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Alliance Could Aid Warren
The successful alliance of
historical preservation and
economic development in com
munities throughout North
Carolina is good news for
Warren County.
Two preservationists with
Warren County ties, William S.
Price, Jr., director of Archives
and History for the state Depart
ment of Cultural Resources, and
J. Myrick Howard, executive
director of the Historical Preser
vation Foundation of North
Carolina, Inc., told county com
missioners last week that the
prospects are bright for our
county transforming its rich
though often overlooked history
into dollars and cents.
They cited small towns that
have undertaken multi-million
dollar preservation projects with
funds from private foundations
and have turned their history in
to a valuable economic resource.
Abandoned eyesores have
once again become viable resi
dential property thus increasing
the local tax base. Restored
homes and other buildings have
been ODened to the public at
tracting tourists who in turn
patronize local establishments.
In some instances, county and
municipal governments have
utilized historic properties for
office space and welcome cen
ters. *
The efforts of these towns have
proven that change need not be a
blight of steel and concrete
where trees and grass used to
grow.
A new era is underway in
Warren County that promises an
improved quality of l'fe with
more industry, more jobs, and
more people with varied talents
and gifts in our midst.
What better time to send out
the word that while welcoming
the' benefits of change, our
citizens also want to preserve
what Price termed the "still
magnificent, visible
manifestations" of our past?
Many of these sites will not sur
vive another decade of neglect.
We concur with those who feel
preservation for its own sake
should not be a priority over the
human needs so visible in our
community. But preservation
with an eye toward the long-term
economic and cultural boost it
could bring should be explored.
We encourage county officials
to take the lead in such a move
ment and to draw on the exper
tise of those in the county who
have already undertaken resto
ration and preservation pro
jects. Both Price and Howard
have pledged their assistance.
We would be ill-advised to
naysay the possibilities involved
without first tapping the re
sources that have been offered to
us.
Parents Could Do Plenty
In The Wilson Times
A special Gallup poll on North
Carolina's public schools shows the
greatest concern to be lack of disci
pline, followed closely by problems
in attracting good teachers.
But the 14 percent figure on disci
plinary problems in N. C. schools is
below the national figure of 2S per
cent.
But with discipline such a major
problem in our schools, this should
be enough to cause every parent of a
school-age child to do some real soul
searching on the subject. Something
is wrong with the home environment
if discipline is out of hand to the ex
tent it is considered the greatest
problem in schools.
If a child has been properly train
ed in deportment at home, it will re
flect positively in the schoolroom.
Could it be that many parents are
blinded by love to the extent they are
unable to see the imperfections in
their own children?
Students are under the supervision
of school officials during the school
day, and the teachers and principals
are obligated to try to keep order
among the students, but it isn't the
responsibility of the schools to try to
shape the habits of students.
Most education news emanates
from the top levels of the field, but if
teachers were able to tell the story of
school discipline without fear of
retribution, we might be able to see
the problem from an entirely dif
ferent point of view. And teachers
might be able to give the leaders in
the field of education some other
pointers also.
The teachers know what is going
on in the schoolrooms. They know
which students are the trouble-mak
ers. But we are never given the pic
ture as teachers see it.
It is a poor reflection on parental
supervision when we are told over
and over that discipline is the major
problem in schools. But we do not
feel that parents just simply don't
care. It is perhaps an oversight on
their part and they may feel that the
problem isn't caused by their child
or children.
Maybe it's time for all parents to
take a closer look at their offsprings
and see them as others may see
them.
Something certainly needs to be
done to bring order to the school
room as well as attracting good
teachers to the profession.
Screwed Up Thinking
In The Southern Pine* Pilot
The Republican-controlled U. S.
Senate, which has approved a $291
billion defense budget for the coming
year, is now considering cutting the
Medicare budget by $9 billion as part
of a belated effort to try and reduce
an expected deficit of $200 billion.
It's an insult and an outrage to the
American people, and It's difficult to
understand how the thinking of sup
posedly responsible people could get
so screwed up.
The deficit is not caused by Medi
care or food stamps or other things
which help people, but because of
wasteful and unnecessary spending
on socalied defense. That defense
budget has Jumped from $29 billion
in 1979 to $250 billion in 1964.
