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QUir Harrrtt Hrrnrd Published Every Thursday By The Record Printing Company P. O. BOX 70 - WARRENTON. Hi. C. 27589 BIGNALL JONES. Editor ? DUKE JONES, Business Manager Member North Carolina Press Association ENTERED AS SECOND-CLASS MATTER AT THE POST OFFICE IN WARRENTON, NORTH CAROLINA, UNDER THE LAWS OF CONGRESS "second Class Postage Paid At Warrenton, N. C." STiperoiPTinv o jtk. one vsar, ij.oo; six months, ii.so auDauniriiun kaim . OUT of stats: one year, m oo; six months. ?j.oo Census Figures Offer Challenge Preliminary census figures show ing thai Warren County's population is only slightly more than 15,000 is very disappointing to many of our people who had hoped thai the checking of emigration from the state since 1967 would be re flected in a check of population loss in Warren County. In spite of a boost to the economy through the development of Gaston Lake, such has not proven to be the case and the population figures are actu ally more than 400 less than had been predicted by experts for 1970. With the creation of an industrial committee and the levying of a 5$ tax for the promotion of Indus try, the location of a large furni ture factory here, and other in dustries expected, plus the contin ued development on Gaston Lake, leaders of the county feel that at long last the turn has been made and hope is expressed that the popu lation of the county will show an Increase before 1980, when pro jected 'figures are for 12,370. But certainly nothing dictates any let up in efforts to obtain more Jobs for Warren County people, and if Warren County is not to have further decay in its economy and probable loss of some of its es sential facilities then the combined efforts o f our county and all of our towns, and all of our people, black and white must be forth coming. Warren County is fortunate in its location and Is a natural for sites for many expanding Piedmont in dustries, plus the recreational fa cilities offered by Gaston Lake. But these natural advantages can be nullified unless our people demon strate that the county offers afavor able climate for industry, unless our people are willing to expend their energy and their money to provide a great many jobs for our people. R seems to us that Warren Coun ty has now reached the point where it has no choice but to grow or die. Unless a great many more Jobs are provided and a great many more people induced to come to Warren County it could well be that the projected population of slightly more than 12,000 could become a reality in ten short years. One does not have to be a Jeremiah to realize that the county could not operate effectively with only 12,000 people. R could mean the loss of our hospital, and with it little or no hope for doctors; It could mean high er taxes, a decline In the calibre of our schools, and a weakening of its ability to attract Industry. In short, it is something that Warren County people can not afford to let happen. ~t Story Ofttatr*ud tove m-jlqu m *1 >* v. ? 11 AMI Mb* %?BtoJ** MM*' *? Two Black Men And A White Boy By JACK WILLIAMS In The Chapel Hill Weekly Steve Turner, 13, of Eden, N. C. used to shoot basketball for hours every day and dream about the time when he would come to Chapel Hill and work magic like his heroes In Car olina blue. "Basketball always has been Steve's first love," says his mother. "He watches every Carolina game on television and then he goes out and tries to make the kind of shots that Charlie Scott makes." But Steve Turner isn't playing any games these days. He is locked in a different kind of struggle as a patient In the In tensive care unit at Memorial Hospital here. Two weeks ago on a play ground near his home, Steve was playing basketball when he was savagely attacked. A. man forc ed Steve Into the woods and tied the boy to a tree. Steve was beat en and then, in an act of hor ror, his clothing was set on fire. Steve suffered severe burns on his face back and legs. He was rushed to Memorial Hos pital. This week, as doctors prepared for the first of a ser ies of operations on Steve, the boy's mother searched for ways to lift his spirits. "What would you like more than anything else?" she asked him. "I'd like to have Charlie Scott come to see me," Steve re plied. University officials got In touch with Scott and arrange ments were made for him to visit Steve on Wednesday after noon. Someone got the signals crossed, however, and when Scott arrived at the hospital, he was told that he could not enter the "burn ward" where Stove is a patent. Bat Charlie didn't tin up. Through a University official, he got in touch with the boy's mother and arrnged to make mother visit that evening. "You'll never know how dlsap ?