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Volume 86 25' Per Copy Warrenton, County Of Warren, North Carolina Wednesday. December 1. 1982 Number 46
Leaf Quota
Cut Given
Approval
WASHINGTON - A
10 percent reduction in
flue-cured tobacco
quotas and 16.3 per cent
reduction in acreage,
announced Tuesday by
Secretary of Agriculture
John R. Block in an
effort to balance production
with demand
was greeted with dismay
by many North
Carolina producers.
The Quota decision
will have a "tremendous
impact" on North
Carolina's economy and
make it harder for
domestic growers to
compete on the world
market, said John
Cyrus, tobacco affairs
specialist for the state
Agricultural Department.
Everett Rank, administrator
of the Agricultural
Stabilization Service,
said in Washington
that the marketing
quota for next year's
crop will be 910 million
pounds. In addition the
national acreage allotment
will be reduced to
475,516 acres.
Reginald Lester, a
spokesman for the
Tobacco Growers Information
Committee, said
the production portends
"some very difficult
times ahead for North
Carolina tobacco farmers."
"This 10 percent
reduction means they'll
only be able to market
90 percent of the pounds
they produced in 1982,
and that means that
their income is probably
going to be less
next year. The fluecured
crop in North
Carolina averaged $1
billion over the past few
years, and that a $100
million drop in income."
Tobacco production
leaders said the cuts in
quotas and both pounds
and acreage are regrettable,
but not unexpected.
Agriculture Secretary
John Block could
have cut the quota by as
much as 14 percent
under the new rules
passed this year in
Congress.
This rural scene, shot between Warrenton and
Norlina, is typical of the attractive pictures now to
be found throughout Warren County as the year
slowly begins its change from autumn to winter.
(Staff Photo)
Zoning Change Approved
Following a public
hearing of the Warrenton
town commissioners
and the Planning
Board at 7 p. m.
Monday at the Town
Municipal Building a
change in property of A.
K. Mustian located
directly behind the
office of CP&L from
R-20 (Residential) to
C-II (Highway Business)
was approved by
both boards and the
extension of the zoned
portion of the lot was
extended some 40 feet.
As soon as the
planning board had
unanimously agreed to
grant the extension of
the lot from R-20 to C-H,
the town commissioners
were notified of
their decision and voted
unanimously to approve
the action of the
planning board.
Members of the Planning
Board present
were Roy Pat Robertson,
chairman; Mrs. H.
S. Andersen, Leon
Cheek and McCarroll
Alston. McCarroll Alston
made the motion
that-the planning board
approve the request of
Mustian and his motion
was seconded by Leon
Cheek and was unanimously
adopted.
Commissioners pre
sent were Gordon
Haithcock, Charles
White, III, Billy Lanier.
Jr., and Melvin
"Butch" Scott. Making
the motion to accept the
recommendation of the
planning board was
Commissioner Charles
White, HI, which was
seconded by Commissioner
Scott and was
unanimously passed
The property whici.
had been previously
zoned for highway business
lies along Highway
401 and extended
400 feet from the center
of the highway. An acre
of this property had
been purchased by
CP&L upon which they
had erected an office. A
decision by the power
company to erect a
warehouse behind their
office necessitated the
purchase of at least
another acre of land
from Mr. Mustian. To
be certain that all the
land was zoned for
business purposes,
Mustian requested that
the property zoning be
extended some 40 feet.
Gordon Greene, local
CP&L manager, told
those present that having
the warehouse in
close proximity to its
office would greatly
improve the operation
Warrenton's Western Auto
Closing Doors This Month
Warren ton's Western
Auto Store, in operation
here for more than four
decades, is closing its
doors for good later this
month.
Owners of the business
have announced
plans for a December
liquidation sale which is
expected to draw customers
interested in
stock and fixtures of the
In Minn—
Opened on Sept. 1,
1940 by Mack and
Martha Sloan, the store
is situated on North
Mala Street. Two years
later, following graduation,
Mrs. Helen James
Burton began working
there. She left a few
weeks ago after 40
yean' service.
