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Volume 91 25c Per Copy Warrenton, County Of Warren, North Carolina Wednesday, November 9, 1988 Number 45
Bush Captures White House
Precinct-By-Precinct Results Are On Page 12
Area Roads
Review Set
This Month
By DIANE DAVIS
Staff Writer
Contracts to improve 17.85
miles of secondary roads in War
ren County, along with other
stretches of highway in Franklin
and Vance counties, are among
$17.5 million in highway projects
to be considered by the N. C.
Board of Transportation at its
meeting Nov. 18 in Raleigh.
Bill Jones, a Department of
Transportation Public Affairs
spokesman, indicated that the ac
tual contract price for the work
scheduled to be completed in
Franklin, Vance and Warren
counties will be $1,087,586, offered
by Outerbank Contractors, Inc. of
Kitty Hawk. "We had four con
tractors who submitted sealed
bids for the projects in Franklin,
Vance and Warren counties,"
said Jones. "Outerbanks Con
tractors turned in the lowest bid.
Although the board has not ac
cepted their offer, the trend is to
go with the lowest bidder."
Other contractors and their
bids for the project were:
? S. T. Wooten Company of
Wilson-|l, 093, 589.20;
? Adams Construction of
Boanoke, Va.? $1,174,122.40;
? and Nello L. Teer Company
of Durham? $1,177,583.
Jones continued to say that the
Department of Transportation
has estimated the cost of resur
facing in Warren County at
$315,565.
Resurfacing projects in War
ren County are:
? 10.5 miles of highway on N.C.
58 from U. S. 158 to SB 1640
(Richardson Boad);
? 4.5 miles of highway on SB
1125 (Bay Frazier Boad) from
the Vance Co. line to SB 1123
(Tower Boad); ?
? 3/10 mile of highway on SB
1123 from SB 1125 to SB 1116
(Perrytown Boad);
? and 2.55 miles of highway on
SB 1325 (Airport Boad) from SB
1305 (Warren Plains Road) to
U. S. 158.
An unidentified youngster examines a M-60
machine gun at Sunday's First Annual Family Sup
port Day held at the Armory for Company C 505th
Engineer, Warrenton unit. Members of the 505th
unit and their families enjoyed a hot dog and ham
burger lunch and got a chance to view weapuus and
heavy equipment exhibits. Sgt. John Carter of the
Brigade Retention NCO and Ms. Nancy Rizzio,
State Family Support Coordinator, spoke to the
group about the military role of family support. Ap
proximately 160 persons were present from 10 a.m.
until 3 p.m. to meet with other families of the unit.
(Staff Photo by Howard Jones)
$300,000 Bond Issue At Norlina
Not Expected To Bring Tax Hike
By THURLETTA M. BROWN
News Editor
Norlina's citizens will soon be
summoned back to the polls for a
repeat performance? one not too
different from the bond refer
endum voted on recently by all
the citizens of Warren County?
but this time, the bonds that may
be floated will be their own.
But, unlike the outcome of the
passage of Warren County's $14.5
million bond package and its ac
companying increase in taxes,
Norlina's proposed $300,000 bond
issue will not dig into its citizens
pockets.
"I am confident that neither
taxes nor water bills will be
raised," Mayor Bill Delbridge
said Monday night in the regular
monthly meeting of the Norlina
Board of Town Commissioners.
Map Amendment Turned Down,
Lakeside Campground Scuttled
Much to the relief of a number
of Nutbush Township residents
and the disappointment of the
proponent of a new campground
there, the Warren County Board
of County Commissioners Mon
day morning unanimously denied
the requested amendment to the
official Warren County zoning
map.
liie subject of heated debate in
two public hearings on the mat
ter, the request for rezoning had
been made by Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Robinson, of Rt. 1, Man
son, who wished to develop a
recreational vehicle park on a
4.5-acre tract adjacent to Ken
Lake.
The Robinsons had requested
that the county's zoning map be
amended to show the 4.5-acre site
as a "lakeside tent or trailer
camping district" instead of the
residential status that is now
recorded.
In his introductory remarks,
Dean Andrews, Warren County
zoning administrator, noted that
the county's toning regulations
required the Warren County plan
ning board to submit its recom
mendation to the county manager
within 45 days of the original
request
According to Andrews, the
original request had been made
by the Robinsons on Aug. 10, but
the board did not make its recom
mendation until Oct. 25.
The county guidelines stipulate
that under such circumstances, a
simple majority vote from the
board of county commissioners is
required to amend an ordinance
if the planning board's recom
mendation has been a favorable
one.
Mrs. Eva Clayton, chairman of
the board of commissioners,
noted that the zoning regulations,
which had een amended pre
viously on June 3, 1 J85, are like
"having a law in place."