&. to me, "Wake up, Steve," said his mother. "Look who's here. It's Charlie Scott." Steve awoke and, gripping a strap above his head, managed to turn from his stomach to his back. A big smile cross ed his lace when he saw Charlie. "You look just like you do In your pictures," Steve said to Charlie. "Oh, you mean I'm Just as ugly as I am In my pictures," Cahrlle said, smiling. "No, that's not whailmean," Steve said. The two basketball players then engaged In a lively con versation. "I saw you make that shot in the Reglonals against David son," Steve said. "I almost jumped out of my skin when It went It." "Well, I hope you didn't see me the next week against Pur due," Scott said. "I didn't play so well that night." "Yeh, I saw that one on television, too," Steve said. "Do you pull for the Tar Heels?" Scott asked the little boy. "Oh, yes, all the time," said Steve. "I've always pulled for Carolina." Scott autographed a picture of himself for Steve and handed the little boy aCaroliuaBasket ball Bluebook. "You're golngto play In Washington now, aren't you?" the little boy said to Scott. "Yes, I hope you can come to see me play," Scott said. "Oh, I will," replied Steve. Steve's mother and doctor thanked Scott for coming and then Scott walked out Into the night. As Charlie headed for the parking lot, he said to afrlend, "Why would anyone do such a horrible thing to such a nice little boy?" His friend shook his head, but didn't speak. The significance of that brief visit in Memorial Hospital be comes all the more poignant when you consider that Steve Turner Is white. Charles Scott Is black, and so is the man who beat and burned the little boy. Boy Remembered By Heroes GREENVILLE-Tim Hawks is eight years old. Because he has a bone disease he is now lying on a bed in Duke hospital In Durham. During the idle hours In the hospital, the Norlina youngster has had lots of time to think about his favorite baseball team?the East Carolina Uni versity Pirates. His biggest wish was for autographs of ECU stars like Ron Hastings, Skip Taylor, Dennis Vlck and Hal Balrd. He got his wish. One of the last things Coach Earl Smith's Pirates did before . leaving tor the NCAA District 3 Playoffs In Qastonla last Wednesday was to autograph a baseball for Tim. All 24 players signed it. "This Is really going to make Tim happy," said ECU student James Hicks at Norlina, a close friend of the Hawks family who was going to deliver Mm ball-to the hospitalized boy last Thar? day nlgtat t? Durham. 11m Pirates, who recently won their third iplhsra Coo in five Lee Hawks, Jr., Is an ECU stu dent. Tim Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Lee Hawks of Nor llna. Besides his brother, Tim also has two older sisters. Bible School To Be Held At Warren Plains The Warren Plains Baptist Church will hold a Vacation Bible School from June 15 through June 19, from 7 to 9 o'clock each evening. The school will be divided taito three departments, be ginners, primary and Jtntors. Commencement exercises wlB be bald on Friday night, June 19, at ? o'clock. The pub lic U invited. The Rev. Tad Fuson, pastor of tba church, will be tfea at the Bible school. Jean Francois Crave let ("Btoodin") mate the earliest at the Macar* on a 160 faot above the falls on . 30, 1859. Mostly Personal By BIGNALL JONES In a basket of unattended mall on my* desk Is a letter from the late Mrs. Charlotte Story Perktnson, a friend of many years who died at the home of her daughter in Newport News, Va., on May 27 and was burled at Wise on May 29. The first notice I received of her death and burial was In a letter from her daughter, Mrs. Margaret Perklnson Black. Since no account of her death was carried in North Carolina newspapers and the funeral was conducted by a Norfolk funeral director, no notice of her funeral reached this paper, which I deeply re gret. Mrs. Perkinson was a remarkable woman and a great woman and left her impression on Warren County to which she was deeply devoted and which she served to the best of her ability. The letter with the check came in response to an article in The Warren Record con cerning difficulties the lib rary was having. She told of the organization of a Friends of the Library in Norfolk and sug gested that a similar organiza tion be formed at Warrenton, enclosing her check as a start. I contacted a leader of a wo man's civic club who indicat ed interest, but weeks passed and then in the pressure of other affairs, I held the check. No one could write a true history of Warren County in the twenties without giving con siderable space to Mrs. Perkin son and her activities. She pos sessed much energy and much determination and no one ever questioned where Mrs. Per