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<^J2wl Oonjp. CiJlip JSarrrn Strrnrft VOLUME 74 Subscription: $3.00 A Year; $4.00 Out Of State, 10* Per Copy WARRENTON, COUNTY OF WARREN, N. C. THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 3 1970 NUMBER 36 Amos L. Capps, chairman of the Warren County Board of Commissioners, presents a check for $2500 from the county to Mrs. Lillian Robinson of Littleton, right, chairman of the Nathaniel Macon Home Restoration Committee. Also shown in the picture Is Mrs. James P. Beckwith, president of the Warren County Historical Society. Mrs. Robinson said the contri bution made it possible to begin restoration on the corn crib at the Macon homeplace this fall. She said thai additional contributions continue to be necessary to complete the project. All interested persons are urged to send their contributions to Mrs. Robinson at Littleton. Buck Springs Is Nominated For Inclusion In Historical Homes RALEIGH ? Buck Springs, the home of Nathaniel Macon located near Vaughan in War ren County, has been nominated by the State Department of Arch ives and History for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places. The nomina tion was submitted to the De partment of the Interior by Dr. H. G. Jones, North Caro lina's liaison officer for his toric preservation. A nationally prominent poli tician whom Thomas Jefferson referred to as "the last of the Romans," Nathaniel Macon re presented North Carolina in both the House and the Senate and served as both speaker and president pro tempore. In the 1852 election he re ceived twenty-four electoral votes for vice-president. The site of his plantation Is now owned by Warren County, which Is working with the War ren County Historical Society on plans for the restoration of Buck Springs. One benefit of being listed on the register is protection of the site from al teration or destruction by pro jects funded in whole or In part by Federal funds. If entry on the register is approved for Buck Spring, official announce ment will be made through the State's congressional delega tion. John Graham To Play Davie Here In Opener; Norlina To Travel To Gaston By LEW HEGF. John Graham's Yellowjack ets and Norllna's Blue Waves open their football seasons Fri day night with both teams play ing Roanoke Conference games. John Graham will be at home against Northwest and Norlina will be on the road at Gaston. Kickoff time for both encount ers is 8 p. m. Coach Harvey Brooks will have his smallest squad at John Graham this season and will depend heavily on star half back A1 Cooper and veteran tail back A1 Floyd to motivate the Yellow Jackets. His squad Is composed of 19 white boys, an Indian boy and a colored boy. Center Jim Elam has a pull ed muscle in his hip and Ma con Robertson stuck a pitch fork through his foot Saturday. It is not certain that either will be able to play Friday night, but it is likely that Coach Brooks will have at least 18 boys ready to go at kickoff time. John Graham suffered heavy losses via the graduation route and finding a replace ment of All-East fullback Leon Edmonds will be difficult. Dwlght Davis, a defensive player, has been switched to fullback and is showing prom Boys Interested In JV Football lo Report All boys in grades 7, 8 and 9 who are interested in playing Junior varsity football are ask ed to meet with Coach John Coleman on Friday, Sept. 4, at 4 p. m. In front of the gym at Hawkins Junior High School In Warrenton. ise. He is tall, heavy and the fastest man on the squad In a straight run. Warrenton also lost some outstanding linesmen including McCoin Brown and Bill Young. Returning are center Jim Elam and guard Larry Short. As usual Coach Brooks has his squad in top physical condition and well versed, but the Yel low Jackets are small and new in number aift injuries could make the season a long one. Northwest, formerly William R. Davie, Aurelian Springs, Mc Iver, and Chalonger, returns halfback Cornelius Young, and Reggie Edwards and Charlie Perry, tackles Jimmy Godwin and Gary Ogburn, guards Bobby Walker and center David Con well. If the yellow Jackets can avoid injuries they will be tough. Coach Brooks says that he is confident that his boys will give a good account of themselves. Coach Robert Price, the Dean of Roanoke mentors, Is begin ning his 21st season at the helm of Blue Wave football. This should be better than the 20th year when the Waves went 0-9. There is more experience, more ability, more spirit, and best of all, a new offense In the Norllna camp. Offensive coach Bill Fuller has install ed Woody Hayes' Ohio State "rip formation." Probable starters for the Blue Waves are Waverly White at quarterback, big Larry Chavls at fullback, Francis Alston at tailback, and either James Hunt or Jeff Egerton at wingback. At the ends will be senior Donald Wlmbrow and either Leroy Moss or Garry Egerton. David Brantley will start at center, and veteran Jimmy Barrett will