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Your Best t*' & * ^ - iarrrn Sword Your Best Advertising Medium V *' 4 V 41 ftliiili 4* Advertising Medium Complete News Coverage Of Warren County Volume 80 15c Per Copy Warrenton, County Of Warren, North Carolina Thursday, June 2, 1977 Number 22 Norlina High School Plans Activities For Graduation Norlina High School will hold, its annual baccalaureate service on Sunday night, June 5, at 8 o'clock in the gymtorium. Dr. Roland Willard Perry will give the baccalaureate address. Dr. Perry, a native of Sanford, received his undergraduate training at Shaw University and was awarded an A. B. degree. He continued his education at Shaw Divinity School and received his Bachelor of Divinity Degree there in 1964. He completed his requirements for the Doctor of Divinity Degree at Friendship College in Rock Hill, S. C. This degree was awarded in 1972. Dr. Perry is Moderator of the Original Shiloh Baptist Association which consists of 27 churches. He is also director of Vance County Sunday School Training Institute and Pastor of Shiloh Baptist Church in Henderson. Dr. and Mrs. Perry, the former Doris Bumette, are the parents of four children, Teresa, Roland, Dexter and Gregory. Mary Lou Traylor will give the invocation and Bill Bryant will give the benediction. The Blue Wave Chorus, under the direction of Howard Stultz, will provide the musical selections. The annual Honors Day Program will be held on Friday, June 10, at 10 o'clock in the gymtorium. Scholarships to be awarded by local civic organizations will be presented at the program. DR. PERRY PRUETTE The graduating exercises will be held on Friday night, June 10, at 8 o'clock. Mr. C. Ray Pruette will deliver the commencement address. Mr: Pruette is proYessor of Chemistry and Physics at Louisburg College. Professor Pruette was educated at East Carolina University, Wake Forest University and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has recently been named a fellow at American Institute of Chemists. He is a past District Governor of Lions International and is past President of North Carolina Lions Association for the blind. He is chairman of the Board of Deacons of Franklinton Baptist Church and is chairman of the Franklin County Library Board. He is listed in: "Who's Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities," "Outstanding Educators of 1971," "American Men of Science," and "Who's Who in South and Southwest." Professor Pruette is married to the former Margaret Allen of Youngsville. He is widely known as an orator and is a man of rare wit. Cindy King will give the invocation and Thomas Bullock will give the benediction. The Blue Wave Chorus will perform. Principal Clint L. Hege, Superintendent J. R. Peeler, and Chairman of the Board of Education Ernest Turner will present diplomas and certificates to 89 seniors. In listing the above closing exercises, Mr. Hege issued a cordial invitation to all parents and friends of Norlina High School to attend as many of the programs as possible. Convict Takes Leave Of Local Prison Compound Another inmate at the Warren County Department of Correction has escaped and remains at large, according to prison officials. A unit spokesman reported that William R. Hay, an honor grade prisoner assigned to the ballfield on maintenance duty, scaled the fence surrounding the ballfield on Saturday about 1:45 p. m. He was serving a threeyear sentence for breaking and entering and a previous escape. Officials listed Hay as a white male, 20 vears old, weighing about 170 pounds, 5' 11," with brown hair. He has the letters "SC" tattooed on his left arm. This is the sixth escape at the prison unit this year. Two in addition to Hay remain at large. The other three escapees were apprehended within a few days. Prison sources revealed that this escape record is still lower than that of surrounding counties. Veteran Thomas Gasklll places flag on grave of soldier in Macon Cemetery following Memorial Services in Courthouse Sunday afternoon. Conflict Of Ideals Not In Arena, Pulpit X here is no conflict in the idealism of soldier and minister, the Rev. Dennis Levin, pastor of the Providence United Methodist Church, told an audience gathered in the Warren County Courthouse on Sunday afternoon in observance of Memorial Day. Commander Frank Daniel presented Mr. Levin, who is serving his first Dastorate after spending several years in civil pursuits. He is minister of Providence United Methodist at AftonElberon. Often other ministers express surprise when they learn that he is an intelligence officer serving with the National Guard and not a chaplain, Mr. Levin said, adding that he was not a veteran but a minister of God seeking to serve both his God and his country. That there is no conflict here, he said, is revealed in the Biblical story of Christ and the Centurian, which he had read as his text. The soldiers whom we are gathered here to honor on this occasion, the minister said, were dedicated men who were willing to lay down their lives in defense of their country and service to their fellowman. In the army, he continued, the soldiers were taught to give orders and to follow orders. They were soon to learn that in service to one's country there could be no difference in race or creeds but one force jinited in love and dedication for one's country. There is no greater service than service to the Kingdom of God where the ability