"Requests such as these are
tantamount to 'spot zoning,' " she
observed, "and these put the en
tire zoning ordinance into ques
tion." Mrs. Clayton did say that
if rezoning were necessitated by
good reasons, the amendment op
tion was in place.
Upon motion of Commissioner
J. T. Fleming, seconded by Com
missioner Francis Alston, the
board unanimously denied the re
quest to amend the zoning of the
4-6-acre tract. "This was really a
hard decision," Fleming said,
"but. It Is Important for us to
make the best judgments that we
can."
Zoning Administrator Andrews
noted that petitioners may bring
their requests back to the board
after a 12-month period.
"We've got to be completely
honest about this," Delbridge
said, "and without the reduction
by some 200 persons in Norlina's
population? something that is
highly unlikely? taxes will sim
ply not be raised.
The board of commissioners
will begin soon to acquaint their
constituents with the rationale for
the bond issue. Prior to the elec
tion, which is expected to be held
within the next 90 days, at least
two public hearings on the mat
ter will be held to receive com
ments from citizens and to ex
plain the need for the sale of
bonds.
The sale of bonds has been
necessitated by Norlina's failure
to receive an allocation of Senate
Bill 110 funds for fiscal year '89.
When the $8.9 million was dis
bursed in Raleigh, Norlina was
not among the list of recipients.
"But, we've got the $300,000 in
surplus and have been assured of
sufficient funds from the 40 per
cent of local option sales tax col
lections that will be necessary to
amortize the payment of the
bonds," Delbridge said.
The Town of Norlina's bond
rating is a "favorable" 70. A com
mitment has also been received
from Farmers Home Adminis
tration (FmHA) to purchase the
town's bonds at a rate of 6.375
percent over a 40-year period.
The 1300,000 that will be sub
mitted to Norlina's citizens for
their approval in the upcoming
bond referendum will be used for
the replacement of asbestos
laced transite pipe that courses
along Norlina's roadways.
According to Mayor Delbridge,
breakages in the pipes have cost
the town about $8,000 annually.
Those savings will also be avail
able to pay back the bond in
debtedness, Delbridge said.
According to Delbridge, the
bond referendum will ask the
citizens to endorse the town's use
of the 40 percent of the local op
tion sales tax? the portion that
must be used for debt retirement
anyway? for the purpose of re
placement of the transite pipe.
The board also received a
report Monday night on the
town's receipt of $100,000 from
the N.C. Department of Trans
portation Divisionwide Small Ur
ban Funds to be used to widen
and provide curbing/guttering on
US 1 from US 158-401 to Hyco
Street (SR 1320). By eliminating
certain items included in the ori
ginal specifications? reducing
curb/gutter width from 38 feet to
36 feet, eliminating base course
under curbs/gutters, reducing
the length of guttering at in
tersections and eliminating con
crete curb and right-of-way mon
uments?the estimated cost of
the work has been reduced from
$300,000 to $175,000.
Work on the project will not
begin until the transite pipe has
been replaced, Delbridge said.
Disbursement of the $300,000
award will not occur until the
$82,052 deficit has been funded. At
press time, details were unavail
able, but Mayor Delbridge said
that funding was expected from
the Governor'^ Discretionary
Fund as well as from the Depart
ment of Transportation. "Every
thing looks good in the long run,"
the mayor said.
Bids on the project are ex
pected to be let in mid-February.
In other business, the board:
? Received a report on the 98.1
percent collection rate for taxes;
? Received a report that the
approaching U.S. Census will
count households, not individuals,
and that if a formula using a con
stant of 2.64-members-per-family
is applied for the disbursement of
funds, with the town's current 458
residential units, a census
recorded population of 1,209
(458 x 2.64) should net for the
town $21,000;
? Received a report from
Norlina Police Chief Charles
Galantis showing 56 calls, two
arrests and 3,200 miles driven for
the month of October;
? Commended Safety Commis
sioner Walter Newman for his
help in securing the town's new
'superior" rating awarded
following a recent safety inspec
tion; and
? Received a request from Fin
Commissioner Fill Leonard for
its input in the creation of new
bylaws for the now unincor
porated Norlina Volunteer fire
Department and heard a report
that the election of new officers
for the department would be held
in December.
Martin Wins Re-Election,
Gardner Gets No. 2 Post
By HOWARD F. JONES
Editor
Warren County Democrats gave it their best shot Tuesday,
but it was to little avail as Republicans handily retained con
trol of the White House and Governor's Mansion, and it was
only because of outcomes in a handful of Council of State
races and judgeships that Democrats had any reason to
cheer.
