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VOLUME 74 Subscription: $3.00 A Year; $4.00 Out Of State, 10< Per Copy WARRENTON, COUNTY OF WARREN, N. C. THURSDAY, TUNE 25, 1970 NUMBER 26
Some 70 children were enrolled In a community Vacation Bible School held at the Warren
ton Baptist Church last week, Monday through Friday, with Mrs. Janet Halthcock serving as
rL*|J_ I superintendent and the four churches of Warrenton participating. During the week children chose
tniioren Alien 0 missionaries having the same birthdays and had a birthday party. They also made a relief map
of Palestine, with flags indicating the places where Jesus traveled. Children shown with the
Rible School birthday cake, top picture, are left to right: Fran Tharrington, Lisa Paul, Louise Limer, Susan
Gardner, Michelle Ayscue, Laura Burrows, Jan Gardner, and Karen Coker. Children pictured
with the relief map of Palestine tre, left to right: front row?Phillip Powell, Davis Myrlck,
Gary Vaughan; back row?Claude Burrows, Pam Halthcock, Kathy Myrlck.
Defendant Faces Multiple Charges In District Court
A defendant In Warren Coun
ty District Court last Friday
who pled guilty to multiple
charges was given a suspend
ed sentence and placed on pro
bation.
Thomas Re id pled guilty to
three counts of public drunken
ness, three counts of dis
orderly conduct and three
counts of resisting arrest.
He was sentenced to nine months
and assigned to work under the
supervision of the Department
of Correction on each charge.
The sentence was suspended and
the defendant placed on pro
bation for three years with the
special condition that he pays
court costs on each charge.
Thomas Alexander, charged
with having no operator's lie
ense and with drunk driving,
was found not guilty.
Edward Junior Boone failed
to appear in court to answer
to a charge of illegal posses
sion of tax-paid, seal-broken
whiskey. A capias wis Issued
and bond was set at $50 for
his appearance at the July 3
term of District Court.
Elolse Daye failed to appear
in court to answer to a charge
of giving a worthless check.
Capias is to issue for defend
ant and she is to give bond
of $100 for her appearance at
the July 3 term of court. Supoena
to Issue for witness from Cen
tral Bank and Trust Company,
Butner.
Irvin B. Greenway pled guilty
to speeding 65 miles per hour
In a 55 mph zone. Prayer for
judgment was continued upon
payment of costs.
Helen Etheridge West pled
guilty to a charge of failing to
yield right-of-way. Prayer for
judgment was continued upon
payment of costs.
Jesse James Davis was sen
tenced to the roads for six
months when he was found guil
ty of an assault with a deadly
weapon. The sentence was
suspended for five years and
the defendant placed on proba
tion on the special conditions
that he remains gainfully em
ployed, refrain absolutely from
the use of Intoxicating bever
ages of any kind during the
period of probation and pays a
$25 fine and court costs.
The state took a nol pros with
leave In the case of Charles
A. Evans, charged with Impro
per fishing license.
Cora L. Thomas, charged
with having no operator's lic
ense, entered a plea of nolo
contendere. She was ordered to
pay a $25 fine and court costs.
John Williams Clark was or
dered to pay a $15 fine and court
costs when he was found guilty
of falling to have Inspection
certificate on trailer.
The state took a nol pros with
leave in the case of Howard
Mills, charged with Inadequate
support.
A case against Edward Als
ton, Jr., charged with exceed
ing a Eiie speed, was con
tinued to June 26.
A case against Thomas Ken
neth Hawkins, charged with
reckless driving, was continued
to June 26.
Crops And Land Uses
Certification Needed
Farm operators have four
days left to file certification of
crops and land uses, Thomas
E. Watson, County Executive
Director of the Warren County
ASCS Office, announced yester
day.
Farmers sl(ned up In the
White and Feed Grain Programs
those having an effective 1970
tobacco or cotton allotment need
to certify their crop acreage
by JUae SO, Wat mm said. This
crop tereiii most be f*port
ed even If there to tore acre
age planted.
Failure to report crop acre
age by the June 30 deadline wOl
result to toss of program pay
ments or price support.
