Small Grain Yields
Decline In State
Production of all types of
small grain was down on North
Carolina farms last season. This
includes wheat, barley and
oats.
Wheat production dropped
18 per cent from the 1975 crop,
according to official estimates,
Clark Funeral To
Be Held Thursday
Funeral services for Miss
Willie James Clark, 94, who
died Tuesday in Richmond. Va.,
will be conducted today
(Thursday) at 11 a. m. from the
Rlaylock Funeral Chapel by the
Rev. M. C. Swicegood.
Interment will be in the Clark
family cemetery.
Miss Clark was the daughter
of the late Solomon James and
Adeline Abernathy Clark of
Warren County. She taught in
the Warren County School
system tor over 40 years.
She is survived by one sister,
Mrs. Zelrna Benson of Warrenton.
Grand Jury
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the court house. There was no
report of the Prison Camp
being inspected, as in previous
sessions.
The committee which visited
the court house found several
matters needing attention. The
committee found peeling paint
in the hall upstairs, and the
basement restroom needs wall
repairs and paint and needs to
be cleaned. Windows are
broken in the men's rest room.
The water pump on the boiler is
leaking and the women's
basement restroom needs wall
repairs and paint.
The Grand Jury reported to
Judge Cannadv what they had
found, plus true bills found, but
made no recommendations.
Marshall Fleming served as
foreman of the Grand Jury.
at just under 7 million bushels.
Acreage was down 35.000 to a
state total of 240,000 acres.
This state trend was not in
keeping with the nation as a
whole. U. S. winter wheat
production was 1.57 billion
bushels, the second highest
ever. The crop was harvested
from 49.5 million acres.
North Carolina continued to
produce less barley last year
for the third consecutive year.
The crop of 2.3 million bushels
was down 9 per cent from the
previous year. Acreage was up
by about 3,000 acres, but yields
averaged only 39 bushels per
acre compared to 45 in 1975.
The crop of 1976 Tar Heel
oats was 3.6 million bushels
from 80,000 acres. Production
was down by 400,000 bushels
from the same acreage grown
the previous year. Yields
averaged 45 bushels per acre
compared to 50 the year before.
The U. S. produced 562
million bushels of oats, down 14
per cent from 1975.
Weather was a major factor
in the poorer performance of
these winter grain crops on Tar
Heel farms, according to North
Carolina State University
agricultural extension specialists.
Diseases, particularly in
the case of wheat, continue to
be a factor affecting production.
Two Forecasts
Radio station KRSB in
Roseburg, Oregon, gives two
weather forecasts. National
Geographic World reports. One
comes from the United States
Weather Service, the other
from people who watch wild
goats. When goats move
toward the top of nearby Mount
Nebo, Roseburg residents
expect fair weather. If the
goats stay near the bottom,
rain is predicted. During one
two-week period, the goats
were right 90 percent of the
time, the Weather Service 65
percent.
Norlina Mayor Bill Perry points oat one of 24 substandard housing units which may be
rehabilitated if a request for >269,000 in federal funds wins approval. [ Staff Photo 1
Firm Pleased With Response
To Showing Of Model Homes
The showing by American
Housing Company of its first
model homes on Friday
afternoon of last week at Soul
City exceeded all expectations,
according to company founder
Admiral Arthur Padula.
Featuring a steel frame, upon
which is constructed a long-life
low cost structure, with low
energy construction, the homes
are being manufactured at Soul
City, and erected wherever the
new owners desire.
Three of these buildings
were on display at Soul City
Friday from 4:30 to 6:30, during
which time cocktails and light
refreshments were served.
Admiral Padula said the
results exceeded all expectations.
He estimated that
between 200 and 250 persons
called during the afternoon to
inspect the houses. As a result
deposits were taken on 12
homes with a number of other
persons expressing interest. He
said that Floyd McKissick,
founder of Soul City, was so
impressed with the home that
he bought one for his own
father and mother. He also said
that he and his wife, who had
been living in a temporary
home at Oxford, would build
one of these homes for their
own use at Soul City.
The homes will now be open
for inspection each day,
including Saturday and Sunday,
from 10 a. m. to 6 p. m..
Admiral Padula said.
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manufactured at Seal City.