to give and to take orders must be learned and the devotion to others above self must be a guiding motive just as it is in the life of a good soldier, Mr. Levin concluded. Commander Daniel presided over the meeting and gave the introductory remarks. The invocation was given by Chaplain "Bill" Connell of Limer Post No. 25. Miss Sadie Limer recognised the three Gold Star mothers present for the occasion. The UDC was represented by Mrs. Helen Eodgers Fleming, President, who spoke briefly. Commander Stephen Daniel, Andrew Hundley Post No. 260, gave a few remarks concerning the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Commander Frank Daniel expressed his regret that the Moses Davis Post of the American Legion was not represented at the Memorial Day Observance for the first time In many years. He said that It was due to some Study Of Black 'Roots' Set Here A black Duke University doctoral candidate will be able to complete a historical study of black families in two North Carolina counties with the aid of a $6,500 grant awarded this week by the N. C. Department of Cultural Resources. Marsha J. Darling will use the grant to examine what she calls the "kin network" of blacks in Warren and Halifax counties and how it affected the residents' history, civic involvement, education, migration patterns and integration. Although she will make use of available texts and statistical information, the bulk of her work will be a series of oral interviews with residents of the two counties, where she plans to live and work in various communities to meet people of as many ages and social groups as possible. She recently completed a similar series of interviews in Mississippi as part of her graduate work in Duke's Oral History Program. She plans to compare the kin networks in the two states for her doctoral dissertation. The Cultural Resources grant, however, is only for the North Carolina portion of her work, and the agreement specifies that all data she gathers in Warren and Halifax will be given to the State Archives when she completes her work. She chose those two counties, she said, for two reasons: a high percentage of blacks in their population and a little-known but rich cultural heritage. Warren, for example, produced several black leaders during Reconstruction, and as late as 1910 the county had a black sheriff and a black register of deeds. A graduate of Vassar College where she was president of the student government association, Miss Darling has previously received Rockefeller Foundation Fellowships and Ford Foundation Scholarships. She is a former vice-chairperson of the President's National advisory Council on Women's Educational Programs. She lives in Durham. Warrenton Rural Firemen Answer Two Calls The Warrenton Rural Volunteer Fire Department responded to two fire calls during the past week. Last Thursday at 4:10 p. m. the local company dispatched one truck and seven men to Charlie Milliard's place on Route 1, Macon, where a one-half ton truck was on fire. The truck was a total loss. No cause for the fire was reported, A fire call turned in Saturday at 5:30 p. m. proved to have been a false alarm. The top tea Jaiilera it Jeha Graham High Scheel were choaea to terre at marahala at tke commeacemeat exerclaea to be held ea June M. Che«ea to serve were [left to right] freatraw, Shirley Hndfta., Sheryl Ayeoch, chief marshal; aad Saadra Green. Second rbw, Patricia RichardaoB, Mary Helea Reoher aad Gale Marray. Tap raw, Jaaea Yeaag, Llaa Babbitt, Michael Rasa aad Mellaaa Exam. [ Staff Photo 1 2a ijMji, lit, Budget Requests To Be Considered Warren County Manager Charles Hayes will make his budget recommendations to the Warren County Board of Commissioners at their regular meeting here next Monday morning. Hayes said yesterday that the Warren County Planning Board would discuss zoning regulation suggestions at the Monday meeting. In addition to these items and • number of routine reports, he said 'a number of delegations had asked to appear before the board to discuss various road matters. In Warren County Superior Court Davis, Hampton Facing Trial Here Two men charged with killing a Warren County man and dumping his body into Lake Gaston earlier this year are scheduled to face trial next week during the June Criminal Term of Warren County Superior Court. The two, Joe Edward Hampton, Jr., and McLean Davis, have been held in Warren County Jail since being charged with murder in the death of Cleveland Alonzo Wilson, 28, of Warrenton. Wilson's body was found in Lake Gaston on February 27 after a massive search by 31 rescue squads from North Carolina and southside Virginia. Sheriff's deputies accused Davis, 19, and Hampton, 20, with beating Wilson to death with an automobile jack and robbing him before disposing of the body. The killing occurred on January 22. Both men face charges of murder, larceny of an automobile and larceny from the person. Additionally, Davis faces a charge of issuing a forged check, larceny and two counts of breaking, entering and larceny. A full caseload awaits Judge Harry E. Canady of Johnson County when court is convened at 10 a. m. Monday. District Attorney Charles M. White of Warrenton is expected to call 111 cases during the week. Among other cases scheduled for trial are the following: Probation violations include Ernest Davis, larceny after breaking and entering; Will Edward Neal, assault with deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury; John