Eddie Green, right, of Littleton receive* key* and title to • Ford pickup do—ted by the
Afton-Elberon Ruritan Club from club secretary. J. B. Martin. The drawinx held la it Friday
night completes another of the 30 fund-raising projects scheduled for this year. Fund* are
being raised (or lighting a ball park for community recreation and a new community building.
Ruritanfe, together with the Ruritanettes, are handling concessions at the Warren County Track
and Field Association tractor pulls, wrestling, gospel sings and ball tournaments.
4-H Program Sets Goal To
Raise $1,000 For Society
Bv GEORGE W. KOONCE
Extension Agent, 4-H
A thousand dollar goal has
been set by 4-H'ers and leaders
of Warren County in their
annual Easter Seal Society Lily
Day drive and voluntary
contribution program. The goal
was set on the basis of a
minimum of $50.00 to be
collected from each of the 23
clubs of the county.
The goal setting was part of
the agenda at a County Easter
Seal Society Kick Off meeting
held at the County Courthouse
last Thursday evening. The
meeting was opened with
prayer and introductory remarks
by George W. Koonce,
4-H Extension Agent. Koonce
then introduced Charles Drake,
Director of the Pine Valley
Chapter of Easter Seal Society.
To the 40 in attendance, Drake
discussed the history and
purpose of the society and
showed an educational film of
activities at the Societies Camp
Easter Youth Camp near
Southern Pines.
Following Drake's presentation,
the group heard further
remarks coming from Koonce
and Miss Deborah Tarleton,
member of State Board of
Directors and Chairman of
County Lily Day activities, and
Mrs. Anna G. Butler, president
of the Easter Seal Society for
Crippled Children and Adults of
North Carolina, Inc.
During a discussion period
much input was received from
the audience. Two of those
expressing themselves were S.
M. Cheston of Norlina and
Herbert J. Richardson of
Bethlehem. Cheston gave
strong endorsement for the
proposed financial goal and also
offered suggestions for better
motivation of those doing the
collecting. Richardson expressed
an overwhelming desire to
support the drive, having seen
the film and heard the
discussion. His personal proposal
was to sacrifice a dinner
out with the family in order to
make a worthy contribution.
The idea had religious overtones
as many may very well
join Richardson.
4-H'ers and leaders will be
collecting everyday until Easter
Sunday. However, Lily
Days or Saturdays, April 2 and
9 are set to canvass all sections
of the county. Adults are being
strongly urged to contribute at
least $1.00 to the local drive and
children contribute whatever
their budget allows. A special
appeal goes out to all the
churches, organizations, agencies,
societies, and businesses
of the county to announce the
local Easter Seal program
efforts and ask members,
employees, or clientele financial
support.
Weekly progress reports of
Easter Seal collections by the
use of telephone counsel
hotlines are set for each
Monday from 3 p. m. to 5 p. m.
Head club leaders are to call
and leave messages with
secretaries for George W.
Koonce, project coordinator,
indicating amount of money
collected and materials or
counsel needed. Koonce will
study the message and provide
counsel follow-up. Telephone
numbers are 257-3640 or
257-3997.
All money collected must be
turned in to either Miss
Deborah Tarleton of Wise, and
her telephone numbers are
456-3631 and 456-3230 or Mrs.
Chris Holtzmann of Ridgeway
and her telephone numbers are
456-3586 and 456-2561. Mrs.
Holtzmann is co-chairman of
Lily Days and due to temporary
illness could not attend the
County Kick-Off meeting.
Warren County residents are
well established beneficiaries of
Easter Seals help, therefore,
we intend to be good
supporters and promoters of
the cause, says Koonce.
Attending the Easter Seals
Kick Off meeting were: Jami
Proctor. Deborah Fore. Sylvia
Carroll, Wilhelmenia Williams,
Keith Whipper, S. M. Cheston,
Mrs. Mamie Kersey, Tina
Salmon, Sue Salmon, Deborah
Tarleton, Jeffrey Bender, Mrs.
William H. Bender, Jody
Proctor, Mrs. Leora Davis,
Mrs. Stella Carroll, Beatrice
Bank, Carolyn Bank, Mrs. Sallie
Harrison, Mrs. Nancy Boyd,
Estelle Somerville, Herbert
Richardson, Mrs. Sallie Patijo,
Alice Harrison. Mrs. Mary L.
