Minority Group To
Meet At Soul City
Soul City will be the site
this week of a regional
meeting of the American Association
of Minority Enterprise
Small Business Investment
Corporations (AAMESBICS).
Over 30 MESBIC officials
from across the country will
attend the two-day session
beginning Thursday.
The meeting is being
hosted by James F. Hansley,
president of Vangard
Investment Company,
North Carolina's only
MESBIC, and Kirk Saunders,
president of Norfolk
Investment Company, Inc.,
Norfolk, Va
A wide range of topics of
interest to minority-owned
enterprises will be discussed
including industry goals.
Dog Show To Be
Held At Soul City
The Soul City Parks and
Recreation Association, Inc.
and the Warren County 4-H
Club will hold a dog show for
youngsters on August 27 at 9
a. m. at Soul City.
All youngsters aged four
to 14 may enter dogs more
than six months old in the
contest, regardless of breed,
special training, or whether
the pet is pedigreed.
The show is being sponsored
jointly as a public service
by the National Recreation
and Park Association, KenL
Ration, Soul City Parks
and Recreation Association,
Inc., and the Warren County
4-H Club.
Dogs will be judged in
seven classes, a Best of
Show winner will be
selected. Judging classifications
include: best trick dog,
smallest dog, largest dog,
best looking, best costumed,
funniest and best behaved.
First, second, and third
prize ribbons will be
awarded to winners in each
category, with a Best of
Show to be selected from
among first place winners.
Entry blanks for the show
are available at the PRA
office in the Soultech I
building at Soul City, and at
the Warren County 4-H
Office in the Agricultural
Building in Warrenton.
In case of rain, the dog
show will be held on August
30, at 5 p. m. in Soul City.
objectives and trends, pending
legislation, new market
opportunities and successful
operating strategies.
Speakers will include
Philip T. Dortning, Director
of Corporate Social Policy
for Standard Oil of Indiana;
Michael Lacagnia, Purchasing
Director of Westinghouse
Turbine Components
Plant; Clarence Bishop,
legislative aide to Congressman
Parren J. Mitchell,
chairman of the Congressional
Black Caucus; and
Howard N. Lee, North
Carolina Secretary of Natural
Resources and Community
Development.
MESBICS originated in
the early 1970's when the
federal government recognized
that businesses owned,
in part or- whole, by
Americans of minority
descent, were without adequate
capitalization and the
means to raise equity and
venture capital for modernizing,
expansion or start up
costs.
In 1972, Congress officially
authorized amendments
to the Small Business
Investment Act of 1958 to
create business investment
companies with a special
responsibility of providing
venture capital to businesses
owned by socially and
economically disadvantaged
minorities.
Later in 1972, the American
Association of MESBICS
was formed to
promote joint action among
the newly formed investment
companies entering
the capital market area for
the first time.
Today, the members of
AAMESCIB represent more
than $100 million in assets,
including participation by
some of the country's
largest banks, insurance
companies and retailers.
Four Units
Respond To
Fire Calls
Pour rural volunteer fire
companies responded to a
lightning set fire at Soul City
around 9:30 p. m. Sunday
night.
Answering a call from Mr.
and Mrs. Donald Bryant,
occupants of the old Lonnie
Reavis home at Manson,
when they discovered their
home to be on fire, the
Drewry Fire Company was
the first company to reach
the scene with two pumpers
and a tanker. The second
company to arrive was
Norlina with a pumper and a
tanker. In third place was
the newly formed Ridgeway-Soul
City Company
with a pumper.
The Warrenton parent
company dispatched two
pumpers and arrived fourth
at the scene. Using only one
pumper, the Warrenton
company kept the Drewry
tanks filled with water.
Chief A. A. Wood of the
Warrenton Rural Fire Company
said that the firemen
worked in a severe thunderstorm
with heavy rains and
while they had the fire under
control in some 40 minutes,
firemen remained at the
scene for several hours to be
certain that the flames did
not rekindle.
Chief Wood quoted Chief
A. P. Holtzman of the
Drewry Company as estimating
that the loss to the
house was $12,000 and the
loss to its contents was
$7,000.
The Warrenton rural
firemen responded to two
other fires during the past
week.
On Tuesday of last week
at 8:15 p. m. the Warrenton
Rural Fire Department
dispatched 14 men, three
trucks and a crash wagon to
LaCrosse, Va., where they
joined firemen from Macon,
Littleton and Ebony, Va., in
fighting a fire at the L. M.
Ranie home. The old house
and an acre of woods were
destroyed. Origin of the fire
was not reported.
The Rural Fire Department
dispatched one truck
and five men to the home of
Judge Julius Banzet on
Main and Plummer Street
at 10 a. m. Monday where it
was discovered that a
kitchen range had shortcircuited
and burned the
wall behind it. The blaze
was quickly extinguished.
Damage to the range was
estimated at $600 and to the
wall at $100.
Red Cross Meet To Be Held
A Red Cross meeting will
be held Monday, August 15,
at 7:30 p. m. in the
Conference Room at the
Warren General Hospital.
