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fflbp Marrjpti Srrorb Published Ev^iy Thursday By The Record Printing Company P. O. BOX 70 - WARREN TON. N. C. 27389 BIGNALL JONES. Editor ? DUKE JONES, Business Manager Member North Carolina Press Association ENTERED AS SECOND-CLASS MATTER AT THE POST OFFICE IN WARRENTON, NORTH CAROLINA, UNDER THE LAWS OF CONGRESS "Second Class Postage Paid At Warrenton, N. C." STinCrntPTTflN n ATCC . ONE YEAR, $3.00; SIX MONTHS. 11.30 ouDo^nir l iuii rvA i no . out of state* one year. 14.oo; six months. #2.00 Town Board Too Large Without any reflection upon any member of the Board of Town Com missioners and well aware of the contribution that each of them is making to the well being of the town, we would like to offer a sugges tion which we believe would not only save the town some money but would tend to more effective government and at the same time reduce the hours spent in monthly meetings. We believe that the town board is too large for a town of Warren ton's present size or its size in the forseeable future. A seven-member board could be justified in the days when the town owned many enter prises which had to become largely the concern of committees, but this situation no longer exists. A three-member board could probably handle the affairs of the town satis factorily, as is the case at Norlina, but a five-member board might be better. We feel that a seven-member board is unwieldly and often tends in its meetings to become a de bating society instead of a deliber ating body. With this thought in mind we would like to see the town's charter amended in the next session of the Legislature and the number of mem bers on the board reduced to five. There are several months before the next session of the Legislature. We would like to see our board members and citizens of the town give some thought to this matter, discuss it fully, weigh the pros and cons and if in their considered judg ment they think it for the best in terest of the town, have the charter amended. License Lifted Nine Times, But The Charlotte Observer An Interested Charlottean has sent us a copy of the Department of Motor Vehicles record of one North Carolinian. It Is frighten ing that this person Is still operating a vehicle on the roads of North Carolina. And it Is ridiculous that some insurance com pany must insure him against liability on an "assigned risk" basis. The record of this unnamed driver shows that since 1954 he has been involved in 50 separate cases involving either accidents, moving violations or failure to have liability insurance. His right to drive has been sus pended-nine-times. The first entry in March, 1954, was a speeding charge (70 mph). He Was convicted fouir' days late, and prayer -for - Judgment was continued. The last entry was for a speed ing charge in March, 1969 (75 in a 60 zone), with conviction in January, 1970, Judgment was suspended. But does this person ever have an "In be tween?" He has been Involved in seven accidents. Three Involved personal Injury. In six of these accidents, the record bears the notation "No violation recorded." There was a charge of "following too closely" In the other. Speeding? This driver has been charged 18 times in 15 years, seven times at 70 mph or more. There are three additional charges of "driving too fast for conditions" and one of "exceeding safe speed." What about other violations? These In clude driving on the wrong side of the road 02), stop sign violation (2), improper muffler, improper turn (2), failure to yield right-of way, Improper equipment and no liability Insurance (3). What have the courts of North Caroltnadone to this driver in the course of 35 convic tions since 1954? Well, there have been three bond forfeitures, eight instances in which "prayer for judgment was continued" andfour ending in "Judgment suspended." In the others the driver apparently got off with payment of a fine, for there is nothing about these Judgments In the record. The Department of Motor Vehicles has done what It could to keep this menance off the highways. It has suspended this driv er's license for such diverse reasons as failing to deposit security, two offenses of .speeding, over 55, insurance cancellation (5 times) and excessive points for moving -Violations. .But this person drives on in North .?Carolina. ? m. * ...... No one with this record should be legally allowed behind the wheel of a vehicle on North Carolina highways. If there is not adequate provision in state law for permanent suspen sion, the General Assembly must provide it. Quite clearly, not enough Judges in the lower courts of North Carolina have the benefit