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Think Of Bond Issue
In a recent hearing of the county
commissioners, the Board of
Health and the Hospital Board, it
was agreed that it is not enough to
save Warren General Hospital,
but it is also necessary to improve
it.
Seeking to find money for this
purpose, the commissioners on
Wednesday night of last week
agreed to apply for a $200,000
EDA grant for this purpose, on a
matching 70-30 basis.
Should this money become
available, funds will be available
for roof repair, to add roof insulation,
and to reinforce roof
overhang. In addition there are
ten other items needing funding.
They are:
Replace flashing to prevent
leaks.
Waterproof exterior walls to
stop water leaks.
Remove and replace water
damaged ceiling.
Repair damaged floor in all
areas needing them and replace
same.
Enclose nursing station.
Install air conditioning in
nurses station and patient waiting
area.
Paint all areas being repaired
and general painting of areas
damaged by use and water
damage.
Place corner guards on all
walls.
Caulk and glaze all windows
with metal caulking.
Paint all windows to cover rust
and weather worn areas.
This means, of course, the first
priority is to put the building in
first class condition. In addition
other facilities must be provided
if the hospital is to attract capable
physicians and nurses.
This, of course, means that
much more money is needed. This
may mean that the county must
pass a bond issue. Our citizens
should be thinking of this route.
Dangers On Highway
The Southern Pines Pilot
The State Department of Transportation
should do everything
possible to keep the dangers of the
twin trailer or tandem frocks off the
highways.
It was unfortunate that the
Congress tossed that sop to the
truckers last December when it
raised the federal gasoline tax.
In an attempt to quiet the loud
protests of the trucking industry to
the tax increase on truck fuels, the
Congress agreed to make the 22wheel
behemoths legal throughout
the nation.
It's something the truckers have
been trying to push through state
legislatures for years, but without
success in North Carolina, at least.
Some states have started to balk
and defy the federal law, among
them being Connecticut which
recently passed legislation barring
the twin trailers from that state.
Governor O'Neill, in signing the
Connecticut ban, said that Congress
had acted without any regard for the
consequences on the home front "Rie
Connecticut action brought this
editorial comment from the New
York Daily News:
"On this home front—the aging,
crowded roadways of the Northeast—there
is no room for doublehitch
trucks that are one quarter the
length of a football field, as wide as a
bus and 40 tons in weight. They
would rip up pavement, cause
massive traffic jams and menace
the ordinary motorist.''
The same thing would happen in
North Carolina. There is no sign that
the North Carolina legislature intends
to take the same route of defiance
taken by Connecticut. The Department
of Transportation, however,
can do a great deal to lessen
the dangers and the damages.
Worth Quoting
The difference between a successful
marriage and a mediocre one
consists of leaving about three or
four things a day unsaid. — Nancy
Reagan.
What this country needs is a more
practical government. Japan has the
right idea. The Japanese called off a
survey of the high cost of living
because it cost too much. — Lou
Erickson.
News Of 10, 25, 40 Years Ago
Looking Back Into The Record
June 18,1943
Alston Twitty was
elected Post Commander
of Limer Post of the
American Legion at a
recent meeting. Russell
Palmer was named adjutant.
Misses Bettie Brickhouse
and Jane Reavis
attended the Meredith
College houseparty for
several days last week.
More than 500 pounds
of waste fats have been
turned over to
Burroughs Grocery Co.
at Warrenton by housewives
of Warren County
in order to provide more
glycerine for war and
medical purposes.
June 21,1158
Miss Grace Alston is
attending summer
school at Radcliffe
College, • branch of
Harvard University, in
Cambridge, Mass. She
is taking a six-week
special course in
magazine publishing to
enter this field in the
faU.
The fourth house in
what is expected to be a
20-house development
oo the Warrenton-Norlina
Highway is now under
construction and is
expected to be completed
within the next
few weeks.
Miss Edwina Rooker
left last week for Camp
Morehead where she
will be counselor again
this year. Mrs. J. E.
Rooker, Jr., accompanied
her.
Jaae 21,1171
Mrs. Bertha Forte,
Warren County Exten
sim Home Economics
Agent, has been included
in the 1973-74
edition of Who's Who of
American Women as a
subject of biographical
record.
Leon A. Adams was
among 480 students who
recently received
bachelor degrees from
Lafayette College. He is
the grandson of Mrs.
Alice Geddie and Mrs.
Crichton Davis of
Warrenton.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Thompson and sons left
this week for Raleigh
where they will make
iheir home. Mrs.
Thompson, a former
member of the faculty of
John Graham High
School, was before her
marriage Miss Ruby
Chewning of Vaughan.
Artist's Conception Of Du Pont Museum
Mostly Personal
Visiting Historic Winterthur
By BIGNALL JONES
Our family has from
time to time enjoyed
traveling by car over a
number of states and I
have tried to share with
readers of this column
some of the events we
enjoyed. Some of these
readers have expressed
to me their pleasure in
reading about these
trips, and a frequent
inquiry has been "When
are you going to take
another trip?"
Several of these
family trips have taken
Grace, Ann, Howard
and me into Maryland,
Pennsylvania and Delaware,
the area where
the DuPont family has
played a large part in
history, and will continue
to do so because of
the magnificent contributions
in the
gathering and preservation
of historical
materials in museums
and gardens and trees.
