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BIGNALL JONES, Editor
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Fireboats On Lake Gaston
The suggestion of Wildwood
Point Association that the three
counties of Warren, Halifax and
Northampton work together as a
unit in establishing a fire boat on
Lake Gaston appears to have
merit and no doubt will receive
the attention of the Warren
County Board of Commissioners
at its next meeting.
The three counties to which
the Wildwood Point Association
appealed should be enough for a
base to place one or two
fireboats on the lake, hopefully
Mecklenburg and Brunswick
Counties in Virginia may be
interested in financing additional
fireboats on the lake.
Nathan E. Thomas, President
of the Wildwood Point Association,
makes a good point in his
claim for support when he says
that about one-fourth of Warren
County's tax base was created
by the creation of Gaston lake,
and that the tax valuation of
Wildwood Point alone is nearly
$5 million, which is more than a
third of the valuation of the
Town of Warrenton.
Mr. Thomas said that the
Gaston Lake contribution to the
support of Warren County is way
beyond Warren County's contribution
to Gaston Lake, and that
the county commissioners could
well justify any contribution
that it might make for the
establishment of fire boats on
the lake. As an indication of the
worth of fire boats on the lake,
Thomas said that if fire boats
which meet the approval of
North Carolina and Virginia
Fire Rating Bureaus were to be
placed on Lake Gaston that his
own insurance premium would
be reduced $40.
We would suppose that the
Warren Commissioners would
agree with the contention of Mr.
Thomas and that it would like to
see a number of fireboats on
Lake Gaston as a part of Warren
County's growing fire protection
to rural areas. But we have an
idea that the commissioners will
plead no funds in the budget for
increasing donations to rural
fire companies, and that there
are no emergency funds
available. This is no doubt true
and is but another example of
what the cost of failing to levy
reserve funds in setting its tax
rate may be costing our citizens.
Fine Fish Fry „
Any of the hundreds of Warren
County residents who attended a
fish fry held here last week by
the Warren County Shrine Club
will have no difficulty in putting
in a good word for the meal.
Fresh flounder cooked to a
golden brown was the meal's
feature, and those who turned
out at the Warrenton Lions Den
to help consume 1500 pounds of
fish were delighted at the really
fine dinner.
Making the meal even more
enjoyable was the knowledge
that all of the proceeds will go
toward helping the Shrine
hospitals for crippled children,
and for burn centers which
Still Smiling
It is worth noting that during
especially trying times, our
people are able to keep a sense
of levity. Accordingly, we pass
along this bit of conversation
overheard during the height of
the summer drought.
Two local farmers were
bemoaning the lack of rainfall,
and the pitiful condition of their
tobacco crops.
"If it doesn't rain soon," one
of the farmers allowed, "I'm
going to have to rob a bank."
"Shucks," replied the other,
"if it doesn't rain soon, I've
already robbed one."
The 4-Day Week
A great many people are already
working a 4-Day week; it just takes
them five or six days to do
it.-Sunshine Magazine.
A Matter Of Chemistry
A young boy showing a neighbor's
child his house for the first time
announced proudly as they passed the
bar: "And this is my father's
chemistry set." -Farmer's Digest.
receive Shrine support. It was a
wonderful meal inspired by
worthwhile causes. The next
time Shriners put on one of their
fish feeds, and we hope it will be
soon, we have a feeling that the
waiting line will be lengthened
by numbers of people not
present last week who have
since learned what they missed.
We salute the Warren County
Shrine Club for a first-rate job,
and we thank them for allowing
so many to donate to a noble
effort of charity in such an
enjoyable manner.
Quotes
Did you hear about the rich Texan
who bought his dog a little boy to play
with? - Shelby Friedman in Quote.
To know what is right and not to do it
is the worst cowardice.-Confucius.
One of the evils of democracy is that
you have to endure the man you
elected, whether you hke him or not. Will
Rogers.
I don't know of anything better than a
woman if you want to spend money
where it'll show. - Kin Hubbard.
One of the happiest times in any
man's life is when he is in red-hot
pursuit of a dollar with a reasonable
prospect of overtaking it. — Josh
Billings
It pays to be "ignorant, for when
you're smart you already know it can't
be done. - Jeno F. Paulucci (who
became a multimillionaire after a very
small start on a shoestring). .