of knowing this person's past record when he appears before them. No modern district court system should be without the means of getting every defendant's record quickly and completely, especially intraffic violations. This individual is operating an automobile in this state at the peril of every one of us. The record suggests he has no respect for the law and little concern for his own life and the lives of others. And no person in a place of authority has moved surely to rectify that situation. No wonder so many North Carolinians are killed or Injured on the highways. .4 Muskie s Pollution Dilemma By ROSCOE DRUMMOND In The Christian Science Monitor It is hard to recall when, If ever, there has been so much unity on a single big issue aa there Is in the United Stales today on pollution. The country is united. The parties are united. The President and the Congress are vying to outdo the other. There Is no sec tional dissent. With this kind of consensus, big things ought to be In motion. They will, but It needs to be understood that it Isn't going to be easy or simple for one Important reason: The nation has conflicting needs; we need to do things which will reduce pollution and at the same time we need to do things which create pollution. Example: We need more electric power, bat to get more power?electric or nuclear? we will have to build plants which cause pollution of the air and the water. * Example: We need more Jobs to reduce unemployment, but creating more Jobs will create more pollution. Example: We need an expanding economy to reduce poverty and to provide the tax revenue to do the most urgent things to meet domeatic problems. Bat an expanding economy will BMan expending pollution. This eat Win a] dilemma?the dilemma of bow to reconcile needed actions which cut back with desired actions which add to well Illustrated in the personal at one of the nation's moat ardent ___ MBd liuakie of Who aight bo the Democratic Party's to 1972. to Muakie's dilemma? ft is ax uttoo'a dilemma. ? strong legislation at every level <rf govem a strong supporter at oU tanker risk the kind of oil spills and pollution which have occurred elsewhere. Why does Senator Muskle want to take this pollution risk? It Is certainly not be cause he Is heedless of the risk. Not at all. It Is because he (eels that the need to pro vide more jobs for the people of Maine, and to cut oil costs for New England as a whole is a priority goal and that the benefits will be greater than the potential harm to the en vironment. Muskle is completely straightforward In recognizing this very real conflict of interest. "The dilemma which faces us," he said, "In Maine and in South Carolina (where a petrochemical complex is proposed at Hilton Head) is the conflict between needed eco nomic development and our commitment to protect the environment." But to state the dilemma does not resolve It. We need to realize that economic expan sion cannot be brought to a half while we are searching for the technology to contain the pollution which production causes? unless we are prepared to accept the conse quences which would follow a standstill or declining economy. These consequences would be reduced federal revenue, higher un employment, more people on relief, and more poverty for the disadvantaged. Time was then, leaving the factories in Pittsburgh In ltfe afternoon, workers would view with satisfaction the apt rating smoke clouding the skies. Their instinctive feel big was that when thsre was smoke In the skies, there were Jobs to be had. That's no longer good enough. We cai't 1 afford to continue to despoil the environ I rteilt, bat we cant shot down economic growth as though it ware an excrescence at an over . ?odmty. We want to end pollution, hot It wm . take new technologies to do it unless wa sonomlc development is no 1 (toot* that Senator Meskie br other ardent environmentalists will reach "? :: '' Mostly Personal By BIGNALL JONES Attending the meeting of the Town Board last Tuesday from 8 p. m. to 11:30 p. m., after a tiring day, I was remind ed of other meetings stretch ing over 40 years where talk and more talk seemed to go on endlessly. Sessions have al ways been prolonged by taSh, some of It not germalne, much of It tapetltlous, but In recent years the sessions of the town board have grown longer and longer. There was much business be fore the board on last Tuesday night, much of which could have been handled by com mittees, but as I listened to each member offering his com ments on the matter before the board, I thought how much more effective the board would be if Its membership were re duced from seven to five, or barring