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vwft*, eh WB 'pit Sfrnrii >■«« <>«■> Advertising Medium Eddie Ha**. Advertising Medium 312 Church St. 75Q9 «arrenton, - j ^-rage Of Warren County Volume 80 Warrenton, County Of Warren, North Carolina Thursday, April 14. 1977 Number 15 List Of Jurors For Civil Term Court Drawn The Clerk of Superior Court has released the following jurors selected for the Civil Term of Warren County District Court which will begin Monday, April 25: Harriett 0. Allen, Clyde B. Adams, Richard J. Bender, Jerome E. Branche, Mrs. Elizabeth K. Bender, Thurman R. Bullock, Kenneth Goode Copley, OUie T. Claiborne, Norman Daniel Clark, Jr., and Barbara Folk Ballahan. Also, William A. Dickerson, B. C. Edwards, Sr., Jimmy Wheeler Edwards, Ralph W. Fleming, John E. Floyd, Ellis E. Fleming, Malvin Green, Yolanda Williams Hayes, Bessie E. King and Mrs. Robbie G. Kearney. Also, Shirley Ann Lynch, W. Boyd Mayfield, Mamie Rose Odom, John Richard Paschall, Luther F. Paynter, Robert P. Price, Glenn B. Perkinson, Ben Edward Powell, Charles Franklin Renn and W. B. Rod well. Also, J. Thomas Rooker, Plummer Seward, Jr., Howard W. Short, Rubenia B. Settlers, Nannie Hudgins Spruill, Deborah Lynn Twitty, Lula Adcock West, Ruth Wright West, James J. White, Valeria Maude Williams. Norlina Board Takes No Action The Norlina Board of Town Commissioners met in a special session on Thursday night of last week. The purpose of the meeting twas to examine back-hoes, y specifications and prices prior to awarding a bid for such J machine. No awards were made. Bids were expected at a later session. Mrs. Mae Gums, Town Clerk said yesterday that consideration of the back-hoe was the only business before the board. Former Resident's Son Injured In Accident Billy E. Kidd received severe chest injuries in an automobile accident near Wilmington on Saturday. He is the son of Dr. and Mrs. W. E. Kidd of Washington, formerly of Warrenton. Kidd is a patient in New Hanover General Hospital in Wilmington. Workers of Cochrane Eastern in Warrenton man fire hoses to battle a small blaze that started Tuesday morning in the sawdust bin, located in the back of the furniture factory. Chief A. A. Wood of the Warrenton Rural Fire Department said that "the fire was probably caused by a shortage." The local company dispatched two pumpers to the scene. [Staff Photo b^ Don Stith] Hotplate Is Blamed For Trailer Blaze Fire, said to have originated from a hotplate, completely destroyed the mobile home and contents of Joe Alexander on the No Bottom Road, Rt. 1, Warrenton, 10:30 p. m. Saturday night. The Warrenton Rural Fire Department dispatched 12 men and two trucks to the fire. Firemen extinguished the blaze with water but not before the building had been gutted and its contents destroyed. The Norlina fire company also responded to the alarm but the fire was out of control when it arrived. The Warrenton Rural Fire Department responded to two other fires during the week. The Rural Company dispatched six men and two trucks to the home of Roy Williams near Hecks Grove at 11 a. m. on Thursday of last week. The grass fire was extinguished with the use of water. It is reported to have originated from burning trash. The Warrenton Rural Company sent four men and two trucks to Cochrane's Furniture Company around 11 o'clock Tuesday morning. A fire in the sawdust bin was under control when the firemen arrived, but they also helped wet down the source. Hunter Home Will Be Site Of Flea Market, Bake Sale Saturday Historical Association Plans Sale 11 The Warren County Historical Association will hold a flea market and bake sale on Saturday, April 16, at 210 Plummer Street, between the hours of 10 a. m. and 5 p. m. The proceeds of this sale will be used for further restoration and development of the Nathaniel Macon homeplace, Buck Spring. The flea market will feature glassware, furniture, books, appliances, and clothing, as well as baked goods and other miscellaneous items. Persons wishing to donate items either Cor the flea market or the bake sale should bring these items to 210 Plummer St.' any day between the hours of 5 p. m. and 7 p. m. prior to the sale, or on the morning of the sale before 10 a. m. In the event persons would like to make a cash donation, checks may be sent to the Warren County Historical Association, 125 Brehon St., Warrenton, N. C. The Buck Spring project was the recipient of a matching grant from the North Carolina General Assembly. The conditions of this grant were that it be matched by June 30. 