Officers for the new year
will be elected and accomplishments
of the past year
following re-organization
will be discussed. These will
include the blood program,
service to military families
and other items.
All persons who have
worked with the Warren
County Chapter are asked to
be present. Representatives
from various clubs are
invited to attend.
The next bloodmobile visit
is scheduled for August 29
from 10 a. m. to 3 p. m. at the
Warrenton Lions Den. Prospective
donors are asked to
bring their card in order to
reduce processing time.
Persons between 17 and 65
years of age are eligible to
donate. Persons aged 17 are
asked to have birth certificate
or other identifying
date showing date of birth.
During the summer when
many are away on vacations
and when many accidents
occur, it is difficult to have
sufficient blood on hand at
our blood centers, a spokesman
said. "Consider giving
a pint of blood, the gift of
life, on Monday, August 29,
so someone may live," he
said.
Old Hymns To
Be Sung Sunday
Wesley Memorial United
Methodist Church will host
an old fashioned hymn sing
here Sunday afternoon.
The service will begin at 3
p. m., and the Cokesbury
Hymnal which has been a
favorite in the Methodist
church for many years will
be used. Those who choose
to come and share in this
occasion are sure to hear
some of their favorite
hymns since the congregation
will be choosing the
hymns to be sung. In
addition, the Wesley Memorial
choir will sing one or
two selections.
Dlanne Mann [right] draws the lucky ticket for a steak
dinner at the Middleburg Steak House given away by
Warren County React-3195. Mrs. Lucas Coley, assisted in
the drawing. [Staff Photo]
React-3195 Holds Drawing
Warren County React-3195
held its regular monthly
meeting at the Norlina
Department on Wednesday
night of last week at 8
o'clock.
The first order of business
was the drawing of the
ticket for the $25 supper at
the Middleburg Steak
Road Funds Are
Allotted To County
North Carolina Department
of Transportation
(NCDOT) officials have
announced that $12,103 of
supplemental secondary
road construction funds
have been allocated for
Warren County.
This allocation is part of a
$1,146,041 supplemental
county allocation approved
by the Board of Transportation
at its last meeting.
These funds are in addition
to the $25.8 million statewide
allocation for secondary
road construction announc
ed last month.
Warren County's share of
the $25.8 million allocation
released in July was
$273,000. The supplemental
allocation brings the county's
share of secondary road
construction funds for this
fiscal year to $285,103.
Board of Transportation
member Iley L. "Buck"
Dean of Durham, who
represents NCDOT's Highway
Division 5 including
Warren County, explained
that the distribution of these
funds to the various counties
across the State was based
"on an impartial formula
prescribed by the State
legislature." The formula
considers the number of
unpaved miles of secondary
roads in any given county
and the relationship of this
mileage to the total mileage
of State maintained unpaved
secondary roads in North
Carolina.
There are 217 miles of
unpaved secondary roads in
Warren County, while the
total number of unpaved
State maintained secondary
roads in North Carolina is
20,476.
"The Board of Transportation
will continue to work
very closely with local and
county officials in determining
the best usage for these
funds and in selection of
local highway project priorities
jn the future,"_ Dean
said.
Leaders Named
For Drive
The Rev. John Bowman,
for the Areola and Inez
areas and Mrs. Gene Pierce,
for the Macon and Vaughan
areas have been named
area campaign leaders for
the cystic fibrosis drive in
Warren County. Campaign
funds are used to help
support research and care
in children's lung-damaging
diseases such as asthma
with lung damage, chronic
bronchitis, bronchiectasis,
childhood emphysema, and
cystic fibrosis.
White Sturgeons
White sturgeon found in
the Snake River on the
Idaho-Oregon border can
weigh close to 300 pounds,
reports National Geographic.
House. Mrs. Dianne Mann
drew the winning ticket
number 1058—Eddie
Thompson, Route 4, Henderson.
The regular roll call,
minutes of the last meeting
and old business was
conducted.
In the new business a
motion was made, seconded
and passed that another
drawing be held for three
winning tickets for a $25
dinner at the Middleburg
Steak House. The drawing
will be held on Oct. 5.
Warren County React
tries to monitor Channel 9 on
the CB Radio 24 hours a day.
When reporting a wreck to
React please calm down and
report the wreck, giving the
exact location as close as
possible, whether or not an
ambulance or a wrecker is
needed, your name, address
and call letters as asked for
by the person monitoring.
All help and cooperation
that anyone gives react is
very much appreciated.—
Boyd Edwards, Secretary.
Area Deaths And Funerals
JOSEPHINE REAV18
Funeral services (or Mrs.
Josephine Alston Reavis of
Bronx, N. Y., formerly of
Warrenton, will be conducted
Friday at 2 p. m. at the
Spring Green Baptist
Church. The Rev. Robert
Burnette will officiate and
burial will be in the Ingrain
Family Cemetery.
Mrs. Reavis is survived
by her husband, Aaron
Reavis, of Bronx; one
daughter, Mrs. Jean H.
