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Eddie Harasi, Jr. Jan78 312 Church St. larrent Advertising Medium Harrrn IRprorii Complete News Coverage Of Warren County Volume 80 15° Per Copy Warrenton, County Of Warren, North Carolina Thursday, September 29, 1977 Number 39 Trooper A. M. Bennett looks to see if a driver is pinned in the wreckage of the Ford as it is righted following an accident Thursday night. The car was declared a total loss but the driver has not been found. (Staff Photo) Drivers Flee Two File For Norlinq Posts As Mustangs Races Assured For Mayor, Leave Road Commissioner Seats Here Two Mustangs and their drivers ran away in two separate accidents last week. Trooper A. M. Bennett discovered a 1969 Ford Mustang Thursday night about 8:55 p. m. on RPR 1109, a road leading from 158 business to the Snow Jlill community. The vehicle was lying on the top. Bennett surmised that the auto was travelling at a high rate of speed when the driver, who fled the scene, applied brakes, skidded 238 feet, hit a ditch embankment and overturned about 45 feet away. Marihuana was found in the car and two males are believed to have been in the vehicle. No arrests have been made but lab work on the vehicle is being done in Raleigh. Bennett estimated the vehicle was a total loss. Trooper W. E. Palmer also uncovered a wrecked Mustang Friday morning but the driver had vanished. No details of the accident were available. Three Fire Calls Draw Area Units Three fire calls were reported in Warren County during the past week. The Warrenton Rural Fire Department sent one truck and seven men to the intersection of 158 bypass Friday morning about 11 a. m. An accident involving a tractortrailer rig had occurred and the firemen were needed for assistance. The Macon Fire Department responded to a call Sunday night about 11:30 p. m. on the Harristown Road about one mile east of Macon. A woods fire burned about 30 square feet. Arson is suspected in the blaze. The North Carolina Forestry Service is investigating the arson aspect. Three units and 15 men responded. The Ridgeway Fire Department assisted a tanker belonging to Richard Bender Monday. The brakes on the tanker were hot. One truck responded and there was no fire damage to the tanker. For the first time in several years, Mayor W. A. Miles has an opponent as races for both town commissioner and mayor were assured yesterday. Mrs. Anna Butler, who is presently serving on the board of town commissioners, Jjas filed for the mayor's race. Incumbent Bill Leary also filed for re-election to the town board this week, according to Mrs. Miriam Coleman. Another incumbent, Dr. S. H. Massey, filed shortly after noon Wednesday. They join Eddie Clayton, A. C. Fair, and A. A. Wood and other incumbents, B. G. White, Gordon Haithcock Chamber Directors Make Fair Plans The Warren County Chamber of Commerce voted to sell North Carolina peanuts and peanut candy during the Warren County Fair this week. The idea was discussed during the regular breakfast meeting held last Thursday at 7:30 a. m. at The Carriage House. Directors also decided to set up a booth at the fair explaining some of the functions of the Chamber and highlights of past activities. President Bill Fleming urged the support of this fund-raising project and noted that a Chamber member would be at the peanut booth at all times. Fleming also welcomed Agnes Smith of MadisonMadison-International and John Andrews of Carolina Sportswear to the meeting. Mr. Andrews extended an invitation to the Chamber to attend the open house at Carolina ' Sportswear on October 9 from 1:30 to 5 p. m. Fleming urged all members to attend and see the results of good leadership and the commendable efforts of the employees. Fleming said, "We are proud that Carolina Sportswear is active in the Chamber." Mrs. Janet Leary was hired to canvass the county for new members and nine new members have already been added. This brings the total membership to 73. Fleming said that if anyone (Continued on page 5) and W. K. Lanier, Jr., who have previously filed. Mrs. Mae Gums announced this week that Wallace Stallings and Jim Overby, both incumbents, have filed for town commissioner for Norlina. Warrenton Firemen Featured In Sepia The Warrenton Fire Department is featured in the October edition of Sepia, a national black magazine, published in Fort Worth, Texas. Written by Milton Jordan, the three-page article is entitled, "From Horses to Horsepower." The article traces the history of the all-black volunteer fire department. Incorporated in the article are insights by McCarroll Alston, and Mrs. Maude