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Your Best Advertising Medium *»•**«—• Complete News Coverage Of Warren County Your Best Volume 80 15c Per Copy Warrenton, County Of Warren, North Carolina Thursday, December 22, 1977 Number 51 Higher Utility Bills May Mean Lower Food Stamps Cost Food stamp households who have to pay more for their heating or utility bills may pay less for their food stamps this winter, accord ing to the Warren County Department of Social Ser vices. Under new food stamp rules effective Jan. 1, house holds may be able to get adjustments in their food stamp purchase price if heating and-or utility bills increase by more than $25 over the previous month. Barbara Kinton, food stamp supervisor, said the number of households ac tually affected in Warren County would not be that great A standard utility allow ance is already being given to eligible households on a per person basis. House holds that exceed this allowance will be given an extra deduction from their food stamp costs. The allowance as present ly established is $50 for a one-person household; $67 for two pecsons; $83 for three persons; and $100 for a four-person household. Kinton said few families are expected to exceed this allowance. Working with all food stamp households or poten tial households will be Janet Hilliard. food stamp eligi bility specialist and out reach worker. Milliard will spend a good portion of her time out in the field seeking eligible food stamp recipients. Generally, food stamp purchase prices are based on income after allowable deductions. When deduc tions for heating and utility costs increase, however, purchase prices may go down because there is less income available to the household. Kinton said Warren Coun ty food stamp households will now be able to use their most recent utility bill to claim larger deductions even if the bills have not yet been paid. Households for which standard tables were used to compute the deduction for utility cost will be able to switch from the standard allowance to actual bills only once during the certification period. Other households may switch to the standard allowance once during their certification period or to the standard when it is updated Allowable heating and utility bills include heating and cooking fuel, electricity, water and sewer, garbage and trash collection and basic telephone services. Allotments Increased In addition to cost adjust ments for high utility bills, food stamp allotments for (Continued on page 12) Cifts from Santa put the light of expectation on the This youngster, held b> a Lioness, almost seems faces of these youngsters during the Warrenton Lions reluctant to take a package as big as herself but she was Club annual Christmas party Sunday at the Lions Den. finally persuaded. (Staff Photo) Stores Will Close To Observe Holidays As Christmas ap proaches. schools, of fices and businesses prepare for their re spective holidays. County and state offices will take Friday. Dec. 2:5 and Monday. Dec 2t>. as holidays while the federal offices will have only Monday as a da> off W arren County school children will begin theif long holiday today-* (Wednesday) after a regular school day. They will return Mon day, Jan. 2. Students at Warren Academy will follow a similar holiday sche dule. Elsewhere, private businesses will deter mine their own hours of opening. Scott Gardner, chairfnan of the Cham ber of Commerce's merchants division in Warrenton said many Warrenton merchants would be closed Monday and Tuesday following Christmas. Others will be closed only on Monday Most merchants in » Norlina indicated that Monday would be taken as a holiday but that business would resume as usual on Tuesday. The Warren Record will be closed Monda\. News contributors are urged to get their news in early for next week's edition. Grant Enables Opening Of School Plants .no grant has been apph ! for funding of a corntviniu schools project in Warren County by the Stale Board of Education. The money, will be used locally to set up a program whereby school facilities mas be opened up on a re^ulat basis to public use. ■.t :.ist Monday's meeting ol tic Warren County Board oi Education, Superintend ent J K Peeler told members the grant would be sufficient to hire a program coordinator, to keep gym nasium open and operating and possibly to pay addition al wages to coaches who would like to work with the public at nights or on week ends lion will be appropriated in 1977-78 to schools through the community schools project. Approved by the 1977 General Assembly; the project is meant to encour age gr£at$r community inv ol v&m¥ht -in the public scnools and greater com munity use of public school facilities. Warren County is one of 63 school systems reviewed by in* Interagency Council on Community Schools com posed of parents, educators and representatives from state agencies. In letters to the school superintendent and to board chairman Ernest Turner, Gov. James Hunt said, "By opening our school facilities* for greater use and by increasing community com munication between our schools and communities, we can encourage people to use their talents and abilities to improve the quality of life in their own communities." The program coordinator, or community schools direc tor, will work directly with community groups to en courage the use of school facilities and help develop citizen advisory councils. Although the program is scheduled to be effective Jan. 1, 1978, through June 30, no person has yet been hired as manager in Warren County. Superintendent Peeler in formed board members th<g| applications were n«AJ| screened. Warren County ha\j). plied for a $32,000 appropria tion through the program Other appropriations to school systems in this region included $25,000 to Vance, $25,000 to Northampton, $13,210 to Franklinton and (Continued on page 12) The Meaning Of Christmas Endures All Ages By HELEN HOLT News Editor Christmas past. Christ mas present. Christmas future...All have different interpretations of the era in which their celebrations were observed. Christmas has changed With the coming of