1977. "Fund raising efforts »ve been good, but a successfu. iay at the flea market will assure the necessary matching amount," Mrs. H. F. Twitty, president, said. Haliwa Tribe Is 4 Ready For Annual Weekend Pow-Wow The Haliwa Indian Tribe will hold its annual Pow-Wow at the original site of the Haliwa Indian School near Hollister on Friday and Saturday, April 15-16. Friday's festivities will start at 4 p. m. The main event will be held on Saturday, April 16, beginning at 11 a. m. and will be featured by two outstanding speakers, Joseph W. Neale, Shawnee, American Student Advisor, American Univeristy, Washington, D. C. and A. Bruce Jones, executive director of North Carolina Commission of Indian Affairs, Raleigh. Dr. Neale, the principal speaker, is a Shawnee native of Jefferson County, Ohio. He is a graduate student of Bethany College, Bethany, W. Va., and did post graduate study at Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington, D. C., where he obtained his STB/Th. degree; and at the American University, Washington, D. C., where he obtained his Ph.D. and where he is currently enrolled. From 1962-1968, he served as Dean of Men at the American University, and from 1968 to the present he has served at the American University as American Indian Student Advisor and Director of International Student and Faculty Exchange. Since 1961 Dr. Neale has served as lecturer, consultant and advisor to individual Indian tribes, organizations, public schools, colleges and community colleges and community groups. From 1976 to the present, he has served as a member of the Maryland Commission on Indian Affairs. At present he is director, International Student and Faculty Exchange, American Student Advis°p. the American University. In addition to the principal speakers. Chief W. W. Richardson will welcome guests and speakers and special guests. In addition there will be Indian dancing, crowning the new princess, pony parade, crafts and refreshments for sale. Chief Richardson said yesterday that there will be plenty of parking. Warren Receives $41,418 To Repair Road Damage Bad Weather Caused Loss Of $235,400 The North Carolina Board of Transportation has allocated more than $40,000 to help repair winter-damaged roads in Warren County. The allocation was part of a $6.1 million statewide allocation which included more than a million dollars in the seven-county Fifth Division which includes Warren. Only Franklin of the seven had greater estimated damage than Warren, state highway officials reported. Winter weather caused damage estimated at $235,400 to Warren's primary, secondary and urban roads. A total of $41,418 was allocated for Warren from funds previously earmarked for "emergencies, unforeseen events and public access roads" and held in "reserve" as maintenance contingency funds for the state's primary and secondary system. Damage to roads brought on by severe winter weather included $60,000 in Durham County, $274,320 in Franklin, $76,400 in Granville, $37,000 in Person, $95,100 in Vfcnce and $194,750 in Write? All are encompassed by the Fifth Highway Division. Also authorized by the Board was expenditure of $3.7 million to provide for four-laning of US-264 from NC-97 at Zebulon to the vicinity of Finch's Mill near Wilson. Contract award? for highway construction totaling nearly $20 million in new expenditures have been approved and include $13.9 million for a new bridge on US-117 over North East Cape Fear in Wilmington; $286,000 for improvements to Fayetteville Street in Durham; $437,000 to improve the access road at the N. C. Zoological Park and Gardens in Asheboro; $47,000 to improve portions of NC-90 and NC-16 in Taylorsville in Alexander County; and $266,000 for a new bridge over the Dan River near Asbury in Stokes County. A $1.4 million contract was approved to improve US-501 at Roxboro; $1.3 million to improve roads surrounding the Greenville Medical Complex in Pitt County; and two separate projects in Mecklenburg County that call for improvements to College Street in Huntersville and grading, drainage and paving work on a new location for the future NC-73 "at Caldwell. Designation Ends With 790 Farmers Beating Deadline Warren County tobacco farmers have designated the tobacco from some 790 farms to various warehouses in the area, Tom Watson, ASCS director, said yesterday. About 75 other farms, which have not yet designated their crops may designate them around the first of August, Watson said, but added that such farmers must have a ten-day delay after a late designation. Watson said that due to leasing and cross leasing it is difficult to compare the amount of tobacco leased this year with that leased last year, but that he expects it will be slightly less. We feel that it would be well, Watson