Alston reflects incidences involving the fire department. Pictured with the article is the old horse-driven fire wagon; the new fire equipment used; Miss Maude with McCarroll Alston; James Alston, fire-fighter; and the officers and ladies auxiliary of the company. Dr. Bunch, 72, Dies At Warrenton Home Dr. Charles Bunch, surgeon at Warren General Hospital for the past eleven years, died at his home about 4 a. m. on Saturday. He was 72. Dr. Bunch was the medical examiner for Warren County and a retired Captain MC of the U. S. Navy. He graduated from the Medical College of South Carolina and attended both State and U.N.C., graduating with honors. He was a life-time member of Oasis and Sudan Temple Shrine and active in both the Scottish rite and York rite bodies. He was a member of the Allied Masonic degrees and Past Master of the Johnson-Caswell Lodge in Warrenton. He was also a member of the Rotary Club and the American Legion and Emmanuel Episcopal Church, where he served on the vestry. He had served on the Warren County Board of Education and the Warrenton town board. Born in Wake County, he was raised in Charlotte. Funeral services were held Monday at 3 p. m. from Emmanuel Episcopal Church by the Rev. Robert Orvis and Dr. G. R. Selby. Interment was in Fairview Cemetery. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Dell Cohoon Bunch of the home; two daughters, Miss Mary Elizabeth Bunch, a student at Louisburg College, and Miss Linda Ann Bunch of the home. The family requests that any memorials be in the form of contributions for a cardiac unit at Warren General Hospital. Active pallbearers were E. T. Odom, Jr., Clarence Davis, Dorsey Capps, Roy Lee Harmon, Odell Hargrove, Kenneth Mustian, A. A. Wood and W. L. Turner. Honorary pallbearers were members of the Medical Society, the Masons, the American Legion, Warren County law enforcement officers, and the Rotary Club. DR. BUNCH Public Service Work Accelerated More Than $425,000 Going Into Warren Jobs Program By HELEN HOWARD Staff Writer The Warren County CETA program has been awarded contracts totaling $425,964.82 to employ citizens with federal funds. Broken down to various titles, the funds are allotted as follows: Title 6, $170,932.82; State CETA positions, $78,335; Title 6 Project, $86,825; and Title 2, $89,872. Announcement of the new funding was made this week. CETA stands for Comprehensive Employment and Training Act, a federal law amended by Congress to provide funds for employing Americans in areas of high unemployment. The money budgeted will enable public service not available through county funds. CETA presently has people employed as street and water department workers, secretaries, social service aides, laborers at the County Landfill, and other services throughout the county. Title 1 will be phased out at the end of September. Jim Whitley, administrator for CETA, said this week that this will be closed out with the monies going to some other program, perhaps educating the underprivileged for full-time employment. Title 1, with present employment of nine, requires employed to be economically disadvantaged, unemployed or underemployed; must have been unemployed for seven days. The government has guidelines to determine the "econonucally disadvantaged." Title 1 provides "lightning fast jobs for those unemployed a short period to time. Title 2 requirements are basically the same as Title 1 only Title 2 requires unemployment for at least 30 days. Warren County CETA has 10 employees under Title 2. Title 6 is aimed at tne hard-core unemployed, those unemployed for a great length of time The stipulations are that one must be unemployed for at least 15 weeks. Also the applicant must be a member of a family at or below poverty level and receiving employment compensation for 15 weeks or more or ineligible for employment compensation for 15 weeks or more, or have exhausted employment compensation. Title 6 Project has the same guidelines except it will only run for about 12 months. Whitley said this was a "one shot deal. People under this program install insulation in belowstandard housing; do general repair to homes and historical areas or work in the health field for checking into a particular problem such as venereal disease. There are 17 positions under the Title 6 Project A new phase of the CETA program will begin soon since the new money has been allocated. State CETA positions will employ one general utility worker, five eligibility specialists, two clerk-typist, one technician trainee for a total of nine new positions. Whitley said CETA pays about $32,000 a month in