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Your Best ^ jjiffflfil Your Best Advertising Medium J v>^rn. *,c* Advertising Medium Volume 80 15* Per Copy Warrenton, County Of Warren, North Carolina Thursday, March 10, 1977 Number 10 The Ladies Auxiliary of the Warrenton Rural Fire Department present Fire Chief A. A. Wood a $1,000 check on Monday night. The money was raised by the ladies during recent fund-raising drives and donations from citizens of Warrenton and Warren County. Left to right are Phyllis Vaughan. Ruby Clary, Hazel Adams, Marjorie Harmon, Beverly Ross, Juanita Wood, president; Chief A. A. Wood, Debbie Clary. Lynette Rodwell. Billie Vern Proctor, and Carol St. Sing. County Firemen Ask For Aid Monday was a day when fireman and soon to-be firemen called upon the county commissioners for a limited amount of aid. J. W. Beddin>ffield, Chief of the Macon Rural Volunteer Fire Department appeared before the board of county commissioners Monday morn ing accompanied by Gilbert Milliard of the Macon Company and A. A. Wood, Chief of the Warrenton Rural Volunteer Fire Department. Reddingfield told the com Orvis Announces End Of Warren Ministry The Rev. Robert W. Orvis, Rector of Emmanuel Episcopal Church, tendered his resigna tion at a regularly scheduled annual congregational report meeting in the parish house last Monday evening. Bishop Fraser authorized him to read the following: "I hereby tender my resignation at Rector of Emmanuel Episcopal Church. Warrenton, N. C., as of August 1, 1977. My final service will be June 26, 1977. and we shall be on vacation in July. Signed: Robert W. Orvis." Automatically affected by his leaving are All Saints. Warrenton, Good Shepherd. Ridgewav. and Saint Albans, Littleton, of which he is priest-in-charge. Mr. Orvis fMWtw-Warrer.'an Jan. 1, 1%8 and has been active in church and community life the past nine years. Woolard Accepts County Post, Succeeds Brooks " Glenn Woolarrl, 22, has accepted a position with the Warren County Extension Service as Extension Agent. 4-H. He succeeds Steve Brooks who recently resigned to accept a position with Louisburg College. Woolard's appointment was approved Monday morning by the Roard of County Commissioners following his appearance before the board with Extension Chairman L. B. Hardage. Hardage told the commissioners that the Extension Service in Warren County had delayed filling the vacancy caused by Rrook's resignation until it could find the type man it wanted. Hardage said that he thinks that Woolard is that type man. He said that he had an excellent record at North Carolina State University of which he is a graduate, and with the North Carolina State Fair Association with whom he has worked since his graduation, and that he had the Three Are Chosen For Planning Board Mrs. H. S. Andersen, Roy Pat Robertson and Dr. L. B. Henderson were appointed Monday as county representatives on the Warrenton Planning Board by the Warren County Commissioners. Mrs. Andersen and Roy Pat Robertson were appointed for four-year terms. Dr. Henderson was appointed for a two-yearterm. The commissioners also reappointed four members to the Warren General Hospital Board of Trustees and appointed one new member. Reappointed to the board were Elmer Harris, Jeannie Burwell. Dora Robbins and A1 Fleming. L. B. Henderson, Sr., expressed a desire not to be re-appointed to the board. Nick Williams was appointed in his place. endorsement of the North Carolina Extension Service. A native of Washington, N. C.. he will assume his duties here on April 1. Following the appointment of Woolard. G. W. Koonce, Extension Agent, 4 H gave a report on the work of the Warren County 4-H Clubs. Frank Twitty, Dog Warden, reported that he picked up 71 dogs during the month of February; killed 65 and gave awav six. He said he vaccinated 28 dogs during the month and traveled 2052.9 miles. A. P. Rodwell, Jr.. Tax Collector, reported that he collected $18,742.84 during the month of February, making collections during the fiscal year in the amount of $853,374.14. This is 88.77 percent of the tax levy. A delegation from Cook's Chapel at Warren Plains appeared before the commissioners asking that the road from Warren Plains be widened and the entire road be stabilized if it cannot be hardsurfaced. It was stated that the Katzenstein heirs would not give the state a right-of-way several years ago, because it would mean that a, tobacco barn would have to be torn down and a porch on a residence would have to be removed. However, the spokesman said, that in a telephone conversation, one of the heirs said that he would be in Warrenton one day this week and at that time he would see what could be done about the problem. Mr. Katzenstein is expected to meet with the head of the delegation and with the District Highway Engineer. The spokesman asked that if the Warren Plains end of the road could not be widened, that the Macon end be widened and stabilized. A second delegation appeared asking that SR 1218 from Oine to Drewry be hardsurfaced. The request was ordered forwarded to the State Department of Transportation. missioners that they had