Upper picture shows unburnable material at Warrenton trash dump. In the bottom picture
Howard Salmon, Chief of Police, inspects debris piled in front of pit. This material has to be
bulldozed over edge ot ravine where trash burnf
disposal ^)f Trash Big Problem
For Town Of Warrenton Officials
Bv J. ED. ROOKER. JR.
Town Manager
The Town of Warrenton has
growing pains! Unfortunately
however, the pains are not due
to the population explosion or
to any increase in Warrenton's
population. The outlying area
adjacent to Warrenton has
grown considerably. Warrenton
has made no significant change
in its territorial boundaries
within the lifetime of our old
est citizens.
We have in recent years ex
tended the town's water mains
to serve a large number of
citizens and business firms out
side our town boundaries. To
day the Town of Warrenton water
system serves customers as far
out on U. S. 4U1 nortn as
the Eastern Motor Lines and
Bullock Oil Company plants. On
U. S. Highway 158 - business
the town water mains have been
laid as far as the residence of
Mrs. Hannah Cannady on the
road to Macon,
Within the past few weeks
service has been provided for
citizens on the loop road lead
ing off U. S. 158 to Bute Street
Extension. On the Liberia and
country club road service ex
tends to the Warren Recreation
Club. On the Baltimore road
or Halifax Street extension ser
vice is provided as far out
as the residence of Mr. and
Mrs. Harvey Haithcock. South
on U. S. Highway #401 water
has been provided as far south
as the residence of Mr. and Mrs.
W. B. Neal. On West Frank
lin Street the water line runs to
the residence of Mr. and Mrs.
F. B. Newell. Also on the old
Airport road town water ser
ves a large number of custom
ers as far out as the resi
dence of Mr. and Mrs. R,
Irving Lancaster.
The growing pains we are ex
periencing at Town Hall are due
to the fact that a significant
percent of our out of town water
customers as well as a consid
erable number of citizens and
business firms throughout the
county are using the Town
of Warrenton garbage disposal
dump for the disposal of their
refuse. This entails a consid
erable amount of expense on the
part of the Town of Warrenton
and provides a county-wide ser
vice paid for entirely by the
Town of Warrenton. Unfor
tunately, Warrenton, unlike a
large number of other towns and
cities in North Carolina, does
not have a County-City garbage
dump or landfill operated and
maintained Jointly bythe Coun
ty ana the City - on p. cooper
ative and cost sharing basis.
Just last week the town spent
several hundred dollars for
crushed stone to stabilize the
access road to its dump. The
town presently is in the process
of purchasing additional land
adjacent to its present dump
site. Several times yearly we
have to engage bulldozer oper
ators to clear garbage plac
ed in unauthorized areas.
The Commissioners of the
Town of Warrenton have no
present desire, plans, or in
tention to restrict the use of
its garbage disposal site and
leave its out-of-town friends
and business firms with no place
to dispose of their refuse since
the Warren County governing
body does not provide one.
It must, however, request and
insist that no non-inflammable
j items or objects be placed on
its dump site or along the access
road leading to it and that all
authorized flammable and de
caying refuse be dumped in
side the pit incinerator.
Hopefully all those availing
themselves of this service pro- i
vided by the Town of Warren
ton for its out-of-town friends
will abide by the ordinance of
the town in order that the town
governing body may be able to
continue to provide such ser
vice.
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is called inflorescence.
Congressman
L. H. FOUNTAIN
Reports
TO THE PEOPLE S
WASHINGTON, D. C. - In ?
day and time when many feel
we are being polled and ques
tlonnaired to death, the Invas
ion ol privacy by governmental
agencies has become a matter of
serious concern.
This was recently the sub
ject of debate In the House of
Representatives when we pass
ed a bill requiring a more re
sponsible Census In 1980. This
action was prompted by con
siderable public discussion of
the questions to be asked next
year on the 1970 Census.
As you recall, some of the
questions to be asked on the 1970
Census were extremely person
al and controversial. Although
It was too late to make all of
the changes we wanted In the
1970 Census, pressure from
the general public and subse
quently from Members of Con
gress prompted the Census
Bureau to revise some ques
tions and substantially reduce
the number of people who will be
required to answer long ques
tionnaires.
As it now stands In the up
coming 1970 Census, most peo
pel will be asked to answer
only 25 basic questions. Fif
teen per cent will be asked to
complete a 78-question form
and five per cent a 91-questlon
form. Even for so small anum
ber of people these are still too
many questions.
The legislation we passed,
effective with the Census in
1980, Is Intended to guarantee
the right to privacy of our citi
zens and at the same time en
able government and society to
secure essential information
needed for responsible and in
telligent decision making in
these difficult times.
We lost by a very close vote
an amendment limiting man
datory Census questions to six
and making answers to purely
personal questions completely
voluntary.
Nonetheless, the bill we
passed, more tightly Insures the
confidentiality of information
obtained by the U. S. Census. It
also eliminates the jail sentence
penalty for people who refuse
to answer Census questions.
While no one has ever been
put In Jail under this law, even
the possibility of it was strong
ly resented by our people.
I believe most of us see the
need for a Census. Since the
first Census in 1790, much of
the information has been highly
useful. Many have established
their eligibility for Social Se
curity by gettingthelr ages from
the Census Bureau. Under many
Federal programs, distribu
tion of funds to local and state
governments and planning for
the future are based on data
obtainable only from the Census
Bureau. State and local gov
ernments also need the in
I formation.