salaries for these four areas. Those employed by CETA are paid comparably to those hired under county funds but doing the same job, Whitley explained. Everyone makes at least minimum wage. To illustrate, if two women were working in the tax supervisor's office-one employed through CETA and one through county funds-they would both be paid the same if they had started the job about the same time. This week 55 positions were being filled through CETA; 44 were employed in March; 64 are planned for October These positions range from janitor in the school system to artist-inresidence with clerk-typists, rehabilitation aides, health department aides and laborers in between. Persons of minority races make up an estimated 76 percent of CETA's employment. Of the 55 CETA workers on the job this week in Warren County, 38 are black, five Indian and 12 white. The Carter administration in Washington recently announced an effort to relieve black unemployment. One (Continued on page 5) The carousel, a favorite of both old and young, is only one of many rides by Royal Amusements at the Warren County Fair this week. Described as "one of the best fairs ever" in Warren County, it will be open through Saturday. See other pictures and story on Page 11. (Staff Photo) Man Sought In Safe Heist Surrenders To FBI Agents A Madison man who eluded FBI agents for nearly two years has turned himself in to Warren County law enforcement officers on September 20. George Irvin Williams is accused of entering the home of Mrs. John Henry Stegall on September 12, 1975 and making her open a home safe. He later took her car for his get-away, investigating officers charged. He appeared in Warren County District Court on Friday on charges of robbery with a firearm and temporary taking of a Future Of County Buildings On Tap Future renovations of the Hendricks Building and Peter Davis store and what to do with money budgeted for renovation of the School Days property will be discussed as the Warren County Commissioners meet for their regular monthly meeting- Monday, October 3. Nathan Thomas of Wildwood Point has also asked to meet with the board. Also on the agenda is a discussion of a resolution from the county endorsing the clean water and road bonds, the reclassification of Sandy Creek and requests to widen the shoulders of the Baltimore Road and to keep it cleaner. County Manager Charles Hayes noted that appointments for various boards will also be decided. Norlina Drug Store Burglary Is Being Probed By Police A Norlina drug heist was thwarted by police early Thursday morning. Leon Paynter, on night duty with the Norlina Police Department, discovered that the glass in the front dpor of Walker Drug Company on Hyco Street had been broken as he patroled about 2:30 a. m. Prescription bottles were found on the floor as if dropped in haste. An investigation followed by the Norlina Police Department and the Warren County Sheriff's Department. Company officials told the police that about $8 was missing from the cash drawer but that no drugs were missing. Some of the drugs had been searched, they said. The police believe that the entry was made by amateurs but that a possible tie-in with a recent drug raid in Fayetteville has not been ruled out v The investigation into the break-in is continuing. vehicle. Judge Ben U. Allen of Henderson appointed a lawyer for Williams and set a preliminary hearing for September 30. Williams had been captured in Columbus, Ohio, by the FBI. A judge there ordered Williams to return to Warren County and turn himself in. He was then on $25,000 bond. He arrived in the county on Tuesiay of last week. Two masked men entered the Stegall home in 1975, ordered Mrs. Stegall to open a safe, bound her and stole her vehicle in order to escape. The vehicle was later found not far from the house. Mrs. Stegall was unharmed. One man was subsequently arrested in the robbery and a search for Williams followed. Large Grant Awarded Tribe Chief W. R. Richardson of the Haliwa Indians reported Wednesday morning that he had been notified from Congressman L. H. Fountain's office that a grant has been approved from the Native American Program, HEW, for $44,590 The money is to be used for administrative functions, to provide administrative assistance, needed assessments, resource mobilization and training to the Haliwa Indian tribe and counsel. Richardson said the tribe must match this with their share being $11,139 for total funds of $55,729. The chief expressed thanks to the Congressman for his prompt notification of this grant. /
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