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Colonial
Manager Is
Transferred
John G, Ht'nnie) Powell,
manager of the Warrenton Co
lonial Store since 19G2. haslieen
promoted to manager ol a new
store at Washington. N. C.
He w.ii complete his duties
at the local store Sa'urday and
will tepoit for lus new duties
at little Washington earl\ next
.. >"k
Po\. '1 will l>e succeeded as
manager (>i 'he Warrenton store
In W, T. Cart*-:- of Belhaven.
A native of Warren.."' and the
son of Mr and Mrs. Major i ?"p??
Powell. Powell is a graduate of
John Graham High School, He i
began working for Colonial
Stores at Warrenton in 1949 I
and worked with stores at
Raleigh. Greenslniro and Hen- |
derson Ivfore !>eing returned
to tlie Warrenton store as man
ager.
Powell for several years has
been active in Boy Scout work
and has also l>een active in the
Merchants Association and the
recently organized Chamber of
Commerce. He is a member
of the Warrenton Baptist Church
where he has served as a dea
con and where he is currently
a Sunday School teacher
Mr and Mrs. Powell are the
parents of three children.
Pamela, 15. John Gaylord, Jr..
14. and Philip, 10.
Jr. Club To Conduct
Babysitting Clinic
The Warrenton Junior Wo
man s Club will sponsor a Baby
sitting Clinir conducted by Mrs.
Bernard Thompson.
All girls from the age of elev
en up who are interested in
attending this course are asked
to call Mrs. Bernard Thompson
at 257-3831 or to be at the Rural
Fire Station in Warrenton at
7:00 |i m on August 17th for
registration
The classes will lie in two
hour sessions - Monday. Tues
day and Thursday of the first
week and two nights the follow
ing week There will be no
charge for this clinic
Participants will be taught
basic first aid. how to care for
small children and how to en
tertain their charges. Some of
the sessions will be taught by
specialists in the' areas to be
covered. During the clinic stu
dents will work with children
of all ages.
Upon completion of the
course, girls will be awarded
certificates and their names,
addresses and telephone num
bers will be made available to
anyone desiring their services.
TO CONDICT SERVtCES
Anton L. Reid of Warrenton
will conduct the 11 o'clock ser
vice on Sunday morning, Aug
16, at the Macon Baptist
Church. The public is invited
to attend.
Miss "Lib" Tuten of Lima,
Peru, Miss Gail Short of Wake
Forest and James Furgensonof
Chesapeake, Va., were weekend
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Tommy
Satterwhite and attended the
Draffin-Roberts wedding.
Kathy Hight. left, holds snake cucumber while Freda Hight holds sword cucumber at
office of The Warren Record on Tuesday morning. The daughter of the late James Hight, the
young girls live with their grandmother. Mrs Hugh Hight of Norlina, who accompanied them to
the newspaper office. Kathy, 9, is in the fourth grade and Freda, 10, is in the fifth grade.
Tax Monies Collected For Special
School District To Be Refunded
Ail tax monies collected for
the operation o( the Warrenton
ijpecial School District, estab
lished by an act of the Legis
lature which a Federal Court
declared unconstitutional, will
be refunded to the taxpayers
Some 40 taxpayers had re
fused to pay the levy after the
court declared the Legislative
act u KousUtutio.ial.
The decision to refund the
monies w\~, made on motion
of Commissioner Aaron Allen,
seconded by Commissioner M.
P, Powell, and passed by the
commissioners after an hour
and a half's discussion at the
regular meeting on Monday
night.
Allen's notion was identical
to motions made by him at the
June and July meetings of the
board in which he proposed
that the tax funds be refunded
and that the town's share of the
expenses incurred by the school
prior to the court's ruling be
pro-rated with the school board
on an in-town, out-of-town basis
and paid out of current funds.
At the June meeting Allen's
proposal was seconded by Com
missioner Thomas Gaskill.who
voted against the motion fol
lowing long discussion with only
Allen voting yes. At the July
meeting Allen's motion failed
to receive a second, but again
It was discussed at length.