John Graham's Hardy Powell [32] is probably unaware that
Bunn's Jimmy Strickland [11] is about to commit a foul on this
fourth quarter field goal try for the Yellow Jackets. Powell
made both of his shots at the charity stripe.
I Photo By Don Stith]
Norlina Seeks Funds
For Home Renovation
An area of substandard
housing on the east side of
Norlina will undergo major
renovation if a call for $269,000
in federal funds is heeded.
A preapplication for that
amount of money has been
submitted for review following
two public hearings in Norlina.
The grant request calls for
$92,000 to help rehabilitate
homes in the Warren PlainsKearney
Street-Sugar Hill area
of town, $55,000 for paving
3,900 feet of road and $96,000 to
install two miles of water line to
replace undersized lines with
six-inch mains
Norlina's preapplication, submitted
under the Department
of Housing and Urban Development's
Community Development
Block Trant Non-Metro
Discretionary Program, is one
of 113 submitted from North
Carolina.
Approximately 250 persons
would benefit from the improvements
to 24 substandard
housing units and the demolition
of five additional homes
now vacant.
Officials of the Kerr-Tar
Regional Council of Governments
expect about 40 grant
applicants to share in approximately
$14 million in federal
funds allocated under the HUD
program to North Carolina.
Little Is Enterprise
Deacon Of Month
Enterprise Baptist Church
has selected Deacon Conzell
Little to serve as the Deacon of
the month for February. Mr.
Little serves the church as the
Training Director and works in
the Lake Ministry program. He
is also very active and serves as
Chaplain for the Warren
County Rescue Squad. He
resides with his wife, Mary
Emma, on Rt. 3, Littleton.
The Adult and Youth Choirs
participated in the Cullom
Baptist Associational PraiseSing
held on Sunday, Jan. 30, at
the Littleton Baptist Church.
Several churches from the
eastern portion of the Association
took part in the service.
The Baptist Men are
planning their annual Sweetheart
Banquet. The very
important and fun-filled event
will be held in the Fellowship
Hall of the church. The evening
meal will be catered. The cost
for the meal is $3.75 per person.
Reservations for the banquet
should be made with Alvis
Fleming by Feb. 9.
The Baptist Men and Baptist
Women had as guest speaker
for their regular monthly
meeting, Mr. Dave Rieley,
Assistant Camp Director for
Camp Willow Run. Each of the
groups had a short business
meeting before hearing Mr.
Rieley.
The Rev. Jerry Harper,
pastor, listed church events
during the coming week as
follows:
Thursday, 7:15 p. m. Jr.
Choir;fi p. m. Youth Choir; 7:30
p. m.. Building Committee.
Sunday, 9:45 a. m., Sunday
School for the family; 11 a. m.,
the Hour of Power—"Helping
Others to Faith," message by
the pastor; 7:30 p. m.. Adult
Choir.
Wednesday, 7:30 p. m.,
Mid-we'ek Prayer and Bible
Study in Romans.
Lame Duck
In the mid-1800s, the Lame
Duck became a symbol of bne ol
America's oldest political animals—the
defeated office-hold
er serving out the remainder ol
his term, the National Geo
graphic Society says. However,
in the 18th century he was t
speculator who got caught
short playing the stock market.
Halifax's harbor is 14 miles
long.
Boys Join
Girls Atop
Conference
The boys varsity team from
John Graham joined the girls
team at the top of Tar River
standing with a 61-50 win over
Bunn here Friday night. The
Lady Jackets have led the
league since conference play
started on Jan. 11 at 3unn.
They hold a 5-0 conference
mark and a 14-0 overall record,
and rank number eight in North
Carolina. The boys are ranked
third in Eastern N. C. with a
14-2 overall mark.
Girls Game
"Bunn has the type of team
that you can't say that you've
won the game until the final
buzzer has sounded." Jacket
Coach Ben Howard said after
his 59 38 win over the Lady
Bulldogs Friday night.
Bunn posted an early 19-11
first quarter lead over the
Warrenton lassies and held a
27 22 halftime lead.
The second half belonged to
the Lady Jackets who put
together a scoring rally that
ran up 37 points. Bunn, stunned
by the performance from both
ends of the court, managed only
11 points in the last two
quarters of play.
Lorraine Williams and Barbara
Pullen scored 15 points
each, Edith Rodwell added
another 14. Bunn's leading
scorer was Linda Pearce with
13.
