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VOLUME 74 Subscription: $3.00 A Year; $4.00 Out Of State, 10* Per Copy WARRENTON, COUNTY OF WARREN, N. C. THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1970 NUMBER 10
DANGER
SOLAR ECLIPSE MARCH 7, 1970
Soaglasses, smoked gloss, exposed photographic film, awl welder's
gogglos ARE NOT SAFE for watcbiag the eclipse. Oily by ladlrect Methods,
such as televbioa or simple protection devices, cob this pbeaomeaoa be
observed without risking damage to the eyes, wares the NatioMl Society
for the Preveatloa of Bliadaess, lac.
USE ONLY INDIRECT METHODS:
1. Watch television. Without question,
the safest method for viewing a solar eclipse
Is by watching It on television.
2. Use the Indirect pinhole method. A simple
projector for observing the eclipse can be made |
with two pieces of white cardboard. A pinhole
or pencil hole In the top piece serves to project
and focus the Image of the eclipse on the second
piece. The slxe of the image can be changed by
altering the distance between the two pieces of
cardboard. DO NOT LOOK AT THE SUN THROUGH THE PINHOLE.
EYE DAMAGE DURING ECLIPSE'
In 1959, 170 people, mostly l children suffered permanent domage to the sight of one
or both eyes.
In 1963, one-half of the country's ophthalmologists reported 247 cases of visual damage.
ACCORDING TO MEDICAL AUTHORITIES:
The danger of the retinal burn comes from the invisi'iit infrared rays which penetrate
light filters and instontoneously damage eyes. The retina is not sensitive to pain, hence
forth the victim might not immediately be aware of eye damage. Retinal burns are incurable
and destroy the field of fine vision. The victim's ability to read is lost forever.
The March 7 eclipse will be totol in the eastern part of North Carolina. The next total eclipse
in the continental United States will occur in 1979 in the northwest corner of the United States.
The path of totality will be about 80 miles wide and will follow a line from Elizabethtown to
to Greenville before striking eastern Virginia ond moving out into the Atlantic Ocean. Raleigh
and Wilmington will be just out of the path of totality. All parts of North America, except
Alaska, will experience the partiol eclipse.
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Can Be Dangerous To Eyes
Area Residents Will Have Opportunity
To See Eclipse Of Sun On Saturday
Warren County residents will
have the rare opportunity Jto wit
ness a total eclipse of the sun
on Saturday provided skies are
clear.
While eclipses of the sun are
not rare events astronomical
ly, it is not often that a par
ticular area of the earth finds
itself In the narrow hand of
total eclipse. During this
eclipse Warren will be situat
ed just on the edge of totality
and viewers should get a spec
tacular show as the moon pass
es between the sun and earth.
The moon's shadow, only
about 100 miles wide, will sweep
northward along the E ast Coast
at a speed of almost 1500 miles
an hour passing through North
Carolina about 1: 25 p. m.
The next comparable eclipse
of the sun will occur in 2024
but the -path will swing from
Texas to Maine and will be seen
only as a partial eclipse In this
area.
The safest way to watch the
solar eclipse on March 7, Is by
viewing the phenomenon on tele
vision, State School Superinten
dent Craig Phillips advised
school children this week.
Paul Taylor, Director of the
Division of Science Education
for the Department of Public In
st ruction, said, "Sun (3 asses,
smoked gi.ass, exposed photo
graphic film, and welder's gog
gles are not safe for watch
ing the eclipse. Only by in
direct methods, such as televi
sion or by the indirect pin
hole method can the eclipse
be observed without damage to
the eyes."
Thousand s of handbills were
mailed to Gach school system
last week to advise children
and their parents of possible
eye damage while watching the
eclipse direct. Tim Nation -
al Society for the Prevention
of Blindness, inc. airf other
agencies are cooperating in ad
vising the geoeral public
Taylor said the danger of
the retinal burn comes from
the Invisible Infrared rays
which penetrate light filters and
Instantaneously damage eyas.
T1? retina U not sensitive to
pain, henceforth, the victim
might not tnunediately be aware
of eye damaga. Retinal burns
are incurable and destroy the
field of fine vision. The Vic
tim's ability to read to lost for
??er, a*
In 1958
la 1989, 110 people (mostly
school Children), suffered per
manent damage to the eight of
one or both eyes, to IMS,
one-half of the
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the possible dangers. Without
question the safest method (or
viewing the solar eclipse is by
watching It on television,"
Phillips said.
