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Tired Of Talking Poor
Although we do not like to pay
taxes any more than anv other
persons, four years ago we told
the county commissioners w6
would be glad to have them double
our taxes if they would give
Warren County the kind of
government it should have.
They paid little attention to our
request but did levy enough
taxes to carry on the minimum
needs of our people. Had they
doubled our taxes it would have
caused us some inconvenience
but would have caused little
inconvenience in our standard of
living as county taxes are such a
small part of our total
expenditures. The same is true
whether the taxpayer be a large
property owner or the average
taxpayer who at that time paid
$27 a year in ad valorem taxes.
In his case a few less soft drinks,
or cutting down on cigarets or
beer would have taken care of
the increase.
As for the rich, the amount of
county taxes they pay is not
going to c<>use them to give up
anything except a possible
slowing down of the amount of
their accumulations.
Four years ago we talked of
doubling our taxes, but Monday
as we saw some of the results of
a too low tax rate, we would
have settled for a fourth. We
watched as plans for grouping
workers for a more efficient
operation of our county go by the
board because the commission
ers failed to levy enough taxes to
renovate buildings to which the
county holds title; as the county
refused to appropriate money
for additional land for a school
site because the school levy was
cut, although such land will
probably never again be
cheaper.
We think of what might have
been the results if the tax rate
had been increased a fourth,
instead of doubled as we had
suggested four years ago. It
would not have meant a $10
increase for the average
taxpayer, which is a relatively
small amount of the total cost of
living; and the cost to the large
taxpayers would not have
caused much, if any sacrifice. If
that had been done in all
probability the Allen home could
have been renovated, at perhaps
a little less cost than the amount
bid; the school folks would have
been able to get the needed land
for a school site; the county
would not have to worry about
where to obtain the money for
repairing the court house roof;
for renovating the Peter Davis
lot; for better support of our
firemen; and might even have
had a few dollars set aside in
case an emergency should arise.
True economy does not lie
penny-p&c|ilpg, but in the wise
expenditure of money, something
we hope has been brought
home to our commissioners.
i-n ciud memoers are aispiaying ana admiring the Warren County 4-H Clnb flag.
Left to right are Joyce Vick, Linda Baker, Donna Paynter, Kathleen Sellers, Jeffrey
Bender, Jan Jordan, Cynthia King, Susan Currie, Lisa Leete, Tina Salmon and Pamela
Currie.
Warren County 4-H Clubs
Design, Fly First Flag
By EMILY BALL1NGER
Home Extension Agent
Warren County 4-H'ers now have
their own 4-H Club Flag. The (lag
designed by 4-H members and leaders
was first flown during North Carolina
4-H Congress in Raleigh July 25-29.
Early in the year the State 4-H
Council encouraged each county to
make a flag representative of their
county. The flags are to be used for
county and district events and were
used in the opening ceremony at 1977
North Carolina 4-H Congress. The
design of the flag was a decision made
at the county level.
The Warren County flag is
representative of the county and 4-H
organization. The background of the
three by five-foot flag is made from
light b»iige polyester fabric. In the
center in dark green fabric is a
four-leaf clover, the emblem of the 4-H
organization. Centering the clover leaf
in light green fabric is a map of the
county with the name and 1779, the date
Warren County was formed from Bute.
The borders are light green and on
them are pictures representative of
products and interests in the county.
These pictures include tobacco,
soybeans, and com representing crops
in the county; a cow representative of
the beef and dairy interests, logs to
illustrate the forest interests, an
arrowhead representative of the Indian
interests, a boat to represent the
recreation areas, and an historical
marker as an indication that Warren
County is recognized for its contribution
to the history of the state.
The county committee designing and
making the flag included 4-H'ers Tom
Skinner, chairman, Jan Jordan,
Jeffrey Bender, and Fannie Williams
and 4-H leaders, Mrs. Kathie Wilson
and Mrs. William H. Bender. Former
4-H'ers, Miss Laura Bender and Dr.
James Clark were most helpful In
designing and the art work. Mill Emily
Ballinger and Mrs. Bertha Forte alio
assisted with the overall project.
mostly rersonai
Various Occupations
Shown In Factsheet
By BIGNALL JONES
Twenty-three women served
in the General Assembly
of North Carolina in the
1977 session, with four in the
senate and 19 in the house.
The first woman to serve in
the General Assembly was
Miss Lillian Exum Clenent
who was elected to the
House of Representatives
from Buncombe County in
1921. The first black to serve
in the General Assembly in
the century was Henry E.
Frye, from Guilford County
in 1969. There were six
blacks in the 1977 sessiontwo
in the Senate and four in
the House.
These and a large number
of other statistics, compiled
by Secretary of State Thad
Eure, reached our office
through the courtesy of Rep.
Tom W. Ellis of Henderson
who said that I might find
them interesting as indeed I
have.
"There are too many
lawyers in the Legislature"
has been a frequent cry
through the years, but the
percentage of lawyers in the
General Assembly has declined
and there were only
39 in the General Assembly
of 1977, with 25 of these
being in the house, and 14 in
the Senate.