Coach Howard added that his
squad has a good chance of
breaking a school record of 18-1
set in 1964 under the direction
of coaches Janice Allen and Jon
Burwell.
Boys Game
Bunn and Warrenton were
tied for first place going into
Friday night's ballgame. The
Bulldogs downed the Jackets in
a game at Bunn earlier this
season. Douglass Stiff, who led
the Jackets in scoring with 25
pqints, spear headed the
Jackets offensive »• "dy
Powell and Th<
Taylor all but pa my-..
rebounder« for >nost of the 1
half, picking off numei
rebounds for the Yello
Jackets. Powell at 6-5 was one
of the major factors in John
Graham's win over the Bulldogs
and has been a valuable asset to
Jhe Jackets squad.
Delton Green pumped in five
field goals and Powell tipped in
seven more points for John
Graham. Green, like Powell,
has been a major factor in the
Jackets success this season,
being the primary ball handler.
King Announces
Academy Honors
B. L. King, headmaster of
Warren Academy, announced
honor rolls for the third grading
period and first semester this
week as follows:
Si* Weeks
Fifth Grade: Lou Ann Quails.
Sixth Grade: Paula Hayes,
Cynthia King and Joanne
Robertson.
Ninth Grade: Jay Johnson.
Tenth Grade: Burges Burrows
and Jesse Young.
Eleventh Grade: Mary Lou
King, Donna Reid, Jill Wemyss,
Denise Leonard and Elizabeth
Newman.
Twelfth Grade: John Capps.
Semester
Fifth Grade: Lou Ann Quails.
Sixth Grade: Paula Hayes,
Cynthia King and Joanne
Robertson.
Ninth Grade: Jay Johnson.
Tenth Grade: Burges Burrows
and Jesse Young.
Eleventh Grade: Mary Lou
King, Donna Reid and Jill
Wemyss.
Twelfth Grade: John Capps.
In Hospital
Patients in Warren General
Hospital on Tuesday at 5 p. m.
were listed as follows:
Emma H. Stevenson, Annie
S. James. Woodrow W.
Williams. Mattie W. Jones,
Fletcher Harrison, Sarah M.
Read. James R. Palmer, Loyce
Blaylock, Sallie H. Bullock.
Mary J. Shearin, Charlie Jones,
Glenis Alston, Imogene 0.
Arnold, Hester P. Thornton,
James W. Mills, Dianne M.
Dean, Stacy D. Mushaw,
Teresa D. Pulley, Rowena
Hewlin, Johnny P. Robertson,
Mary H. Lyles. Victor Bullock,
Henry Alston, Herbert C. Rosa,
William H. Jefferson, Herman
R. Baldwin. Sandra H. Martin,
H. S. King, Edna S. Paynter,
Lucille W. Hargrove, Kathareen
0. Stalling.
Thomas [Tuekl Taylor (14] soars to the basket on a two-point
plav during John Graham's 61-50 win over Runn here Friday
night. Teammate Dour Stiff [10| looks on.
John Graham Girls
Suffer First Loss
John Graham's girls recorded
their first loss of the season
after winning 14 games
Tuesday night as a rally fell
short on the Eastman home
court, 44-40.
Coach Ben Howard's charges
pulled close in the final seconds
but were unable to knot the
score. Eastman scored an easy
layup just before the final
buzzer after beating the Lady
Jacket press.
Eastman, which had lost only
once this season—that being to
the Lady Jackets—and displaying
a hot hand from the field,
missed a chance to ice the game
in the fourth quarter when two
technical fouls were called on
the Warrenton bench. The four
resulting foul shots, plus a
one-and-one try on a disputed
charging call on Jacket guard
Michelle Carroll, could have put
the game out of reach but the
Eastman club was unable to
Norlina Wins 2
In Conference
Action Tuesday
Norlina handed Louisburg's
boys team their third conference
loss of the season Tuesday
night by dropping the homestanding
Bulldogs. 70-58, behind
the 32-point scoring effort
of James Greene.
In the girl's preliminary,
Norlina girls gained their first
Tar River Conference win by
dropping Louisburg, 39-38.
Irene Durham led the way for
the Lady Waves with 12, while
Cindy King added 9. Audrey
McKnight tossed in 19 in a
losing effort for Louisburg.
