Harmt Smtrft VOLUME 74 Sub«cription: $3.00 A Year; $4.00 Out Of Stole, lOf Per Copy f ARRENTON, COUNTY OF WARREN, N. C. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1970 NUMBER 46 Trustees Chairman Soys Warren General Hospital To Be Operated Normally . Sugar Maple Trees To Be Planted On Streets Sugar maple trees will be planted In the business section of War ronton to replace trees recently cut down, it was learned on Monday night at the regular meeting of the town commissioners. The commissioners agreed to rant a trip hammer and have town employees cut 4x4ft. holes In the pavement In order thai the nurseryman might plant the trees within the next few weeks. Action of the board was taken after a delegation of the Planning Board appeared to request the town's cooperation. Mrs. John Mitchell, who acted as spokesman for the group, said that Mr. Copeland of Apex Nurseries offered the town a "wonderful" deal. She said he agreed to piant the trees, mulch them with peat moss and woods mold, protect them with wire, and guarantees that the trees would live. She said that 19 trees would be planted. Mrs. Mitchell was accompanied to the meeting by Mr. Mitchell, Mrs. Claude Bowers and Mrs. Clyde Rod well. Stearin Funeral HiM On Monday Funeral service a for Earlie Wake Shear In, 60, of Warren Plains were held at 3 p. m. Monday at B1 ay lock Funeral Chapel by the Rev. Ted Fuson and the Rev. Richard Parsons. Burial was In the Warren Plains Methodist Church Cemetery. Mr. Shear in, retired supervisor of the Warren County school bus garage tor 39 years, died on Saturday. The son of the late Jesse Vance and Ellen Wemyss Shear In, Mr. Shearln was born in Warren County near Littleton In 1904. He was a member erf the Warren Plains Methodist Church. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Mary Hester Shear in; a daughter, Mrs. Judith Clark erf Warreoton; six sisters, Mrs. S. G. Moretz of Atlanta, Ga., Mrs. Gladys Stansbury of Littleton, Mrs. R. G. Moseley and Mrs. Belle S. Bright of Warrenton, Mrs. John Woodard of Picayune, Miss., and Mrs. Ben Allen of Henderson; six brothers, Jack ad Woodrow of Norllna, Wilbur (poc) of Warrenton, Graver r. ■OMMl, chairman of the i, yesterday having artilike to donate tor the auction sale to bring it to the academy any time Saturona at the tollow War ronton - Mrs. Jack Harris; Nor llna - Mrs. Leigh Traylorj Littleton - Tommy Clark; Drewry • Mrs. Vernon Wtaltmorej Wise- Mrs. Harry Leete; Vaughan - Mrs. Tolly Harris; Areola - Mrs. Melvtn Shearln; Macon-Robert St. Sin© Vlcksboro Mrs. Sidney Fleming; Rldgeway - Mrs. Gus Me, Jr.; Inez - Mrs. Billy Davis; Afton - Henry Rooter. A list of the kings and queens by grades waa releaaed by Head Master Fleming as follow Orate 1 • Leon Short and Teresa Hstthcock. Orate t • Tim Cants and Mttk Csrtts. Grate 3 - Larry Robertson and Lisa Dlckeraoo. Grate 4- Allen Hawks and Doaaa ftegall Grate 5 - victor Coleman and Jill Wemyss. CUrada • - Chip Cjpps and Stella Povatt. , Grate 7- DavM Jackson sad Pai Haithcock. Grate • - Glena Catemn and Ann Parrar. Grade 9 - Barry Shlalda and The Warren General Hospital will continue to operate In a normal manner without Interruption, and patients will be treated to the extent of Its facilities and personnel, Elmer W Harris, chairman of the board of trustees of the hospital, said yesterday. In Issuing a statement concerning the continued service of the hospital, Harris said that he wished to correct any misunderstanding which may have arisen from news releases made Nov. 4, concerning the operation of the hospital. A headline In The Warren Record last Thursday said that "Dr. Bunch Says No More Patients To Be Admitted to Warren General Hospital." The headline and the article were in error in that they should have^ referred to patients to be admitted by Dr. Bunch. Harris said that the discontinuance of services at the hospital pertain only to Dr. Charles Bunch as defined in his statements. New Members Added To Hospital Board Ten new members were elected to the Board of Trustees of Warren General Hospital by the County Commissioners In an adjourned meeting on Monday night. The meeting was called to complete unfinished business of the Nov. 5 regular meeting atttp board. Aj*»lflted as trustees were Gordon Llmer to replace Joe Andrews; T. P. Hicks to replace Clyde Edwards; Herbert Richardson to replace Jack Harris; Joe Rlggan to replace G. W. King, and Sam Moore to replace Robert P. Thome. Trustees reappointed were Wilbur Davis, Charles Fleming, Ellis Fleming, L. B. Henderson and James Y. Kerr. The board also appointed five members, subject to their acceptance, to the County Bicentennial Committee to work with the State Bicentennial Commission. They were Mrs. Lillian M. Robinson of Littleton as chairman; Mrs. Leigh Traylor of Norllna, and Mrs. John H. Kerr, Jr., Mrs. PantheaTwltty and Whit Peoples, all