start at guard. Bobby Martin will open at one tackle. The other two positions are still uncertain. Gaston's Rebels were worked very hard In pre-season drills, possibly too hard. Frankllnton paid Gaston a visit last Fri day night and swamped the Rebels 20-0. This game will (See FOOTBALL, page 9) Booster Tickets </ Are Now On Sale Season tickets for all three sports at John Graham High School went on sale last Friday morning following a meeting of the JOhn Graham Boosters Club at the school library on Friday night. President Eddie Clayton pre sided over the meeting attended by some dozen members and highlighted by a talk by Coach Harvey Brooks. Brooks said that the team had more speed than last year's team and the boys are showing a great deal of promise. The handicap facing the school Is the small number of boys on the squad. The squad la composed of only 20 players, 18 white boys, one black boy and one Indian. As a result there are not enough boys on the squad for a scrimmage. The oeach explained that usually boys In the ninth grade fill the gap of those graduating from the squad, but this year the ninth grade has beon trans ferred to John Hawkins school. Hawkins will have a Junior var sity team, which should help John Graham In the years ahead, but It makes It tough on this year's squad, he said. However, Brooks said he Is optimistic. "We have a bunch of Rood boys, and If we don't suffer Injuries and receive the full backing of the patrons, we will have a good season," he concluded. Following Brook's brief re marks, plans for sals at boos ter tickets under the direc tion of Chairman H. V. Massen glll were discussed end tickets ware distributed to the Boos ters present tor sale. MassengUl said that the mini mum goal tor ticket sale this year is 250. Retail Sales Show Gain In Warren Retail sales In Warren Coun ty climbed over a million dol lars during the past fiscal year, according to a release from the North Carolina De partment of Revenue. The Increase In sales raised Warren County from 17th place to 20th place in the state. Total retail sales In the coun ty In 1969-70 were $17,300,802, compared to $16,258,843 in 1968- 69, a gain of $1,041,959. During the year there was a loss of $20,265 In 1% re tall sales, from $283,461 to $263,196; and a drop of $76,580 In 1 1/2 % auto and planes, from $907,463 to $830,883. A gain was shown In all other categories. More money was spent In Warren County retail establish ments for food than for any other Items, followed closely by automotive. These two cate gories were also responsi ble for the largest gains in sales, for a total gain of $589,914. Food sales In 1969-70 were $5,333,048 compared with $5,037,292 In 1968-69, up $295,736. Automotive sales showed a gain of $294,160 from 1968-69 to 1969-70 from $4,840,248 to $5,134,408. Other categories in which gains were registered are list ed below with the 1968-69 figures being given first, fol lowed by 1969-70 figures and gains: Furniture - $801,985, $875, 777, $73,892; general mer chandise ? $3,183,530, $3, 462,238, $278,708; building ma terials - $464,062, $490,327, $56,265; unclassified ? $648, 059, $809,848, $161,789. Hanson Youth Is Drowned While Swimming At Lake A swimmer In the Bullocks vllle Park area of Kerr Lake was a drowning victim at two o'clock Saturday afternoon. Authorities Identified the victim as Charlie David Fields, of Route 1, Man son, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie C. Fields also of the Route 1, Man son address. Information was that the tragedy occurred on the youth's 20th birthday. He was said to have been a veteran of U. S. army service and had been re leased from military duty ear lier this month. The body was recovered by members of the Vance County Rescue Squad about 45 minutes after the squad responded to the call for assistance at the scene Officials pointed out that the youth was found in some ten feet of water approximately 100 feet from shore. In swimming alone at the time, Fields apparently had at tempted to swim across a cove at Bullocksvllle when he went under, squad members explain ed. Fields was born in Warren County on Aug. 29, 1950, and was In the U. S. Army from April 26, 1970 to Aug. 11. Funeral services were held Wednesday at 2 p. m. at Mount Pleasant Baptist Church by the Rev. L. R. McKnlghL Burial was In the church cemetery with full military rites. Surviving are his parents, Charlie C. and Annie G. Durham Fields; three sisters, Misses Jeanette Fields of Richmond, Va., Mary L. Fields of Wash ington, D. C? and Margaret Fields of the home; one bro ther, phlllp Fields of the home; and his maternal grandparents, John and Fannie Paschall Dur Mvsical To Be Givee The Christian Folk Musical, "Tell R Like It Is," will be presented at the Warrenton Baptist Church on Main Street on Sunday, Sept. 8, at ? p. m., by the combined youth of West end and North Henderson Bap tist Churches of Henderson. The Bev. L. Mack Thompson, minister of