In the nightcap, Michael
Yancey contributed a dozen
points and David Rowlette
added 11. Steve Brown was
high man for Louisburg with
25.
Norlina broke into a 32-25
halftime advantage and continued
to hold the edge during
the final two stanzas to record
the win. Both Blue Wave clubs
will take the home court Friday
night in a conference twin-bill
against Franklinton.
pick up but one point on the
series of free throws.
It was technical free throws,
five of six bv Thomas (Tuck)
Taylor, that broke open a close
game in the nightcap when
Warrenton took a 57-50 victory.
Eastman's coach was ejected
from the gym late in the final
frame.
Taylor led the Jacket scoring
with 19. followed by Doug Stiff
and Michael Brown, each with
11. John Graham rallied from a
32-25 halftime deficit.
In the girls contest. Warrenton
found itself down by ten at
intermission, and used pressure
defense in the second half to
trim the margin. Lorraine
Williams was the leading scorer
for the night with 21. Shirley
Pitchford's 20 points led
Eastman.
Friday night the Jackets
return to Tar River Conference
action when they visit Louisburg.
Norlina High
Defeated By
Oxford Webb
By DON STITH
Even though Norlina played
a much better ballgame than
earlier when Oxford Webb
crushed them 88-53, they failed
in a second try against the
Warriors Saturday night,
losing 76-70, at Oxford.
The Blue Waves jayvee
squad were the first victims of
the Warriors. They, too, lost
6740, in the preliminary game
of Saturday night's boys"
double-header.
The loss to Webb brought the
varsity team's record to an 8-8
overall mark. James Greene's
34 points looked good on the
score book but was not good
enough to lead the Waves to an
upset victory. Shelton Hunter
and David Rowlette chipped in
12 and 11 points each for the
Blue Waves.
Oxford, sporting a 38-30
halftime lead, had four of its
starters to score in double
figures. Harry Mills (20).
Clifton Webb (14). Wesley
Jones (10) and Alphonso
Hargrove (10) were the leading
scorers for the Warriors.
The Blue Waves threatened a
comeback win in the final
seconds of play but a shot
missed by James Greene was
rebounded by a Webb defender
with 14 seconds left on the
game clock. Norlina was down
by four at that point, which
ended a fourth quarter rally
that netted 26 points for the
visitors.
Jaycee Game
A young Blue Wave junior
cage squad did about as well as
could be expected against the
strong 3-A team from Oxford.
The Warriors took command of
the contest with their 26-20
halftime lead. The first half was
the best one for Norlina as
Webb blew them out of the gym
in the second half, scoring 21 in
the third stanza and 20 in the
fourth. Coach Carl Spraggins'
quintet was led by Marvin
Henderson's 19 points.
0. Smith, C. Jones and E.
Cozart led Warriors' scoring
marches that netted 12, 1'2 and
nine points, respectively.
Wayne Kersey and Karnell
Champ added another 10 and
nine points {or tjie Blue Waves. ...
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Tourney Guidelines
Released This Week
Guidelines for the Tar River
Conference basketball tournament
were released this week
bv League President Bill
Frazier. athletic director of
John Graham High School.
Frazier said that the tournament
will be held at Louisburg
High School on Feb. 14, 15, 16
and 18..
Pairings for tourney play are
as follows: Mon., Feb. 14—
fourth-seeded teams play fifth;
Tues., Feb. 15—top-seeded
teams play winner of first
round: Wed.. Feb. 16— secondand
third-seeded teams play;
and Fri., Feb. 18—Tournament
finals.
All game nights will feature
a boys-girls double-header.
Frazier also said a site has
not been determined at this
time but guidelines are set for
the district basketball tournament
to be held Feb. 21-Mar. 2.
The top four teams from the
Tar River Conference, both
girls and boys, will vie for a
spot in the state playoffs. This
is the first time that girls teams
will compete strictly in their
class. In the past the winner of
the conference girls tournament
represented the conference
in district playoffs where
they met teams of various
classifications.
If the fifth-seeded team in the
conference wins the tournament.
the fourth-seeded team is
eliminated from district playoffs.
Lots Of TV
Based on current statistics,
there are 364 million television
sets in the world, compared
with 360 million telephones and
300 million automobiles and
trucks.
Glass milk bottles began to
appear about 1884.
The economy of the tiny
African country of Dahomey
depends upon palm oil sales.