On October 1, 1MB
Iflifnn Ayscue began
work with the Sloans
and Mrs. Burton at
Western Auto. He was
soon promoted to manager,
a post be held for
many years. On December
24,1949 he married
and his wife, Lois,
began working with im
in the store in 1958.
They now have three
children - Dwight,
Gladys A. Short and
Gail.
In 1906 Mr. and Mrs.
Ayscue brought the
franchise and business
from Mrs. Sloan. Three
years later the building,
which also housed the
old ABC offices, was
bought from Dr.
Thomas Holt, Hugh
Holt and their sister,
Mrs. Morrison.
At this time the wall
between Western Auto
and the ABC offices was
removed and Western
Auto customers were
offered more space.
Mr. and Mrs. Ayscue
said this week that they
hope to rent the
building, but no tenant
has been named yet.
They looked back an
their years of business
here and commented
upon the numbers of
young txqrs and girls of
high school age who had
found employment in
the store. They were
high in their praise of
Mrs. Burton for her
loyal service.
"We would like to say
there are so many good
memories of the store
for these 42 yean," the
couple said. "We want
to thank all our faithful
customers and friends
for the help they have
given us through the
yeara."
of his company.
No one appeared in
opposition to the zoning
amendment. Appearing
with Greene were company
attorneys and
other CP&L officials.
Greene said that he
hoped that construction
of the warehouse could
be started without undue
delay
The legal notice announcing
that a public
hearing would be held
on the Mustian property
also stated that a
public hearing would be
held on gin property
formerly owned by
Warrenton Cotton and
Fertilizer Company at
the corner of Franklin
and Hall Street; wanted
the property amended
from residential to
highway business. However,
before the hearing
Monday night present
owners notified the
commissioners that
their request had been
withdrawn.
Several interested
persons who planned to
be heard on this parcel
failed to attend the
hearing when they were
notified that the gin lot
would not be considered.
Reward Is Offered
In Wake Of Beating
A thousand dollar
reward has been posted
by the wife of Billy
Hawks of Warrenton for
information leading to
the conviction of the
person who beat up
Man Said Shot
By Girl Friend
A man shot by his girl
friend early Tuesday
morning and taken to
Warren General Hospital
from where be was
transferred to Duke
Medical Center in Durham
is expected to
recover.
According to information
obtained yesterday
afternoon from the office
of the Warren County
Sheriff, Clarence
Leon Harrington, 23, of
Rt. 1, Warrenton (in the
Warren Plains section)
was on his way to work
when he went by the
borne of his girl friend,
16-year-old Arlene
Shanks, also of the
Warren Plains section.
When he insisted on
going to work instead of
staying with her, according
to the report,
she shot him twice in his
left side.
Miss Shanks was
arrested and charged
with assault with a
deadly weapon causing
serious bodily injury
>nd released her
own recognizance. She
will be given a bearing
in District Court on
DeeantNr S.
Hawks on last Tuesday
afternoon.
Freddie Robinson,
Warrenton police chief,
said yesterday that
while he had been
following a number of
leads, no arrests have
yet been made.
Hawks, a young Warrenton
business man,
was dozing in his office
around 2:30 p. m.
Tuesday when he was
struck in the jaw by an
assailant from behind
and badly beaten. It is
reported that he glanced
the fist of his
assailant, which was
white, but failed to
further see his assailant.
Hawks said that after
he was knocked unconscious
he was dragged
into a back room
where after some time
he regained consciousness.
Police were notified,
and he was taken
to Maria Parham Hospital
in Henderson.
While still sore from
the beating, Hawks is
expected to suffer no
permanent injury as the
result of the assault.
Graduates
Airman Carolyn B.
Christmas, daughter of
Larmon and Larrea
Christmas of Rt. J,
Warrenton, has graduated
from the U. S. Air
Force avionics instrument
systems course at
Chanute Air Force
Base, m.
Night Event Slated
Yule Parade
Plans Listed
'i he arrival of another
holiday season will be
celebrated here Saturday
night when the
annual Christmas pa*
rade - complete with
Santa Claus, reindeer
and mules - passes
through downtown Warrenton.