that how much time could be saved by giving the committees more authority. Covering board meetings is but a continuance of the day's work and a part of a news paper's tesponsibillty, and many good stories are found in the process, and yet there is always the wish that boards would attend to business and get the job done with the least pos sible digression. In the early years the wish was actuated by the hope that I could get through in time for a date, and In later years it has been that I might get home in time for a few moments relaxation before going to bed. During the years that I have been attending meetings of the board I have seen many com missioners come and go, some mediocre and some excellent, but it is the little things that 1 recall as I think of these men who have played a part In the life of Warrenton. The late W. R. Strickland taught me a use of the budget as I began my first of three terms on the town board. When I suggested the need for a very minor project, Mr. Strickland Informed me that there had been no provision made in the bud get for the work, but a short time later I found his pro jects being suggested and often carried out when no funds had been provided In the budget. Thus, while recognizing that funds must be budgeted and that lack of appropriation is often a legitimate reairfin, I also found that the DUdget on occasions could be stretch ed, and that often it is used In the same manner that a bank cashier uses his board of directors. Two things I remember over the years about Mr. Frank Serls was his continuing con cern with Mr. Will Davis's sta ble and cow lot across the street from his home, and that his favorite motion was to adjourn. In the days that Mr. Serls served and before the wide usage of the wrist watch, Amos and Andy was a highlight of the radio program and most of the commissioners wanted to finish the business of the board be fore the program came on at 9 o'clock. Among the most ar dent Amos and Andy fans was Mr. Serls. As the hour of nine approached, there was much pulling out of pocket watches and some snapping of watch cases, and usually before nine, came Mr. Serl's, "I move that we adjourn." When I think of the late Mr. Abner Moseley as a commis sioner, I am apt to think of the days when the town owned a horse and wagon Instead of a truck, and the purchase of a horse, the finding of a com petent driver, and the price of hay were among matters oc cupying the attention of the board. The purchase of hay was of concern to Mr. Mose ley as the Warrenton Gro cery Company, of which he was manager, sold hay to the town. A minor- matter among larger concerns of the then prosperous grocery company, It was of concern to Mr. Mose ley, and In talk about the price of hay was apt to get Mr. Moseley launched Into the man agement and operation of the grocery company In rather lengthy detail. A doctor's hours were rather Irregular In those days and I suppose that the late Dr. Gld Macon had no regular bedtime whan he served on the board. Liking people, be never seemed ha any hurry for the commis sioners to adjourn. I remem ber, to my dismay, how often as the board was about to ad journ he would bring 9 an mm at business. Bat that la that periifts oommiaaiooara to this day. fj|M memory serves to recall not her and the temptation to digress often proves irresist For no apparent reason, thought at Mr. Moaeley Many Drunk Drivers On Roads Of N. Carolina By GINGER FURNESS CHAPEL HILL- To what de gree are motorists arrested In North Carolina "under the In fluence?" "Many people who are ar rested and tested may be lucky to be alive," according to Don ald Relnfurt, a research as sociate at the University of North Carolina Highway Safety Research Center. Relnfurt has completed a study of 10,648 arrests for driv ing under the Influence. More than half of these drivers who agree to take the breathalyzer test had an alcohol blood content of between 0.15 and 0.25 per cent. "The best word to describe a man with this much alcohol In his blood Is 'stoned,' " Reln furt said. Under North Carolina law a person must have a blood con tent of at least one tenth of one per cent alcohol to be consid ered legally "under the in fluence." "It's not the person who has one or two drinks in an even ing, who gets arrested," Reln furt points out. "It takes fair ly heavy drinking to get to the 0.1 level or higher." More to the point, when al cohol Is found to be a factor in highway deaths, most of the fatalities are people who are deeply intoxicated and in many cases have a history of abusive use of alcohol. A similar study conducted by the North Carolina State High way Patrol is in harmony with Reinfurt's conclusions. Col. Edwin C. Guy, comman der of the State Highway Patrol, noted that in February of this year, only 201 or 8.5 per cent of 2,354 motorists who took the breathalyzer test were under the . 