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Member North Carolina Press Association
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A Job Superbly Done
A fire here late last Wednesday
afternoon destroyed the old Warren
Theatre building causing an
estimated loss of $100,000 to its
owner J. T. Fleming, as the flames
thre»tpnoH a block of building.
Mixed with a sense of sympathy
for the J. T. Fleming family, is a
feeling of gratitude for the fine work
of voluntary fire companies that
confined almost all of the fire to the
one building in which it originated.
The people of Warren County are
familiar with the service that the
Warren Rural Volunteer Firemen
have rendered over the years in
reducing fire losses and the
contributions made by individual
firemen. But they are perhaps less
familiar with the fine organization of
the companies centered in the
Warrenton Rural Fire Company
communication center, with all
trucks connected in one large
network.
This was demonstrated at last
Wednesday's fire here. As soon as
Warrenton Rural Company Fire
Chief A. A. Wood glimpsed the
extent of the fire, calls went oat to
other fire companies for assistance.
Fighting the fire were the
Warrenton Rural Fire Department,
the Warrenton Town Volunteer Fire
Department, and the Nortina Fire
Department, whose pumpers can be
attached to the town Are hydrants;
manpower, pumpers, and tankers
from Hawtree, D re wry, Maconv
Areola, Inez and Cokesbury, and
manpower from the Afton-Elberon
and Churchill-Five Forks
Companies. Unable to save the
theatre building on account of the
fire's headstart, these firemen kept
the flames from spreading to other
buildings, and soon had all flames
under control. For this we are all
deeply grateful.
Some Promising Aspects
The Charlotte Observer
News that black students have made
substantial gains in achievement test
scores over the past decade could hardly
have come at a better time. The results
ought to give pause to those who would
ban busing and allow public schools to
resegregate.
The scores, gathered and analyzed by
Dr. Lyle Jones of UNC and Dr. Nancy
Burton of the Educational Testing
Service, Princeton, N. J., show that
black children aged 9 and 13 have
narrowed the distance between them and
their white classmates on a broad range
of tests measuring skills in reading,
writing, social studies, math and
science.
For instance, in 1969 the average
reading scores for 9-year-old blacks
were 17% behind those of 9-year-old
whites. By 1900, the average scores of 9year-old
blades were only 10% behind
those of 9-year-old whites. In a decade,
black students closed the gap by almost
half.
Similar results are showing up on
achievement tests of state and local
school systems in the Carolinas, where
blacks historically have lagged far
behind their white counterparts.
Dr. Jones said he could not confidently
attribute the gains to desegregation or
other social programs of the late 1960s
and 1970s. "Nevertheless," he said, "our
findings do cast doubt on judgments that
these social programs have failed."
In the South, where massive
desegregation of public schools began in
the early 1970b, gains among young black
students were stranger than for blacks
elsewhere in the country, he said. That
has to be significant
Two aspects at the test-score analyses
are especially promising.
One is that the younger the student, the
better the performance — I ysar-old
blacks cunalkeutly do better than Ohm
who are 13. That suggests that as old
barriers fall and blacks parcel* new
opportunities opening for them, their
classroom performance improves
accordingly.
The second is the thought that the
black children making these scons are
probably the offspring of parents who
were in school themselves during the
1950s, when desegregation began. As
these young people mature sad become
parents themselves, they will Mas on to
their children an even better educational
environment and a greater classroom
potential.
The caste system and racial stereotypes
that caused differences la
academic achievement were deeply
rooted in our society, and those
differences will not disappear in one
decade or one generation. But the fact
that substantial gains are now being
made is reassuring and ought to spur us
all to even greater efforts to wipe out aid
inequities.
The gains of those 9- and 13-year-olds
represent a vast inert sat In this nation's
human potential.
News Of 1Q, 25 And 40 Years Ago
Looking Back Into The Record
May 1,1942
With its quota for May
set at $18,400, Warren
County under the direction
of Chairman W. N. Boyd
will on Monday begin a
systematic canvass to the
aid that every incomeearning
citizen may be
given an opportunity to
pledge voluntarily some
portion of his or her
income to the regular
purchase of defense bonds
and stamps.
Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Odom
entertained 125 guests at a
dance at Hotel Warren on
Friday evening for memben
of the senior class of
John Graham High School,
Juniors and a few other
friends.
The Rev. W. F. Little of
Wyiesburg, Va. has accepted
a call to the
Warzentoo and Littleton
and Graver* Manorial
PTMbyterlan churches and
wffl begin his work by the
Middle of Jane.
Mays, i»57
William K. Lanier, War
renton hardware merchant,
was chosen "Lion of
the Year" at the regular
meeting of the Warren ton
Lions Club at Hotel Warren
last Friday night.