the church, said th* the purpose of the musical Is to oonvey the Christian message in modern and rvlevwt terms. He said that both youths and adults <* community are Invited to Classes To Start Tuesday School Officials Optimistic Over Outlook For New Year With new programs added and faculties strengthened, Warren County school officials are ex tremely optimistic over the school program for the 1970-71 school year. Regular classes will begin on next Tuesday morning, Sept. 8. Teachers will report for duty today (Thursday) and on Friday students will register for class es. For the first time John Gra ham High School will operate as a senior high school. The ninth grade has been trans ferred from John Graham to Hawkins which will beoperal ed as a junior high school with grades seven, eight and nine. Also added at John Graham is a carpentry program to be taught by William Harrell of Durham. For the first time a No Sales Next Week Tobacco Averages $73.83 Here As Market Opens The Warrenton Tobacco Mar ket opened on Tuesday with an official average of $73.83, $1.71 above the average paid on opening day last year. L. O. Robertson, Jr., sales supervisor, said the market sold 270,554 pounds of to bacco for $200,025.28 Tuesday with blocked sales. For this week only the mar ket will be opened on Friday. There will be no sales next week due to a tobacco holiday declared on Tuesday night. Robertson said that only a fraction of the crop went into Stabilization and that farmers generally seemed to be pleas ed with sales. He said that prices reach ed $82 with most good tobacco ranging from $77 to $79. Non descript tobacco sold parti cularly good, Robertson said. Robertson described the quality tobacco offered on open ing day as generally good. Announcement that flue-cur ed tobacco In all operating belts will be suspended for all next week was made by the industry wide Flue-Cured Tobacco Mar keting Committee at Raleigh on j Tuesday night. This will be the I first week-long sales holiday I since Sept. 1967. Sales were suspended to give ! buying companies an oppor i tunity to remove leaf from warehouse floors and catch up In | their processing operations. An 11-man subcommittee recommended the action after hearing reports that several buying firms have had diffi culty finding labor to remove purchased tobacco from ware house floors. Some compan ies also reported their re drying facilities were glutted and they needed time to take care of a backload of leaf accumulation in their plants. Transportation problems also have plagued the Indus try in many areas, spokesman said. "Nobody wants a holiday, but some companies will be forced to withdraw from the markets unless they are granted relief," satd Howard B. Cone of Uni versal Leaf Tobacco Co., Rich mond, Va., vice chairman of the industry committee. David H. Sloan, president of the South Carolina Farm Bu reau and chairman of the subcommittee, said the goal of the industry group is to provide maximum buying com petition for the farmeron v."ery market. "We've sold about 30 miLion pounds more tobacco this season than in the same num ber of sJes days last year," Sloan reported, to the full com mittee after a lengthy session of his subcommittee. Cone pointed out that pur chases of the 1970 crop have not been as evenly dis tributed among the buying companies as in 1969. This he said, has aggravated the congestion problem for com panies that have bought he avi ly. Another factor in the situa tion, Cone said, is the lateness of the crop in most areas. Rains In July caused the crop to renew Its growth and com pletion of harvest has been de layed beyond usual dates. The need for harvest labor on the farm, it was said, has made it more difficult for warehouses and buying firms to employ the workers they need. Warren County Township Census Report TOWNSHIP 1950 1 960 1 950-60 loss 1970 Fishing Creek 1683 1438 1960-70 loss 245 1186 252 Fork 1?98 838 260 558 280 Hawtree 2152 1821 331 1478 343 Judklns 1800 1319 481 887 432 Nutbush 2215 1925 290 1396 529 Rlver 1774 1418 356 1120 298 Roanoke 277 197 80 175 22 Sandy Creek 1915 1441 474 998 443 Shoe CO 1200 950 250 693 257 Slxpound 1480 997 483 678 319 Smith Creek 2439 2281 158 2020 261 Warrenton 5503 5036 469 4103 933 TOTAL 23,538 19,661 3877 15,292 4369 All Townships Show Population Loss All 12 townships of Warren County showed a drop in popu lation from 1960 to 1970 accord ing to preliminary 1970 census reports made available to this newspaper this week by Con gressman L. H. Fountain. The greatest drop in popula tion on a per capita basis was War rent on Township, from 5036 to 4,103, adecrease of 933. The smallest loss on a per capita basis was in Roanoke Township, the smallest town ship tn the county. Roanoke's population in 1960 was 197 and In 1970 It is 175, a drop of 22. The greatest loss on a per centage basis was in Shocco Township, from 836 to 558, a drop o<280or 38%. The smallest decline on a percentage basis