Davis, Lisa Baker, Miss Emily
Ballinger, Mrs. W. C. King,
Mrs. Dorothy Pitchford, Mrs.
Lucy Alston, Kim Pitchford,
Allison Harrison, Mr. Keith
Watts, Felicia Burnette, Mrs.
Anna Butler, Milvett Simes,
Alfonso Fore, Josephine Davis,
Sonya Dunston, Charles Drake
and G. W. Koonce.
Hospital Patients
i >i*_ «
Patients in Warren General
Hospital on Tuesday at 5 p. m.
were listed as follows:
Paul Eason, Frank Robinson,
Willie Alston, Christal Powell,
George Robinson, Christopher
Richardson, Otis Hargrove,
Marjorie Walker, Lucy Wiggins,
Charlotte Flood, Brantley
Overby, Herbert Alston, James
Mills, Charlie Edmonds, Elizabeth
Morris, Regid Wright,
Eva Taylor, Mary Wiggins,
Arlean Copeland, Alice Murphy,
Irene Payton, Ola Overby,
Mattie Jones, Joyce Reid,
Peggy King, Daniel Hargrove,
Burnette Frazier, Mamie Pinkett.
Warren, Area Deaths And Funerals
n **_ xi a Li.
RICHARD T.BOLTON
Richard Thomas (Dick)
Bolton, 66, of Princeton died
Monday. A native of Warren
County, he was a barber in
Warren ton for many years.
Funeral services were held at
2 j>» m. Wednesday from the
First Baptist Church in
Princeton with interment in the
Eureka City Cemetery.
Eureka.
Surviving are his widow,
Mrs. Rachel Coley Bolton; a
daughter, Mrs. Janie Millard of
Aurora; a son, William Richard
(Billy) Bolton of Tarboro; a
brother, C. C. Bolton of
Warrenton; two sisters, Mrs.
Zeb (Viola) St. Sing of
Warrenton. Mrs. Marvin (Flor
ence) Stegall of Macon and five
grandchildren.
MRS. LENA B. JOHNSON
Funeral services for Mrs.
Lena Barnes Johnson, 74. of
Seaboard were conducted on
last Thursday afternoon at 3
o'clock from the Seaboard
Baptist Church by the 'Rev.
Paul Mauney. Burial was in the
Seaboard cemetery.
Mrs. Johnson, the mother of
Charles T. Johnson, Jr., of
Warrenton. died Tuesday at
Duke Hospital.
She is also survived by two
grandchildren of Warrenton.
TIA Directors
Meet To Hear
Report On Goals
The TIA Association Board
of Directors met for their
March Committee Reports with
President L. K. Stevenson
presiding. The Association met
at the K & W Cafeteria, North
Hills, Raleigh, for a working
luncheon with Committee
Reports being given toward
this year's action goals. Mrs.
Bertha B. Forte, Warren
County Extension Agent in
charge of Community Development
attended this meeting.
The Triangle Improvement
Association is a non-profit,
non stock corporation under
and by virtue of the laws of
North Carolina. Its membership
consists of volunteer
leaders embracing a ten-county
area. These counties are:
Durham, Franklin, Granville,
Harnett, Johnston, Orange.
Person, Vance, Wake and
Warren."
The Association is concerned
with promoting through regional
cooperation the economic,
social and cultural well-being of
the area. More specifically, the
TIA is concerned with:
1. An educational program
involving volunteer leadership,
organizations and groups.serisitive
to the needs of the people
in the ten-county area.
2. Program development
around needs, problems, issues
and opportunities of the area.
3. Implementation of programs
leading toward defined
goals and objectives that will
enhance the quality of life.
4. People and their surroundings
to the end that their living
conditions are improved
through educational programs,
participation, and the utilization
of available resources.
5. Recognizing efforts of the
individual, group, and organiza
tion contributing to improvement
of the community, area,
county and the region.
The Triangle Improvement
Association, Inc., operates
primarily through a committee
structure. This committee
structure at present is centered
around four major areas. These
are: Agribusiness, Industrial
Relations, Public Affairs, and
Community DevelopmentBeautification.