Tornado
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away.
Mrs. Bullock said that she
was in the strip room working
on tobacco when It grew so dark
that she could no longer sort
the tobacco. About this time,
she said she felt the strip room
tremble and she fled to her
house which was out of the path
of the tornado. She said she
could not say that she was either
nervous or excited; she Just
felt very funny.
From Vaughan towardsEaton
Ferry for more than a mile
there was no sign of any storm,
and then one could see trees
uprooted and debris, for a short
distance. Near Grey's Store Al
bert Bugg was supervising the
salvaging of a number of
bales of hay left when the barn
was blown away.
Ned Gray and Albert (Bony)
Gray were at the store when I
arrived. Bony was on the porch
and Ned was Inside. Ned said
that he was at 'the lake fishing
when the storm struck his store.
Bony was at the store at the
time. "Bony can't hear," he
?aid, "bat he sees everything."
Ned said Sam Vie ado rs, driver
of Pine State Dairy truck was
at the store at the time, and
and that the wind* Mew oat the
windshield at the truck and scat
tered money and records
which have not been recovered.
He said be believes a thousand
Our private ?nJ.rprlse sys
tem makes good use of the in
formation published byihe Bur
eau of the Census. Much of it
ultimately benefits the con
suming public.
To insure that only proper
questions are asked in the
future, the bill provides that
three years before the 1980
Census, the Secretary of Com
merce must submit the ques
tions proposed for that Census
to the Post Office and Civil
Service Committees of the con
gress for consideration. After
being publicly studied for one
year, the committees will notify
the Secretary of approval, re
jection or revision of the pro
posed questions. This enables
the duly elected representatives
of the people to express their
will.
Even though a Census of
population and other important
Items is needed and will still
be taken every ten years, the
Personal and constitutional
right of privacy of our people
will and must be protected. We
need less Governmental snoop
ing?not more.
cars had stopped at their store
since the tornado struck. Num
bers were there at the time.
I raised my voice but to no
avail. Bony said that he could
not hear. "Just tell me what
happened," i wrote on a pad.
And Bony told me.
Bony said it suddenly grew
very dark, darker than he had
ever seen It In the day time.
He said Sam Meadors was in
the store at the time and as
the storm approached Sam laid
down on the floor behind the
counter and began to pray. He
told nothing of his own re
actions, only that the storm
lasted hardly more than five
minutes. I could not question
him for further details.
A short distance down the
road towards the bridge, across
the road, carpenters were
on the ro?f ?f the home
of William R, Boyd, and a num
ber of new windows were stack
ed nearby. Mrs. Boyd said
that she was In the back of the
house ironing and watching a
quiz program on TV when the
tornado struck. In the distance
she could hear thunder and as
she has a terror of lightning
she left the door open to hear
If the thunder storm came
closer. Suddenly she saw glass
flying across the main part of
the house as the wind blew
out the windows. She said It was
not raining at the time and she
heard no great amount of noise.
Mrs. Boyd said It lasted about
five minutes and she was not
frightened as it happened so
quickly.
W. N. Longmire, manager of
Eaton Ferry Marina, made no
bones about it. As he saw the
winds ripping into the pines
scarcely more than a hundred
yards away and heard a noise
like a score of Jets passing
he said he was scared; scared
worse than he had ever been in
his life. He said he was still
scared when the Roanoke Rapids
Radio stationed called him and
was not able to talk very dear
ly. "I heard, he said, "that
the radio station made a tape
of my account and ran It that
way."
A day later one could see the
Path cut by the tornado into the
trees as Longirlre watched.
One noticed that the path of
destruction did not continue the
of the forest, but
lifted over the trees and cross
?d the lake.
said that Johnny
was under the bridge
fishing at the time, and Leon
ard said that tie atom lilted a
large sheet of water SOfeet high
aa It crossed the lake.
Sunday afternoon a steady
stream of cars w*re going
and coming on the road from
Vaughan to the bridge. 1
has been that way ever since
the tornado struck, Longmlre
said. Ha added, "ft has been
like a three-ring circus."
But It was no circus to those
whose property was struck and
who knew five minutes of terror
as the tornado ripped past.
Hemmings Was On
Edge Of Tornado
"K I had turned at Vaughan
Instead of keeping straight down
158 I would have been In the
teeth of the tornado," Jim D.
Hemmings, Extension associate
agricultural agent, said Friday
following the tornado that
caused considerable damage
near Eaton's Ferry the previous
afternoon.
While Hemmings missed the
tornado, he did not miss
the storm that spewed the tor
nado. As he was driving to
wards Vaughan in a blinding
rain, a small limb fell behind
his windshield wipers and broke
them off. "It was dark and
rain was falling in gusts," he
said. Unable to see to drive
safely, Hemmings pulled off
the road a short distance this
side of Vaughan and waited out
the storm. He said that there
was a roaring sound with the
rain.
After the rain had lifted,
Hammings continued down 158
to BUI Skinner's and turned left
taking the road by Enterprise
that lead* by Salmon's Landing
to the Eaton Ferry Road. He
said when he neared the Baton
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AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE TOWN OF
WARRENTON GARBAGE DISPOSAL ACCESS ROAD:
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$50.00 FINE
FOR DUMPING TRASH
ALONG ROAD OR ON EDGE OF PIT.
DUMP INSIDE PIT
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THAT IN THE FUTURE
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WILL BE STRICTLY ENFORCED.
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