Wat eon MM that at the time
crop cerUftoattooa are filed on
tobacco farms, farm operators
should be prepared to request
to writing toe number of 1870
tobacco marketing cards they
will need and the
j* IssSIil
pounds to be assigned to each
card.
"We urge farm operators to
visit the ASCS Office and fUe
their reports at once," Watson
said.
Rescue Squad To
Sell Stew And Xie
The Warren County Rescue
Squad will sponsor a Brunswick
stew and barbecue sale at
three locations In the county on
Stfurday, July 4, beginning at 10
i stew, which may be pur
I in plates or quarts, and
which may be
bought in pUtes or
will be
rtiuu
Census Check On Missed
Families Now In Proqress
On of the final steps In the
1970 census In rural and small
city areas of the Southern
States?a check by mallmeh?
Is now under way, according to
the U. S. Department of Com
merce's Bureau of the Census.
The 1970 census was taken by
two methods; by mall-out and
mail-back of questionnaires in
most major metropolitan areas
and by census takers in the
rest of the United states. The
latter procedure entailed the
mailing, out of questionnaires
sod subsequent visits by census
takers Who would pick up filled
in-formi or, lacking this, In
terview families while following
? house-to-hogee route.
Canvassing In the metropoll
chacking at
?i amnlrn? a
- * v r * "*p .
the mallout. A simUar
i is now being taken by mail
i following the vlsltsbyoea
sus takers.
This Is the procedure: When
census district offices complet
ed their preliminary counts,
they turned over to the post of
fice a set of white cards list
ing every address canvassed.
The mailman, In turn, check
these addresses against the
households on their routes. K
the mailman discovers what ha
considers a "missed" address
ha fills oat a blue card noting
this fact. The blue cards are
referred to the Census Bureau,
which will check them against
the oensus records.
The Census Bureau has found
from experience that aaany
households lor wMc* such
cards are MM 0* fen* at
Medicare
Costs To
Be lipped
Voluntary medical insurance
premiums older people pay for
Medicare will be increased by
$1.30 a month beginning July 1,
according to Nina H. Matthews,
district manager of the Durham
Social Security office.
The premium will be $5.30
a month for the 12-month period
that begins on July 1.
She said the present $4 pre- i
mium rate, set in December
of 1968, is too low to cover j
costs during the current pre- \
mlums period, and that the
special Medical Insurance ''
Trust Fund is now drawing on '
its reserves.
"About half the increase ?64
cents ? is needed just to fi- j
nance the program at the level !
of current operations," she I
said. "The other 66 cents of j
the $140 increase in the monthly |
rate will be needed f <>r the fol- i
lowing purposes:
? 26 cents, to cover an esti- !
mated increase in about 6per- I
cent in the level of physicians'
fees;
? about 12 cents to cover an
estimated increase of 2 per cent
in the utilization of services un
der the program;
? about 6 cents because the
$50 deductible which a patient
pays will be a smaller propor
tion of the total covered charg
es;
?the remaining 22 cents, to
provide a 4 percent margin
for contingencies.
"This margin is needed be
cause the estimates are based
upon minimum reasonable as
sumptions and because the
trust fund out of which
this program is financed will
be at alowlevel at the beginning
of the premium period on July
1," Mrs. Matthews explained.
The medical Insurance pro
gram supplements the basic
hospital insurance part of Medi
care by helping to pay doctor
bills and a variety of other
medical expenses in and out of
the hospital.
The premiums paid by people
65 and older who are enrolled
In the medical insurance part
of Medicare, cover half the cost
of their protection. The other
half comes out of general fed
eral revenues.
Lt. James Dunson, Jr.
Returns From Vietnam
Lieutenant James Dunson,
Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. James
Dunson, Sr., of Warrenton, re
turned home Monday after
completing a year's tour of duty
In Vietnam. He served with the
199th Light Infantry Brigade
(Sep.) (Light).
He served as Platoon Leader
for eight months and Executive
Officer for four months and will
be made Captain in August.
He has won the following
citations: Bronze Star with V
Device ai:d 2 Oak Leaf Clus
ters, Air Medal, Army Com
modations Medal with V De
vice.