special travel, microwave cookery and bionic dolls that bend double instead of merely shedding tears like the doll babies of yesterday, the day was bound to change. At least for some. But for many others, Christmas remains a day unlike any other day of the year. It recalls revered traditions, special feelings, warm reunions with fami lies farspread. Christmas of the past and present will always be Christmas of the future for these souls. Leon King of Rt. 3, Warrenton, said Christmas had changed a lot for him. He still enjoys it as a special time of toe year however. "We used to have a big time at Christmas," he said " I'd get up at 2 o'clock in the morning and go see Mamie (then his sweetheart, now his wife of a number of Christmases). I'd go see her every Christmas morning "We'd sit around and talk and open up things," King reflected "Then we would go around to different homes and visit." King said Christmas has changed, that he "doesn't get as much out of it" as he used to. But, he assented, the season is still one that everyone should enjoy. Miss Elizabeth Allen wouldn't consent to having her picture taken but did share willingly her concep tions of Christmas Day. "It means beautiful church services and music and your family coming to see you," she declared en thusiastically. "It means traditional food, turkey, ham, tipsy cake, coconut pie, candies and sweets and nuts "It I change one thing." she said knowingly. "My people will fuss. So I just have the same things every year" Miss Allen paused a bit. "Christmas means doing something for other people. It's a time when you can give a few people a little extra pleasure." Mary F rances Rodwell, assistant register of deeds at the county courthouse, re membered Christmas most as a time of gathering the family together. "We always had a happy family at our home," she said "It was small but it was happy. We always cele brated Christmas and look ed forward to its coming The youngsters in the family naturally enjoyed the gift giving and Santa's arrival. "I can remember getting so excited that I couldn't go to sleep," she said. "We thoroughly enjoyed the small gifts and fruits we got. We just didn't go into it in a big way." Everyone was remember ed though, even the pets, she added Theo Williams, deputy sheriff with the Warren County Sheriff's Depart ment. pondered the mean ing of Christmas just briefly before deciding upon what means most to him. "I'll put it this way," he said. "It means to me a cheerful gift to know who your friends are, the one that come by and say hello. "It means a lot to hear the Christ child was born in the manger." The elderly, the needy and the lonely are also impor tant at Christmas, said Williams. "Giving to the poor and seeing gifts go out to all the senior citizens is another true meaning of Christ mas," he said. The humanitarian ap proach was echoed by Bertha Forte, home exten sion agent in the county agricultural office. "To me, Christmas means making others happy and doing things for others who are less fortunate," Forte said. "That's how I arrive at a joyous and happy Christ mas." "To me, Christmas means making others happy and doing things for others who are less fortunate," Mrs. Forte said. "That's how I arrive at a joyous and happy Christmas." Mrs. Forte is chairman of Warren County's Operation Santa Claus at Murdoch Center in Butner. Christmas means also happy traditions such as the Christmas tree, going to church for a special service and a big Christmas dinner. The holiday has changed for Mrs. Forte, in some very positive ways. "When I was growing up. I was more prone to think of myself. Now that I am grown and know hotter, I try to think of others And I try not to get too engulfed in spending money, buying gifts foolishly for those who aren't in need " Tommy Peoples, a resi dent in the Afton community and bus driver for the Warren County schools for years, said he has been look ing forward to Christmas and the presents that come along with it. "Christmas means get ting up with your family and being well and all together again," Peoples said "We usually go to my sister's house and eat breakfast 1 have a niece and nephew " Peoples acknowledged that Christmas has changed since "the time we grew up. Kids grow up faster than they used to Santa Claus doen't mean as much as he did for as long a time now " Hazel R Dale of Areola described Christmas "as a time of happiness." "We've always had a get-together at Christmas with dinner on Christmas Day We would open the packages together. It's just a good day that I enjoy." Christmas means a holi day for Everett Harris, an Areola native now living in llidgeway and manager of Gulf Service Station in Warrenton. "We'll be closed on Christmas." Harris said emphatically. "That's the only day we close during the year, except Sunday's." But the holiday will be short-lived for the atten dant He said he won't be able to sleep late because of the animals he has to feed. And he won't be able to go hunting like he used to because he's of "old age," he said He will manage a good dinner, he said, by going to his house for dinner and to his sister's house for supper. There, the family enjoys a traditional Christmas. "The only thing that's really changed for me is that T used to look forward to getting presents and now I look forward to the children getting presents " Johnnie Shearin of Afton said Christmas means "be ing happ> and feeling good. "Christmas used to mean a whole lot to me. Santa Claus was something im portant and we enjoyed the toys." Shearin said there were five children in his family back then. "I still enjoy my grand children at Christmas-I have about 12 or 14 grand children, I guess." Shearin said he and his family sometimes go to church and sometimes stay home. Overall, Christmas hasn't changed that much for him. "I don't know," he said, contemplating. "Since I've gotten older I've experi enced more things. I'll be thankful if I live to see Christmas." . 'M LEON KING MARY F. RODWELL THEO WILLIAMS TOMMY PEOPLES BERTHA FORTE EVERETT HARRIS JOHNNIE SHEARIN
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