was in Smith Creak, from 2281 to 2020, a drop of 261 or 12 minus par cant, followed by Roanoke with 11 plus par cent. The trend of population de cline in the townships from I960 to 1970 followed the de cline from 1980 to I960. Warren County's population decline In the towMtitpa from 1960 to 1970 followed the de cline from 1980 to 1980. Warren County's population decline was the largest in the state from 1960 to 1970 on a percentage basis, when the county suffered a loss of 4369, its greatest loss. In the per iod from 1950 to 1960 the county lost 3877 persons, for a total loss in the 20-year period 8,246. The population and loss in each township during the two decades are shown In the above table. The 1970 population of Nor llna was given at 921, a loss of 6 during the decade. War renton's 1970 population was given at 1046, a drop of 78. Macon lost 16 persons, from 187 to 171. Only the population of that part of Littleton lying in War ren County was given In the fig ures supplied by Congressman Fountain. The Warren total Is 449. In I960 Littleton's popu lation to both Warrentoo and Halifax Counties was 1034. Farmers Told Of Process Farmers were reminded this week of a very Important part of the election process tor Afrl cultural Stabilization and Con servation (ASC) Community Committeemen, especially where ballots are mailed in to the ASCS county office, k War ren County, the deadllae for re turning ballots In the commun ity election Is September 11. W. S. Smiley, Chairman, ASC County Committee, points out that two amlom have boeo mailed with the btflote sent to all eligible voters aI record in the county offloo. One < 1* plain, and the other has a statement printed on the back which the farmer needs to sign. A witnessed mark will also qualify aa a signature. Voters should vote for three or leas nominees and seal the ballot Inside the plan en velope; voters are I not to eadoa terlal. Alao, voters j lull-time driver's education I teacher will t>e at both John 1 Graham and Norlina. This | course was divided between j Norlina and John Graham. Ben i F. Howard will teach this course ' at John Graham and will also I assist as a football coach. "1 Dempsey Davis will teach the \ course at Norlina. Another course added at John Graham is Drafting, to be taught j by Gilbert Blaylock. j Special reading programs have been added in most schools, Supt. Peeler said. Reading classes, taught at SofifTi "Warren last year, have been added at Mariam Boyd and North Warren. In these classes groups of four and five will be given special help in reading. Full time choral music teach ers will be employed at John Graham, Norlina and Hawkins and for the first time certi fied music teachers will teach in all the elementary schools. These teachers are Miss Vir ginia Williams at Mariam Boyd, Miss Delores Graham at Vaugh uji and Littleton, Mrs. Con nie Davis at South Warren and Northside, and Miss Yo landa Williams at North War ren. In addition, for the second year, Joel Towns will teach Instrumental music at Hawkins. Special programs In English for slow learners will be taught In all high schools. Two of the additions expect ed to strength the school are special teachers for the educable retarded and special teachers to reduce the num ber of pupils in the first grades. The school system has em ployed seven teachers to In struct the educable mentally retarded, and a new system of teaching adopted. These chil dren will be grouped with regu lar school classes and with drawn during the day for spec ial instruction. Additional first grade teach ers have been employed and it is expected that no more than 22 pupils will be in any first grade class. Peeler said that much study has been going on during the summer months and that this year students would be grouped according to learning ability. He said that It would not be known until school opens how many pupils would be enrolled. He said that a number of pupils who transferred to Halifax County last year had returned to Warren County schools and 27 students at Warren Academy have returned to county schools. He said he did not know how many students who attended school in Vance County last year would return to Warren Coun ty schools. Peeler said that testing results from last year had been encouraging and that he would elaborate on this in a special article in the near future. He said that a change in the attitude of the public to the schools was also en couraging. With a year of full Integra tion behind them, with a fine summer program, with many new courses to be offered, Peel er said that he is extremely optimistic over the outlook tor the 1970-71 school year. Friday OriaaMtea Day At Mm Graham Friday, Sept. 4, will be orien ts* ion day for the studeaU at tending John Graham High School this (all. The rtadMts will be at school on this day from 8:30 uatll 11,SO a. m. School buses wfil run on ap proxlmatoly the
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