My wife, Grace,
whose favorite TV
programs are about
gardening and
traveling, for some time
had been talking about
Winterthur Museum, in
which a stairway taken
from Montmorenci in
Warren County, is
featured and suggesting
that this should be the
object of our next trip.
This desire has been
whetted by accounts of
such a trip by a number
of her friends and
neighbors.
When I mentioned to
the family that I had
been again asked when
we were going to take
another trip, my wife
again mentioned Winterthur
as well as
Longwood Gardens.
Why not? we asked.
June 8, was accepted as
the date, but had to be
postponed until the
following week because
an eight-day reservation
was required. We left
Warrenton at 7:30 a. m.
on Thursday of last
week, and returned to
Warrenton at 4 p. m.
Sunday, tired out, but
having seen quite a
chunk of American
history, and with many
happy memories, an increased
appreciation of
America and its people,
and hopefully, enough
material to fill this
column for some time.
Ordinarily, I suppose
that I would have begun
this column with some
comment about Winterthur.
and followed by
impressions of other
famous sites we saw on
our tour, but found it
necessary to delay this
and other descriptions
for a week in order to
obtain a photograph of a
locally owned bed
inherited from Montmorenci.
Also, if
possible, I would like to
know where the name
Montmorenci originated.
This is responsible for
the lengthy introduction,
and events and
reflections on our journey,
in filling this
week's column.
As we drove on the toll
highway leading
through Petersburg and
Richmond, Va., my wife
handed an attendant 20<,
and I asked her to note
the speedometer
reading then, and when
she reached the next
pay station to read it
again. This she did, and
reported that we had
travelled exactly 7
miles. Of course this
means that if the toll
charge had been 211, the
cost per mile would
have been three cents.
Later we were able to
establish that our
milage on the 81 Oldsmobile
she was driving
was 25 miles per gallon.
The state and federal
gasoline tax is 21.25
cents per gallon. This
figures out to be .85
cents per mile for statebuilt
roads against 2.86
cents for privately-built
roads.
The toll road led into I95,
a double 4-laned
highway with hundreds
of cars at times filling
all four lanes, as they
hurried towards
Baltimore. The road
was so worn by car and
truck traffic that our car
was constantly hitting
pot-holes with jarring
results, and with what
damage to the car not
known. It was bad
enough for my wife to
determine not to return
over it. We were fortunate
to find the double
two-lane 301 lightly
travelled and with practically
no trucks to be
seen. The highway was
in excellent condition.
Lance Dillard, who attended
a weekend ball
game in Baltimore, said
he returned over 301. At
the end of the toll-road,
we turned on to 1-85
which we followed to the
N. C. line when we turned
on to Highway No. 1.
We found out that
Maryland's sale tax is
5<, Pennsylvania's sales
tax is 6*, and" that
Delaware has no sales
tax. Reading the
Delaware evening
newspaper on Thursday
afternoon, we read with
interest that the
Delaware Legislature
had increased the state
hourly minimum wage
from $2.00 to $3.00.
Housing Bill
An "affordable" housing
bill is being drafted to serve
as a model for Congress in
alleviating a housing situation
which "is bad, getting worse,
and hitting those least able to
afford it."
The drafting of a model
bill by experts is a common
and accepted practice, and
the idea is to give a starting
place for meaningful debate
and to put forward new ideas.
GLEND4R
Bible School Is Planned
Warrenton Baptist Church Vacation Bible School
will be held June 27-July 1. Classes begin on Monday
at 8:90 a m. and on Tuesday through Friday at 9 a.
m. and id at noon on all days. Oas— will be
provided for babies and children through 11 years
old.
Family Reunion Scheduled
The Brantley-O'Neal reunion will be Sunday at 1
p. ra. at the home of Mrs. Rosa O'Neal.
Homecoming To Be Held
Homecoming at Reedy Creek Baptist Church will
be held Sunday at 11 a. m. with Thomas Alston of
Roanoke Rapids, a lay minister, bringing the
message. Revival services will be held each night,
Monday through Wednesday, at 8 p. m. by the Rev.
Mike Watford of Camden, S. C., pastor of Macon
Baptist Church and a student at Southeastern Baptist
Theological Seminary.
Church Services Slated
Services will be held at The Church of the Good
Shepherd, Ridgeway, at 9 a. m. Sunday, June 26, by
the Rev. Dr. G. R. Selby.
Men's Day Service Set
Men's Day will be observed at Locust Grove Baptist
Church on Sunday at 11:30 a. m. Everyone is
cordially invited.
Yard Sale Is Scheduled
The Warrenton Pentecostal Holiness Church
Ladies Auxiliary will have a yard sale Saturday
across from the church beginning at 8 a. m.
Locust Grove Meet Set
The Locust Grove Baptist Church will hold its
regular conference meeting Friday night at 7:30 p.
m. All members are urged to be present and on
time.
Swimming Lessons Slated
Beginner swimming lessons will be offered at
the Soul City Swimming Pool beginning July 6. Persons
wishing more information are asked to contact
John Bullock at the Soul City Swimming Pool by
calling 456-3662.
Senior Citizens To Meet
The Senior Citizens BHA will meet Thursday at 6
p. m. at the Hollister Clubhouse. A covered dish
supper will be served and entertainment will follow.
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