Mrs. Powell Is
Meeting Hostess
Mrs. M. P. Powell was
hostess to the Warren County
Chapter United Daughters of
the Confederacy on Friday
afternoon at 3 p. m.
Upon arrival, members were
served a sweet course in the
dining room. Mrs. Thomas
Ellington, president, presided.
Mrs. Henry Twitty gave the
program on Steven Russell
Mallory, secretary of the Navy.
A poem written by Mrs. Annie
Fitta Dameron on the bicenten
nial was read.
Information concerning the
district meeting was given by
Mrs. Ellington.
Day Of Visiting
Mrs. Gladys Stansbury an<
Robert Riggan made a day o
visiting on Wednesday. The'
visited Mrs. Bernard F. Morris
Mrs. Lizzie Camp and Mrs
Florence Grant in Roanoki
Rapids and then traveled u
Warrenton where they visiter
Ifr. and Mrs. Grady Moeeiey
Mrs. Robed H. Bright and Mr
and Mrs. Wilbur D. Shearin
MRS. INA W. AYCOCK
SMITHFIELD—Funeral services
for Mrs. In* Woodall
Aycock. 90. who died on
Wednesday of last week, were
conducted at 11 a. m. Friday
from Underwood Funeral
Home Chapel. Burial was in
Riverside Cemetery.
Mrs. Ay cock was the sister of
Ryal Wood all of Warrenton.
Other survivors include a son.
Ernest 0. Aycock of SmithfielJ;
two daughters. Mrs. Frank S.
(Elizabeth) Reid and Mrs. J.
Harold (Margaret) King of
Smithfield; two brothers,
Edward L. and Hubert C.
Woodall of Smithfield; six
grandchildren, and three greatgrandchildren.
! FRANKLIN C. ROOK
Graveside services for
Franklin Charles Rook, 59, who
died on last Thursday at
Elizabeth City, were conducted
at Fairview Cemetery at 11
o'clock Sunday morning.
The son of the late Joseph
Willis arid Mary Finetta
Rodwell Rook, Mr. Rook is
survived by one daughter, Mrs.
Judith Rook Gower of San
Rafael, Calif.
FLOYD EUGENE WILSON
Funeral services for Floyd
Eugene Wilson, 65. of Manson
were conducted Saturday at 2
p. m. from the Mount Auburn
Christian Church by the Rev.
Albert Gminer. Burial was in
the church cemetery.
Mr. Wilson, a merchant and
farmer of the Drewry community,
died Thursday night at
Maria Parham Hospital in
Henderson.
He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Annie Nelson Wilson; two
sons. Floyd E. Wilson. Jr.. and
John Grandall Wilson, both of
the home; two brothers, John
A. Wilson of Manson, and F.
Perry Wilson of Fort Lauder
dale, I* la.; and three sisters,
Mrs. Beula Wilson Fleming of
Manson. Mrs. Blanche Wilson
Hayes of Henderson, and Mrs.
Louise Wilson Miller of High
Point.
MRS. EMMA A. STEVERSON
Mrs. Emma Jane Arrington
Steverson died March 4 at
Warren General Hospital after
a lengthy illness.
Funeral services were conducted
March 8 at 3 p. m. at
Coley Spring Baptist Church
with the Rev. Luther Brown,
pastor officiating, assisted by
the Rev-Leon Small. Intermentwas
in the church cemetery.
Mrs. Steverson was born
February 17, 1897 in Franklin
County.
She is survived by sis
daughters, Mrs. Hat tie Hicks of
Durham, Mrs. Permelia Alston
and Mrs. Sadie Alston of Warrenton,
Mrs. Eva Johnson, Mrs.
Fannie Jones and Mrs. Estell
Harden, all of Philadelphia, Pa.;
four sons, John D. Steverson of
Warrenton, Alex Steverson of
Long Branch, N. J., Thomas
Steverson and David Steverson
of Philadelphia, Pa., 58
grandchildren, 31 great-grandchildren
and two great,
great -grandchildren.
MISS ELOUISA MILAM
Funeral services for Miss
Elouisa Milam, 47, were
conducted from the Pine Grove
Baptist Church in Macon on
March 11 at 2 p. m. by the Rev.