Gov. Scott Proclaims
March 7 Eclipse Day
GREENVILLE - Saturday,
March 7 will be "North Car
olina Solar Eclipse Day" by
proclamation from Governor
Robert W. Scott.
The Proclamation will cite
East Carolina University is
the' center of scientific and
educational activities during
the rare total solar eclipse at
midday on March 7. ECU Is
"the only major Institution so
favorably located?' according
Swine Meeting Is
Planned For Tonight
A swine meeting to discuss
management of sows and baby
pigs, including breeding sad
feeding, is planned for tonight
(Thursday) at 7:SOo'docklntt?
courtroom o< the Warren Coun
ty Courthouse, L. B. Hard age,
Extension Chairman, and Q.
W. Koonce, AgriculturalKxten
Jolntly
Dr. D. O.
to the proclamation.
ECU and Greenville are lo
cated dead center of the 85
mlle wide area of totality over
the United States. The eclipse
will be the second totality over
North Carolina in 70 years. To
talities occur on an average
of once every 360 years over
any given locality.
The National Science Founda
tion is funding a two-day con
ference at ECU on Friday,
March 6 and eclipse day. Some
200 scientists and educators
from 33 states and the District
of Columbia are expected to
attend the conference and be
on hand for the midday eclipse.
Governor Scott and North
Carolina's?Congressional del-?
e gat ion have been invited to
the campus for the eclipse.
miss this meeting, the agents
said. "Remember; 'Efficiency'
is the watchword in 1970 tor
all swine producers," they said.
Shaw Fincril Today
Funeral services for Mrs.
Pauline R. Shaw, 84, who died
to Norfolk, V*., on Tuesday
morning, will be held today
(Thursday) at S p. m. at B1 ay
lock's Funeral Home by the
Rev. Leon Osborne. Interment
will be to Greenwood Cemetery
Following Industrial Meeting
Boards Agree On Water Plan
For Warrenton Industrial Park
Industry Leaders Meet With Town And County
Boards To Urge Agreement On Park Water
County and Town Commis
sioners met with the Warren
County Industrial Commission,
Bute Development officials,
representatives of Cochrane
Furniture Co., the local manag
er of Carolina Power and
Light Co., Bute Development
and Warrenton engineer; and a
number of other community
leaders, in a conference in the
Grand Jury room of the Warren
ton Court House on last Thurs
day night.
The purpose of the meeting
was to resolve differences be
tween the Town of Warrenton
and the County of Warren over
providing water for the War
renton Industrial Park where
Cochrane Furniture Company
is now building a $1,200,000
furniture plant.
Those present heard General
Claude T. Bowers, chairman of
the Board of Bute Develop
ment Company, express amaze
ment that the conference was
necessary; Cecil E. Bell, Sr..
C&D consultant, Intimated that
unless agreement is reached
that no further assistance
would be provided Warrentonby
his Departmgnti- and Jerry
Cochrane, president of Coch
rane Furniture Company, read
a letter in which Town and Coun
ty had assured his company that
water would be provided
his company if he would build a
factory here.
They also heard B&D of
ficials, Pett Boyd, president
of the Citizens Bank and Bill
Coley, director of industrial
development for Carolina
Power and Light Company,
knocked sky high the proposal
of the county commissioners
for imposing a surcharge on
water for a tank in the Indus
trial Park, the chief bone
of contention that ha.-; delayed
agreement between the two
boards for several weeks.
W. Monroe Gardner, Chair
men, Warren County Industrial
Commission, presided over
the meeting, stated its purpose,
and presented the speaker.
H. V. Massengill, local man
ager, Carolina Power and Light
Company, told the group that
Heart Fund Campaign Is
Success; Public Thanked
The Heart Fund Campaign
In Warren County was success
ful, Mrs. W. A. Benson, Jr.,
Heart Fund Volunteer publicity
chairman, said this week.
Mrs. Benson said that while
the campaign, conducted all
through the month of February,
ended on Feb. 28, donations are
still being received.