Baker, two charges of breaking and entering and larceny; Tony Washington, assault with deadly weapon inflicting serious injury and assault with deadly weapon; Lawrence Cleo Baskerville, driving under influence; Michael Aycock, breaking into vending machine, two charges; and Sandy Yancey, assault with deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury. Cases docketed for grand jury action include Esther p. Stutson, possession of stolen vehicle; Morocco Stutson, possession of stolen vehicle; James Alston, breaking and entering, larceny and receiving; Little cms being hammered in frond conrthonae iqure to hoaer veterans. Conrad Solomon, breaking and entering, larceny and receiving; Jim Watson Lynch, receiving; Willie Lee Richardson, breaking and entering, larceny and receiving; William Richardson, Jr., breaking and entering, larceny and receiving and James Edward Williams, Jr., breaking and entering, larceny. Also, Eddie Williams, receiving; Wayne Richardson, receiving; Vincent McKinley White, breaking and entering, larceny, two charges; David Watson, breaking and entering, larceny, two charges; Ronnie Edward Talley, breaking, entering,larceny, two charges; James R. Pulley, Bodies Recovered Two Lives Lost On Lake Gaston a iour-year-oia Kaieign child was drowned in the Warren County section of Gaston Lake at 2:30 p. m. Saturday. Evans Chapman, the child, was playing at Viverette Timber Lodge when he was missed by his parents, according to Deputy Dorsey Capps, investigating officer. He reported that the boy's father, Harold Chapman, was working on a porch at their mobile home and the child's mother, Mrs. Fais Chapman, was sunbathing on the roof of a nearby boathouse while the children played. The little boy played between the water's edge and the cabin, running back and forth between the two points. After he had been playing for about an hour he was missed by his parents, the deputy said. Evans six year-old brother then told his parents that he had seen his brother fall in the water but had not reported it. The Warren County Rescue Squad was summoned and found the body in about four feet of water at 3:20. The drowning of the Chapman child was the second such case to be reported at Gaston Lake on Saturday afternoon, the other was in Halifax County. Randy Harris, 11, of Gaston drowned at 4:30 p. m. Saturday when he fell off a raft in the lake. Harris could not swim, according to members of a church group he was with at the time. His body was pulled from the water by the Roanoke Valley Rescue Squad, and he was pronounced dead on arrival at Halifax Memorial Hospital in Roanoke Rapida. Patrol Cruiser Smashed In Aftermath Of Chase By HELEN HOWARD A State Highway patrol car and another vehicle were involved in a head-on collision in a private driveway on Sunday afternoon at approximately 2:20 p. m. Trooper A. M. Bennett of Warrenton, driver of the patrol car, and William Charlie Ross, driver of the other vehicle, ran head-on while travelling on a narrow private driveway at the crest of a hill. The driver of both vehicles and two passengers in the Ross vehicle received slight injuries in the mishap. Trooper Bennett explained that he had chased a motorcycle down the private driveway and had apprehended the motorcyclist, a juvenile, under the house at the end of the drive. He was en route to take the juvenile to his home when the accident occurred. The juvenile was not injured. The State Highway Patrol headquarters in Henderson revealed that the accident occurred near Eaton's Ferry Bridge in Warren County. The Ross vehicle, a 1972 Gremlin, was registered to William Ledell Rosa and received approximately $500 damages. The patrol vehicle received about $400 in damages. Passengers in the Rosa vehicle were Antonia Short of Henrico and Theoaseus Clayton of Ebony, Va. The private driveway belonged to Rosa and Clayton, according to the patrol headquarters. The patrolman stated that the Roaa vehicle was travelling eaat on tha driveway going up hill and entering a right.turn carve. The patrol car was travelling west uphill and entering a left turn curve at the crest of the hill when the head-on collision occurred. Both vehicles applied brake*, according to the report. No charges were filed in the mishap. Charges againat the juvenile are being petitioned from juvenile court. Second Mishap Failure to give a signal resulted in a collision on the Warrenton-Norlina highway near the Lions Den on Wednesday, May 19, at approximately 1:05 p. m. According to Trooper A. M. Bennett, an automobile driven by George Hawkins was traveling east on the highway when he attempted to change lanes, pulling in the path of a car driven by Gerald Thomas Clifton. _ The trooper explained that Clifton applied brakae but wet pavement cauaed him to skid into the left rear of the Hawkina' vehicle. Hawkins was charged with failure to give a signal. Damages to the Clifton automobile, a 1975 Chevrolet, were estimated at $1M, while the Hawkins' vehicle, a 19(1 Chevrolet, were set at 175. No injuries were reported in the mishap. Jury Excuses Will Be Heard On Friday Jurors wishing to be excused from this seasion of Warren County Superior Court to convene on Jnae • are reminded to appear before the district J edge em June S to state the excnae. All Jurors withont an excuse from the judge will be required to appear m Monday.
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