exhausted all their funds in building a fire house and in qualifying as a certified district fire department, and were without any firemen's clothes. He said the Macon Company had 25 • men and they needed raincoats, boots and helmets for 20 of these firemen. The price of a single outfit is $115.00. The commissioners said they could not find the $2300 for 20 suits at this time but they could and would provide 10 outfits with the hope that they could buy the others later. Chief Wood told the commissioners that the county has three certified district fire departments. Warenton, Macon and Drewrv. and three more companies, Afton. Wise and Areola, which are almost ready to become district fire com panies. He said that the result of a company being certified as a district fire .company is that the insurance rates in that district will be reduced. He said when the Warrenton Rural Fire Department became a certified district company the insurance rate at the Warrenton Count ry Club dropped around $200. He said the average reduction in fire insurance when a district is certified is between 10 percent and 25 percent. "If the savings for the first year were donated to the fire companies. Wood said, "we would have money to really develop better companies and the donor would receive the benefit of better (Continued on page 11) High Winds, Believed Tornado, Hit Warren The home of Charlie Park on the old loop road from Manson to Soul City was hadlv damaged hv a tornado last Friday afternoon. The home was owned hv Mrs. Margaret Kimhall of Manson. According to reports reach^ ing tMs office, the tornado dipped down around 3 p. m taking off part of the roof, and twisting part of the home off its foundation. A ramper stvle cover of a truck in the yard was blown off the truck and lodged in a nearbv tree. Several trees were uprooted, manv in the grove at the Park home, and others were twisted and broken. No one was injured in the storm, according to reports reaching here, nor have damages to anv other parts of the community been received. The loss caused bv the storm has not been estimated. Trooper Granted Transfer; 2 New Officers On Way Trooper Michael B. Miller has been transferred to Currituck County in eastern North Carolina, it was announced this week. He will begin duties there around the first of April. Miller has been with the Highwav Patrol in Warren County since November. 1973. He is a native of Hertford. He is married to the former Carol Hobgood of Rt. 2. Warrenton. Thev have one son. Miller reported on Tuesday that he will train one of two new patrolmen assigned to Warren Countv beginning next week. Al Rennette of New Rern and Rill Palmer of Elizabeth City will begin duties here next week and will arrive today 'Thursday). Palmer is a three-year vet- r. >f the Elizabeth City fV>!ici Department and Rennett is an eight vear veteran of the New Rern Police Department, reaching the position of sergeant before joining the Highwav Patrol. The new patrolmen will live on Rattle Avenue in Warrenton. Size Of Line Delays Letting Of Contract Determination of the size of a sewer line between Norlina and Warrenton delayed awarding of contracts for its building for 30 days at the regular meeting of the Warren County Board of Commissioners here Monday morning. The board has 60 days in which to make the awards. Following the opening of bids for the construction of a sewer line from Soul City to Norlina and from Norlina to Warrenton and for the construction of a sewage pump station at Soul City. At the office of County Manager Charles Hayes last week, the bids were turned over to the engineering firm of Hazen & Sawyers, for its approval. Dan Pleasant, representative of this firm appeared before the commissioners Monday morning to announce the bids. Bids called for a 12-inch and a 14-inch line from Norlina to Warrenton. The State Department of Natural and Economic Resources said that unless Norlina took advantage of the lino the builders would ho restricted Ion 12 inch lino. The commissioners expressed tho view that tho lino should bo 14 inches. A possibility that Norlina would lator oonnoot thoir sowairo linos to tho Warronton lino, and oxportod irrowth botwoon tho two towns would nooossitato tho 14-inch lino. Tho commissioners post pone awarding of contracts to tho low bidders until 'hov exhausted tho possibility of obtaining tho 14 inch line. I/iw bidders on the four contracts were: Sewaee Pump Station. G. W. Kane of Henderson, $133,429. Sewaire Pump Station Electrical. Electrical Associates of Raleiph, $14,685. Eorced Main, section 1, J. F. Wilkerson. $213,115. Forced Main, section 2, Rillinps and Garret—14-inch, $970,746.70: 12 inch, $166,629.50. Interruption Planned Electric service will be interrupted in a portion of Carolina Power & Light Company's Warrenton service area from 6 a. m. until 9 a. m.. Gordon Greene, CP&L area manager, said yesterday. Greene said the March 13 disruption is necessary in order for line and service personnel to perform needed maintenance work on company facilities. He said the interruption will affect customers on the Country Club road and to the end of company