During all three attempts by
Allen to have the monies re
funded his motion was counter
ed by suggestions that the town
withhold expenses incurred in
the organization of the school
and for legal expenses, total
lng around $16,000, and return
the balance. The difficulty of
such plan was the 40 persons
who had failed to pay this part
of the tax levy.
While the commissioners,
after months of delay, have
finally ordered a refund , this
does not mean that the taxpay
ers will receive their refunds
at any early date. Town Clerk
J. Edward Rooker told the
commissioners that he is inthe
midst ot preparing tax notices
for the 1970-71 fiscal year and
that due to a shortage of help
that it would l>e some time be
fore he would lie able to make
the refunds. He said that he
would be able to write a check
to the school board for the
town's share of expenses as
soon as the amount could be
determined by the school hoard
and the town.
A. C. Fair, Mayor pro tent,
presided over the commission
ers meeting, which lasted for
nearly four hours, in the ab
sence of Mayor W. A. Miles
who is spending this week at
Myrtle Beach, S. C.
Mrs. C. S. Fitz and Miss
Lucy Wortham appeared before
the commissioners to protest
the condition of the town-own
ed North Warrenton cemetery
and to ask the commissioners'
help in cleaning it up. Mrs.
Fitz, who acted as spokes
man, said that the road leading
into the cemetery is In bad
condition and that the cemetery
is covered with limbs, shrubs
and debris. One of her chief
complaints was the bad odor
caused by penned chickens and
a hog pen at the entrance to
the cemetery. Mrs. Fitz said
that she was unaware of the con
dition of the cemetery until she
recently attended a funeral
there. "1 was ashamed to have
people from out of the county
see what kind of a cemetery my
town maintains," Mrs. Fitz
said.
Mrs. Fitz suggested that it
might be possible (or her church
or her garden club to assist in
cleaning up the cemetery. Com
missioner Powell, who Is chair
man of the cemetery committee,
said that he felt one solution
might be to use chemicals to
destroy the bushes and grass,
and said that he had cut all
bushes and grass at the
cemetery summer before last.
Mrs. Fitz protested the
destruction of the grass by
chemicals.
The commissioners told the
delegation that they would see
the healthofficerconcerningthe
pigpen and chicken pen and
would try to correct the condi
tions at the cemetery. After
wards the commissioners sug
gested that the matter might be
turned over to the planning
board. Clerk Edward Rooker
told the commissioners that
(See REFUNDED, page 2)
Special Offering To Be
Taken By Presbyterians
The Session of theWarrenton
Presbyterian Church has call
ed for a special offering to be
received at the regular church
service on Sunday, Aug. 16, to
be used for the relief of suf
fering among the people in and
around Corpus Chrlatl, Texas,
and other areas duo to dam
age by Hurricane Cella.
Harold Skill man an officer of
the church, said that the col
lection would be taken at the
request of William A. Benfield,
Jr., moderator of the General
Assembly of the Presbyterian
Church In the United States.
During the service Sunday,
Sk 111m an said, special ottering
envelopes will be available at
the front of the church. Checks
should be made payable to War -
renton Presbyterian Church and
marked "For Crisis rand."
in his tetter to the local
church Benfleld stated that It
Is estimated that "90% of the
downtown area of Corpus
Christt has been destroyed and
that 70% of the homes have
been destroyed or badly dam
aged.'' He added thai while lit
tle specific information has
been received, "A first hurried
report says that In Corpus
Chrlsti collapsed. At least one
manae was completely demol
ished and others damaged se
verely . . . "Rev. Conway
Wharton, Jr., reports that the
tallest portion of the walls of
the Covenant Church remaining
standing are only 10 feet high."