The Senate is proposing to cut the
Medicare budget by (9 billion, while
increasing defense spending by
nearly $50 billion in the year begin
ning next Oct 1. How the U. S.
Senators can Justify this is beyond
rational thinking. A civilized society
cannot understand or justify such
action.
It is outrageous to deny the poor
and elderly the medical treatment
they need in order to build such
things as MX missiles which are not
only unneeded but are in themselves
an additional threat to world peace.
It's time the Senate stopped jump
ing through the Pentagon hoop all
the time.
Hits is the Eaton Avenue home of Col. and Mrs. John Jenkins. It has been
recently restored and is a fine example of historic preservation. The Warrenton
home was built about 1800 by another colonel, William Johnston.
(Staff Photo)
Mostly Personal
Eaton Home Is Refurbished
By BIGNALL JONES
I have been familiar
with the old William
Eaton home south of
Eaton Avenue in
Warrenton for nearly 75
years. It is now the
home of Colonel and
Mrs. John Jenkins. He is
a recently retired com
mander of the North
Carolina Highway
Patrol. When I first saw
the place it was the
home of the late Mr. and
Mrs. W. C. Ellington,
parents of Vance, Ed
die, Miss Effie, Alfred
and Willard Green
Ellington, whom we
knew as "Greek"
Ellington.
Around 1914 the home
was bought by the.
Burroughs family,
which consisted of
William and Stephen,
Mary Russell and Sue
Burroughs, all good
friends.
At the time that I first
knew it, and until very
recently, the home was
just as it had been
described by Mrs. Lizzie
Wilson Montgomery in
her "Sketches of Old
Warrenton, North Caro
lina," published in 1924.
She wrote:
"About 1830, upon the
marriage of William
Eaton, Jr., with Miss
Rosa Gilmore of
Virginia, his father
bought the Johnston
Place and gave it to his
son as a home. It was an
unpretentious house but
well proportioned, with
large rooms built in the
story-and-a-half style. If
it was not picturesque it
was at least a very at
tractive and pretty
home."
The home had been
built by Col. William
Johnston around 1800.
Mrs. Montgomery said
"until recent years the
place consisted of twen
ty or thirty acres, was
shaded, except the gar
den and a small field, by
beautiful oak growth."
Following the deaths
of various members of
the Burroughs family, I
had not visited the
place, but had ridden by
it from time to time,
when I saw only the
north and western part
of the house. On May 261
rode with Howard to the
Jenkins home where
Howard took-a picture of
Monk Harrington, can
didate for re-election to
the North Carolina
Senate where he has
served for the past 22
years. Also present
were a number of local
Harrington supporters,
some of whom were in
the picture published in
the July 4 issue of The
Warren Record.
We drove to the east
side of the building when
I was astonished to Qnd
a beautiful deck had
been completed as part
of the renovation of the
home. When I mention
ed this to Colonel
Jenkins, he seemed
pleased and kindly in
vited me to return and
aee other changes they
had made. This in
vitation was accepted
by my wife and me on
the afternooon of July 4.
We found that what had
been the back porch of
the home had been
made a part of the kit
chen containing a large
fireplace and that the
kitchen had been further
enlarged by including
space on the east that
had been used for other
purposes. The kitchen is
cooled by a ceiling fan,
and furnished with at
tractive antiques.
From the kitchen we
passed into the older
part of the home which
had also been attrac
tively renovated and
furnished. When we en
tered the home we were
presented to Mrs. Jenk
ins, and a guest, a Mrs.
Davis, the widow of a
highway patrolman
fatally shot when
checking a culprit. The
exterior of the home has
been painted a beauti
ful yellow.
To me one of the most
pleasant things in life is
learning to know per
sons. I had liked Colonel
Jenkins since the first
time I met him when he
was in Warrenton either
on matters concerned
with PCB disturbances
or business connected
with the purchase of his
home. After about an
hour's conversation
with Colonel Jenkins I
felt that I was beginning
to know him, and that
Warrenton is indeed for
tunate in having Colonel
and Mrs. Jenkins as
citizens. They are a
handsome couple, and
gracious host and
hostess, and interested
in the welfare of town
and county.