10 level. Guy reported that 701 or 29.8 percent registered in the .10 to .15 range, 1,233 or 52.4 percent fell between. 16 and .25, and 219 motorists had alcohol levels of .26 or above. Relnfurt studied data re ported and carefully com piled by the State Highway Patrol over a six-month period. Of 10,648 motorists arrest ed for driving under the in fluence from Sept. 1, 1968, through Feb. 28, 1969, 94.7 per cent of those who took the breathalyzer tests were al the 0.1 level or higher, 56.5 percent registered between 0.16 and 0.25 per cent. An astound ing 12.5 per cent were at the level 0.26 and above. The six-month period ended before the implied consent law became effective July 1, 1969. Only two-thirds of the motor ists arrested during this period agreed to take the breathalyzer test. Under the implied consent law any licensed North Carolina motorist who refuses to take the breathalyzer test automatically loses his license for 60 days, unless he requests a hearing within 3 days of the notification. recalls a suit against the town In which he was a witness for the town. The suit grew out of a motor ist injuring his car by strik ing a manhold cover, allegedly too high out of the ground. H memory serves me correctly, Jack Palmer, popular young man around town, was the plaintiff. Among the lawyers then practicing here was the late Rufus Hawkins, a man with a good mind and sharp tongue, but who paid little attention to the Biblical admonition to look not upon the wine when It la red. He was Mr. Palmer's choice of lawyers. The late Mr. Tasker Polk, town attorney, defended the counsel. Mr. Moseley, I presume, was chairman of the street com mittee, and as such was the town's chief witness. During his testimony he seemed to have trouble in getting his I's and his we's mixed up and It was I this and I that, until Mr. Hawkins finally Interrupted to say, "You think you are the I whole cheese, don't you?" Tills remark not only provided much mirth then and as later re peated, but weakened the town's defense. But Mr. Moseley was not the only one to rafter ember mirth. As Mr. Palmer took tin stand to recoant his side 0?thp case, instead of **-**-! hole, he said the hole was in* out of the growKi gave Mr. Polk an ?? eay, "Mr. Palmer, please toll ae how a hole stick out of the ground?" The ooteoM* at the Nit the major concern, tot tricky memory tells tog here. tostee^ it brines two minor bits of teatimoey in a As a part of Governor Scott's highway safety program, fi nancial assistance is being given to police agencies to pur chase breathalyzer equipment. The study also indicates that "very few arrests were made when in fact the level turns out to be under 01," Reinfurt said. Only 5.3 per cent of those placed under arrest during the period had less than 0.1 per cent alcohol in their blood. "Pulling over" acarlsnotan arrest, the young doctoral can didate pointed out. A formal charge must be made by the of ficer before he can require the breathalyzer tests. A trained officer Is on the alert for signs of driving un der the Influence: erratic driv ing behavior, inconstant speed, crossing the center line, fail ure to give signals and fail ure to dim lights when ap proaching vehicles to name a few. After a car has pulled over, the officer checlcs the driver of glassy appearance of eyes, odor, lack of muscular coor dination and slurred speech. "The arresting officer has to form an opinion !hat mental and/or physical factors are Im paired noticeably," according to Sgt. A. W. Rector, director of the Chemical Division of the North Carolina State Highway Patrol. Is the 0.1 level reasonable? Few would argue the limit should be higher and in fact two Waynesvllle, N. C. men think the minimum should be lowe red. Bruce Stelnbecker, a report er for the WaynesvUle Moun taineer and Klwanian Ferris Smart recently served as "guinea pigs" for abreathalyz er demonstration at a Klwanis meeting. Stelnbecker consumed six ounces of bourbon mixed with soft drink before and dur ing dinner. When he got up to walk to the breathalyzer machine, "my legs were numb," he reported. "I was shocked to learn I feU under .10". His blood con tent was .07. "Had I been arrested during the experiment and failed the breathalyzer test, 1 would have been getting away with mur der," he said. Wirreo. OWeity 4-H auto members and 4-H special In terest groups who wish to at tend 4-H Camp at Betsy-Jeff Penn 4-H Center, Route 3, ReldsvUle, must