilet Items. Hie re is also no money for new clothing when the men are released. Mr. Randolph said that each man when released needs a sponsor, such as a minister or some other responsible person, to find or give him a Job and find a suitable place for' him to stay if he does not have a home. He also suggested that if some civic organization could provide plants and seeds the men could have a garden and help provide some of their food. Some six acres of land is available for this purpose. Flowers was another pro ject discussed. Mr. Randolph said that If the men had flow er bulbs and plants it would give them something to do with their time, help them with some of their problems, and also beautify the grounds around the detention center. A question and answer period (See RANDOLPH, page 3) Ambulance Training Course To Be Held A course in Ambulance Training for members of the Warren County Rescue Squad will b? held at the Littleton fteseue Squad building begin ning on May 12 and continu ing for tour weeks with dUMi meeting each Tuesday and Thursday nights from 7 to 10 o'clock. The course is being sponsor ed by the Halifax Technical in stitute In cooperation with the North Carolina Board of Hsalth, Bill Hudson, director of adult education for the Institute, said yesterday. The main Instructor will be Mrs. Maryland Williams, reg istered nurse with All Commissioners Swept Out Of Office In Saturday's Vote BOWERS EDWARDS HARRIS JONES SKINNER Many Dogs Have Not Been Listed A lot of dogs in Warren Coun ty have not been listed for taxation or vaccinated, with less than 50% of the dogs having been both listed and vaccinated, C. J. Fleming, Warren County Dog Warden said this week. Fleming said that all vac cinations have been checked against listing and all listing against vaccination. He also pointed out that no one-year vaccination would be given In Warren County after May 1. After that time all vac cinations will be for three years and the cost will be $4.00. He said that all dogs four months old or older must be covered by rabies vaccination. Fleming quoted 67-11 "Pur chasers to Ascertain Listing," as follows: "Any person coming In pos session of any dog or dogs after listing time shall Immed iately ascertain whether such dog or dogs have been listed for taxes or not, and if not list ed, it is hereby made the duty of such owner or keeper of such dog or dogs to go to the sheriff or tax collector In his county and list such dog or dogs for taxes, and it is made the duty of the owner or keeper of such dog or dogs to pay the privil ege of license tax as is herein provided for In other cases." Call Letters Assigned To Local Radio Station A iadlo station for War renton, under consideration for several months, is expect ed to be in operation by mid summer. The Federal Communication Commission in Washington re cently announced the assign ment of call letters WARR to Radio Voice of Warrenton. The station is owned by Vernon and Frances Steed of Warren ton and James H. Mayes, Jr., of Durham. Steed said yesterday that ground was broken last week at the studio location, which is near the tower site on the Ma con Road, and the build ing, which Is being built in Henderson by Fuqua Indust tries, is scheduled to be de livered and set up next week. He said the 148 foot tower will be erected as soon as per mission is received from the FCC on a slight change in an tenna location. An exact on the air date can not be given at this time, Steed said, because after all equip ment is Installed and checked out an inspection has to be made by the FCC before permission is given by Washington to be gin broadcasting. He said a realistic estimate would be ap proximately 45 to 60 days. WARR will operate at 1520 on the dial with a day time power of 1000 watts. Official Democratic Vote 11 p S * i S - - ? i 8 S! i! 1 s j h 1 ! ! S \ \ I IT1TK Ulin rm U BATS RIAL HtTIMT - MAT II JULIAN II ALLSMOOK 3?? 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U /ML '*4 ?* /AU /** 5* /M //? 6/ /* 91 l/X S3. //f y/ /*av ? mil i an ait 3-3 .'** 74 /CO #1 /W ft /?? au I17? 46V w ?u??n liau (H Vj,/H DO sa an en ES Ml 17 /H >7 */ /at /41 436 a?u 61 /yi t# 'V *7 vv ?s //t 4i /m m a y? Af //Af f4t 3?a. Skies were blue in Warren County all day Saturday as voters went to the polls to cast their votes in the Democratic Primary but on Saturday night as the count was made the skies fell on all five county com missioners as they were swept out of office. Actually, all five commis sioners were not defeated totally for John A. Wilson was second high man in a three-man race, 160 votes behind Clyde R. Edwards, and 546 votes ahead of Henry My rick, and had the privilege of calling for a second primary. Wilson said Sunday that he would not call for a second pri mary. During his campaign he said that if he were second mail he would not put the county to the expense of a second primary. Sunday, he said that his decision stood. Swept out of office with Wil son were Board Chairman Amos L. Capps, Robert P. Thorne, Alfred^ Ellington and Richard R. Davis. The new commissioners will be Claude T. Bowers, Peete Jones, Herbert C. Harris, Clyde R. Edwards and William T. Skinner. Leading the county ticket was Claude Bowers, 32 votes ahead of second man William T. Skin ner and presumably Bowers will be named chairman when the new board takes office on the first Monday in December. However, Bowers must face John Hawkins, Republican Can didate, in the General Election in November. In the race for Warreiiton Township Constable C. R, Loyd, Jr., defeated Elmer Wells; Loyd receiving 320 votes and Wells 212. James D. Speed of Franklin County, candidate for re-elec tion to the House of Repre sentatives led the entire ticket, polling 2286 votes to 549 for his opponent, Norwood E. Faulkner, also of Franklin County. Julian R, Allsbrook, candi date for re-election in the State Senate, was only two votes behind Speed in the unofficial county, as he defeated Jerome "Jerry" Paul 2284 to 618. In the race for the other Senate seat from the 4th Sena torial District VernonE. White led Marvin Blount, Jr., 1872 to 875. In the only race on the state ticket, Harry C. Martin led R. H. (Fred) Hedrlck 1593 to 1431 for Judge of the Court of Appeals. , The sweep of the commis sioners from office for perhaps the first time in the county's history, certainly within the memory of most oldmen, came as a surprise to the voters, In spite of the fact that many of them had declared that they were working for this r .suit. In view of the fact iat In a previous race Commissioner Capps had easily defeated Wil liam T. Skinner to retain his seat, most political forecasters had predicted that Capps would be re-elected. Instead Capps was low man of all the com missioners, carrying only his precinct of Fishing Creek and Roaiioke, as Skinner came In second high man only S3 vote* behind Claude T. Bowers. The prognosticators had pre dicted a close race between encumbent Alfred J. Elling ton and Claade T. Bowers, wtth Bowers being a slight favorite, but the predictions ware not borne out by the fads. Bowers defeated Ellington almost two to one, 2045 to 1172, in ttfjgf; official count, wtth ElUagton carrying only Sandy Creak, Nat
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