facilities on Highway 58 East. Customers on Loop Road also will be affected. Additionally, service to a portion of the business district along North Main and Macon streets in Warrenton will be interrupted, Greene said. He said the work will be accomplished as quickly as possible so as to cause minimum inconvenience to customers. Supervised Recreation To Be Free, Board Says Meeting in a called session Monday night the Warren County Board of Education voted to make no charge for school supervised recreation. Board member l<eigh Traylor told the board that some sixty youths of Norlina had gathered at the Norlina gvmtorium the previous Saturday afternoon for makeup play on the two, courts. Traylor. who came on the board at the beginning of the year, has been a strong advocate of making the gym at Norlina available for supervis ed school recreation play. He said he thought that the use of the gym Saturday demonstrated how a school could further serve its community. Other hoard members agreed with him. The board members agreed that I^igh Traylor will meet with the principals of the Norlina and North Warren Schools and formulate a plan for the use of the gymnasiums bv groups and/or individuals. The same procedure will be followed by Board Member Henry Bobbitt at John Graham and Board Member Dr. L. B. Henderson at Hawkins. After meeting with the school principals and working out a plan for use of the four gymnasiums, the three board members will meet to adjust the individual gym plans to one policy for the county. The meeting Monday night was called in order to lighten the business load of the regular meeting next Monday night. The two hour session was spent in detailed study of several school policies. Through oversight a statement regarding the evaluation of Mrs. Frances Steed and Joel Townes bv Principal W. E. Terry was not put in the files of Mrs. Steed, Mr. Townes and Principal Terry at the time of a hearing. Monday night the board approved a statement for the files. In addition to a revision of the policy on the use of the school facilities and the file statement of Principal Terrv and two of his teachers, the board considered revisions of the boafd's policy on the Tenure Act. and a change in the method of evaluation of teachers and principals. Supt. J. B. Peeler informed the board that he had a request from Simon Terrell of Chapel Hill for a record of his retirement pay. Supt. Peeler said that TerreJI. who is now executive secretary of the North CarolnM High School Athletic Association, served as coach and teacher at John Graham High School during the 1946-47 school year at a salar\ of $80.00 a month. Terrell's record was among the missing school records of Warren County. He said that he needed this information to establish his state retirement fund. The board certified that Terrell has been a teacher here in 1946-47 and that he was entitled to receive from the countv 5 percent of his salary for his retirement fund. The board members voted to send a voucher for this amount to Terrell with the certification statement. Supt. Peeler said that he had Granted maternity leave to Wondv Young from April 19 to June 16. Ho also sain that he had extended maternity leave for Mrs. I,ois Williams from Feb. 28 to March 23. He said that Mrs. Williams was late in delivery of her child and then had considerable difficulty. He said he believes that this resulted in iustifiable extension of leave. Supt. Peeler informed the board that Mrs. Horace Robinson, representing the Littleton Women's Club, will meet with the board at its April session to obtain status on Persons Ordinary. He said that board members need to Development Plan Studied At Norlina A comprehensive development plan designed to serve as a guide for orderly town growth was presented to Norlina commissioners Mondav night by Leon Knight of the Norlina Planning Board. The development plan was prepared by the Kerr-Tar Regional Council of Governments and was financed in part by a grant from the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Norlina Mayor Bill Perry said the document, which runs more than 100 pages, will be studied by board members prior to possible adoption at the board's April meeting. The plan was drafted to provide Norlina commissioners with a tool for development during the next quarter century. It calls for legal steps, such as passage of zoning and subdivision regulations, to assure orderly development! Drafters of the plan found that Norlina's population now stands at 1,141, representing an increase of 17.8 percent since 1970. Development of Soul City and extension of a water system drawing on the regional Kerr Lake system could accelerate this growth, planners suggested. Drafters of the plan concluded that Norlina Should encourage the location of diversified industrial types to offset a dependency on one industry and offer a wider spectrum of employment opportunities." Planners saw the need for (Continued on page 11) give this matter considerable thought. The school head presented to the hoard members copies of the state guide on student records. He suggested that they study this thick volume in order to approve a policy on student records at its April meeting. The board agreed to hold a mass meeting to obtain public approval of a high school site after it had been selected by the board, possibly at its regular meeting Monday night. nans Revealed for $1.5 Million Facility A proposal to construct a $1.5 million nursing home west of Warren General Hospital has been filed with the North Carolina Department of Human Resources. The plan, which calls for construction of a 120-bed facility, was offered by Jesse B. Martin of Warrenton. The proposal is the second to be offered this year involving Warren County. In February, plans were unveiled to seek permission of state and federal regulator agencies to build a 90-bed nursing home on property owned by A.