The letter continued with the
request that the Sessions of
all the Southern Presbyterian
Churches immediately call for
a fecial ottering to be re
ceived and forwarded as soon
Planning Board Makes
Changes In Zoning
The Warren County Planning
Board recommended to the
Board of County Commission
ers Thursday that changes be
made in zoning ordinance per
mitting that mobile homes with
toilet and kitchen facilities be
classified as residences for
zoning purpose, provided the
changes are approved at amass
meeting to be held in the court
house here on Sept. 1.
Under the change neither
tents nor trailers without kitch
en and toilet facilities would be
permitted.
Appearing before the com
missioners to recommend the
change were W. J. Harris,
president of the Planning
Board, Jules Banzet, m, sec
retary, and Richard T. Mc
bityre, a real estate dealer of
Henderson, now engaged in a de
velopment on Gaston Lake.
Mclntyre said that the pre
sent zoning law works a hard
ship on his company's develop
ment, making it difficult to sell
lots, and asked that mobile
homes with kitchen and toilet
facilities be permitted accord
ing to the company's plan of
development. He said that his
company's development plan
was actually stricter than re
quirements under the present
coning plan.
After Mclntyre had told the
commissioners that there had
been a big change in mobile
homes over the years and that
many of them are attractive, he
was asked by the commis
sioners if he wanted to restrict
mobile homes with wheels. He
said he felt that requirements
for toilet and kitchen facili
ties would serve the same
purpose and were to be prefer- j
red.
Following a lengthy discus
sion, the commissionerspassed
the following resolution:
"Whereas, the Warren Coun
ty Planning Board by letter of
this date has recommended
that Section n-1 a) (2) of the
Warren County Zoning Ordin
ance be amended to permit
mobile homes designed by ori
ginal construction as a place of
residence and travel trailers
containing within themselves
bathroom and kitchen facilities
in residential areas of the
zoned area; that section II? 1
C (9) of said ordinance be
repealed and that the entire area
described in the ordinance as
zoned be zoned Residential Dis
trict other than such lands
within the zoned area as have
been specifically heretofore
re zoned to another usage:
"Now, Therefore, Be R Re
solved that this Board hold a
public hearing relating to such
changes at 1p.m., Sept. 1,
1970, In the court room of the
Warren County Courthouse,
notice of which shall be pub
lished by the dark to
board aa provided by la
Housing Authority May
Be Established In Warren
Warren County Valuations
1969 1970
River $ 5,757,210 $ 6,071,700
Sixpoun.i 4,700,214 4,873,450
Hawtree 5,444,576 0,670,406
Smith Creek 7,444,198 7,851,974
Nutbush 4,565,648 4,647,506
Sandy Creek 4,678,728 4,732,080
Shocco 2,536,060 2,617,682
Fishing Creek 3,636,304 3,780,946
Judklns 4,538,992 4,658,568
Warrenton 18,891,554 19,572,970
Fork 2,301,952 2,371,706
1,427,280 1,510,120
1,599,912 1,614,964
3,027,192 3,125,084
$67,522,268 $69,974,078
Valuations Up In All Townships
Total valuation of real estate
and personal property In War
ren County In 1970 is $69,974,
078, an increase of $2,451,810
over the 1969figures, according
to figures obtained this week
from A. P. Rodwell, Jr., county
tax collector.
The figures are actual valua
tion, exclusive of corporation
tax of some $7,500,000. Tax
valuations are 50"^ of the actual
valuation.
For tax purposes Wildwood
point in Roanoke Township is
treated as a single entry, se
parate from Roanoke Township.
The two must be added, as they
have been In above table, to
show the total valuationof Roa
noke Township.
Warrenton Township shows
the largest valuation and the
largest Increase In valuations,
but not on a percentage In
crease. The largest Increase
on a percentage basis was
River Township, an increase
from $5,757,210 to $6,071,700,
or $314,490.
Smith Creek, containing the
Town of Norllna, has the sec
and highest valuation, with
River In third place.
Lowest valuations are to be
found In Fork, closely follow
ed by Shocco. Sandy Creek,
ranking sixth in valuation,
showed the smallest increase.
