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Volume 80 Warrenton, County Of Warren, North Carolina Thursday, August 18, 1977 Number 33
Schedule Outlined
For School Year
By HELEN HOWARD
Warren County School
Superintendent J R. Peeler
has released the schedule
for the opening day of
school for county schools.
Tuesday, August 30, will
be orientation day in each
of the schools. Students
will report to the schools at
8:30 a. m and leave at
11:30 a. m. No lunches will
be served this day.
The first full day of
classes will be September
6 with elementary students
attending from 8:30 a. m.
until 2:30 p. m. and junior
high and high school
students attending from
8:30a. m. until 3 p. m. This
time difference is the same
as last year.
Principals of the various
schools in the county have
released schedules for
students on registration
day, August 30, as follows:
John Graham - homeroom
listings will be
posted at the entrances
and students will report to
the proper homeroom.
Norlina High - homeroom
assignments will be
posted on the respective
homeroom doors and students
will report to the
proper homeroom.
North Warren - grades
4-6 will report to the
cafeteria; homerooms for
junior high (grades 7 and
8) will be posted in the
junior high building.
Hawkins-students report
to the gymnasium;
homeroom assignments
will be made in gym and
then students will report to
proper homeroom.
Mariam Boyd-students
enrolled in the school last
year will report to the
room they had last year
while beginners and new
students will report to the
cafeteria for assignments.
Northside-students are
assigned bus rooms according
to the bus they ride
then taken to the proper
homeroom. Principal
Henry L. Green urged
parents to let children ride
the bus on the first day so
proper bus routing can be
made. He added that
parents may come to the
school by car and take the
child home but to please
put the children on the
buses in the morning.
South Warren-kindergarten
and first grades
report to the E.S.E.A.
building; 2-6 grades report
to the auditorium for
homeroom assignments.
Orientation is designed
to give students a chance
to meet with teachers and
become familiar with their
schedules.
Bus routes will be about
the same as last year
unless a need to change
them is found.
New Teachers Arrive
Warren County teachers
begin their school year
today (Thursday) as work
days and meetings are
planned in preparation for
the opening of schools on
August 30.
Superintendent J. R.
Peeler revealed the names
of new teachers employed
for the school system this
year as follows:
Margaret A. Phillips,
librarian at South Warren
Elementary School. A
graduate of the University
of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill, she has seven
years experience and has
worked in Norlina. She is
from Louisburg.
Fonda C. White will
teach special education at
South Warren A Durham
native, she is a graduate of
North Carolina Central
University and this is her
first year as a teacher.
Elizabeth M. Tray lor
will teach kindergarten at
South Warren. The Warrenton
native has taught at
Warren Academy for eight
years and graduated from
the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Diane B. Davis will
teach fourth and fifth
grade combination at
Mariam Boyd Elementary
School. A graduate of East
Carolina University, she
has taught at Warren
Academy and is originally
from Raleigh but now
living in Warrenton.
Sammie J. Wilder will be
the county speech clinician.
A graduate of East
Carolina University, she
begins her first year
teaching. She is from
Raleigh.
Johnnie 0. Williams will
teach math and science at
Hawkins Junior High
School. The Henderson
native graduated from
Fayetteville State University
and begins his first
teaching assignment.
Gloria L. Allen, a
graduate of A & T University
in Greensboro, will
teach second grade at
Mariam Boyd. She is from
Warren County and this is
her first year as a teacher.
Audrey S. Davis will be
the reading instructor at
North Warren Middle
School. The Warren County
native graduated from
North Carolina Central
University and has three
of teaching experin
Maryland.
Debra L. Ferruccio is
the reading teacher at
Norlina. A graduate of
Miami University at Oxford,
Ohio, the Ohio native
has one year teaching
experience. She now lives
in Warren County.
James N. Robertson will
replace Jerry Willard as
social studies teacher at
John Graham High School.
He is a graduate of
Appalachian University
and taught at Lees McCrae
Junior College for one
year. He is a native of Rt.
2, Henderson.
