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P 0 Bo* K) Wdrrenton N C 27S8y
BIGNALL JONES, Editcx
Me 'ibei North Cdiolmd Presb Aisocidlion
kNTtRED AS SECOND CLASS MATTtR A J THE POST Of-ftCt
IN HARRENION NORTH CAROLINA UNDER THt LAMS Of CONGRESS
Sci u'h) l jbs Pobtdyt- Pditl At Wdnenton N C.
ONE YfcAR $500 SIX MONTHS $3 00
SUBSCRIPTION KATES: qu t Of STATE ONfcYEAR $/00
SIX MONTHS $400
Loss Of Three Women
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a 'I: " * h 1 week 'In' death ot t v\ 1 >
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• Mrs I.ula (iardner Harris,
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^ ttM>n '< i n| \\!c'l Mrs Harris
haH sf!'\rii IV posl IJIIS-) rcss .it
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lufit' ;!i h.11i mailt manv friends
is 1mi1 Mrs \\ i! sun <hit■ iii I hi r
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t'i id i, "at i- lui' i; I'M a rich ht-nl art'
,inii t h' si a hi l>ia w ill t hree were
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t hr\ art' 1 uni'iT v* ' h t hem. t heir
l< »v ♦*< i >.n< 1 ■: i i friend*. can hr
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Mostly Personal
Visit To Gifted Craftsman
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Hinders of this column may
recall th.it several months ;u:° I
<»11n• i'<i a dream of Mr
i''- H (iatlini; concerning
ahi!i! v to ;timp over a
T. mI" water This past
nd ! rt-'-en ed a phone call
him concerning an old
- phonograph for which
s to find a missing part
Mith with his camera,
de out to the Gatling
the Warren Plains
, ension for w hat t urned
nit to In a pleasant and
•emarkable visit and from
*hich we returned filled with
ima/ement and admiration for
his remarkahle 8:0 vear old
Tiari
Sometime ai?<Siifid 1910 mv
at her V><•'iITht an Kdison
ihonograph from the late
r h o m a s \ S h e a r i n who
iperated a jewelry store here
:or several vears This phono
rrapb. was cranked with a
nand!e on its side and used
-vlinder records lioth are
features of the phonograph
ibojt which Mr flatting
nquired The first phonograph
:hat I ever saw was a Victor
and was owned by Mrs Annie
Branch of Wilson and was
plaved by her son Al Branch
prior to 1905. Whether it used
platen or cylinder records I do
not know It is a coincidence. I
think that Al Branch's father
a as Paul Branch founder of
Branch Bank and Trust
V>mpany which has recently
ipened a branch of its hank at
A'arrenton
The phonograph about which
Mr (rat Imif inquired is not his
hut belongs to a friend tor
whom he wishes in put it in
operating condition It is an
Kdison No 1") The part that
holds the needle is missing
\s we entered the home we
noticed both of Mr ('ratlings
hicvcles which he still nde>
fre(|uentU Inside (he house.
w»- were taken dow n into a full
basement which serves as Mr
(iatline's workroom Here he
has saw s miters, w renches,
manv other tools as well as a
power bench saw His grand
daughter Sandra Wood Nor
wood. was staining a piece of
furniture \ round the room
wen- a number of chairs which
Mr 'ratling had rebot tomed
\s we were leaving the
basement. Mr (iatling showed
us the way he had built the
stairwell to the basement He
had iron beams clasped in
wooden beams As a result, he
said, the floors never shake He
later told us that he had put
wooden supports which the
flooring planks joined and as a
result t here are no creaks in t he
floor
For years I had heard that
Mr (ratling had a very nice
home, but I did not know that
he built it himself with the
exception of the masonry work
I think that I have never seen a
better built house The home
has large cedar lined closets,
the basement ceiling is
insulated, the lights have a
multitude of switches where
they will be more convenient
lie was not only his own
carpenter and plumber but was
also his nun electncian
I had no idea that he built his
>w n home ant:! something was
said about his roof and I asked
him if he built and covered that
and he said that he did.
There are many versatile
person** who seem able to do
almost an \ t hintj w.th their
bands, and I have known
several a h<> were able to do so.
