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m i * flTK matTPtt Sterori) yme:' ...... ^ Advertising Medium Advertising Medium 5* • ^ .v^ ' C.• *2" v^o ^ • _____ _ rr; ™ 55-5; V>* ?>"*' Warrantor). County Of Warren, North Carolina ~ Thursday, February 24. 1977 Number 8 Volume ou iov re ^-cK w — Every Seat Was Taken As Commissioners Heard Deer Hunters Arguments Restaurant Noted Author Will Appear Will Open Mara Cnnn At Friday Night Art Series ■ ■ Wl V W VI I The first step in the development of what was formerly known as the Warrenton Recreation Club will be the conversion of the club house into a familv restaurant. The club property was recently purchased from the Farmers Home Administration bv Sol Fleming and John Thomas Harris and will be operated by these two men and their wives. In a joint meeting of Harris and Fleming and their wives Tuesday afternoon it was disclosed that the first step in the development of the oropertv would be the l»blishment of a restaurant, ■ffcwt how (he recreational jpcilities will be used has not yet been determined. bittrestaurant-t0 be known l£Pe Rafters Steak House." be managed by Mr. and Mrs. Fleming. Mr. and Mrs. Fleming have successfully managed a restaurant for the past 20 years in Colonial Heights. Va.. where they still own a restaurant. The name "Rafters" was suggested bv the open beams of what will be the dining room. Mrs. Fleming said at one time thev considered the "Fireside Steak House." This was suggested by the open fireplace at one end of the large room. Mrs. Fleming said that an open fire on a cool evening would be a part of the decor. Mrs. Fleming said that she wanted to stress that the "Rafters Steak House" will be a familv restaurant with chil dren's plates. "We want to have entire families patronize our restaurant, and adult prices for all makes this hard to accomplish." she said. Mr. Fleming said that the dining room would seat around 125 persons and that in addition to steaks, barbecue, sandwiches. soups, salads and a complete line of seafood would be served each day between the hours of 5 p. m. and 10 p. m. Present plans are to open the restaurant between March 1 and March 15. the group agreed. John Thomas Harris and Sol Fleming are the same age and attended school together when they were boys in the Inez Community. Mr. and Mrs. Harris live at Creek, now a part of the Inez community. Mr. and Mrs. Fleming, who recently moved from Colonial Heights to Warrenton. have purchased the old John Graham home from the Home Estate and are making their home at this Front Street residence. Hearing Slated On Elderly Plan Citizens views on programs for the elderly will be sought at a public hearing to be held at the Warren County Court House at 10 a. m. on February 28. Steve Norwood of the Kerr-Tar Regional Council of Government's Area Agency on Aging, said the meeting is designed to increase opportunities for interested citizens to have input in plans being made fer the 1978 fiscal year. Reynolds Price will be guest speaker at "Friday Night at the Depot" this Friday night beginning at 7:30 p. m. This series is sponsored by the Warrenton Arts Commission and is part of thejocal celebration of National Art Month. Mr. Price will entertain with a short reading and talk. Several books have been published to his credit including "A Long and Happy Life," "A Generous Man" and his most recent. "Surface of the Earth." The New York Times hailed this last book as "monumentally and tragically heroic." The Chicago Tribune cited Mr. Price as "a powerful writer and craftsman as Faulkner before him. One of the finest storv tellers we are likelv to encounter in our lifetime." The Warren County native has receiver) national recognitionTorTiis writing which began at an early age under Crichton Davis, a school teacher in Warrenton. She recognized his gift for letters and encouraged it. Rorn in 1933 Price attended Duke University. Later as a Rhodes Scholar he studied at Merton College in Oxford. England. In 1958 he returned to Duke University where he teaches one term each year. There he began and completed "A Ix>ng and Happy Life." published in 1962. For this book he won the most notable First Novel award from the Faulkner Foundation. This coveted award is given each year for an exemplary first novel bv an American author. The last "Friday Night at the Depot" was cancelled due to the sudden snowfall on Friday. Stan Rumgarner and wife. Sylvia, were to he featured guests and the event will be rescheduled for a later date. The free Sunday afternoon film this week will be "Drums Along the Mohawk." It will be shown at 3 p. m. at the Parish House of the Emmanuel Episcopal Church on Main Street in Warrenton. This film is free to the public. The storv involves a voung societv bride. Claudette Colbert. who travels to the American wilderness with her husband. Henrv Fonda. Before thev have been there long. Ward Rond joins them "pioneering this new countrv. In the midst of adjusting to the rugged life of pioneering there is an Indian uprising incited by French Canadians. This exciting story of love and war is suitable for all ages. Made in 1938 it is light on violence and broken bv comedv scenes. A classic film for all to eniov. this Sunday film series is sponsored bv the Warrenton Arts Commission. PRICF. Break-Ins Numerous At Gaston Lake Sites Rreak ins at cottages and trailers at Wildwood Point »n Lake Oaston were extensive during the weekend, according to the Warren Cnuntv Sheriffs Department. Sheriff Clarence Davis said on Tuesdav that at least 15 or more places were broken into hut onlv five televisions were reported missing. He