Despite the fact that more than 6400 Warren County voters
turned out for Tuesday's General Election, local voters had
no impact on the national race which pitted Vice President
George Bush and running mate Sen. Dan Quayle against
Massachusetts Governor Mike
Dukakis ?.*id vice presidential
hopeful Sen. Lloyd Bentsen.
President-Elect Bush received
54 percent of the popular vote
and piled up a 4-1 advantage in
the Electoral College.
Governor Jim Martin, a col
lege professor turned congress
man turned governor, became
the first Republican in North
Carolina history to win re-elec
tion, beating back the challenge
of Lt. Governor Bob Jordan, who
won the state's second highest
job in 1984. Martin garnered 56
percent of the vote.
In a race that wasn't deter
mined until long after Warren's
14th and final precinct? River
phoned in its returns shortly af
ter midnight, former Congress
man Jim Gardner of Rocky
Mount, president of Gardner's
Barbecue and an unsuccessful
candidate for governor in 1968
and 1972, fashioned a close win
over State Senator Tony Rand, a
Fayetteville attorney and the
Democratic candidate for
lieutenant governor. Rand got
4557 votes in Warren, while Gar
dner polled 1808.
Dukakis held a 2-1 advantage
among Warren's voters, out
polling Bush by a count of 4249 to
2163. Jordan outdistanced Mar
tin by an even larger margin in
Warren County, recording 4439
votes to 2069 for the eventual
winner.
Jordan, who hoped to turn
aside the re-election bid of only
the second Republican to serve
as the state's top executive this
century, carried every precinct
in Warren County. Dukakis
failed to register a clean sweep
of Warren's 14 precencts, losing
to Bush in Norlina and Roanoke
precincts.
Returns from across Warren
poured in steadily after Fishing
Creek? where 500 persons voted
?turned in its results at 8:15 p.
m. Tuesday. Although Board of
Elections personnel began
counting the approximately 400
absentee ballots cast, it was
nearly midnight before counting
in this category ended. Some 63
percent of Warren's 10,816
eligible voters cast ballots Tues
day, which was a near perfect
day, weather wise.
In the race to determine who
would succeed Democrat Thad
Eure, who is serving out his 52nd
year as secretary of state, Ral
eigh attorney Rufus Edmisten,
his party's candidate for gover
nor four years ago, received 4804
votes in Warren while his oppon
ent, John Carrington, a Raleigh
business executive, received
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Warren Jail
Site Study
Authorized
By THURLETTA M. BROWN
News Editor
Warren County's new law en
forcement center may be without
a definite home, following action
taken Monday by the board of
county commissioners.
A three-person committee,
commissioners J. T. Fleming,
Francis Alston and William Skin
ner, was appointed Monday by
Chairman Eva Clayton to work
with the county manager to
review sites other than the pro
posed location in the Warren ton
National Register Historic Dis
trict and to make their report to
the full board.
The appointments were made
following the board's review of a
draft memorandum of agree
ment that had been received by
the board from the North Caro
lina Department of Cultural
Resources. That memorandum
was sent by Deputy State Historic
Preservation Officer David
Brook, following notification to
his department by Fanners
Home Administration that con
struction of a new law enforce
ment center on the lot behind the
courthouse would have an effect
on the town's historic district.
According to the memoran
dum, the following actions would
be required if construction is to
proceed on the Hendricks lot:
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Market Turns
$12.4 Million
The final sale day of the War
renton Tobacco Market went
well, with the final average of the
year reported at $161.89 per hun
dredweight, just about $2 more
than 1967's season-end average of
$159.06.
On Thursday, Nov. 3, 68,660
pounds of tobacco were sold for
$107,613, bringing an average of
$156.73.
The season totals for the local
market are 7,687,506 pounds sold
for $12,445,032.49. A total of 41,301
pounds of this year's leaf went to
the Flue Cured Tobacco Stabili
zation Corporation, representing
less than one percent of the 1988
crop in Warren County.
Flu Vaccine Is Available
The flu vaccine is available at both sites of the Vance-Warren
Comprehensive Health Plan. The HeatthOo site is open on Mon
day, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 9 a.m. until S p.m.
and on Wednesday from 11 a.m. until 7 p.m. The Warren Health
Plan site is open on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and
Saturday from 9 a.m. until S p.m. and Tuesday from II ajn.
until 7 p.m.
Individuals age 80 and over, those with chronic health prob
lems, lung disease or heart problems are oncouraged to obtain
the flu vaccine. An appointment is not needed tor this medical
service. Persons with questions should call the Warren Health
Plan at 257-3111 or HealthCo at 4M-UU or l-m-77?.