of Warrantor Board Seeks Funds For Hunter Memorial The Warren General Hospital Board of Trustees Is seeking funds tor a painting of the late Dr. Frank Patterson Hunter to be hung In the hospital lobby and tor the furnishing of an ultra modern room In his honor, Hal W. Connell announced yesterday. The room Is to be fitted with an electric bed. Connell said that friends wishing to make contributions for this purpose may mall their checks to the War ran General Hospital. Only Five Cases Tried la District Court Only five cases were disposed la an unusually 1IgU session of Warren Ooiaky District Court last Friday. Charles Cheek was sentenced to the roads for eight moaths when he pled guilty to carrying a concealed waapoe, public drunkenness and resisting arrest. Hitherl Karl Csaey, charged wtth careless and reckless driving, entered a plea of nolo contendere. He was ordered to pay a $25 fine end court ooats. John Francis Jennings was ordered to pay a |t0 fine and court ooats when he pled goaty to speeding 55 miles per hour iaatS apt tone. Lee Fraster Carroll, charged wtth driving at a apeed greater than reasonable under exist Zone Change Is Ordered By Board Upon recommendation of the Warren County Planning Board, the Board of County Commissioners last Thursday authorized the rezonlng of a parcel of real estate In River Township on Gaston Lake from "residential" to "Lakeside Tent or Trailer Camp District." Action of the commissioners came after a public hearing in the court room at 3 o'clock attended by only the commissioners, members of the Planning Board, property owners immediately concerned, and their attorney, County Attorney Jim Llmer, Frank W. Reams who presided over the hearing and members of the press. There was no opposition to the re zoning. Llmer called the meeting to order, stated Its purpose, and asked for a vote on re zoning the real estate as requested by the Planning Board. Six persons voted In favor of the rezonlng and none against. Present at the hearing, In addition to the commissioners, Attorney Jim Llmer and Frank W. Reams, director of the Warren County Industrial Commission, were Marvin Newsom, chairman of the Planning Board and Jack Harris, secretary; John T. Nelson, Sr., of Chesapeake, Va., and Gilbert Light of Portsmouth, Va., developers of the trailer camp, and their attorney, Charles Johnson; and Blgnall Jones, representing The Warren Record and Mrs. Dorothy Stansbury, representing the Littleton Observer. The rezonlng was to permit the construction of an 80-acre trailer and tent camp area on Gaston Lake by John T. Nelson, Sr. The prospectus for the family camp ground calls for the use of approximately SO acres of land In River Township, adjacent to Gaston Lake, fronting 4000 feet on the lake and adjoining State Road No. 1354. A description of the property, read at the public hearing, Is as follows: Bounded on the east by State Road No. 1354 and property of R. B. King and Esther L. King; on the south by the center line of an old abandoned road leading to Lake Gaston from State Road No. 1354, property of R. B. King and Esther L. King and property of Fred Owens and others; on the west by Lake Gaston; and on the north by property of Continental Can Company and being Tract No. 1 of the property described In a deed to John T. Nelson, Sr., from Betsy T. Medlln et vir, dated Sept. I, 1970, recorded In Book 243, page 154 Warren County Registry. Nelson said following the hearing that plans for the development are practically completed aid that construction Is expected'to be started by the first of the new year. The property is primarily wooded in pine, with some 70 acres wooded and 10 acres In Q9m BOARD, page 2) —————— Young Hearts To Sing At ft. Mount PigeMt Tte "Young Hearts" oTWarrenton will be the featured entertainment at tha "Mis* Rocky Mount Pageant'' on Saturday night, Mrs. W. Monro* Gardner announced yesterday. Ahhaagh the "YonngHearts" are separated by miles because of locations at their schools daring the week, they continue to get together to render their sought after melodies, Mrs. Gardner said. Miss Jennifer Taylor Is stedylng to be a dental asalstmt in Ooldstoro at the Wayne Technical School. Misses Janet Gardner and Myra Johnson are in school at tha Cast Carolina University In Oreenville, and Miss Lisa Coleman to studying at St. Mary's College to Raleigh. The group win atog several groups at songs which will Include such favorites as "Jean," "MM River," "Love Me With All Tour Heart," "Mam," "I Believe," end **Ufc Op end Away.'* They will be accompanied by Mra. Nellie B. Gardner at the piano. 