added, that Warren County farmers should complete their leases and other arrangements for the 1977 crop as early as possible. SHERYL AYCOCK PATRICIA HICKS JILL WEMYSS Three Warren Girls Named As Girls State Delegates Three high school rising senior girls will represent Warren County at the 38th annual session of Tar Heel Girls State, at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, June 12-18. Selected to participate in this program art- Shervl Aycock. daughter of Mr .nd • Mrs. Frank W. Aycock Ji John Graham Higk Scho'-i; Patricia Hicks, daughter «f Mr. and Mrs. Clifton R. Hicks, of Norlina High School; and Jill Wemyss, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Macon Wemyss, Warren Academy. Girls State is a school of government from which the highest type of girl will reap the greatest benefit ia citizenship and Americanism for herself, her school and her community. As future voters and office holders they will use this knowledge. The Girls State program is sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary whose goal is to instill in the youth of America a love of God and country. k Missing Convict Remains Af Large By HELEN HOWARD A prisoner in the Warren County unit of the North Carolina Department of Corrections evidently thought the weather too beautiful to be incarcerated on Tuesday morning. Nathaniel Tunstall of Henderson scaled the barbed-wire fence about 10:45 a. m., according to prison officials. The 20-year-old white man was serving a two-year sentence for misdemeanor larceny. The Warren County unit joined forces with units from Henderson, Franklin and Nash counties and bloodhounds were used in searching for the prisoner. At noon Wednesday, Tunstall had not been apprehended. The unit listed the man as a white male, about 5-9, weighing about 140 pounds, with brown eyes and brown hair. Drewry Fish Fry Set The Drewry Volunteer Fire Department will sponsor a fish fry on Saturday, April 16, from 4 to 8 p. m. at the Drewry Fire Department. Plates will be sold for $2.50. Voter Purge Ends With 1,114 Names Removed « > . A total of 1,114 names were removed from voter registration books in Warren County during a just completed purge, Mrs. Miriam T. Coleman, executive secretary of the Warren County Board of Elections reported this week. The purge, conducted by all county boards of election statewide, came to an end on March 31. Alex K. Brock, executive secretary of the State Board of Elections said that "purging should not be considered a penalty against the voter for not voting, but rather is the most logical and reasonable grounds for the presumption that those who have not voted are either deceased or have moved from the county." In a memorandum to county boards. Brock also pointed out that three political parties failed to poll at least 10 percent of the entire vote cast for governor or presidential electors during the November General Election, and under state law are considered expired. The three were the American Party, the Labor Party and the Libertarian Party. In a separate directive. Brock notified the local board that voters would not be allowed to register as "independent" or "no party" effective immediately Brock advised the local board that the two affiliations were no longer available to persons already registered or to p^fsons who* hereafter mike application to register to vote. He said that all future applications for registration to vote would be told that they may affiliate with any political party legally constituted and recognized at that time, or in the alternative, they may register as "unaffiliated." The order to be eligible to vote in any political party primary, he said, a voter must, no later than the date on which the registration books are closed, affiliate with the political party in whose primary he wishes to vote. Registration status cannot be changed later than the date the books close for the purpose of voting in a primary. Under the provisions of the law. Brock said, all voters registered as "independent" or "no party" on the books are presumed to be "unaffiliated" until and unless they request affiliation, as permitted by law, with an existing political party. County officials may begin immediately to change the recorded affiliations no longer allowed, he said. Brock urged each county board to give the broadest possible publicity to the change by having it announced in the news media and at civic club meetings. He also urged, although the law doesn't require it, that each person registered as no party or an independent be contacted by mail and notified of the change. 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