She said that she wishes to
thank The Warren Record and
The Littleton Observer for the
publicity given the campaign,
aiid the many Heart Fund Volun
teers in the county for giving
unselfishly of their time, ef
forts and talents for this great
cause. All donations, she said,
are greatly appreciated.
"Although our individual rea
sons for joining this great cru
sade against diseases of the
heart and blood vessels may
vary," Mrs. Benson said, "we
all share in common the
determination and belief that we
ought to?and we can?help
medical science control this
number one health enemy of
our community and our nation.
"In short, all of us were
Heart Fund volunteers for a
single great goal ? to help
prolong and enrich life through
the conquest of cardiovascular
disease and to bring to our fel
low Americans the message
that, through our combined ef
forts, these diseases can even
tually be overcome."
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Basnight Given Award
Allan Baa night, War ran County Wildlife Protector, raoanUy
andad tba Stlvar Aimlvaroary Convention of tha North Carolina
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his company was in thepro't-ss
of rebuilding all its lines in
Warren County, and enlarging
its substation on the Airport
Road. "We will be prepared,"
he stated, "to serve any indus
try that Warren County Indus
trial Development Commission
can bring to the county."
"I am simply amazed that
this meeting tonight is neces
sary," general Bowers stated.
"This," he said, "is a meeting
that could have been handled by
the Chairman of the Board of
County Commissioners and the
Mayor of Warrenton in 15 min
utes, with details being work
ed out later by the two boards.
General Bowers was sche
duled to comment on Carolina
Sportswear and local partici
pation, but before developing
this subject, quoted figures
of industrial development in
Vance County, indicating the
contribution these Industries
are making in taxes to that
county.
Selby G. Benton, president
of Bute Development Company,
discussed Bute's participation
In the project loan. He said that
an EDA requirement for an in
dustry obtaining such a loan to
locate in a community was that
the community provide 5% of
this loan. He reported that
local residents had raised
$40,185.00 for this purpose.
P. B. Boyd, President of
the Citizens Bank, streamers
the value of industry to the
community and told of his
bank's participation in the
project loan. He said that Citi
zens Bank had loaned the
company $75,000 at 7% inter
est, the maximum the bank could
loan, and that people's Bank,
with a branch in Norlina,
had loaned on even larger
amount.
Boyd said thai in ag'.eeing
to advance the money for the
purchase of the tank, the coun
ty had agreed to repay it with
taxes collected from Cochrane
Furniture Company, and that
nothing was said about the coun
ty making any surcharge for
Warren Rescue Squad
To Hold Auction Sale
The Warren County Rescue
Squad will hold an auction sale
at Thompson's Warehouse In
Warrenton on Saturday, March
14, beginning at 9:30 a. m.
Members of the Rescue Squad
will pick up all Items to be
donated for the sale. Persons
wishing to donate items are ask
ed to get In touch with any mem
ber of the Rescue Squad. Other
items may be sold for a com
mission.
A stew and barbecue dinner
will be available at the sale.
The sale will be conducted
by Col. Bob Butler, auctioneer
for R. B. Butler Auction Com
pany of Warrenton.
CdMitts Filing Dale
Expires 0* Muck 20
The filing date for county of
ficials and Legislative candi
dates will expire at 12 noon on
March SO, Clarence Brltton,
secretary of the Warren Coun
ty Board of Elections, said yes
terday. |
County officials who hava al
ready filed notice of their
candidacy in the Democratic
Primary of May 4 ares Mra.
Lanie Hayes, Clerk of Court,
Sheriff CUrenoe Davis,
Coroner Bobby BUyloek, and
leroen *? iTiorne,
water.
Tate Lanning, Bute Develops
ment Co., and City Engineer,
discussed utility information.
He told of proposed water and
sewage improvements to serve
Industrial area, gave a project
cost summary, and the proposed
financial plan. The total esti
mated cost is $152,000. The fi
nancial plan is $49,800 in afed
eral grant; Town of Warrenton
$8,700; Warren County contri
bution, $8,500; and Bute De
velopment Co., $85,000, for a
total of $152,000.
Cecil E. Bell, Sr., C&D con
sultant, told the group that many
Industries, due to a shortage in
labor supply, are moving their
plants to Eastern North Car
?(See INDUSTRY, page 2)?
General Bowers Seeks
Commissioners Berth
General Claude T. Bowers
of Warrenton announced last
Tuesday afternoon that he would
be a candidate for the Board of
County Commissioners In the
Democratic Primary of May 4.
