Norlina Banker Is Named
To Head Farm-City Week
Thomas Peele, assistant
vice president of Peoples
Bank & Trust Company in
Norlina, has been named
Warren County Farm-City
Week chairman for the 1977
observance of Farm-City
Week. The appointment was
announced this week by
Mrs Ruth Cherry of Rocky
Mount, state Farm-City
Week chairman
Serving with Peele as
co-chairman for the county
committee is L. B Hardage,
county extension chairman,
G. W Koonce, and Glenn
Woolard, extension agents
Farm-City Week will be
observed across the nation
on Nov 18-24, ending on
Thanksgiving Day The
purpose of the event is to
help create a better understanding
between rural and
urban people. The theme for
1977 is "Farm and City Partners
in Economic Progress
In appointing the county
Farm-City Week chairman,
Mrs. Cherry stated that
North Carolina is fortunate
to have a fine relationship
between urban and rural
citizens. "Farm-C'ity Week
can help to maintain and
strengthen this relationship,"
she said.
J. Wilbur Cabe of Statesville
is serving with Phillips
as state vice chairman.
This will be the 23rd
annual observance of FarmCity
Week Last year's
observance, according to
final reports received at
national headquarters, involved
the active participation
of more than 15,000
communities in the U. S. and
Canada
Farm-City Week is under
the direction of a National
Farm-City Council. Kiwanis
International will serve as
coordinating agency for
Farm-City Week and act as
headquarters for the National
Farm-City Council for the
20th consecutive year.
The National Farm-City
Council is composed of
representatives from more
than 150 major farm organizations,
industries, businesses,
associations, governmental
agencies, educational
institutions, and
church groups. A Presidential
proclamation and a joint
Congressional resolution
have called for Farm-City
Week observances each
year since the inception of
the event.
Farm-City Week has won
the Freedoms Foundation's
Distinguished Service
Award, which carries the
same distinction in the
community service field as
does the famed "Oscar" in
the motion picture industry,
and the "Emmy" in the
television field, and the
Silver Anvil Award from the
Public Relations Society of
America for being an outstanding
community relations
prograpi.
Planning activities for Farm-City Week to be observed in Warren County November
18-24 are, left to right, L. B. Hardage, G. W. Koonce, Mrs. Bertha Forte, Miss Emily
Ballinger, L. C. Cooper and Tom Peele, Warren County chairman.
Norlina Commissioners
Endorse Road Bond Issue
The Norlina Board of
Commissioners passed a
resolution at its meeting
Oct. 3, endorsing the state's
1977 Highway Bond Issue.
The $300,000,000 bond
issue, which will be considered
by the voters of North
Carolina this fall, provides
for the issuance of highway
bonds to finance needed
maintenance and improvement
on the State's highway
system
Mayor Bill Perry said
that in passing the resolu
tion the Board was recognizing
the pressing need for
construction, improvements
and relocation of roads,
bridges and other highway
facilities across North Carolina.
He said the Board also
approved the state position
that opposes increased
taxes as an answer to
highway problems at this
time.
The resolution urged local
citizens to vote favorably on
the issuance of the bonds in
the referendum scheduled
NOTICE
Notice to Customers and Policyholders.
I am now a direct writer 01 ai'to
liability with Unigard Insurance group.
I also write Blue Cross-Blue Shield
Hospitalization, Fire Insurance and
Farm Owners with N. C. Grange Fire
Insurance Co. and for your life
insurance needs Farmers & Traders
Life Insurance of N. Y.
GEORGE W.SHEARIN
INSURANCE AGENCY
Warrenton, N. C.
for November 8.
A letter from Thomas W.
Bradshaw, Jr.. Secretary of
the North Carolina Department
of Transportation,
pointed out to the Norlina
Board of Commissioners
that "funds to support
highway construction and
improvements are being
reduced, while construction
costs are increasing "
The Secretary wrote.
"The transportation problems
facing the people of
North Carolina are obvious.
The proposed $300,000,000
Bond Issue is one immediate
answer to the problem.
Bond financing could assure
continuation of our Highway
Improvement Program
without any reductions
"By using bond money,
we can avoid inflationary
costs and address our
immediate problems."
Brochures explaining the
$300,000,000 Bond Issue can
be obtained by contacting
Secretary Bradshaw's office
at the Department of
Transportation in Raleigh.
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A tractor-trailer loaded with seafood lies on its side following an accident
Thursday about 2:40 a. m. on U. S. 158 bypass about 2.6 miles north of
Warren ton. Trooper A. M. Bennett said two deer ran in the path of the
vehicle, owned by Fast Brothers Food, Inc. The driver, Van Robert Floyd
of Matthews, applied brakes on the rain-slicked highway, the trailer
jackknifed, crossed the center line, ran along the left shoulder and ditch
bark until the load shifted in the trailer causing it to overturn. Damage
was estimated at $23,000. No charges were filed and the driver was slightly
injured. (Staff Photo By Howard Jones)
Three Badly Hurt In Grinding Smashup
Three people were seriously
injured on Friday,
October 14, about 6:55 p. m.
in a grinding head-on collision
on the Henderson-Warrenton
road about 2.6 miles
west of the Warrenton city
limits.