Janest B. Honeycutt has
been assigned as reading
teacher at Norlina. The
East Carolina University
graduate, a native of
Ayden. will begin her first
year of teaching.
Jane L. Alston will be the
special education teacher
at North Warren. This is
the first year of teaching
for the Greenville girl who
graduated from East Carolina
University.
Jail Custodian
Trash Pickup,
The custodian of the
Warren County Jail wants
garbage in the jail picked
up three times a week
instead of once, according
to a Grand Jury Report
submitted on Monday
afternoon to Judge Edwin
Warren Resident
In Line For Post
Mrs. Eva Clayton, chairman
of the Warren County
Democratic Party, is expected
to be named to a
high-level state post later
this week.
The Warren Record has
learned that Mrs. Clayton
is under strongconsideration
to become an under
secretary to Howard Lee,
head of the Department of
Natural and Economic
Resources.
Governor Jim Hunt is
expected to make the
announcement of Mrs.
Clayton's selection later
this week.
Mrs. Clayton is the wife
of Warrenton attorney T.
T. Clayton. They make
their home on Lake
Gaston.
Violent winds, or perhaps a small tornado, twisted this old oak in the front yard of the
home formerly occupied by the late Sam Allen at Axtelle. The strong gusts flipped over
the trailer below several miles to the east of the old Allen homeplace. (Staff Photos)
Trailer, Trees Are Listed
Among Windstorm Victims
A torrential downpour on
Monday afternoon came
too late to help the corn
crops but tobacco and
grains welcomed the
water. The late afternoon
rains have turned everything
green again. But
some crops are too far
gone. The county has
already been declared a
disaster area.
Grass, soybeans and
pasture land was turning
green again following
rains during the week and
Fishing Creek, a major
source of Warrenton's
water supply, was filling
fast on Tuesday.
Another severe wind
storm struck in the county
on Friday afternoon following
one which caused
considerable damage in
the Ridgeway-Manson section
on Sunday night.
About 3 p. m. on Friday the
high winds cut a path along
Wants More
Jury Reports
S. Preston, Jr., judge
presiding over the August
criminal term of Warren
County Superior Court.
The jail was visited by a
committee from the Grand
Jury which also reported
that a lavatory in the jail
needs a new T trap in cell,
to replace trap torn out by
prisoner A call has
already been made for repairs.
A number of recommendations
were made for
repairs and better care of
the court house. The Grand
Jury reported that the
main court house has a
translucent paniel loose in
its ceiling, and that there is
a loose handrail in the rear
of the building outside
steps.
The Grand Jury also
reported that the lavatory
in the men's rest room
in the basement had a
leak; that there is a leak in
the ladies rest room in the
basement, and that no
tissue or towels were found
in either room.
The committee visiting
the Warren County Prison
Camp reported no criticism
nor made any recommendations.
the Warrenton-Henderson
highway just east of
Greenwood Village.
A trailer belonging to
Wilbur Jones of Rt. 2,
VVarrenton, was overturned,
landing on the top.
Jones was not at home at
the time.
Miss Ethel Jones, next
door neighbor, said she
heard the lightning and
thunder and looked out the
window. She said she
couldn't see her neighbor's
house 60 feet away and
branches were flying
across the road. Then she
noticed the trailer upside
down, she said.
Huge oak trees were
uprooted by the winds. One
pme tree fell on a house
occupied by Mrs. Viola
Davis. The tree did not
break through the roof but
caused slight damage to
the roof. While falling the
tree struck power lines but
no loss of power was
reported.
Limbs and debris from
the wind storm continued
along Paved Road 1116
toward the Afton-Elberon
community. Tobacco and
corn along the path were
pulled up by the roots and
bowled over.
No estimate of damages
to the trailer, house or
crops had been determined
early this week.
Million-Dollar Pledge
Is Made For Soul City
The South-Southwest
Regional Meeting of the
American Association of
Minority Enterprise Small
Business Investment
Companies (MESBIC) at
its closing session at Soul
City on Friday, August 12,
pledged a minimum of one
million dollars as its goal
for venture captial for the
Soul City new town.