Bowers is seeking the seat
now held by Alfred J. Ellington
of Warrenton, who last week
announced that he would seek
re-election. Warren Commis
sioners are nominated under a
district plan.
Announcing last week with
Ellington were the four other
members of the board, John
Wilson, Robert P. Thorne,
Richard R. Davis, and Amos L.
C?pps.
Lions Club Members
Donate Their Blood
Five members of the War
renton Lions Club contributed
blood for a hemorrhaglngpat
ient in Warren General Hospit
al last Friday evening, a mem
ber of the hospital staff report
ed yesterday.
Lions donating their blood
were W. A. Miles, J. B. Thomp
son, Elmer Shearln, A1 Flem
ing and Elmer Wells.
Mayor W. A. Miles made
his donation in late afternoon
and when he was Informed by a
member of the hospital staff
during the meeting of the Lions
Club a short while later, that
more blood was needed, the
other four Lions volunteered.
The physician who made the
request said yesterday that
since Warren General Hospital
has no blood bank that he hopes
that the hospital can obtain the
names of a number of volun
teers who would be willing to
have their blood typed for emer
gencies and listed at the hos
pital.
Adult Homenaking
Classes Are Offend
Two classes will be ottered
by the Adult Home making De
partment of the John Graham
High School, beginning on Tws
day, March 10, at 7 p. m. The
classes will be held in the Home
Economics building on the Haw
kins school campus. -II
The two courses offered will
be "Baby and Child Care,"
taught by Mrs. Mia Townes,
and "Beginners and AgMPMI1
Sewing," taught tqr Kra. Levin*
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Warrenton and Warren Coun
ty Commissioners ironed out
their diffeiences on last Thurs
day night and jointly approved
plans for the erection, financing
and use o f a water tank to
serve the Warrenton Industrial
Park where Cochrane Fjrnlture
Company is erecting a $1,200,
000 furniture plant.
Major points ol the agreement
were that the County of War
ren would pay the cost of the
300,000-gallon water tank to
serve the park; that the coun
ty would retain title to the tank
until it is paid for, at which
time the Town of Warrenton
would be given a one-year op
tion to buy the tank, and that
the Town of Warrenton would
be responsible for the main
tenance of the tank so long as
it used water from it, and that
the county would make no sur
charge on water from the tank.
In return, the Town agreed to
furnish an ample supply of
water for industries in the
park, maintain and operate the
system with no cost to the coun
ty
The agreement was reached
with the County Commissioners
meeting in the Jury Room of
the Warren County Court House
and the Warrenton Commis
sioners meeting In the Grand
Jury Room with town and
county attorneys shuttled back
and forth submitting items for
agreement. Final agreement
was reached a short time be
fore 12 o'clock following some
two hours of consultations.
The agreement ended sever
al weeks of differences between
the two boards over the tank,
the principal item of which was
the proposed imposition by the
county of a surcharge on water
from the tank. When this item
was dropped by the county com
missioners, other Items were
amicably solved.
The Town Commissioners
met on Monday night of last week
with their attorney, Charles
Johnson, and unanimously
agreed to increase the town's
share of the cost of the pro
ject from $5,000 to $8,700,
and not to make an Issue of
ownership of the tank. They had
previously stated their opposi
tion to the county's making any
surcharge on water used from
the tank.
Meeting the same night with
their county attorney, Jim Llm
er, the County Commissioners
agreed to not only ask for
ownership of the tank and the
right to impose a surcharge,
but suggested that Cochrane
Furniture Company be asked
for a rebate from money sav
ed by the Installation of a
sprinkler system, a suggestion
which was later dropped.
The meeting last Thursday
night followed a meeting of the
two boards with the Warren
County Industrial Commission,
officials of Cochrane Furni
ture Company, representatives
of the Department of Conserva
tion and Development, and a
OS- AGREE, page $) |
Girl 5ta?l Cookies
fao Beiog SoH Hon
Girl Soout cookies will bejl
on sale la War.iinton thro<*h
Sunday, March I, Mrs. Gay
Lanier, cookie chairman, an
nounced yesterday.
Mrs. Lanier said that soy
ad by a
local Girl scoot
wishes to buy ,
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