klnson stood on any public ques tion. One remembers her inter est in the schools, particularly the school at Wise, which was the first public high school In Warren County and in the War ren County Training School where Prof. G. E. Cheek was principal. I remember she once quoted Prof. Cheek assay ing that he knew he could earn more money elsewhere but felt Letter To Editor, TO THE COMHI'NIT*^ To The Editor: The following article is ad dressed to the people of the community: We are happy to know that there are a few folks who un derstand our efforts, or at least do not spread idle, misleading gossip which is not the truth. However, some folks will never learn the meaning of love, peace, truth, justice, or free dom. May God have mercy on all of us. We would like for you to know that we have moved to our new office, second floor, at 117 W. Franklin Street, Warrenton. Telephones will be installed in the near future. Please feel free to come in and look around and chat as we are getting "feedback" that community people have many questions concerning our commitment and efforts. We would appreciate your assist ance as it is our community. Thank you for your concern. JAMES E. SMITH, Volunteer Coordinator, J. Baker Plummer Counseling Service. Mrs. Charlotte Story Perkinson Dies Mrs. Charlotte Story Per kinson, 85, former feature writ er for Norfolk, Va., and Raleigh newspapers, died on Wed nesday, May 27, in the home of a daughter, Mrs. Samuel Black of 62 Rexford Drive, Newport News, Va. She was the widow of Rich ard T. Perkinson and formerly lived at 4901 Colonial Ave., Norfolk, Va. For many years Mrs. Per kinson made her home at Wise and was active in political, edu cational and civic affairs of the county. A bitter foe of whiskey, Mrs. Perkinson fought the liquor traffic with vigor but without malice and in 1928 was a leader In the fight against A1 Smith, who in his race for the presidency advocated the repeal of the Prohibition Amendment. With equal vigor she worked for better educational ad vantages for Warren County citizens, and was one of those who worked diligently for the establishment of the Warren that he was performing a bet ter service teaching his race carpentry. But what one is apt to re member most vividly about Mrs. Perkinson is the valiant if largely unsuccessful fight she waged against whiskey during the days of prohibition and her fight against A1 Smith In a political fight that split the county open. One remembers that she would argue, she would differ, but then she would laugh. She fought issues but seldom engaged in personalities. She made enemies, some of them powerful, but never relented and never gave way to hate. For several years she ran a column in this newspaper, sometimes differing with the views of this newspaper, and outside the paper differing strongly with the views of those who published it on the ques tion of prohibition. Fighting the election of A1 Smith she was opposed by the newspaper who was a staunch supporter of the Democratic presidential candi date. Famtlar with the seamy side of prohibition, we felt that Mrs. Perkinson did not truly understand the issue. We worked with Mrs. Per kinson in her efforts for bet ter schools, for the Warren County Memorial Library and for scores of other things she ,an^ we thought would make of .Wsfcren a better county. But on Prohibition we differed and differed strongly. We would argue, but without change in views. Strangely enough, in spite of our differences over a major issue, we liked Mrs. Perkin son. I think she loved my brother, Brodie, and as long as she lived she maintained friend ly relations with me. She always subscribed to The Warren Re cord, and from time to time would write to me commenting on some article she had read, and sometimes sending me a clipping or an occasional arti cle for Insertion In this news paper. Usually on her Infre quent visits to Warren County she would drop by the office for a visit. The Reader's Digest once ran a series of article's; "My Most Unforgettable ' Charac ter," and for all I know still runs the articles. Mrs. Perkin son was certainly one of my most unforgettable characters. She was a good and a decent person, a good and a true friend and I learned of her death with deep regret. Call Your Insurance Problem-Solver! Specialized business insurance problems call for specialized answers. And our agency is prepared to provide these answers for you. Backing our own professional know-how are the facilities of Kemper Insurance, whose companies number among their policyholders almost one third of the firms listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Whether your business is manufactur ing, retailing, service or institutional, it deserves