Four dogs were found at
a whiskey still in Nutbush
Township near the Vance
County line on Wednesday
morning by raiding officers.
Davis said two dogs
were drunk and that one
was so drunk that it
staggered into beer barrels
The other two dogs
were in better shape.
For the first time in
more than SO years, Fairview
Cemetery at Warrenton
is to have a running
water supply. A well is
being drilled near the
north gate of the cemetery
by Manley Martin and,
according to Archie Davis,
president of the cemetery
association, three pipelines
will be extended into
the cemetery.
May 4. im
W. Monroe Gardner and
Gen. Claude Bower* have
been named Warren County
managers of the local
Sanford for President
committee. According to
Woodrow Tongue, state
campaign manager, they
will head local efforts for
Terry Sanford, former
North Carolina goiernor,
in the May • primary.
Thomas Georye Bender.
sonofMr. and Mr*. Walter
. nenoer o« raogewey,
has been selected to attend
Boys State at Wake Forest
University in June. He is a
junior at Vance High
School nherc he is a
member of the National
Honor oOTKPiy idq unc ocu
Club.
The appointment of Mrs.
jamen riyne Decmwira 10
the Board of Governors of
St Margaret's School in
Tappehannock, Va has
been snnonnced by the
Right Revcnad Robert F.
Giboul, bishop of the
Diocese of Vlrgiain of the
Mostly Personal
'Do You Remember This?'
By BION ALL JONES
The old postal card with
its caaceOed IS cents
stamp whan a place tar a
one t* stamp ^ been
printed arrivM nere Utft
Thursday morning (ran
NarMaa where it had been
mailed the previous day. It
had been mailed to me at
the office of The Warren
Record by Leon P.
Prtdgsn. "Do you remember
this?" he asked.
On the other side was a
picture of the Main Street
at Wsrrenton which I
remember very well, but
not thai particular card,
with its picture occupying
only about three-fourths of
its space. Later cards, in
the late teens, carried a
similar and mare legible
scene of an laipsved street
occupied by a number of
horses and wagons. No
automobiles were to be
Under the picture mailed
by Leon was the caption
"Main Street, Warrantee,
N. C." There was no date.
However, the card bore the
imprint "New Era Pub.
Co." which dated the card
somewhere between 1910
and 1*14.
When my father bought
The Record from J. C.
Hardy in the spring of 1909,
it was located in a frame
building where P. H. Rose
Company now stands, and
was one of several businesses
located within the
building. The office was
illuminated by keroaene
lamps, all type was set by
hand, and the press upon
which the paper was
printed was also operated
by hand power. The job
press was also operated by
a pedal.
A year or more later
Uncle T. Lewis Brodie,
who had been operating a
printing shop In New York,
moved to warrenton and
with my father organized
the New Era Publishing
®»n named Stato,
number of presses. The
ortgtoal office was too
to house the additional
machinery, so the
«®ce was moved into the
Katxenstein building .
multiple Aory and multiiwmoae
building. A Bath
coc* power operated newswas
Installed
for a few years this
w*« the home of The
Wairenton Record.
Aramd 1912 my father
Md «mcle, for personal
reasons, agreed to sepathe
business, withnqr
uncle moving hb plant to
Jwana and my father
moving his plant to what
was later the IfflHard and
WWte store buOdiig, run
for years as B. C Hilhard
«nd until recent years by
*e late Allen
Hilliard.
Around 1914 we moved
Record trom this
t*H*nng where The WarRecord
has bm
*he New Era Publishing
Company went out of
"iinniM to 1914, a victim
<* the panic of 1914. Uncle
y *oon «mpt'7ed
hy Starr
frang Conymy of War"Jways
Visits to Warren.
Whfle I do not rememher
that particular post
card, the imprint New Era
Co. does trigger
SLS£££
'here was no
to TTststnstuhi buOdtog^WatCT
waa kept in a
wwed our hands in a tin
water basin, and the black
covered hands, we tossed
oat of the back door. The
back of the building
contained the printing department,
and the front.
aad pel haps office applies.
One of theae magariass
bare the title "The
LJberty~fesys of W sad
Company.
IiiihuAi iih | j 1
Mwfui win* mm
NewYorkanltaBan
from which I received
many thrills after school.
A pleasant time, sometimes
interrupted by my
Uncle Lewis' "foolish"
idea that I should sweep
the floor without further
reward. However, I read
and I sometimes swept,
but they were happy days.