contact the Warren County Agricultural Extension office before June 1, Mrs. Bertha B. Forte and Jim D. Hemmlngs, extension agents, said In a Joint state ment yesterday. Those who attend, the agents said, will have an opportun ity to share a week's fun participating In handicraft, re creation, land sports, swim ming, canoeing, and water safe ty classes. There will also be a talent show, vesper programs, and a banquet. The Warren County 4-H en campment will be held July 13 16. n.e cost of the camp will be $28. This Includes $20 for camp fee and $8 for transpor tation costs plus the fee for a tour of the Penn estate. This also covers accident and illness Insurance, which coverage be gins from the time the camper leaves uatll ba returns home. A borseiflul^hlp class will be offered at an additional cost of $10 per person for those wishing to take It. The agents said the camp Is staffod by well-trained life guards, instructors, dietitians and cooks. Four-H Club members or members of the 4-H TV Science Club and other special 4-H interest groups are eligible to attend the camp, the agents said. NO BREAKFAST Abner, the hired hand, was complaining to a friend about the wife of the farmer who employed him. "This morning she asked me, "Abner, do you know how many pancakes you have eaten this morning?' " "I told her I didn't have no occasion to count them." " 'Well,' says she, 'that last one was the twenty-sixth.' And it made me so made I Jest got up from the table and went to work without my breakfast." WARRENTON INSURANCE AGENCY, INC. announces the golf tournament June 1 through 7. This PGA co sponsored tournament and one of the country's finest golf shows will be telecast live from Quail Hollow Country Club in Charlotte, N. C. on June 6 and 7. So for the best in golf, watch the KEMPER OPEN and for the best in insur ance, look to our agency. Just write or nhone: WARRENTON INSURANCE INCORPORATED GARDNER BUILDINu TEL. 257-3104 WARRENTON, N. C. (Wr insurance problem SOLVER ; LVER^y CONSOLIDATED REPORT OF CONDITION OF THE CITIZENS BANK Of Worrenton In The State Of North Carolina And Domestic Subsidiaries At The Close Of Business On April 30, 1970. ASSETS Cash and due from banks (Including $1,223.25 unposted debits) $ 1,068,214.58 U. S. Treasury securities 1,020,240.43 Securities of other U. S. Government agencies and corporations 992,687.50 Obligations of States and political subdivisions 1,779,491.95 Other securities (Including $26,521.74 corporate stocks) 28,021.74 Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell . 900,000 00 Other loans 3,936,129.09 Bank premises, furniture and fixtures, and other assets representing bank premises 96,461.77 Other assets 97,816.08 TOTAL ASSETS $ 9,919,063.14 LIABILITIES Demand deposits of Individuals, partnerships, and corporations 3,425,121.64 Time and savings deposits of Individuals, partnerships, and corporations. . 4,661,377.03 Deposits of United States Government 49,807.99 Deposits of State and political subdivisions 553,291.12 Certified and officers' checks, etc 16,416.05 TOTAL DEPOSITS $8,706,013.83 (a) Total demand deposits $3,927,134.19 05) Total time and savings deposits $4,778,879.54 Other liabilities 292,711.36 TOTAL LIABILITIES $8,998,725.19 RESERVES ON LOANS AND SECURITIES Reserve for bad debt losses on loans (set up pursuant to Internal Revenue Service rulings) 75,390.17 Reserves on securities 5,000.00 TOTAL RESERVES ON LOANS AND SECURITIES $ 80,390.17 CAPITAL ACCOUNTS Equity capital, total 839,947.78 Common stock-total par value 100,000.00 (ffo. shares authorized 10,000) (>Jo. shares outstanding 10,000) Surplus 500,000.00 Undivided profits 224,947.78 Reserve for contingencies and other capital reserves 15,000.00 TOTAL CAPITAL ACCOUNTS '???"? 839,947.78 TOTAL LIABILITIES, RESERVES, AND CAPJTAL ACCOUNTS . . $ 9,919,063.14 MEMORANDA Average of total deposits for the 15 calendar days enOiv; with call date . . . 8,686,074.49 Average of total loans tor the 15 calendar days ending with call date 3,830,632.27 I, P. B. BOYD, President, of the above-named bank, do solemnly swear that this report of ooodttlon la true and correct, to the beat of my knowledge and belief. Correct?Attest: P. B. BOYD JOHN O. MITCHELL J. HOWARD DANIEL HERMAN T. BRAUER Directors Total depoatta to Um credit of the State of North Carolina or any official thereof $18,782.93, State of North Carolina, Cooity of Warren, as; . , Sworn to and awbacrlbed before me thla 15th. ? "j*? day of May, 1*70, and I hereby certify that i am not an offloer or director of thla bank. My communion expires 5-8-71 EUGENB ODOM, JR., Notary Public.
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