While the number may
have decreased in recent
years, there were more
lawyers in the 1977 session
than in any other profession,
and their influence is probably
out of proportion to
their numbers.
Another large group that
has been greatly reduced as
North Carolina became
more of an urban state are
farmers. There were only 23
farmers in the 1977 session
with four of these being in
the Senate and 19 in the
House.
The oldest member in the
House of Representatives in
the 1977 session was J. Reid
Povey (R) of Catawba
County, 74, and the youngest
member of the House was
Ron Taylor of Bladen
County, 24. The member in
the House with the longest
tenure was Dwight W. Quinr
of Cabarrus County, with 14
terms, all in the House and
the longest tenure of any
member in the 1977 General
Assembly.
Julian R. Allsbrook of
Halifax County was the
oldest member of the 1977
session of the Senate, 73, and
he also holds the longest
tenure in the Senate, 12
terms (11 in the Senate and
one in the House of
Representatives.) The
youngest member of the
1977 Senate was Roger
Sharpe of Burke County, 29.
In addition to the attorneys
and farmers in the 1977
Senate, the membership
included one accountant;
one member in the auction
business; one member in
automotive 'supplies; two
bankers, a college professor,
a coordinator of a
correction program; one
member in the dairy
business, two members in
the funeral business; one
member in the furniture
business; one hardware
dealer; one member in
housing management; five
members in the insurance
business; one member in
the lumber business; one
farm machinery manufacturer;
one textiles manufacturer;
three merchants; two
members in the oil business;
one pastor; one
pharmacist; one plastic
packager; four members in
real estate; one member in
retail trade; and four
teachers.
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Members In the 1877
House In addition to attorneys
and farmers were: two
payroll accountants (one
retired); one assistant to a
college president; three
auto dealers; one banker;
one broker-developer; one
builder; one cattleman; one
coach; three college professors;
five members in
corporate management;
one customer service specialist;
one dairy farmer;
one educational consultant;
one educator; one electrical
manufacturer's agent; one
entertainer; one farm supply
dealer.
Also, one fertilizer dealer,
two members in the funeral
home business; one member
in the furniture business;
one general contractor;
three guidance counselors;
three housewives; one
member in the ice and fuel
business; ten members in
the insurance business; one
member in investments;
one jobber; one landscape
contractor; one law office
administrator; one legal
secretary; one member in
marketing enterprises; one
member in the meat
packing business; two merchants;
one minister; one
motel and shopping center
owner; three members in
the oil business.
Also, one orchard operator;
one owner of an
electrical contracting firm;
one owner of a tobacco
shop; one pharmacist; one
physician-surgeon; one business
president; one private
detective; one psychiatrist
(retired); one public school
member; two publishers;
eight members of real
estate; one restaurateur;
two members who are
retired; a board chairman;
a salesman; two school
principals; four school
teachers; one securities
representative; one member
in social legislation; two
school superintendents; one
tobacconist; one member in
TV-Radio station business;
one retired member of
USDA; one investment
company vice president;
and one vice-president of a
school supply corporation.
Thirty-one of the 100
counties (nearly a third) in
the state have no resident
members in the General
Assembly. Mecklenburg has
12. The six Republicans in
the House of Representatives
are from Catawba,
Henderson, Mecklenburg,
New Hanover and Randolph
Counties. The four Republicans
in the Senate are from
Caldwell, Catawba, Mecklenburg
and Rowah Counties.
The basic pay for members
is $4800 a year, plus a
monthly expense allowance
of $100; plus a subsistence
allowance of $35 for each
day of the sesson. Under this
schedule, assuming that
more than 150 are spent in
session, a legislator might
expect to receive about
$18,000 for the two year
period for which he is
elected, plus weekly travel
allowance, during the session,
round-trip from home
to Raleigh at a rate of $.15
per mile. The Speaker,
President Pro Tem and
Minority Leader in the
House and Senate receive a
larger ba*e pay and
allowance.
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Area Deaths And Funerals
MILTON J. UMPHLETT
LITTLETON - Funeral
services for Milton Jarvis
Umphlett, >1, of 226 Roanoke
Avenue, Littleton, will
be held today (Thursday) at
2 p. m. at Enterprise Baptist
Church. The Rev. Jerry E.
Harper, Sr., pastor, will
officiate. Interment will be
in Sunset Hill Cemetery.
Mr. Umphlett died Tuesday
morning at Halifax
Memorial Hospital. He was
a commercial artist and had
owned and operated a sign
business in Littleton for a
number of years. He was a
World War II—U. S. Air
Force veteran, a member of
the Littleton Lions Club,
teacher of the Men's Class
at Enterprise and chairman
of the building committee
and had served as Sunday
School superintendent and
on the deacon board of
which he was chairman,
Survivors include his
widow, Mrs. Ellen King
Umphlett; two sisters, Mrs.
Delvin (Lona) Eure of
Hertford and Mrs. B.V.
(Inez) Lindsey of Dayton,
Ohio.