In front of the Katzenstein
building were long
steps on which citizens in
town to shop or loaf would
rest and chat. Among these
were many Confederate
veterans, as they would
tell and re-tell incidents of
the Civil War. And among
the more fervent listeners
was a little unconverted
Rebel. I remember hearing
tales of the night
Stonewall Jackson was
shot, and how spent bullets
from the sentry's fire that
killed Jackson fell among
Warren County men. I remember
talks of General
Stewart; my hero, and
talks about Marse Robert
E. Lee and other tales of
heroic men fighting for a
lost cause
In those days there were
many frame tmtiiWw
lining the Main Street of
Wsrrentoo. In their eaves
were many yarrow nests
Jutting oat shore the
street, and after more than
SO years I can still hear the
clopping of horses' hooves,
and the chattering yarrows
as they flitted to the
streets to eat the droppings
of the horses, upon which
they large subsisted. I
also remember the racks
to which horses were bed,
and the long watering
trough filled from the town
pump on the southeast part
of the court square. And I
also remember the scores
of persons who operated
these stores from early
morning to late at night,
and the hundreds and
perhaps thousands of citizens
who have walked
those streets since I have
called Warrenton my
home. ■: ■ . '
Letters To The Editor
Visit Was Successful
To the Editor:
The Warrenton lioness Club sponsored a bloodmobile
on April 29. at the Lions Den. This was our first
community service project and we would like to thank the
citizens of Warren County who had a part in making the
day a success.
First, we would like to thank Frank Liner of Cochrane
Furniture Co., Inc., Bill Leary of Peck Manufacturing
Co., and John Andrews of Carolina Sportswear Co. for
letting their employees take time off from work to donate
blood.
Nurses volunteering their time to help the Red Croat
nurses were Mary Groves, Sadie Yancey, Kathleen
Paschall, Bessie Bartholomew, and Lois Townaend.
Without the help of those "ladies in white," we could not
have had a bloodmobile. We also thank Dr. James R.
Grabill who was on call.
A special thank you to J. B. Thompson who left his Job
and brought his men to put up additional lighting and
equipment.
To all the Lionesses who gave a day of their time to
serve as volunteers where needed, we give a thank you.
We also give a special thanks to Lioness Caasie Jones who
dpnated all the cookies and crackers.
4 We also thank Hardee's of Warrenton which donated
napkins and cups.
We had 133 people to come to the bloodmobile. Nineteen
were deferred and 114 gave a pint of blood each Thirtyfour
were first-time donors.
The last, but among the most important, thaak you is to
the 133 "special people" who came to give the gift of life.
Warren County has fallen down in the past several years
in collection of blood. We in the Lioness dob hope to
sponsor the bloodmobile two or three times a year and to
get the county's quota back up. There is no reason why we
can't have several hundred donors from oar county. We
never know when we or a member at our family might
have a need for blood. Please help us insist the next
bloodmobile Warren County's largest! The dale la
already set for September 9.
"When you give of yourself, you truly give," and to all
the volunteers and donors we tiprtas oar sincere
appreciation for helping us to help others.
ALICE ROBERTSON
rranunii
Warrenton Lioness dub
No Injunction Is Needed
To the Editor:
Recent conversations concerning the PCS problem
have tended to emphasis the fact that Warren County
has not been able to get an Injunction to block the
construction of a PCB landfill at the Warren County site.
It Is therefore necessary that the state dearly perceive
and clearly understand our position concerning the
injunction.
The purpose of our litigation against the state is to
prevent the burial of PCBs by challenging die
constitutionality of the decision to locate (to construct) a
PCB landfill at the site.
Therefore, the constitutional right of the stale to
authorize occupation or construction of the site for PCB
disposal is not contingent upon the presence or akMK* of
an injunction. It is contingent upon the outcome of our
federal appeal, on the outcome of final judicial decision.
It follows necessarily that if the state authorises
occupation or construction of the site for PCB disposal
prior to final judicial decision concerning the
constitutionality of the authorization, the state violates
the 14th Amendment by preempting due process of la«.
And since the purpose of preempting due procsss would
be to deny Warren County the equal protection of the
laws, the state would be guilty of yot a second violation if
the 14th Amendment, which guarantees to every citizen,
not only due process, but equal protection of the laws as
well.
An Injunction is therefore not needed to
block occupation or construction of thi
disposal prior to final judicial derision Such premature
activity is necessarily pieemptad by the nature of the
litigation itself, by the federal appeiri, and by the 14th
Amendment of The Constitution of the United States.
The state can be under no doubt that the Warm CoMty
Site is an extremely sensitive place to us hscause the
destiny of the site is linked to our personal destinies, te
the destintes of our nsighboring counties, aad to the
destiny of North Carolina as a whole.