the same kind of specialized care. If you have questions, we have answers. Phone or write: WARRENTON INSURANCE AGENCY, INC. GARDNER BUILDING TEL. 357-3104 WARRENTON. N. C. .epevuniit* | County Memorial Library and kept her Interest In this library -as long as she lived. A native of Plymouth, N. H., she was a daughter of Joseph Clement Story, a lawyer and Dr. Helen Smith Story, aphysl clan. Ill health curtailed her formal education after high school, but she took courses In English, journalism and magazine writ ing and a year of law In Raleigh. She lived In Warren County, N. C., from 1907 to 1929 and in Raleigh from 1929 to 1938. She wrote a column .in the Warren (N. C.) Record three years. She was a reporter for the Raleigh News and Observer and also did feature writing for many North Carolina Sun day newspapers. She also con tributed articles to numerous magazines. After coming to Norfolk from Raleigh In 1S38, she curtailed her literary output. However, she won second prize in an e ss ay contest of Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences with her "My New England Childhood." She also wrote on American cook ery. Until the late 1930s, she was active in politics in North Caro lina and worked for betterment of schools there. She was a delegate-at-large to the Democratic National Con vention In 1928. Opposedto Al fred E. Smith, she organized the Women for Hull and helped to carry North Carolinafor him. She was secretary of the Nortl' Carolina Society for Abo lition of Capital Punishment in 1936. She was president of the Nor folk Housewives League in 1943-44 and did volunteer work during World War U in Nor folk. She was a member of Christ and St. Luke's Episcopal Church, YWCA and Women's Democratic Club, and Norfolk Borough, Daughters of Ameri can Revolution. Besides Mrs. Black, sur viving are two other daughters, Mrs. Herbert S. Ross of St. Petersburg, Fla., andMrs. Wil liam R. Poole of Decatur, Ga., ahd a son, Joseph C. S. (Clem) Perkinson, a foster son, Robert H. Rudd and a sister, Mrs W. J. Dwyer, all of Norfolk, 12 grandchildren; and 14 great grandchildren. Funeral services were con ducted at Hollomon-Brown Fun eral Home In Norfolk, at 10 a. m. on May 29 by the Rev. A. Heath Light, of Christ and St. Luke's Episcopal Church. Burial was in the Wise Ceme tery at noon on May 29. Those attending the burial in Wise besides her daughters and son and residents of Wise, were Mrs. Wallace E. Harrell of St. Simons Island, Ga., Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fontsere of Par slppany, N. J., Mr. and Mrs. William Webb Patterson and daughters, Margaret and Ellen and son, Richard, and Miss Jean Story Black of Woodbridge, Va., Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Black, Jr., of Raleigh, Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Campbell of Newport News, Va., and Mr. William A. Black and Mr. and Mrs. Ro bert H. Rudd of Norfolk, Va. two Warre* County Schools Winners In Beautification Contest State School Superintendent Craig Phillips has announced that Macon Elementary School in Warrenton and North Warren School In Warren County are local winners In the State-wide School Beautification Program. State and regional winners were awarded plaques of ex cellence by Governor Bob Scott at ceremonies to be held in Raleigh June 8 at 3:30 p. m. in the Governor's office at the Capital. The State-wide contest was organized in conjunction with the Governor's beautification Committee. Norman Leafe, di rector of school health, safety, and physical education for the State Department of Public In struction, coordinated the School Beautification project. According to Leafe, over 450 schools in 109 local educational units participated in the beau tification program. Awards are being presented on a local, regional and State basts. First place State winner is Bowman High School in Anson County with J. Ernest Weitherspoon serving as chairman. The projects, according to Leafe, ranged from cleaning school facilities and beautifying school grounds, to setting up exhibits, starting landscape projects, studying traffic pat terns and developing plans for improvement and studies of man's environment. All of them emphasized broad com munity involvement. FATHER'S DAY If you think Dad's a champion, award him a card TneTiofr WARRENTON. N. C. N. M HILLIARD, MGR. There's one best place for these BANKING TWINS It's this bank. Kept together, your accounts will bring added convenience, economy, and efficiency to you. We'll be happy to open either or both accounts for you. THE CITIZENS BANK TWO CONVENIENT LOCATIONS MAIN STREET NOR UNA ROAD .. ?: ? ?, F?d?ral Dtpoilt Intvranem Corporation
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