Alex Brown. Interment was in
the family cemetery.
Survivors include her mother,
Mrs. Issa Bell Milam;
three sisters. Misses Nancy,
Maggie and Mamie Milam of
the home; five brothers,
Jermiah of the home. Hardy
Lee of Littleton, Matthew and
John Henry of Macon and
Anthony of El Paso, Calif.
PHILLIP PARKER FITTS
HENDERSON—Funeral ser
vices for Phillip Parker Fitts,
Jr., 72, of 803 Eaton Street,
were conducted at 2 p. m.
Tuesday from Holy Innocence
Episcopal Church by the Rev.
John W. Davis. Burial was in
Sunset Gardens.
A native of Warren County,
the son of the late Phillip
Parker and Hattie S. Burgess
Fitts, Mr. Fitts died Friday
evening in Maria Parham
Hospital. He was a retired
automobile mechanic who
formerly operated Fitts' Motor
Service for a number of years.
He is survived by his wife.
Mrs. Pearl Daniels Fitts; a
daughter, Mrs. Willie Hermenia
Jackson of New York
City; two sisters, Mrs.
Margaret E. Hunt of New York
City and Mrs. Elsie Oliveira of
New Bedford, Miss.; three
brothers, Richard Edward Fitts
and Shedrick B. Fitts, both of
New York City, and Charles S.
Fitts of Warrenton.
Pallbearers were Clifton
Bass, R. D. Daniels, George
Shearin, Hubert Eaton ,x Paul
Wortham and Cleveland Anderson.
FREDERICK VANDYKE
Funeral services for Frederick
D. VanDyke, 71. of
Melbourne, Fla., were held at 4
p. m. Saturday at the Brownlie
Funeral Chapel in Melbourne
by the Rev. Arthur Padgett.
Burial was in Melbourne
cemetery.
A native of Vance County,
VanDyke was the son of the
late Robert L. and Mary N.
VanDyke. He had been a
resident of Melbourne for 28
years and was a retired superintendent
of security at Cape
Canaveral. During President
Eisenhower's administration,
he was cited for a safety record.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Gladys K. VanKyke of the
home; three sisters, Mrs. J.
Fred White of Norlina, Mrs. J.
N. Walker of Laurinburg, and
Mrs. R. K. Woodlief of
Columbia, S. C.; and one
brother, Luther VanDyke of
Oxford.
CHARLES W. HAYES
Funeral services for Charles
Willie Hayes, 85, were held
from Jordan Chapel Baptist
Church in Franklin County
Saturday afternoon at 2 p. m.
with the Rev. P. G. Davis
officiating assisted by the
pastor, the Rev. James
Barham. Burial with military
rites followed in the church
cemetery for the World War I
veteran.
Mr. Hayes, known as Peter,
was born June 10, 1892, the son
of the late Sprig Hayes and
Mrs. Emma Durham Hayes of
w &rrcu w»uui;. vuvu »v »«»«
home in the Hecks Grovecommunity
on March 8.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Nannie Hayes of the home; one
daughter, Mrs. Vergie Williams _j
of Warren County; sister, Mrs.
Catherine Alston and one '-.J
brother, Eddie Roy Hayes, both >
of Vance County; and one
grandson.
MRS. MARY A. POWELL
Funeral services for Mrs.
Mary Alston Powell, 79, were ;•
held from the Spring Green
Baptist Church Sunday afternoon
at 2 p. m. with the Rev. C.
H. Brown officiating. Burial
was in the family cemetery.
Mrs. Powell was born in
Warren County February 25,
1898 and died at her home in
the Grove Hill community on
March 9.
Surviving are her husband,
Jesse B. Powell of the home;
four daughters, Mrs. Patricia
Upshaw of Washington, D. C.,
Mrs. Bertha Williams of
Brooklyn, N. Y., Miw. Virginia
Faulkner and Mrs. Rebecca
Williams, both of Macon; five
sons, Cleveland Powell and
Ceozie Powell of Washington,
D. C., Oliver Powell and
Johnnie Powell of Brooklyn, N.
Y., and Curtis Powell of the
home; 40 grandchildren and
seven great grandchildren. .