Every' township showed an in
crease in valuation over the
1969 figures. Due to develop
ments on Gaston Lake, parti
cularly at Wlldwood Point, Roa
noke Township, for many years
the poorest township In Warren
County, now ranks above Shocco
and Fork and close behind Fish
ing Creek.
Sunday Beer Sales Question
May Be Submitted To Voters
Warren County Commis
sioners are toying with the
idea of permitting the voters to
determine the issue of whether
beer shall be sold in the county
on Sunday, In the general elec
tion in November. The com
missioners pointed out at their
meeting last Thursday that by
holding a referendum at the time
of the general election the cost
would be small.
Sunday sale of beer is now
permitted by municipal action in
the town of Macon andNorlina,
as well as at Middleburg in
Vance County. A number of
merchants doing business
outside the town have appear
ed before the commissioners
stating that municipal sales of
beer on Sunday is hurting their
business, that it Is unfair com
petition and requesting the
board to pass an ordinance per
mitting Sunday beer sales in the
county.
When Mrs. Pauline Burnette
and her son, Jesse Lee, of
Roanoke Township appeared be
fore the board Thursday morn
Tobacco Vote Is
Ibarly Unanimous
The Flue-Cured Tobacco Sta
bilization Corporation announc
ed In Its monthly News Letter,
Just issued, that preliminary
tabulations show the referen
dum on quotas held July 16
was nearly unanimous In favor
of extension of the program for
another three years. The total
ot "yes" votes was 126,420
and 2,070 against the total was
128,490 or 98.4 percent
favorable.
All belts In the flue-cured
States voted heavily for exten
sion. South Carolina growers
were 99.1 percent, North Caro
lina 98.7 percent, Virginia 97.3
percent, Georgia 96.5, Florida
96.7 and th few votes In Ala
bama- 96.7 percent.
North Carolina, largest pro
ducing Stat* reported SS, 813 (or
and 1,125 against.
Eight hundred and two tobac
co farmers participated In the
referendum In Warren County
where the vote was ?M tor and
14 against.
ing requesting that Sunday sales
of beer be permitted, the com
missioners said they realized
that municipal sales of beer
on Sunday was unfair to coun
try merchants and intimpted
that they might pass an ordin
ance that afternoon permitting
Sunday sales of beer.
Following dinner, the com
missioners came up with the
idea that the proper solution
might be to let the people vote
on the measure.
Bobby Tucker of Vaughan
and Swep Carroll of Macon ap
peared before the board In early
afternoon to add their plea to
that of the Burnettes.
Later In the afternoon when
the question was brought up for
consideration, Chairman Capps
was unable to obtain a motion
to pass an ordinance permit
ting Sunday sale of beer, and
the matter was tabled. Reason
given for tabling the matter
was thai Commissioner Richard
Davis was absent and that the
commissioners wanted a full
board before taking any action.
Contract Awarded For
Boiler At Court House
The contractor for Installing
a boiler at the courthouse was
awarded by the county com
missioners to Newsom OU
Company of Roanoke Rapids,
low bidder, following the open
ing of bids at 11 a. m. Thurs
day. Newsom Oil Company's
bid was $5,689.
Other bidders were R. C.
Comer, Jr.,of Warrenton, $12,
902.40; and Southern Piping
Company of Wilson, $7,000.
During the regular session of
the commissioners Alfred
Davis appeared before the board
to request the commissioners
to ask the State Highway Com
rr'ssion to take over a dead
end road In Hawtree Township,
a distance of about half a mile.
The commissioners ordered
that the week of Nov. 8 through
Nov. 14 be declared Forestry
Week. Action of the board was
taken following a request by L.
B. Hard age, County Extension
Chairman, who praised the work
of the Forestry Qd) and dis
cussed the value of timber to
the county.
Hardage, who appeared be
fore the board with Miss Emily
Balllnger, Extension Econo
mics Agent, also reported that
Warren county has excrjUent
crops, spoke of the valne at
recent Wheels tobncoo demon
stration at the Frederick Wfl
praised the five farmers of the
county who have cooperated in
tobacco demonstration.
