Jimmy Ross, a member of the Warrenton Rural Fire Department, lies still as medical
technicians, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Collie of Louisburg, administer to a simulated severed artery in
his left leg as part of a mock disaster that was staged in Warren County Sunday afternoon.
Members of both the rural and town fire departments acted as victims of a disastrous wreck at
the Airport Road and 158 intersection. [Staff Photo]
Mock Disaster Successfully
Tests Reactions At Hospital
By DON ST1TH
While most local residents
were seeking shelter Sunday
afternoon during an April
shower, units from the Warren
County Rescue Squad and
Ambulance Service were hard
at work caring for 12 victims
involved in a simulated disaster
on Highway 158 at the Airport
Road. This was the sec nd drill
held in Warren County to give
local and state medical
technicians a general idea of
how Warren County would
react during an actual disaster
or major emergency.
Unlike the first emergency
drill several years ago when the
rescue squads and their
reactions were the focal points.
Warren General Hospital and
its staff were the center of
attraction.
Mrs. Vivian Loyd, Nursing
(director at Warren General
Hospital, said her staff had
been briefed on what was going
to happen and that their roles
were most important. The
victims were rushed to the
hospital by the rescue squads
where they were immediately
cared for as if the situations
were real.
Dr. K. B. Patel and Dr. K. D.
Trivedi were the attending
physicians. Both doctors played
their roles with acute serious
ness. The victims were
evaluated by the physicians and
lab work and x-rays were
ordered in most cases. Four
cases were transferred to Duke
Medical Center (actually the
Warrenton Rural Fire Depart
ment building).
Col. H. S. Andersen, hospital
administrator, said he was
pleased with the response of his
personnel, especially in view of
the inclement weather. "Dis
asters don't wait for a sunny
day, they happen anytime," he
added.
Mrs. Loyd commended her
nursing staff for their roles in
the drill. "Everyone did his or
her job perfectly," she said.
Overall coordinator for the
drill was Warren County
Ambulance Driver Roy Lee
Harmon. Harmon said that he
wished to thank everyone that
participated in the drill for "a
job well done." He added that
three ambulances from the
Warren County Rescue Squad
were on the scene along with a
county ambulance.
Ten members of the local
volunteer rescue squad partici
pated in the exercise along with
members of the Warrenton
Rural and Town fire depart
ments.
The hospital was fully staffed
with personnel on duty from
each department from the front
office to the dining room to the
custodians.
Harmon, said that Warren
County will have another
simulated emergency in the
future but no one will know the
time or place of the mock
disaster.
Invention
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to go unless it is repatented.
In Raleigh the patent lawyer
made one discovery of no
particular significance at that
time, but of remarkable
significance in the years to
come. The vapor burned clean
and there was no harmful
emission of carbon monoxide or
another harmful chemical, the
name of which Hight says he
can not recall.
In spite of having the
appliance patented there was
one more test that Hight
wanted to make. He tried it on
his Falcon automobile.
Here Hight realized that he
was a lawn mower mechanic and
not a mechanical engineer. The
vapor attachment worked, but
it worked too well. Hight
recalls that he was afraid that it
would tear the engine to bits
before he could get it off his car.
I knew then that the injection
must be tailored to the size
engine, he said.
However, Hight was inter
ested in selling his patent
rather than in manufacturing
the engine. He said as soon as
the engine was patented
persons from all over the
country began to come to
Warrenton to see it in
operation. Among those who
came was an engineer from
General Motors. Hight said this
engineer told him that the
concept was practical but said
he would never sell his engine.
Hight's engine required no fuel
pump and no separate carbure
tor. The G. M. engineer said
that there were thousands of
persons engaged in making fuel
pumps who would lose their
jobs and it costs too much to i
retool the engine. Emission was 1
then no problem. Through the
years Hight has found the ■
engineer's statement true.
This week he said that he
finally became so frustrated
that he gave up and gave the
mower to his son, who also has
a copy of the patent and for that
reason neither vapor attach
ment nor patent could be made
a part of this article.
The patent is good for only
one more year unless it is
renewed," he said yesterday.
He also answered one more
question from the writej\JTKd
the engine start easily?' he was
asked; to which he replied,
"quick as a flash when one
touched the starter switch."
Maybe that is not the end of
the story for David Hight or the
heirs of J. T. Mitchiner.
Wednesday night President
Jimmy Carter appeared before
the congress to tell its members
and the American people that
crude oil is running out and
must be conserved until a
substitute source of energy
could be perfected. More
efficient motor cars must be
made, he stressed, and said
that owners of gas guzzlers
would be taxed higher and
users of low consumer cars
would receive tax credits.
Automobile manufacturers this
week have responded by asking
that they may not be required
Continuations Mark
Court Session Here
Judge Lin wood T. Peoples of
Henderson allowed 22 continu
ances among the 39 docketed
cases during Friday's mixed
session of Warren County
District Court. Cases disposed
of were:
Richard Baskerville, speed
ing 65 in 55 mph zone, called
and failed. Ordered arrested for
appearance on May 20 with
bond set at $100.
Diane Davis, failure to stop
at stop sign, speeding 81 in 55
mph zone, found guilty of
speeding 70 in 55 mph zone,
fined $25 and court costs.
District Attorney takes volun
tary dismissal on failure to stop
at stop sign charge.