1*» poblic is Invited to attend. By Order Of Board Warrenton District Schools To Be Closed 'Indefinitely' Sunday Sales Of Beer Okehed By Commissioners Sunday sale of beer for offpremises consumption In all sections of the county not embraced In corporate municipalities except during church hours was approved by the Board of Warren County Commissioners at their regular meeting on last Thursday. The resolution authorizing Sunday sale of beer reads as follows: "Resolved that the sale of beer for off premises consumption shall be permitted in Warren County In all areas of said county not embraced In the corporate limits of any other municipalities therein, on each Sunday between the hours of 7:30 and 9 a. m. and between the hours of 12:01 p. m. and 11:45 p. m. "Further resolved that this resolution shall become effective on this the date of its adoption." The motion was Introduced by Commissioner A. J. Ellington and seconded by Commissioner John A. Wilson. Commissioners Richard R, Davis, Robert P. Thorne and Chairman Amos L. Capps said that they would abstain from voting. This raised a question as whether the vote of only two commissioners could result In the passage of a motion and they asked for a ruling by County Attorney Jim Llmer. Limer said he was of the opinion that It could because the motion could be passed because It received the vote of a majority of the commissioners voting. He said that he wished to consult the office of the State Attorney General before maklngarullng. Some 20 minutes later Llmer returned to the commissioners room and told the commissioners that he had been right In his opinion but that certain steps would have to be taken before the action of the board became official. He said that the board would first have to pass an order permitting the three commissioners to abstain from voting. Motions were then Introduced and passed, but the matter did -aot end there. . Chairman Amos Capps, who said that he was strongly opposed to Sunday sales of beer, appealed to Commissioner Robert P. Thorne not to abstain from voting but to vote against the proposal. Attorney Llmer ruled that the board had only granted the three commissioners the right to abstain and had not said that they must abstain. Thereupon, Commissioner Thorne voted against the proposal as did Chairman Capps, making It, two to two. The tie was broken by Commissioner Richard R. Davis, who said that he would have preferred to abstain from voting, but under the circumstances he would vote for the proposal. In making the motion for Sunday sale of beer, Commissioner Ellington said he did not favor Sunday sale of beer, but that he was introducing the proposal in fairness to merchants who lived without the corporate limits of Macon and Vaughan where such sales are permitted. He asked that The Warren Record state his position. Commissioner John Wilson said that he supported the proposal because he wished to be fair to country merchants. Commissioner Davis said thai he did not think it was fair to oointry merchants to forbid their selling beer on Sunday when It was being sold in the towns. Commissioners Thome •aid he did not approve Sunday beer sales and Chairman Capps said he would do all In his power to stop such sales In the county. STEW SALE Jerusalem Methodist Church will VODMr a Brunswick Stew sale, Taesday, Nov. 17, at the home at Mr. and Mrs. Van Coleman. The stew will be ready to sell at noon at $1.00 a quart If customer furnishes container, otherwise $1.15. Proceeds will go to benefit the Warrenton District Schools, ordered closed by order of the Board of Education on Sunday, will remain closed Indefinitely, the board ordered at a second meeting held on Tuesday night. The schools were ordered closed on Sunday after the Board of Education had learned that plans were being made to disrupt the operation of John Graham High School, it was learned yesterday at the office of the Superintendent of Schools. Supt. Peeler said that In view of the fact that there had never been an incident in any Warren County schools, the board felt that it would be better to close the schools than to have them disrupted and to have students and parents worried about their safety. Peeler said the other schools In the district were closed because their students rode the same buses as the John Graham students. Speaking for himself as superintendent of schools. Peeler said: "I realize that there are black students who would like to have things a bit different. I also feel that there are white students and parents who are not completely satisfied with the policy and operation of the schools. I personally, as superintendent, could make a list as long as my arm of changes to improve the schools. Bbt we have all, black and white, administration and teachers have had to give a little and take a little. I personally believe that many people, both white and black have shown great restraint until this explosion occurred." i-eeiei aisu poiniea out uiai school policy was set by the Board at Education. At the board meeting on Tuesday night the members passed a resolution expressing complete confidence in Supt. J. Roger