The t hint: thai impressed me
about Mr '.ailing is not that he
rouId 'o sn mam things, but
the skill with which he
performed whatever h>' set his
mind to I knew that in Chicago
he was ,t master plumber and I
would not have been surprised
to find out that he was a
craft snian in his field, but it was
surprising to find that he was a
perfect ion i st in other fields
I thought as we left that I had
been talking to a trulv re
markable man Don was also
impressed "\\ hen I s?et ready
to build mv own house." he
said I surelv would like to £et
Mr (iatlirtr to help me
Wary Of Efforts
Some Alaskans who have
lived by mining or hunting are
wary of conservation efforts to
enlarge the state's parks and
wildlife refuges, arguing. "If
you ran t dig it. shoot it. or kiss
it. what good is it0" "l/ook at
it, is the answer conservation
ists give, reports National
Geographic
Average size of a Utah farm
is 900 acres
Letter To
The Editor
TH ANKS PKOPLI-:
To The Kditor
We art turning to you again
this year in an effort to publicly
I hank the people of Warren
County for their generosity
toward John ('instead Hospital
Operation Santa Clau* The
local Mental Health Associa
lions, churches schools. organ
i/ations. businesses and tndi
x iduals have again made it
Im>ssibl» for un to lighten tinlives
dt rach of our patients
with gifts parties and c<»ntr.tm
' ions
WW hout t ht• kind t bought tt I
ri»-ss of the people <>! W'arren
( .»ut11 v t here v\ ould be norit- ot
► n xs arm and w♦ • r11 It 11>uch ot
!'mI!h folks tor which t"\.i
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The World Of Books
In The Warren County Memorial Library
We have so many hooks on so many subjec*s that the best
• a\ to find w hat your ibrarv has to offer is to come in and look
For the inter and "after Christmas blaha," we have numerous
craft, handwork and hird lx>oks. and some older hooks. "Rape
of the Taxpayer." Stern "Manage Your Money and Live
Better Markstein. "How To Clean Everything." Moore
Rights and Risks of Animal Ownership." lx>ring; "21 Day
Shape l'p Program Craig hints on how to "work off the
Christmas cookie reri;;,-s from our cookbooks Also poetry and
escape novels to read with or without a fire,
N K W HOOKS You All Spoken Here." Wilder
Booklets firsttj land second verseL "Your Dog,' "I)ogs. Devils
and Demons both h\ liouiv Vine. DVM of Chapel Hill. "'2(hh
Cent-urv .1 w. riev Shirer. The Working White House." by
Hav lies Johnson and F rank Johnston an inside look into the
workers in the White House; namely electrician's, plumbers,
etc M\ Heart Belongs." Mary Martin "The Shepherd."
1 or^Nth Steinbeck. A life in letters." "Past Forgetting Ix)\e
\ f 1. \ ■ r With Dwight I) Kisenhower," Morgan. "The Post Office
t a' ilale\ toi ages •>i\ through 10. A Demon In M View.
K Ketidei n sierv I >ostoV'jf\ skv The Seeds of Revolt, a
. aph\ • ! 1 r ank paperback edition of "The Right and The
!' ■1 a e1 J aw or ski V.ster C.od, This Is \nna." Fynn, so
• 111 • h ' g t nat the author had to w alt -.ears to write this true
\lKMORl\I.S "('olonial North Carolina." Burney . from
• * . \\ arte-- i "i.i■;"! v Chapter of the C D.< for Miss Jennie
1 ' r ■.. \ ston
\\ s . it the Conservation Department's \rt Contest on
<i:sj<: . • ■ e \ • w a \ to be informed and view talent from
■ iif -••h.Miis \ ii' eroiis ecologv b.<H»ks out on displav
V\ . ire ' ' • • l' to have a puppet show on a Saturdas later
• •• \ r • details later
OA 1 I v! 0 V KOOR^ PI.I- \ S F return all ove-i due books so
■ •• e-i jo\ them Books are the pro pert v of the
VV ll« ■ •« It
t i ivi k; -rt_> act
Playing with fire' That's
what viiu're doing if you
havrn't t»nough of tht* right
insurance for vour home A
Horrifow nvrs Polir \ as
stirrs your financial sc< ur
It \ S«'«* lis ;thoi;i it to<l;tv'
Attend Church
On Sunday
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