Smith Amos Evans, failure to
drive right half of highway,
called and failed. Ordered
arrested for appearance on May
20 with bond set at $100.
Virginia Sparrow Hires,
speeding 67 in 55 mph zone,
called and failed. Ordered
arrested for appearance on May
13 with bond set at $100.
Sandy Ray Huntley, leaving
scene of accident, voluntary
dismissal.
Ernest Coker Jefferson,
Root Softwood Cutting
To Get New Rose Plant
The beautiful roses you
would like to grow probably
will have to be started from
softwood cuttings, unless you
want to take the easy way out
and buy the plant.
Teas, hybrid teas, hybrid
perpetuals, grandifloras, poly
anthas and climbers must be
propogated by vegetative
means, according to North
Carolina State University
extension specialists.
The cuttings should be made
when the new growth is ready
to bloom. When the flower
opens, cut the stems so there
will be at least two stem buds
or nodes and at least one leaf on
each stem cutting. Remove the
flower by cutting back to a
stem bud.
Place the basal end of the
cutting in clean, coarse
sterlized sand so that about
one-half of the cutting is
covered. The sand can be
sterilized by placing in a
container no more than three
inches deep and subjecting it to
heat of 200 degrees for no less
than 30 minutes.
When the box for the
cuttings is ready, place it where
there is protection from direct
sunlight. Keep the sand moist
but not too wet. A plastic cover
on a frame over the box will
help protect the cuttings from
wind and conserve moisture.
The cuttings should root in
four or five weeks. As soon as
each has developed several
roots one-half to one-inch long,
they are ready for potting.
Use a suitable container
jbout two and one-half inches in
iiameter. Peat pots are good
ind are usually available at
seed and garden stores.
For the potting medium, use
?qual parts by volume of coarse
sand, peat moss and good
garden soil. The sand and soil
should be sterilized.
In your rose garden, fertilize
he plants once a month with
wo pounds of an 8-8-8 analysis
>er 100. square feet of bed area,
spray with an approved
nsecticide and fungicide com
lination every one or two
veeks, depending on weather
onditions.
to build emission guards on
their cars. They can't have both
high mileage cars and clean air,
they hold.
But down here in a small
southern town lives a now
aging man who says they can
have both and who is willing to
prove it if he can receive the
support of someone who will
truly put both above immediate
profits.
__The-writer thinks that David
Hight has made a good case and
has proved his contention. He
says that his vapor attachment
will more than double automo
bile mileage and that it burns
clean. But the writer, like
David Hight, is no mechanical
engineer and realizes that there
may be some reasons why a
yapor engine may not be
practical, but in the fact of the
crisis facing our nation, the
writer thinks Hight is due
something more than the
verdict of an automotive or oil
engineer.
It might not be amiss if the
President of the United States
would have the U. S. Patent
Office searched for efficient
ideas which may have been
taught up by oil companies and
lutomotive manufacturers and
suppressed.
exceeding safe speed, called
and failed. Ordered arrested for
appearance on May 6 with bond
set at $100.
James R. Pulley, forgery,
waived right to preliminary
hearing and was ordered to
appear at next criminal session
of Superior Court to answer
charge with bond to remain in
effect.
Pearl Lena Russell, speeding
68 in 55 mph zone, called and
failed.
Waverly Russell, assault on
female, prayer for judgment
continued.
Floyd Thomas, misdemeanor
breaking and entering, volun
tary dismissal.
James Williams, nonsupport,
motion to have defendant,
prosecuting witness and baby
to have blood tests made
allowed and case continued
until tests are done.
Marvin Williams, speeding 78
in 55 mph zone, found guilty of
speeding 70 in 55 mph zone,
fined $25 and court costs.
Roy Jones, simple affray,
court cost in amount of $27.
Theodore Watson, misde
meanor larceny, court found
that in a previous judgment the
defendant was ordered to jail
for ten weekends and that four
weekends had been spent in
jail, the court relieved the
defendant of the remaining six
weekends.
Lucy Champion Blackwell,
speeding 66 in 55 mph zone,
prayer for judgment continued
upon payment of court costs.
Walter Barnes, Jr., speeding
36 in 20 mph zone, found guilty
of speeding 30 in 20 mph zone,
fined $20 for failing to appear in
court on scheduled court date
and -cost of court.
Mayor Bill Perry of Noriina, left, and Mayor W. A. Miles of Warrenton, right, pose with
Russell Currin, Warren County Service Officer, who heads Blood Drive in Warren County. A
bloodmobile will be at the Noriina Firehouse on May 10 from 10 a. m. to 4:30 p. m. and at the
Lions Den at Warrenton on May 11 from 10 a. m. to 4:30 p. m.
Schedule
Of Services
WARREN COUNTY
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
Hours: 8:30-4:30 Mon.-Fri.
Clinic Services-May 2-6
—Monday: Eye clinic (only
by referral from Social
Services).
— Tuesday: GENERAL
CLINIC including immuniza
tions, VD tests, blood pressure
checks and allergy shots. No
Appointment Needed. Planned
parenthood counseling by
appointment only.
-Wednesday: PEDIATRIC
CLINIC by appointment.
—Thursday: Maternity and
family planning clinics by
appointment.
For information or appoint
ment call 257-1185.
New Selection Of
MOTHER'S DAY and
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