A man who works with his hands is a
laborer. A man who works with his
hands and his brain is a craftsman. A
man who works with his hands and his
brains and his heart is an artist.
-Louis Nizer.
Money-giving is a very good
criterion, in a way, of a person's
mental health. Generous people are
rarely mentally-ill people.-Dr. Karl
Menninger.
Mostly Personal
Search For Turner's
Grave Is Continuing
By B1GNALL JONES
Last Friday morning I
had a delightful visit from
Alton Pridgen, who lives in
the Creek community of
Fork Township near the
home of his parents, the late
Mr. and Mrs. Wiley H.
Pridgen. As is usually the
case when talking with
Alton, I found his conversation
both interesting and
informative.
When Dr. James Clark
was in the office a week
previously seeking to find
some information about the
burial place of Governor
James Turner, I referred
him to Alton, but up to that
time he had not called. Alton
said that he knew James
Clark and praised him
highly for his good bearing
and said that he was highly
intelligent. This I had
learned during Ihe some 30
minutes I had talked with
him.
Alton made out a good
case for Governor Turner
being buried on or near the
plantation of his father and
as he talked I wished that I
had with me a tape recorder
in order that I may have
obtained his account of the
funeral. He said that his
father and grandfather had
told him that Governor
James Turner was buried
near his father's home, that
his grandfather had attended
the funeral and that his
father had shown him the
grave. He said that it had
been incased in brick, but
that persons visiting the
grave had removed the
bricks as a souvenir until
none of the brick are now
left. He said that Governor
Turner had died at his
plantation near Ridgeway
(in 1824) and that his body
had been removed to his
home at Creek for burial.
Alton said that he had been
told that due to a bad storm
it took the cortege two days
to arrive at Creek. As soon
as I am able I shall obtain a
written or recorded record
of the information given me.
When Dr. Clark was in the
office, he mentioned that
Peter Wilson, the brother of
Mrs. Walter Montgomery
who in the early Twenties
wrote "Sketches of Old Warrenton,"
had written a book
"Southern Exposure,"
which contained quite a bit
of material about Warrenton.
Thinking that there
might be some reference to
Governor Turner, I went to
the local library where I was
able to find a copy of this
informative and delightful
book written 50 years ago.
Peter Wilson's grandmother
was kin to Governor Turner
and had spent some time in
his home at Bloomsbury,
but nothing that would help
me solve the riddle of where
Governor Turner is buried.
Alton Pridgen has made a
good case, but it must be
substantiated before it can
be accepted as an historical
fact.
Reasoning that if I could
find the year of his death, I
might be able to find an
account of his funeral in the
newspaper of that day, I
revisited the library. Welborn's
History did not give
me this date, and Ashe's
History of North Carolina is
not indexed. Finally I found
in Wheeler's History of
North Carolina as Mrs.
Limer was closing the
library at the end of the day
that Governor Turner died
at Bloomsbury near Ridgeway
in 1824, but nothing
about his funeral. That night
I found in Mrs. Montgomery's
"Sketches of Old!
Warrenton" that at the time
of Governor Turner's funeral
The Warrenton Reporter
was being published in
Warrenton. The next step is
obviously to search the
North Carolina Archives in
the hope that there may be a
copy of The Warrenton
Reporter on file and that
copy will contain an account
of Governor Turner's funeral.
Meanwhile, there
remains a copy of Dr.
Hawks History in the library
and this is yet to be
researched.
Alton Pridgen's conversa
tion covered more than the
subject of Governor Turner's
final resting place. He
gave me some additional
information on a few of the
items covered by Peter
Wilson in his book, which I
had found one of the most
enjoyable books that I have
read in many years;
although written 50 years
ago by a man then in late
seventies, the book contains
much of present day
interest. I will later share
some of this information in
this column.
PRESCRIPTION...Child
accompanied by grandfather
waits for a prescription at
one of the Seagrave Memorial
Hospital's mobile
clinics in Cholla Pukto
Province, Korea, where the
American Kor-Asian Foundation,
Inc. is helping
develop model health care
services.
Herd Decreases
During the past six years,
the estimated population of
the western Arctic herd of
caribou has dropped from
250,000 to between 60,000 and
50,000. The crisis seriously
threatens the people in
Alaska's inland villages,
where hunters still depend
heavily on the animal for
food in the winter, reports
the National Geographic
Society's new book, "Still
Waters, White Waters."