Sponsored by the
Warren County Chamber
of Commerce, the
parade will begin
promptly at 6 p. m.
Walter Gardner, parade
chairman, said the
procession will follow a
route different from
that of previous years.
This year's event will
begin at Hall Springs
Shopping Center on
East Macon Street,
advance to Bragg
Street from where
parade participants will
march to Church Street
before making their
way to Main Street at
the Warrenton Post
Office corner.
Floats and marching
units will parade south
along Main Street until
reaching Plummer
Street, and make their
way back to the
shopping center via
Hall Street.
Santa Claus will
make his appearance
aboard one of ten floats
expected to participate
in the parade. He will
travel on a float
provided by the Chamber
of Commerce.
Other floats scheduled
to appear are being
sponsored by the Warren
County Jaycees,
Roanoke - Wildwood
Fire Department Ladies
Auxiliary, Warrenton
Junior Woman's
Club, Warren County
High School French
Club, the Southern
Christian Leadership
Conference, Village
Pharmacy, Cool
Springs 4-H Club,
Smith-Douglass Fertilizer
and South Warren
Brownie Troop 503.
Fire departments
which have indicated
that they will have
trucks in the parade are
the Town of Warrenton,
Warrenton Rural Fire
Department, Roanoke Wildwood
Fire Department
and Soul City Fire
Department.
Music will be provided
by the Warren
County High School
marching band, and a
calliope.
Horseback riders are
expected to join with
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At Raleigh Meeting
Hunt Pledges
Industry Help
Governor Jim Hunt
has promised Warren
County industry hunters
"to do absolutely
the best job we can to
encourage industry to
go to Warren County."
The pledge by the
governor to push industrial
recruitment for
Warren County came
during a 30-minute conference
held in the
governor's office in
Raleigh last Wednesday.
The governor said the
state is committed to
help Warren County for
two reasons: first,
because the county is
poor and there are not
enough job opportunities,
and second, because
Warren was
chosen as the site for
the PCB Landfill.
During the meeting
the governor said Warren
County "deserves
special help" and he
directed the State De
partment of Commerce
to "undertake an offensive
strategy for industrial
development."
Hunt said he wants
the Department of Commerce
to "encourage
every business and
industry that might be
suitable to go up and
take a look at the
county." He instructed
the department to put
their top people in
charge of the effort and
to do "the best sales job
we can."
He promised to contact
company officials
expressing interest in
Warren when that
would seem helpful to
industry hunters. He
also ordered the Commerce
Department to
report to him every two
months beginning at the
end of January to
apprise him of any
prospects.
Hunt said Warren
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Office Holders To Be Honored
Federal Official's Address
Highlight Of Special Day
• A high-level federal
official will be the keynote
speaker here Mooday
night during a
banquet which will
climax a day of celebration
staged in conjunction
with the swearing
in of Warren County's
new office holders.
He is Arthur E. Teele,
Jr., administrator of
the U. S. Urban Mass
Transportation Administration.
Teele will
address county officials
and guests at a banquet
to be held at Warren
County High School at 7
p. m.
Sponsored by the
John R. Hawkins
Alumni and Friends,
Inc., the banquet is
expected to be a
highlight in a day which
will aee newly elected
officials take oaths of
office during a noon
ceremony at the Warran
County Court House
presided over uy ttesident
Judge Robert H
Hobgood of LouWnrg.
These same officials
will lead off a 4 p. m.
parade here which will
include the Warren
County High School
Band, the Hillside High
School Band of Durham,
the J. F. Webb
Senior High School Drill
Team from Oxford and
other marching units
and entries.
Following the Tede
address a
dance will be held at the
county's high school
beginning at 9 p. m.
Tickets are available
for both banquet and
dance, according to
Mrs. Patsy T. Hargrove,
executive secretary
for the alumni
group.
Teele, 35, is a Florida
attorney who was highly
decorated while
saving as an airborne
ranger in Vietnam. He
was nominated to the
federal post by Prat
aid to local pubHc i
transit systems
States and has as
budget of over $3
University. Be to fes
of Mrs. Oora T.
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