added that Depntv Flovd Newsom was continuing the investigation. No arrests have been made. Davis also said that patrolline operations of Lake Gaston had continued in a search for the hodv of Cleveland Wilson. He said that Thomas K. Collie with the Department of Human Resources had agreed to have five rescue units at the lake to assist the Sheriffs Department during the weekend. The sheriff said that if weather is permissahle. the squads will cover "the whole thing" in hopes that the body can be recovered. Friday's snowstorm caused the lake to freeze again but the W. JIM Ifce snowman luhlnnfd from Friday's surprise snowfall proved to be larger than his two builders, Keith Johnson, left, and Reginald Barchette, both of Bute Street in Warrenton. The snowstorm damped about two inches of snow Friday afternoon, fortliR an early closing of school. Warmer weekend temperatures forced a quick disappearance of the snow blanket, aa well as the B«te Street snowman. [Staff Photo) search resumed on Saturdav and Sundav. Wilson is believed to have been thrown into the lake following a beating hv two local men. .Toe Hampton and Mel ,ean Davis. on Jan. 21. The men are in the Warren Countv iail without privilege of bond nwaitinir trial on chorees that thev murdered Wilson. CETA Director To Leave Post Glenn Pierce, administrative assistant to the countv manager since September. 197fi. has announced his resignation effective March 31. Pierce has headed the C.E.T.A. program for Warren Countv. He will he moving to Elkin. Pierce said that he is considering several opportuni ties in that area. His wife. Sandv. a phvsician's assistant at Dr. D. R. Coffman's medical facilities in Norlina. will be working for Dr. Hal Stewart in Elkin. Dr. Stewart is a familv practitioner with specialities in obstetrics. Mr. and Mrs. Pierce are graduates of Wake Forest University. Four Are Charged Following Thefts Three men were placed in Warren County jail Tuesday and charged with two break-ins of t he Golden Skillet at Warrenton and larcenv of money. A fourth man implicated in the crime was already in jail held on a charge of murder in the death of Cleveland Wilson, whose body is being: sought in Gaston I>ake. He is William McKinley Davis. Other teenagers charged are Ronnie Edward Talley, 18, David Jr. Wat kins, 18 and Vinsoir McKinley White, 17. The arrests were made by Deputies Dorsev Capps and Leon Paynter who had been investigating the break-ins for several weeks. Capps said that Donald Watson was an employ:?© of the Golden Skillet, and that White was a former employee who had been (Continued on page 12) More Enforcement Is Called For ———-——-—— •- — Turnout Is Heavy As Deer Law Aired Bv Kir,NAM. JONES No new laws but enforcement of present laws is needed in Warren Countv. deer hunters told the Board of Countv Commissioners at a public meeting here on Tuesday night. More than 200 persons, most of them members of gun clubs, filled the auditorium of the court house when Roard Chairman W. P. Jones called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m.. stated the purpose of the meeting', and asked for comments from those present. Every seat in the auditorium of the court house was filled and many persons were standing around the back walls, reminiscent of famous criminal trials of other davs. Opponents of hunting from the- highways and hunting with high velocity rifles were in a distinct minority, as were protesting lar>downers. For an hour and a half, arguments pro and con. mostjv repetitious, were heard, before a vote was taken between the two groups. The motion, dulv seconded and passed, asked that the commissioners take no action to have the Legislature change present laws concerning deer hunting in Warren Countv. that present laws be enforced bv law enforcement officers, highv. av patrolmen and game wardens, and that the State be asked to provide more game wardens for Warren Countv. It was further asked that the courts punish those found guiltv of violating the game laws. The vote was overwhelming in favor of the motion. A show of hands earlier in the meetings in answer to a question hv Town Manager Rill Davis, revealed that practically all the rleer hunters present were citizens of Warren Countv and that most of them were land owners. The hoard of commissioners, all of whom were present, with Countv Manairer Charles Haves, had called the public meeting following a number of complaints about hunting from the hiehwavs and hunting with "high powered" rifles. Chairman Jones, in stating the purpose of the meeting, said that it was necessarv that deer hunting be carried on in 'he countv. and he hoped that gun clubs might correct many abuses hv disclipining their own members. Several spokesmen for the deer hunters agreed that there were some abuses bv Warren County hunters, and agreed that manv of these could be and should be controlled bv the gun clubs. Chairman Jones said that he did not have time to hunt, but in past years when he did hunt he hunted on other people's land. He said that he did not have a great deal of land, but none of his land is posted. He said he only asked that deer hunters not tear up his land with their trucks. Charles Haves told the group that there had been cases where land owners, one a woman, had been abused with foul language when they refused to permit hunters to hunt deer on their land. Bill Davis said that he had rented his land to a gun club. r and found himself unable to keep non members from using this land. Without permission to hunt this land, they hunt from the highway. sending their dogs onto his property and killing the animals when