MYLDRED R.WILSON
DURHAM-Miss Myldred
Rowland Wilson, 60, a
retired Air Force major and
resident of Clearwater, Fla.,
died Tuesday afternoon in
the Veteran's Administration
Hospital after a short
illness.
Services will be held at
Hall-Wynne Funeral Home
Chapel, Thursday at 2p. m.
with burial in Maplewood
Cemetery. Instead of flowers
contributions may be
made to a favorite charity.
The daughter of the late
Mr. and Mrs. Sam G.
Wilson, she was born in
Warrenton where she prMuated
from John Graham
High School, and attended
East Carolina University in
Greenville. She was a
graduate of St. Elizabeth's
School of Nursing in
Richmond, Va. She served
in three campaigns in the
European Theater with the
198th Division in World War
II, receiving three medals.
For the past ten years, she
had been on the nursing
staff at Morton Plant
Hospital in Clearwater, Fla.
She was a member of
First United Methodist
Church in Clearwater and
belonged to the Nurses'
Association.
Surviving are four sisters,
Mrs. Flora W. Stanley of
Durham, Mrs. Carrie Hamlet
of Wilson, Miss Katherine
Wilson of Fayetteville,
and Mrs. Eula Wake of
Silver Spring, Md.
UVA B.TURNER
Following several years of
declining health, Mrs. Uva
Bowden Turner, 85, died
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Sunday night at her home in
the Vicksboro community.
A native of Warren
County, she was born
January U, 1892, and was
the daughter of the late
Frank and Maria Barnes
Bowden. She was a member
of Shocco United Methodist
Church where the funeral
services were conducted
at 4 p. m. Tuesday by the
Rev. Dennis P. Levin.
Interment was in the Turner
Family Cemetery.
Surviving are her husband,
William Edward
Turner of the home; a
step-daughter, Mrs. Ruth T.
Wiggins of Henderson;
three step-sons, L. E. (Jack)
Turner, C. Brooks Turner,
and Robert F. Turner, all of
Henderson; eight grandchildren
and 19 great-grandchildren.
Serving as active pallbearers
were James Reavis,
Jr., L. B. Bowden, James
Garrett, Robert E. Fleming,
Willis Fleming and J. B.
Pritchard. Honorary Pallbearers
were other friends
attending the services.
DANIEL W.TERRY
Funeral services for Daniel
W. Terry, 60, who died
July 24 in Warren General
Hospital, were held on July
30 at 2 p. m. from Bethlehem
Baptist Church in Wise with
the Rev. Robert Bumette,
officiating. Burial was in the
church cemetery.
He is survived by five
daughters, Mrs. Alma Walton
of the West Indies, Mrs.
Edna Earl Andrews, Misses
Gladys Terry and Sara Rose
Terry of New York, and
Mrs. Elizabeth Lesure of
New Jersey; two sons,
David Terry and Nelson
Terry of Warrenton; one
sister, Mrs. Lucy Morgan of
Alexandria, Va.; one brother,
John Terry of the home;
11 grandchildren and one
great-grandson.
Pallbearers were James
Howell, Melvin Green,
Joseph Green, Percy Lesure,
Lloyd Collins and
Scottie Robinson.
JAMES B. HENDERSON
Funeral services for
James B. Henderson, 72, of
Macon were conducted
^nday at the Oak Level
Choffch of Christ at 3 p. m
by the Rev. Leon White.
Burial was in the church
cemetery.
Mr. Henderson is survived
by his wife, Mrs. Channie
Henderson; a daughter,
Mrs. Annie Rose Owens of
N' J': five grandchildren
and seven greatgrandchildren.
MRS. IRENE B. PAYTON
Funeral services for Mrs
Irene Bryant Payton were
conducted Tuesday, July 26,
at the Greenwood Baptist
cnurcn ai a p. m. oy me
Rev. Alex Brown. Burial
followed in the church
cemetery.
Mrs. Payton la survived
by her husband, Theodore
Payton of Baltimore, Md.;
one son, Anthony Bryant of
Baltimore; two grandchildren;
one | sister, Mrs.
Wilhemenia Alston of
Brooklyn, N. Y.; three
brothers, Russell Bryant,
Benny Bryant, of Warrenton,
and Wllbert Bryant of
Brooklyn, N. Y.
DAVID E. ISLES
LITTLETON - Funeral
services for David Edgar
Isles, 73, of Route 3, Littleton,
were conducted at 2 p.
m. Saturday from Hockaday
Funeral Home Chapel. Mr.
Isles died on Wednesday of
last week. Burial was in the
family cemetery at Thelma.
He is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Helen Copeland
Isles; a son, David Edgar
Isles, Jr., of Thelma; four
daughters, Mrs. Dorothy I.
Green and Mrs. Elizabeth I.
Hockaday of Roanoke
Rapids, Mrs. Mary Ann
Hodges of Hickory and Mrs.
Carrie Emma Bowers of
Charlotte; a sister, Miss
Estelle Isles of Wise; and
several grandchildren.
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