Baskett of Columbia, S. C.;
her mother, Mrs. Sallie
Alston of Warrenton; three
sisters. Mrs. Clara Oakley
of Hackensack, N. Y., Mrs.
Kearney Takes
Part In Exercises
Army Specialist Four
Lena A. Kearney, granddaughter
of Mrs. Lena B.
Johnson, Macon, recently
participated in exercise
Brave Shield XVI in
Southern California and
Nevada.
Some 25,000 Army, Air
Force, Marine and Navy
personnel took part in the
exercise. Brave Shield was
designed to provide an opportunity
for joint service
training in tactics, techniques
and procedures.
Spec. Kearney is regularly
assigned as a supply
specialist with the 7th
Infantry Division at Ft. Ord,
Calif.
The specialist entered the
Army in November, 1974.
She is a 1973 graduate of
John Graham High School,
Warrenton.
Church To Have
Homecoming
Homecoming services will
be observed at the North
Warrenton Baptist Church
on Sunday, beginning at 11
a. m.
The pastor, the Rev. Tom
Currie, said this week that
former members and
friends of the church are
invited.
Lenora Bernard of Jersey
City, N. J., and Mrs.
Mildred Alston of Warrenton;
three brothers, Howard
Alston of Henderson, John
Earl Alston of Newport
News, Va., and William A.
Ingram of Bronx; and four
grandchildren.
The family will meet
friends at Harris-Turner
Funeral Home Thursday
from 7 p. m. until 8 p. m.
ISAOELLE S. niN lbn
Funeral services for Mrs.
Isabelle S. Hunter, 68, a
native of Palmer Springs,
Va., who died Friday in
Warren General Hospital,
were conducted at 2 p. m.
Tuesday at Greenwood
Baptist Church by the Rev.
H. D. Bullock, Jr. Burial
was in the church cemetery.
She was a life-long
member of Burchette
Chapel United Church of
Christ.
Survivors include her
husband, Johnny W. Hunter
of the home; two daughters,
Mrs. Laurene Coleman of
Bronx, N. Y. and Miss
Lucille Hunter of the home;
two sons, John Edward
Hunter and Leonard Earl
Hunter, both of Bronx; one
sister, Mrs. Helen Kearney
of Warrenton; 11 grandchildren
and three great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Bobby
Wilson, Maryland Wilson,
James Broughton, Floyd
Myrick, Wendell Wilson and
Dock Coleman.
RUTH S.DICKENS
LITTLETON-Mrs. Ruth
Smith Dickens, 85, of Route
2, Littleton, died Sunday.
Funeral services were
conducted at 2 p. m.
Tuesday from H'xAaday
Funeral Home chapel.
Burial was in Tabor
Methodist Church Cemetery.
Mrs. Dickens is survived
by two sons, Claude of
Roanoke Rapids and Rufus
Dickens of Littleton, Route
2; five grandchildren; eight
great-grandchildren; and
nine great-great-grandchildren.
CHARLIE JONES
Funeral service* (or Charlie
Jones, M, who died la
Warren General Hoapital on
July 23, were held July 17 at
Locust Grove Baptlat
Church at 2 p. m. by the i
Rev. Robert Burnett*.
Burial was in the church
cemetery.
Mr. Jones, * Warren
County native, was tha son
of the late Jerry Jones and
the late Mrs. Margaret
Brown Jones.
He is survived by his wife, •;
Mrs. Annie D. Jonea of:
Wise; one daughter, Mrs.
Mary Hinton of New York,
N. Y.; one granddaughter;:
one great-granddaughter
and one great-grandson.
WILLIE BOYD
Funeral services for Willie
Boyd, 67, who died In N. i
C. Memorial Hospital on
July 31, were held Wednesday
afternoon at 2 p. m. at
Jordan Hill Baptist Church
by the pastor, the Rev.
James Melton, assisted by
the Rev. Shirley Edwards.
Burial was in the church
cemetery. ?
Mr. Boyd is survived by
his wife, Mrs. Sinnie Boyd of
the home; three sons, Darry
Boyd of Detroit, Mich.,
Calvin Boyd of Warrenton
and Sgt. Willie Boyd, Jr., of
Fort Bragg; three sisters,
Mrs. Manda Thompson of
New York City, Mrs. "•
Florence Moss and Mrs.
Martha Waters, both of
Philadelphia, Pa.; three
brothers, Hezekiah Boyd of
LaCrosse, Va., Ollie Boyd
and Charlie Boyd, both of
Macon; four grandsons and
one granddaughter.
HERBERT C.ROSS
Funeral services for Herbert
C. Ross, 64, were
conducted Friday, August 5,,,
at 2 p. m. from the Roanoke
Chapel Baptist Church in
Elam. The Rev. P. G. Davis
officiated. Burial followed in :
the church cemetery.
Mr. Ross is survived by
two brothers, John and Matthew
Ross of Baltimore,
Md. and one aunt, Mrs.
Clara Clary of New York.