There are many hap
py memories associated
with the former
inhabitants of that
home. Greek Ellington
and I were the same
age, and he spent much
of his spare time at the
Davis and Jones homes
playing with Robert and
me. His sister, Miss Ef
fie, ran a store on West
Macon Street and
among other things sold
books for boys, and
Greek furnished me
with several books
about the Alger heroes,
Tom Swift, the Rover
Boys, and others. There
were many escapades
with Greek and Alfred
with his goats, and goat
wagon. For several
years Miss Mary
Russell Burroughs
shared an office in the
Dameron building with
us, and we bought
groceries from
Burroughs Grocery
Company as long as
there was such a com
pany operated by
William and Stephen
Burroughs.
Looking Back Into
The Warren Record
July 14,1944
William J. F. Hecht, son of Mr. and Mrs. Willie
Hecht of Norlina, has graduated from the Midship
man's School of Columbia University, N. Y. as En
sign USNR and was home on leave last week before
reporting to Flint, Mich. Deisel School.
Harry R. Riggan has the distinction of being the
first Warrenton man to enter the City of Rome, it
was learned here this week upon receipt of a letter
from him by his sister-in-law, Mrs. Herman
Riggan. Riggan is serving with General Mark
Clark's Fifth Army in Italy.
On Sunday, July 2, in a private ceremony per
formed in the home of Rabbi Pabik in Baltimore,
Md., Miss Ruth Perman of Warrenton became the
bride of Pvt. Hy Diamond of Camp Holibtrd, Md.,
son of Mrs. Sadie Diamond of New York and the late
Mr. Diamond.
July 10,1959
Warren County's tax rate for the fiscal year of
1959-60 will be $1.90 on the $100 valuation under a
tentative budget approved by the board of county
commissioners on Monday.
Mrs. Joseph S. Jones, public nurse In Warren
County for the past 30 years, has resigned effective
July 1.
Roy Dixon, Peck Manufacturing Company
superintendent, was installed as president of the
Warrenton Rotary Club at a meeting held at Hotel
Warren on Tuesday night
July 11,1174
One of Warrenton's oldest businesses changed
hands July 1 when Odom's Flower Shop was sold to
Macon and Gladys Wemyss, who also own a florist
shop in Norlina.
Attorney General Robert Morgan has warned that
bogus Chanel No. 5 perfume has filtered Into North
Carolina from a suspected northern manufacture
and distribution point.
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Fair spent several days In
Emerald Isle and attended a Jewelry show in
Charlotte last week.
Letter To The Editor
• W '* > «J ■ • C* > i
Time To Speak Out
To The Editor:
I was born in Warren County and enjoyed an early
childhood in Warren County. I've always reqwded
what Warren represented. I haven't always under
stood everything that has gone on, such as the PCB
and a few other issues, but for the past year or so
I've been very impressed concerning the political
happenings.
On Wednesday, July 4, an article concerning child
molestation appeared on the front page of your
paper. I was shocked by the bonds that were set by
our local magistrates. An article also appeared
concerning a 1971 Volkswagen that had been stolen.
Bonds were set at $1,000 for the man charged in a
molestation case of a 14-year-old girl, and |500.00
for the man charged with the assault against a five
year-old girl. For stealing a 1971 Volkswagen, bond
was set at $1,200.00.
I am a counselor for the Friends of Youth
organization. I give freely of my time, hoping that
some young persons may receive strength where
they are weak, hope when they are discouraged. On
May 10,1 received the Governor Hunt Award for my
efforts. To hold my peace concerning this serious
issue would be a slap in the face to my children,
your children, and the Friends of Youth organiza
tion.
Cars or kids, Warren County? That's my question.
To law enforcement officers, magistrates, sheriff,
local citizens, and to whom it may concern, I take
this time to speak in behalf of all females and others
I've talked with, that if we are ever going to speak
out for or against anything at all, let it be against
child molestation.
We watch it on television and read about it in
books that we say we would like to have banned
from book counters. It's moving closer to home and
bonds are being set for those charged as if they had
simply used profanity or indecent exposure on a
public street.
Should we neglect to speak now concerning issues
such as this, if the Briley brothers decide to visit
Warren County again, we should say, "Welcome
Home!"
THE REV. MARY E. EVANS
Manson
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