Peeler and Principal Fred Bartholomew. The board also voted to direct Principal Fred Bartholomew to expell all students who made deflamatory remarks to Sift*. Peeler and Principal Bartholomew at the school administrative building on Monday. Th* board also passed a motion to the effect that before any demands of the black students will be granted they must first apologize to Principal Fred Bartholomew for the deflamatory remarks made In No. 1 of the lists of demands and also In the conference room of the educational building with Supt. Peeler and Principal Bartholomew. Some 75 black students and adults marched from the Oak Chapel AME Church to the county educational building where six students were granted an Interview with and presented a list of demands to Si**. Peeler and Principal Bartholomew. A second march fron the church to the administrative building was haM on Tuesday with no Interview with Supt. Peeler. Both marches were peaceful, according to Grady Haynes, Jr., Warrenton police chief. Ambulance Purchase Puts Board In Bind The Warren County Board of County Commissioners at their regular session last Thursday expressed the hope that taxes from beer and wine sales In excess of budget estimates *ould be enough to pay for anew ambulance for Warren County. When the commissioners learned on Thursday afternoon that Roy Harmon, operator of the Warren County ambulance service, had placed an order for a new ambulance with Fowier-Barham Ford, 'they found that no provisions for the purchase had been made In the budget and that only around $1900 was In the ambulance fund. Harmon said that the new ambulance would be sold to the county at cost, which he estimated would be around $3700. He said the present ambulance had been driven 70,000 miles and while It Is safe enough for short trips, he did not consider It safe enough for the long trips, as far as Lumberton, he is frequently required to make. He said he plans to let the present ambulance be used by the Warren Rural Fire Department as an emergency ambulance. Harmon said that he did not think it feasible to put a new engine in the present ambulance or to make temporary repairs. When Harmon said that he had already placed the order for the new ambulance, he was asked why be bought It without first obtaining the permission of the board. He said that he had been given such permission. He stated that when he appeared before the board several months ago and told the commissioners that he was tfrald that he would have to have a new ambulance, toe was told to try to make It last through the fiscal year, but that If be could not he would have to buy a new ona. He quoted the commissioners as saying "We will find the money somewhere." Ttoe commissioners did not question tbe accuracy of his remarks. Bat that "somewhere" placed the commissioners in a sweat on Thursday afternoon when they found that not enough funds were available tor the purchase. Excess funds in ottoer departments can not under the law be transferred to the am Unable to borrow money because of the law, and with not enough money on hand to make the purchase, the commissioners considered cancelling the order, but said they realized that a new ambulance was need■J<1. After some discussion they decided to allojr the order to stand. They expressed the hope that the beer and wine check would be enough to take care of the purchase and would be received long before the ambulance arrives. On the first Thursday In December all the commissioners will complete their term of office and become private citizens. As such they would be able to sign a note for the money should the wine and beer sale be not sufficient. This they agreed to do, In the hope that they would be repaid by the new board when It makes up the 1971-72 budget. Richard Davis said that he would discuss the problem with newly elected Claude Bowers before an adjourned session of the board on Tuesday night. All members of the board were present for the Thursday meeting and all the members agreed to sign & personal note U necessary tor the purchase of the ambulance. In other business the commissioners ordered beer license be Issued, upon receipt of state permit, to Wallace Phillip Holtzman, T/A as Ridge way Supply Company; Candles Miller, T/A as Soul Club; James D. Wilson, T/A as Warren Plains Market; and James Groom, T/A as Groom's Grocery. , The board ordered that a rifle be purchased tor Claude J. Fleming, Dog Warden. A. P. Bodwell, Jr., tax collector, reported 1970 collected daring October In the amount of $140,9®9.09, making "total collected to date of *134,968.£8. The percentage of 1970 tire, collected to date U 31.96 per cent. murine the afternoon session, U B.Hard«ge,Extwstonchairmm, told the cwniBlMtooers that in obeerva*e of Pern City Week, Warren County farmers would be ho-to city friends a luncheon at tne UCM Den * WtrrMtoo ■» 9