Miss Balltnger praised the
Expanded Nutrition Program in*
the county and said that aides
have done a good job. She said
that 135 families, or 917 per
sons participated in the pro
gram. She said the voluntary
program covers meal planning,
buying and guidance.
The tax settlement with A. P.
Rod we 11, Jr., Tax Collector, as
audited by Walter A. Watson,
CPA, was accepted by the
commissioners.
Claude J. Fleming, Dog War
den, reported 2044 mile*
traveled In July, 76 dogs vac
cinated, and turned over $5.50
to the county for dogs sold.
The commissioner* autho
rised ? tut refund at $393
covering a period of eight
year* to Mrs. Martha Ransom
Johnson lor land listed through
clerical error.
Commissioner John Wilson
was by the board to
attend a State County Oonmls
,rs Association wittlnf it
Igh on Aug. II as a rspre
sentstive Iran Warn
The (ro?? wUl stedy si
lokan the Pedsral <
teles ; nover
?
Mrs. A. D, PrldSM If i
Must Be
Approved
At Hearing
Wt,e!l,.T Wji i. , ,jUIlt . . ;H
have a Hihimiu Autlinrit.
named ! . tlie i 1<? i
mi-lit uill ili>t<>i it:lilt i : . ?
I Count> Commissioner- sollnw
' ing a pullic nu'ctmi; at; ti>- w.ii
ri>n Cuunt(.oun!i<iu>imi
- day. Sept 1at 8 11 in
Till' <0llillll.--10ll?l - .ill' ti?? -
ri/.pd tin1 public meeting at tin it
| regular monthly meeting la-t
] Thursday alter a cumminer
from the Warrentnn Chomlierot
Commerce appeared lielore the
lioard asking tin* support ul
the commissioners in setting
? up a housing authority. One ot
the required steps lsthataput
lic hearing he held on the matter
following 30 days public notice.
L. C. Cooper is chairman ol
the committee appearing before
the board with memliers Mon
roe Gardner and Roy Neal.
Spokesmen were Cooper and
Neal.
The spokesmen saiu *hat
proposed housing authi,'
would be under the direc'.ori
of HUD which wou1H jjiovkic
federal funds with no costs to
the county.
Plans call for building hous
es in the $12,000 to $18,000
cost range, with both owner
ship and rentals being subsidiz
ed by the Federal Government,
with the county collecting taxes
based upon county tax evalua
tion.
The Housing Authority is an
instrument of the county
government, a body that han
dles the public housing for the
board of county commission
ers.
The local county housing
authority board goes to HUD
for adirector. The local author
ity decides where houses are
to be located and types of
housing.
According to a fact sheet sub
mitted to the boai d by the com
mittee there are three housing
programs as follows:
1. Individual home builders
program No. 235:
Home owners program FHA
loans, VA loans. This program
is alow income family program
with Income limitations, estab
lished locally. Warren County
area income for low income
family is $4,050to $6,345. From
this income are to be deducted
5% of the gross and $300 for
each minor or disabled family
member.
Land and lot ownership can
be the down payment. The pro
gram ts administered by the
builder or contractor. Market
interest rate 9^. Federal
government subsidized interest
down to l't interest loan rate.
Owner pays 20rJ of his adjust
ed gross income as monthly or
yearly payments. If payments
are more than 20^ owners ad
Justed Income the Interest is
subsidized downward to 1%.
If applicant can not make pay
ments of 1% interest rate then
applicant does not qualify for
program 235.
2. Rental program 236
sponsored by non-profit and
limited dividend corporrfions.
These organizations build a
(See HOUSING, page 2)
Young Mtcoi 6irl
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A ten- ye ar-old Wum Coun
ty frlrl ?ukilled la* week when
she Ml ?ff the tailgate of a
track om
tM which proved to I
when ate. W1 oft a true
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