Card Of Thanks
The family of the late Mrs.
Bell Hunter, would like to
express their heartfelt gratitude
to all those relatives,
friends and acquaintances
that sent flowers, cards,
foods and all manners of
kindness in their bereavement.
THE FAMILY
Letter To The Editor
Against Alcohol
To The Editor:
Why are there all warnings
against tobacco, but
none against alcohol? The
worst killer receives no
health warnings. This killer
contributes heavily to the
physical ailments of man, to
the accidents and killing on
the highways, to the poverty
and injustice that permeate
society. It is the worst of
home-wreckers. It has lost
more jobs, it has driven
more minds to a loss of
sanity. It has caused more
disintegration of moral
standards than any other
one thing used by mankind.
This enemy and deadly
poison is alcoholic beverages,
it is the most poisonous
and destructive evil in this
era. In the face of this real
danger that has gained a
stronghold on our society, no
warning is given. Evils of
alcohol can be summed up
under four headings: crime,
injury to health, economic
evils, traffic accidents with
injury to bodies and death.
Countless physical injuries
are due to drinking, not
all of them inflicted accidently.
A few drinks destroy
self-control and decency
that a man beats his
neighbors, his wife, child
abuse or total strangers. To
mention cases of hunger and
exposure that are incurred
because money spent for
drink cannot also buy food,
clothing, shelter and fuel.
Tax payers bear the cost of
such for alcoholics to
receive welfare. Our wonderful
daily newspaper,
Durham Morning Herald
dated Monday, April 18,1977
head lines, Admissions
Climb Faster Than Cash at
Umstead. Dr. Peter Irigaray,
Superintendent of John
Umstead Hospital stated
nearly half the patients in
Umstead are alcoholics. Dr.
Irigary also stated that
^alcoholics also have physical
ailments connected with
their addiction, there is a
shortage of staff members
and money. Citizens thiqk
what a big problem this
courageous doctor has. Are
you and I forced to pay these
bills (our tax dollars)?
Tobacco is not a big
problem in Umstead hospital.
I have friends that have
emphysema that never
smoked, what has caused
this? I have friends that died
from lung cancer that never
smoked, will research
please explain this?
Alcoholic beverage is a
factor in over seventy percent
of the crimes committed.
These crimes are not all
such things as liquor law
violations, public drunkenness,
disorderly conduct,
and driving while intoxicated.
They include major
crimes of violence such as
murder, robbery, rape and
others. Tobacco does not
cause any of these.
Think of the many
courageous, honorable law
enforcement officers killed
because of alcoholic beverages.
What a disgraceful
reward. Tobacco has never
caused such. We become
fatalistic about the problems
we face saying in
effect, "Whatever will be,
will be." So excuse ourselves
for doing nothing.
MRS. V. R. GRISSOM, SR.
Rt. 1, Box 168
Henderson, N. C.
Reunion Is Held
At Riggan Home
A family reunion was held
Sunday at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Riggan in
Henderson. Mrs. Macon
Moore, Sr., of Littleton
returned thanks and a buffet
dinner was served.
Attending were Mr. and
Mrs. Palmer Bobbitt and
children of Winston-Salem,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Riggan, Hodges Riggan of
Meridian, Miss., Mrs. Jack
M. Riggan and Mrs.
Norman Lovell of Bronx, N.
Y., Mrs. Macon Moore, Sr.,
Mrs. B. F. Morris and Mr.
and Mrs. Bernard F.
Morris, Jr., and children of
Henderson, Miss Jacqueline
Moore of Goldsboro and the
Harry Riggans.
Lot Of Variety
More than 150 varieties of
macaroni can be found in
the nation's supermarkets.
Wedding Announced
Mr. and Mrs. Charles E.
Count of Raleigh announce
the marriage of their
daughter, Juliet Couns
Siegel, to Dixon Henry Ward
on August 17. They will
make their residence in
Lebanon, Tenn.
Reunion Planned
' The family of Joseph and
Mary'Ann Hamm Peoples
will hold their annual family
reunion Sunday, August 28,
at the Henderson Armory.
All relatives are invited to
come and bring a picnic
lunch to be served at one
o'clock.
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