-Kenneth Mustian. That facility to be built at a cost of $850,000, would be greeted by E. C. Powell of Rocky Mount. The Martin project, designed by Raleigh architect J. Bradford Wiggins, would be scheduled for completion in June. 1978. No exact location of the proposed facility was announced. Planning agencies, in examining the proposals, must determine whether both projects are needed, whether they can be adequately staffed and operated, whether they are economically feasible within prevailing rate structures and if they propose specific costcontainment features. Martin's project would provide 45 skilled nursing beds, 45 intermediate care beds and 30 retirement beds. After it wins approval of state agencies, any project must bear the stamp of approval of the U. S. Depariment of Health. Education and Welfare. Embro Man Is Killed In Freak Accident An Embro community resident was killed in a freak traffic accident about five miles east of Warrenton on March 2. according to information from the State Highway Patrol. William Ervin Faulcon. 40, was pronounced dead at the scene bv Dr. Charles Bunch, Warren county medical examiner. According to Trooper M. B. Miller. Faulcon was apparently alone in his vehicle driving east on State Road 1509 about 8:10 p. m. when he fell from the car. Miller said he apparently became entangled in the drive shaft and was dragged by the auto some 265 feet before the car stopped. The auto had no damage from the accident. Officers listed the death as the fifth traffic fatality in Warren County so far in 1977, not including a fatality inside the Warrenton city limits. Funeral services for the victim were held on Sunday at the Greater Lovely Hill Baptist Church at 3:30 p. m. Sunday. The Rev. William H. Burgess officiated and burial was in the church cemetery. Born March 26. 1937, he was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Plummer Faulcon. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ruby L. Faulcon of Jamaica. N. Y.; two sons, William, Jr.. and Bryant; one sister. Mrs. Eleanor Dixon of Queens Village, N. Y.; seven brothers, Plummer of Macon, James and Clinton of Detroit, Mich., Charles of Philadelphia, Pa., Gene of Raleigh and Kenneth and Larry of Macon. Property Line Determination is Completed At Buck Spring Charles Johnson, county attorney, told the commissioners at their meeting here Monday morning that the Buck Springs property lines had been run and merchantable timber marked and the project is now ready to be advertised for bids. A livestock proposal from William H. Bender which had been tabled at the February meeting of the board was brought up for discussion Monday. Bender had asked that livestock be exempted from the county's ad valorem tax. Chairman W. P. Jones told the board that he had been in touch with Rep. T. W. Ellis of Henderson and Senator James Speed of Louisburg who had told him that all local bills should be submitted to the Legislature before April 1. Both, Jones said, had told him that there is little hope of passage of a bill with the recommendations made by Bender. However, Jones, added. it is expected that a bill will be introduced into the Legislature to exempt from taxation all cattle under 18 months of age. Both Speed and Ellis said that hopes for passage of this bill are bright. County Manager Charles Hayes reported that sales tax in Warren County during the month of January totalled $19,432.94. This, he said, reflected business improvement in the county. Hayes also told the commissioners that the National I/egislative Conference would be held in Washington. D. C.. March 20-23. Chairman Pete Jones said he would be glad to attend if he could Ret another commissioner to go with him as he had found the session last year worthwhile. Commissioner Clyde Edwards said that he might be able to attend and that he would notify the county manager in time for him to make reservations. Hayes also said that a decision concerning Status Offender's report will probably not be implemented until July, 1978. The EMS Support Resolution was passed by the board. The resolution passed by the board (Continued on page 11) Fire Meeting Set An organizational meeting for the Cokeabury Fire Department ia scheduled for March 17 at 8 p. m. at Carver School. All citiaena ef the community are urged to attend. «
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