If news releases continue to imply that the state isteafc
co auinorue premature acuvixy n me aie, we mmu nave -f
no»alternative but to propose and Imptemsnl Ann aad
appropriate cotinteroieastires*
KENFEMtUCCIO
Letters To The Editor
A Tribute To Mothers
To the Editor:
Pathaf no word in any language Is any lovelier than
"mother."
One day, the second Sunday in May, ia set aside each
year to honor one's mother. It if the one day when we tell
the one who loves us more than anyone else in the world
hew mod) she means to ua.
The first Mother's Day was held over a century ago,
June X, 1171, in Boston. It was suggested by the eminent
poet Julia Ward Howe, who gained recognition during the
Civil War when she penned the words to the musical
composition "Battle Hymn of the Republic."
Around the turn of the century, Prank E. Hering of
South Bend, Indiana launched a campaign for Mother's
Day st a convention of the Fraternal Order of Eagles. On
May 10,1901, Miss Anna Jarvis, a native of Grafton, West
Virginia saw a dream become a reality-the nationwide
recognition of a day to honor mother. The first official
Mother's Day observance was held in ho- girlhood
church, Andrews Methodist, on that memorable date. It
was she who selected the second Sunday in May, also the
custom of wearing carnations to honor mother.
In 1915 Woodrow Wilson, by presidental proclamation,
authorised the second Sunday in May each year as a
national observance of Mother's Day.
Artists, authors, painters, poets, writers, and famous
men and women have given the word mother a regal
meaning!
James S. Whistler, the American painter immortalized
Ms mother in the famous painting, "A Portrait of the
Artist's Mother." Abraham Lincoln, the martyred
president, said "All that I am or hope to be, I owe to my
angel mother." Helen Steiner Rice, the poet wrote: "It
tains a mother's love to make a house a home.
At mother's knee, around the fireside, the foundations
of life are laid. Every word and deed of a mother is a fiber
woven into the character of a child, which ultimately
determines how a child fits into the fabric of society.
When home is ruled according to God's word, the one
commandment, "Honor Thy Father and Mother," echos
and re-echoes in every room.
The words to an old song are familiar to the ear: "How
dear to me are the scenes of my childhood...."
The scenes of childhood there is not a mother who
could not recall one memorable moment in the life of her
child!
The first....the first step the first Christmas the
first birthday party the first day in school.
Childhood a time for discipline, firm, gentle, but of
purpose!
A mother's love what Is more true and busting than
the love a mother bears a child! In sorrow or pain, the
soft voice of mother always has sweet words of
consolation and endearment to offer, which makes the
heart light again.
In sickness. It is from mother, who, with her sweet
smile and soft caress, makes one feel that even though
one is sick, earth has one bright, golden chain which
binds us to it! It is the gentle pressure of a mother's hand
on the forehead, which drives away pain; a mother's soft
voice in the ear teaching the child the sweet example of
patience; and a mother's kiss on the brow, which makes
one fed that even heaven would be dreary, were mother
not there!
UUHUTMY HtWSUM
Wise
Thanks For Your Help
To the Editor:
We wmnt to thank all who helped us during and after the
tragic fire Wednesday afternoon at the Warren
Aamtorium. So many people went beyond their duty in
the Are and helping.
In Warren County, we are most fortunate to have fire
departments, all volunteer, that are trained so well
Lives were risked and a very successful effort was made
to save adjoining property. Only people who have
watched their property burn can describe the pain they
fed. Friends and business neighbors gave comfort to us
and once again we have realized how close the people of
ov county are in a time of tragedy.
We understand that all rural fire departments in
Warren County as well as two in Vance County
rwponded, along with the Warrenton Fire Department.
We want to thank each of these departments. Only hard
wot, braveiy, and good training saved the Taylor
(Johnson) building next door and the other buildings on
the block. We are so thankful that no serious injuries
occurred.
Special thanks go to Chet Forrester as well as others
who assisted in helping to remove our office records,
some office furniture, and three video games.
To Evangeline Ward, Dee and Bryan Perry, Kirk
Swain, A1 Fleming, Wayne Kinton, Darlene Vaughan,
John Coker, and others we may not be aware of, thank
you so much.
We want to thank Mr. and Mrs. Bo Carroll for the use of
High Dollar Warehouse for storage of damaged property.
Others who offered space were Wayne Clower, Brad
Carroll, Jim Ward, Bruce Bell, Lillian Ellington, and
Gordon Greene.
We ware ottered use of office space by Monroe
Gantasr, A. B. Hair, and the John Boyd Davis family.
Fleming Realty and construction is temporarily
located at 112 Macon Street, the Davis home.
We thank God for taking care of our firemen and giving
as the few minutes we had in getting the children safely
oat of the video game room.
The next time you see a fireman, thank him for his
unselfish dedication and good Job he does.
J AMES T. AND BETTY FLEMING