thev are chased to the highway. He said he held this to he trespassing. Van Davis said that deer hunting was new to Warren fountv. but it was old in many other counties of the state, who had framed their laws to enable the landowners to obtain revenue with which to pay their taxes. He said that this should he done in Warren County. It was at this point that some unidentified person in the audience remarked: "None of (Continued on pa#e 12 I A wrerker pulls the wreckage of an automobile from a Highway 401 bridge over Fishing Creek two miles south of Warrenton on Tuesday afternoon. The car and a transfer truck were involved in the wreck. [Staff Photol Wrecks Plentiful In County As Snowstorm Draws Blame A oar and truck collided on the Fishing Creek bridge Tuesday afternoon, causing considerable damage to the automobile hut onlv minor iniurv to the driver. Hurt in the mid-afternoon smashup was Glenda Parker. 23. who was taken to Warren General Hospital for treatment and subsequentIv released. The accident is under investigation bv Trooper V. R. Vaughan of Warrenton. who was unavailable for a report at press time Wednesday. Friday's snow precipitated a rash of accidents throughout the county. Highway patrolmen. local police and sheriffs deputies responded to numer ous calls. Slippery pavement caused George N. Edwards of Rose Street in Henderson and Claude Edwards of Franklin Street in Warrenton to side swipe each other on the Hen derson Warrenton road at ap proximately 12:50 p. m. Claude Edwards then slid left and hit a vehicle driven bv Mrs. Emma I,imer of Rt. 2. Warrenton. No one was injured in the mishap and damages were reported to be $300 to the Claude Edwards vehicle. $175 to the other Edwards truck and $200 to the Limer auto. While traffic was backed up due to the accident Fannie Deloris Wilson of Rt. 2, Norlina. slid into the rear of an auto stopped in the line occupied by John Jasper Shearin of Rt. 2. Warrenton. Shearin's wife, a passenger in the auto, was injured in the accident and carried to Warren 1 No Change For Individuals In last week's Warren Record the article relating to the meeting of the Town Board concerning Branch Banking & Trust Company lowering its interest rate on savings for public depositers to four and one-half percent, refers only to the rate paid on funds deposited by governmental bodies such as the deposits of the state, county and town and their agencies. The rate for regular savings depositors is and will continue to be 5 percent. General Hospital. Dam a ires to Wilson's 1976 Ruick were estimated at $400 with damages to the Shearin auto set at $500. ( Kenneth L. Roach of Seafood. Dela.. skidded off Interstate ( 185 and ran onto the median , about 3:40 p. m. Damages to his , 1967 Chevrolet were set at | $200. ( Fllen Thigpen of Warrenton . skidded off the right side of the , road and overturned around 1:10 p. m. when she hit ice on ] Hudgins Hill. Miss Thigpen was , not injured hut damages to her ] 1971 Oldsmohile were estimated at $800. I Deputv Dorsev Capps investigated an accident near ( Oine where a tractor-trailer rig | owned hv Glover Trucking ' Companv of Warrenton had jack knifed and the cab hit a tree. William P. Ellis of Rt. 2. Macon, was driving the rig and was taken to Warren General Hospital for injuries sustained n the accident. Considerable lamage was reported to the ractor-trailer. Trooper Mike Miller report■d that a oar driven by Glenard vev. 21. of Roanoke Rapids ravelling west on I!. S. 158 two niles west of Littleton went out if control on a snowy road and lit a ditch embankment and iverturned. Damage was listed it $1,000 in the Friday ifternoon mishap. A Friday night accident on lighwav 1001. seven miles vest of Warrenton. was also ilamed on the weather. [Yooper Miller said a car driven iv Thomas E. Carroll. Jr., 18. of lenderson went out of control in ice in a curve and rammed a ree. Damages were listed at >1.800. Miller said there was no niurv in either accident. Damages totalling $600 were he result of a Sundav ifternoon crash at Drewrv (Continued on page 12) Vandalism Rampage Costly To Church A Hollister vouth, charged with malicious damage to property in both Warren and Halifax counties on Wednesday night of last week, is being held in Halifax County awaiting trial for damage to a Negro church at Hollister. Following a hearing a; Halifax he will be brought to Warrenton for a hearing in District Court for damages to the Haliwa School in Warren County. Chief Deputy Dorse.v Capps who investigated the break-in at the Haliwa School, said this week that he and Halifax County Deputy Horace Hedgepeth arrested Tony Dean Anstead. 18. last Thursday morning and charged him with the crimes. Damage to the school building in Warren County and its contents was estimated at $2500. Capps said the front door was broken down with a 2x4 board. Almost all the windows were broken out; typing equipment and desks were knocked over: and many window sashes were ruined. The Negro church at Hollister damaged on Wednesday night of last week is across the highway from Shearin's Store. Capps said. Anstead is charged with breaking the bulletin board in front of the church and 13 church windows. In addition he is charged with breaking the public address system, the pulpit and a light above the pulpit. Capps said that Anstead. who has no prior police record, cut himself badly on his leg during the night. He is being held under $2200 bond at Halifax and $600 bond in Warrenton. Sheriff Davis said that the $600 bond was the maximum that Magistrate J. Ed Rooker could give him.
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