Bottles And Jars
To Be Re-melted
ANN ARBOR, MICH - Toting
old bottles and Jars in boxes,
clothing hampers, baskets and
children's wagons, Ann Arbor
residents have turned In 65 tons
of waste glass destined to be
melted down for reuse rather
than becoming litter.
The two-day collection ex
periment was sponsored by
Owens-Illinois, lie., a glass
making company and a citizens'
antl-pollutlon group, Environ
ment Action for Survival
0ENACT).
Owens-IIllnols paid a penny
per pound for the discarded
glass, which was separated Into
containers?one tor green, one
lor amber, one of clear.
As the ecQection canter
closed Wednesday night, two
semitrailer tracks prepared to
haul the glass to U? firm's
plant in Charlotte, Mich.
A ^oUawaan tor KM ACT,
m
fri?.
of five Dottles
more than half a
mm gathered
In Tentative Budget
Warren County Tax
Rate Remains At $1.50
Ambulance Charges Are
Set By Commissioners
A flat charge of $10 will be
made by (he county for ambu
lance services within the coun
ty, the board of county com
missioners decided in a called
meeting on Monday night.
A charge of 40? a mile, one
way, will be made for ambu
lance service outside the coun
ty, the board decided.
Meeting with the commis
sioners was Roy Lee Harmon,
operator of Warren County's
ambulance.
The commissioners discuss
ed the advisability of having free
ambulance service within the
county, but following a discus
sion with Harmon came to the
conclusion that free service
could lead to abuses.
The commissioners also de
cided to increase the liability
insurance on county vehicles.
The personal liability maximum
was raised from $100,000 to
$300,000 after it was pointed
out that in the case of the
ambulance that the coverage
was hardly sufficient in the
case of Injuries to multiple pat
ients.
Three Persons Injured In
Wreck Here Sunday
Three persons were Injured
and two cars badly damaged
In a wreck at the corner of
Church and Bragg Street
at 12:01 p. m. Sunday.
Involved in the wreck was
Mrs. Tim P. Thompson, an em
ployee of the Warrenton Post
office and Arthur demon Kear
ney, a 17-year-old boy.
Mrs. Thompson and Cheyenne
Kearney, a passenger in the
Kearney car, were treated at
Warren General Hospital and
released. Arthur demon Kear
ney, driver of one of the cars,
suffered leg and back injuries
and remained at the hospital.
Mrs. Thompson's injuries were
not listed. Cheyenne Kearney
suffered head lacerations and a
bruised lip. A second passen
ger, not Identified by the In
vestigating officer, was not
hurt.
According to Warrenton
Police Chief Grady Haynes, Jr.,
who Investigated the accident,
the 1964 Oldsmobile was pro
ceeding west on Church Street
NEAL
Neal To Preach At
Baptist Church
Dudley Neal, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Clinton Neal of Warren
ton, who recently graduated
from Campbell College, Bules
Creek, will be guest minister
at the Warrenton Baptist Church
on Sunday morning, June 28, at
11 o'clock.
Revival To Be Held
At Reedy Creek
Homecoming services will be
held at Reedy Creek Baptist
Church on Sunday, June II,
and will be followed by revival
services beginning on Monday
night at 7:30 o'clock, choirs
from other churches will pro
vide music each night.
The Rev. Tom Greene at
Raleigh, brother of the pastor
at Reedy Creek, will be the
guest mlnUter. The pMbUc la
Invited.
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1 'N W
Mrs.
and while crossing Bragg Street
was struck on right fender by a
1969 Ford driven by Kearney
and owned by Fannie Alston
Kearney. The force of the
impact drove the Thompson car
into a fire hydrant back of
Colonial Lodge some 40 feet
away.
Haynes said that Mrs.
Thompson's view was block
ed by parked cars along both
streets but she failed to stop at
a stop sign. He quoted Kearney
as saying that he was driving
about 35 miles per hour when
he saw the Thompson car and
as he attempted to put on brak
es his foot struck the accelera
tor.
Mrs. Thompson was charged
with failing to yield right-of
way. Kearney was charged with
traveling at a speed greater
than reasonable and prudent un
der existing conditions.
