Resident! and staff members of Warren Nursing
Center are shown above with Easter baskets they
prepared recently for underprivileged children In
Warren County. The baskets were presented to
eight children at an Easter Party Tuesday night at
the center. The youth choir from Warrenton Baptist
Church was on hand to entertain under the direction
of Nellie Gardner. The children and residents were
also surprised by a visit from the Easter Bunny,
portrayed by Carolyn Coleman. (Staff Photo)
Good Friday Cantata Is Planned
By Newly Organized Choral Body
The recently organ
ized Littleton Choral
Society will present
"The Crucifixion," a
cantata for Good Friday
written by Sir John
Stainer, in the sanc
tuary of Littleton Bap
tist Church at 8:00 p. m.
April 20. The public is
cordially invited.
Some months ago
members of various
church choirs in the Lit
tleton area expressed to
Mrs. Clayton Melling,
choir director of the Lit
tleton Baptist Church,
their desire to organize
a choral group which
transcends church boun
daries for the learning
and presenting to the
public of the great
choral literature of the
Christian faith.
With the enthusiastic
backing of the leader
ship of several church
es, Mrs. Melling called
together a group of
some 35 singers from
the Littleton area, some
of whom had partici
pated in similar ven
tures in other com
munities and some who
had had no previa' z ex
perience.
They decided to
present "The Cruci
fixion," one of the best
known works of the
Easter Season, on Good
Friday of this year.
Since the first of
February, the group has
been practicing weekly
at the Littleton Baptist
Church.
Mrs. Melling
organized the group and
is the director. Mrs.
Dottie Scott Pegram is
the pianist. For the per
formance the Rev.
Dowd Davis will be the
organist
Soloists for this pre
sentation are: the Rev.
Scott Sink, tenor; the
Rev. Ronald Nida and
the Rev. Charles Wilson,
baritones; and Henry
Nelson, bass.
Members of the Little
ton Choral Society are
Mrs. Michael Crawley,
Mrs. Warren Deines,
Mrs. A. P. Farmer,
Miss Betty Felts, Miss
Barbara Jeffers, Mrs.
Marvin Newsom, Jr.,
Mrs. Charles Parks, Jr.,
Mrs. Richard Roddy,
Mrs. Janine Rolland,
Mrs. Lloyd Salmon, and
Mrs. Clyde Spragins,
sopranos; Mrs. William
Dacey, Mrs. Dowd
Davis, Mrs. Brenda
Hudson, Mrs. Howard
Guidry, Mrs. Ronald
Nida and Mrs. Thomas
Sweeley, altos; Ray
Cole, Michael Crawley,
Howard Guidry, James
Kearney, Jr., the Rev.
G. Clayton Melling, the
Rev. Ronald Nida, the
Rev. Scott Sink, ten
nors; and Warren
Deines, Clyde Johnston,
Marvin Newsom, III,
Charles Parks, Jr., the
Rev. Charles Wilson and
Henry Nelson, basses.
oariK rounaanon
Gives Assistance
The Peoples Bank
Foundation has announ
ced that it is con
tributing a total of
$10,000 to state disaster
relief funds set up in the
counties in its market
that were declared
disaster areas.
Robert R. Mauldin,
president of Peoples
Bank and Trust Com
pany, and spokesman
for the Foundation, said,
"The contribution will
be divided among Hert
ford, Pitt, Cumberland,
Perquimans, and Nash
counties, and will pro
vide direct assistance
to those residents not
overed by federal relief
programs." Distribu
tion of the funds will be
used to help cover
medical costs, burial
expenses and housing
and equipment
replacement.
Patrol Officials
Prepare For Record
State Highway Patrol
officials are preparing
for a record number of
motorists to be on the
roads during the Easter
holiday weekend.
Crime Control and
Public Safety Secretary
Heman Clark said,
"With the arrival of
spring and the first long
weekend following the
winter season, we ex
pect traffic to be ex
tremely heavy during
the Easter holidays."
According to Highway
Patrol Commander
Colonel David L. Mat
thews, 13 people died on
North Carolina's high
ways during the Easter
holiday period last year.
"We will be doing all we
can to hold the number
down again this year,"
Matthews said. "We will
have every available
trooper on duty during
the holiday period, with
impaired drivers and
speeders receiving
special attention.
"The Safe Roads Act
of 1983 has made a dif
ference; and if
motorists will refrain
from driving while
drinking, this holiday
will certainly be safe for
all highway users,"
Matthews added.
The holiday period
begins at 6 p. m. Friday,
April 20, and ends at
midnight Monday, April
23.
James E. (Jim) Long of Alamance Conaty, candidate for insurance commis
sioner of North Carolina, brought his campaign for election to Wairenton on
Friday. Accompanying Long on his visit here was former State Rep. Tun Ellis
of Henderson, right Long, who now serves as counsel to the speaker of the N.C.
House of Representatives, is a former legislator and a former chief deputy
commissioner of insurance. (Staff Photo)
(PAID POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT)
RE-ELECT
J. H. (Jim) HUNDLEY
Experienced Register Of Deeds
WARREN COUNTY
Democratic Primary - May 8, 1984
YOUR VOTE AND SUPPORT
WILL BE APPRECIATED
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