According to Trooper A.
M. Bennett, a car driven by
Alvin Clinton Currin, 40, of
Henderson was travelling
west and swerved across the
center line. The vehicle was
about three feet left of
center when it struck a
vehicle going east and
driven by Theaoseus Theab
Clayton. Jr., of Rt. 2, Ebony,
Va. The trooper reported
that Clayton had attempted
to go right to avoid the
collision at the time of the
accident.
After impact the Currin
vehicle slid sideways into a
ditch and the Clayton
vehicle went down a slight
embankment.
Currin was pinned inside
the wreckage for about 25
minutes and Clayton was
pinned for about 40 minutes,
the high patrol reported. A
tractor and a wrecker were
required to enable Clayton
to be removed from the
wreckage.
Currin, Clayton and a
passenger in the Clayton
vehicle, Mrs. Eva Clayton,
were injured, taken to
Maria Parham Hospital and
later transferred to Duke
Hospital.
Currin received cuts on
the head, fractured leg and
internal injuries. He is listed
in critical condition at the
hospital.
C layton, son of Attorney
T. T. Clayton of Warrenton.
was listed in satisfactory
condition. He sustained
broken bones, and internal
injuries. His mother, Mrs.
Eva Clayton, was treated
for lacerations and a possible
bone injury.
The highway patrol
charged Currin with driving
left of center. Damages
were set at $9,000 to the 1977
Mercedes driven by Clayton
and $900 to the Currin 1971
Ford.
Car Overturns
Bannel Bullock of Rt. 1,
Manson, was injured and
taken to Maria Parham
Hospital Sunday about 10:15
p m. following a mishap on
RPR 1200 about 9.1 miles
north of Manson.
According to the Highway
Patrol. Bullock was heading
north at a high rate of speed
when he entered a sharp
curve, ran off to the right
shoulder and skidded sideways
across the highway to
the left shoulder, spun
around and continued down
the left shoulder into the
woods, striking the ditchbank
and overturning several
times.
According to the patrol,
the car skidded about 530
feet. Bullock was subsequently
charged with careless
and reckless driving.
Damages were estimated at
$2,000.
Horse Killed
A horse, owned by B.
Lewis Reavis of Rt. 2,
Warrenton, was killed Sunday
night about 7:30 p. m.
after it ran into a car driven
Deer Caution Issued
The Warren County Highway Patrol has issued
a warning to all motorists to watch for deer
crossing the highway during this time of year.
The Warren County troopers have responded
to several accidents recently where deer ran in
the path of vehicles.
The troopers said dogs chase the deer from the
woods and onto the highways. Warren County
citizens are urged to heed areas usually
inhabited by deer.
by Janetta K. West, also of
Rt. 2, Warrenton.
According to Trooper W
E. Palmer. Ms. West was
headed east on RPR 1625
when the horse jumped in
front of her. The impact
threw the animal on the
front hood and into the
windshield.
The horse was valued at
SI,000 and damages to the
West vehicle were estimated
at $225. No injuries were
reported and no charges
were filed.
School Bus Wreck
A school bus incident was
reported Friday morning
about 7:40 a. m. According
to Trooper V. R. Vaughan, a
bus driven by Cynthia Faye
Dortch of Rt. 2, Norlina,
backed into a car driven by
Jene Archie Suite of
Ridgeway.
The accident occurred on
Rural Unpaved Road 1143
which is a dead-end road off
the Ridgeway-Warrenton
road.
Vaughan said Suite was
attempting to catch the bus
to get his children on board
when the bus stopped. He
stopped behind the bus but
another bus was coming
around a slight curve and
Ms. Dortch backed up
striking the Suite car.
No injuries to any passengers
or the drivers were
reported. Damage was set
at $150 to the Suite car and
none to the bus. Ms. Dortch
was charged with failure to
see safe movement.
Lady In Distress
Trooper V. R Vaughan
was called to the State Line
Gulf Station Sunday afternoon
to assist a lady who
was being followed.
According to the trooper,
the lady reported being
followed about 20 miles by a
male driver. She told him
when she slowed down, he
slowed and when she turned
off to get gas, he followed
her, bought a drink and
waited for her to return.
When she waited for him
to leave, he drove down the
road and returned to the
station twice.
The trooper reported that
he followed the Alabama
woman along 1-85 for some
distance until a vehicle
bearing Alabama tags passed.
He stopped both vehicles
and requested the man to
assist the woman should she
be followed.
Information Wanted
On Saturday, Oct. 15. between 8 p. m. and 8 a.
m. someone "borrowed" two Fluffy Duffy ferns
from the porch on the Church Street side of the
Colonial Lodge.
Please return the ferns and the pots, or
compensate for them. Anyone with any
information concerning these ferns and-or pots
please call 257-3377.