Haynes estimated damage
to Mrs. Thompson's car at $325
and damage to the Kearney car
at $850.
MULCHI
Dr. Mulchi Accepts
Position With UM
Dr. Charles Le? Mulchi, son
of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Mulchi,
Jr., of Norllna, has recently
accepted a research position
with the University of Mary
land at College Park, Md. His
study will Involve a study of the
effects of atmospheric pollution
on tobacco and otter crops.
Dr. Mulchi recently com
pleted the requirements for the
Ph. D. degree at North Carolina
State University at Raleigh. He
received his B. S. and M. S.
In 1964 and 1666, respectively,
at NCSU. He has been employ
ed In the pgiunal of Sou
Sciences as Utnetor of Ml*
Plaat Relatione and Biochemis
try since 1066. His research,
which vu flnaaced by a cooper
ative grant from
Involved a atndy at the <
KmlroMaete .
at
Dr. Mtfcfcl U marrtad totte
Warren County's tax rate for
1970-71 will remain at Sl.r.o
per $100 valuation uncler a ten
tative budget adopted by the
Board of Cojnty CommisMuti
ers or last Thursday night.
The tentative budget, which
must lie open tor 20 days be
fore adoption, is on til" .it
the office ot J. H. Hundley,
elcrk of the board, for pub
lic Inspection.
The tentative budget calls lor
a total levy of $886,y0:j.03,
of this amount $508,733.11 1st"
be raised by taxation.
The biggest item in the bud
get is for schools, calling for
total appropriation for current
expenses in the amount of $220,
714.96 and $57,028.50 for
capital outlay.
Another big tax bite is
for general expenses in the
amount of $217,018.51, includ
ing funds for the tax collec
tor, the county attorney, board
of county commissioners, court
house and grounds, coroner,
elections, jail, Register of
Deeds, Sheriff's office, tax list
ing and assessing, special ap
propriation, plus miscellaneous
items in the amount of $30,
978.26.
Of the general fund amount
only $54,818.51 is to be raised
by taxation. The lemainder is
derived from the dog tax, de
llquern tax collections and pen
alties, Intangible tax, state wine
and beer tax, schedule B
license, clerk of court office
fees, register of deeds office
fees, process fees, ABC Board
profits, ABC Board law en
forcement, miscellaneous re
venue and a $35,000 transfer
from surplus.
Other county agencies for
which money Is appropriated in
the budget, with the total given
first and the amount to be rais
ed by taxes following, are:
County accountant, $14,870,
$10,970; farm agent, $19,
326.52, $13,326.52; home dem
onstration agent, $7,259.04,
$6,419.04; public health, $26,
600, $24,200; poor fund, $1,
000.00; aid to blind, $6,887,
$1,687; aid to aged grants, $26,
827, $6,116;
AFDC grants, $51,357, $22,
549; AD grants, $18,743, $8,453;
Medicaid grants, $32,061, $30,
861; Social Service adminls
tratlye expense, $86,018, $28,
968; Veteran service officer,
$5,600.04, $4,200.04; ambu
lance service, $10,260, $6,260;
court house, $7,000, $2,810;
hospital maintenance, $30,000,
$26,800; Industrial develop
ment, $18,300, $17,100; debt
service, $30,035, $27,735.
Miss Hardy Leaves
For European Tour
Miss Ann Wood Hardy, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick
Hardy, will leave from Colum
bia, S. C., on June 27 for
six weeks in Europe with the
American Institute of Foreign
Study. She will travel with a
group of seven students from
Columbia and Aiken, S. C.,with
Miss Marilyn Morgan of Co
lumbia as their chaperone.
They will fly by Jet from
Kennedy Airport In New York
to Gatwlck Airport in London,
where they will spend three
days. From there, they will
cross the channel to France and
spend several days in Paris.
From Paris, they will go to
Grenoble, France, site of
Grenoble University, where
they will have four weeks of
study. Grenoble served as the
site of the IMS winter Olym
pics. Tta* university, which
was founded In 1885, Is on*
of the oldest and most famous
la all Bvrapa. While there, they
will have a oafcautl trip to
the RlUggjfe and a short visit
At the