According to James F.
Hansley, Conference
spokesman, the American
Association of MESBICS
represents some eightyseven
MESBICS whose
venture capital resources
exceed 100 million dollars.
Hansley stated the purpose
of MESBICS is to "provide
equity capital to small
business persons who are
socially and economically
disadvantaged."
Soul City hosted the
three day conference,
August 10-12, which
brought together leading
MESBICS throughout the
region and nation to
discuss major issues facing
the venture capital
industry.
Speakers at the conference
included Philip T.
Drotning, Director of
Social Policy, Standard
Oil Company (Indiana);
Michael Lacagnina, Purchasing
Director, Westinghouse
Turbine Compon
ents; and Clarence Bishop.
Senior Legislative Aide to
Congressman Parren J.
Mitchell.
The million dollar pledge
will boost Soul City's
efforts to recruit industries
to the area. Floyd B.
McKissick, developer of
Soul City, said Monday
"this pledge will definitely
help our recruitment of
industry because it will
allow us to offer financial
assistance to firms interested
in locating at Soul
City."
MESBICS supporting
the million dollar pledge
were AMOCO Venture
(Continued on page 8)
Two Young Warren
Men Die In Auto Crash
Road Deaths
In Warren
Number 12
Herman Lee Hampton
and Harvey Boyd, both 18year-old
residents of Rt. 2,
Warrenton, were fatally
injured Sunday night in an
automobile accident on
Rural Paved Road 1116
about 6:20 p.m.The deaths
brought to 12 the number
of road fatalities recorded
in Warren County this
year.
According to Highway
Patrolman V. R. Vaughan,
Hampton was driving the
vehicle at the time of the
accident. The wreck occurred
on a cut-off road
between the WarrentonHenderson
Highway and
Highway 401 near Afton.
Vaughan said his investigation
revealed that the
car skidded, went off the
right of the roadway down
a slight embankment, hit a
mailbox and overturned at
least twice. The impact
threw both Hampton and
Boyd from the vehicle.
Hampton was pronounced
dead at the scene and
Boyd died at Duke Hospital
around 10 p. m. Sunday.
A passenger, David King
Kearney, 14, also of Rt. 2,
Warrenton, was injured
and transferred to Duke
Hospital from Warren
General Hospital.
The trooper said he
believed another passenger
to be in the car but had
left the scene before he
arrived.
The 1971 Chevrolet was
declared a total loss.
Small Car Proves
No Match For Rigs
A small MG could not
measure up to two tractortrailers
on Interstate 85
last Thursday.
According to the Highway
Patrol, Cleophus Coleman
of Washington, D. C.,
was driving a 1975 MG in
the northbound lane of 1-85
about one and a half miles
from the Oine Road about
12:50 a. m. when he ran
into the rear of a
tractor-trailer driven by
John E. Beckham of
Charlotte.
The automobile bounced
off, went into a skid and
was hit by another
tractor-trailer operated by
John W. Sanders of
Greenwood, S. C. The
impact caused the small
foreign car to flip over.
The drivers of the tractor-trailers
and other passersby
turned the vehicle
over and removed the
injured occupants.
According to Patrolman
William Palmer, Coleman
and a passenger, Bobbie
Joe Henry of Meridan,
Miss., were transported to
(Continued on page 7)
Option Taken For Property
For New Health Facility
A twt>~year option on a
tract of land in Soul City
was purchased Monday
afternoon by HealthCo
officials. The land was
purchased through a donation
by New York Life
Insurance Company via
the Soul City Foundation,
Hubert Avent, health director,
said Tuesday
morning.
The 1.38 acre-tract will
be used as the site of a
5,300-square-foot facility
for HealthCo, which is now
housed in trailers in Soul
City. A vent said that bids
for the new facility will be
accepted in 60 days and
construction is scheduled
to start in October and be
completed in February.
The main objective of
the facility is to provide
"high quality health services
in the most effective
and efficient manner,"
A vent said.
Cost of the building has
been estimated in excess
of $200,000.
This is the car in which two Warren County young
men were fatally injured Sunday night five miles
southwest ofWarrenton. The twin fatalities brought to
12 the number of road deaths in Warren this year.
(Staff Photo)
Breaking, Entering
Cases Occupy Court
Breaking and entering
or larceny cases have
consumed much of the
time during a criminal
session of Warren County
Superior Court which
convened on Monday with
Judge Edwin Preston of
Raleigh presiding.
A jury trial in which
Teen Lynch is charged
with selling beer to
minors, was in session at
press time Wednesday.
Other tcases disposed of
were as follows:
Larry Semedo plead
guilty to breaking and
entering and larceny and
was ordered to the custody
of the Department of Correction
for five years,
suspended and placed on
probation for five years on
the condition that he pay
court costs, attorney fees,
$100 restitution to Moses
Levister and that he
remain of good behavior
and not violate any state or
federal laws. He was given
credit for time served.
Henry Evans was ordered
to pay $100 on Monday
and $15 each week until
September 9 when he will
pay $25 per week after
pleading guilty of nonsupport.
The case was
continued until December
12.
Carver Andrew Richardson
was found guilty of
bastardy and ordered to
the Department of Correction
for two years, suspended
for five years on
the condition that he pay
court costs and $10 each
week for the support and
benefit of his minor child
and that he remain of good
behavior and not violate
any state or federal laws
and remain gainfully employed.
Keith Michael Edwards
plead guilty to driving
under the influence and
was sentenced to six
months in the custody of
the Sheriff of Warren
County, suspended for 12
months on the condition
that he pay court costs and
$200 fine and surrender
operator's license for 12
months and remain of good
behavior and not violate
any state or federal laws.
A charge of failure to drive
the right half of highway
was dismissed.
James Alston, Conrad
Solomon, Willie Lee Richardson
and William Richardson,
Jr., plead guilty to
larceny as they appeared
on charges of breaking and
entering and larceny.
Each was given five years
in the custody of the
Department of Correction,
as committed youthful
offenders, suspended and
placed on probation for
five years on the condition
that they pay court costs,
$125 as restitution to Amos
L. ~Capps and remain
gainfully employed or in
school and remain of good
behavior and not violate
any state or criminal laws.
All of the defendants
except James Alston were
also ordered to pay
attorney fees. The charge
of breaking and entering
was dismissed for all the
defendants.
Voluatary dismissals
were granted to James
Alston, Conrad Solomon,
Willie Lee Richardson,
William Richardson, Jr.,
and Eddie Williams on
charges of receiving.
Jim Watson Lynch and
Wayne Richardson plead
guilty to a charge of
receiving and were ordered
to five years in the
custody of the Department
of Correction as a youthful
offender; suspended and
placed on probation for
five years on the condition
that they pay costs of court
and remain gainfully employed
or in school and
remain of good behavior.
Eddie Williams, plead
guilty to charges of
breaking, entering and
larceny and was ordered to
five years in the custody of
the Department of Correction
as a youthful offender;
suspended and placed on
probation for five years on
the condition that he pay
costs of court and $135 as
restitution to Amos L.
Capps and remain gainfully
employed or in school,
remain of good behavior
and not violate any state or
federal criminal laws
during suspension and pay
(Continued on page 8)
Warrenton Mart
Leaf Prices Rise
Poundage figures and
the corresponding revenue
figures for sales last week
and Tuesday on the
Warrenton Tobacco Market
were rising slowly and
the poundage bought by
the Stablization Cooperative
under the price
support program was
down.
Sales on the market for
the three days were 470,551
pounds, which sold for
$413,230, an average of
$87.81.
The daily sales for last
week and Tuesday were as
follows:
Monday, August 8-184,323
pounds for 1109,638, an
average of $81.62.
Wednesday, August 1088,130
pounds for $74,304,
an average of $84.41.
Tuesday, August 16—
248,008 pounds for $229,197,
an average of $92.38.