Fixing the Christmas tree with trimmings, a youth at
the Child Development Center gets a lift from one of the
staff members. The children celebrated the holiday with
a Christmas party Friday. (Staff Photo)
Stamp Costs
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low-income families will be
increased Jan. 1 to keep
pace with rising food costs.
Monthly net income eligi
t»ilit> standards also will
"isv tor most households on
.Ian because, under
urrent regulations, income
nuts in most cases are tied
to the size of food stamp
allotments.
I rider the regulations,
income eligibility limits rise
when tood stamp allotments
are increased
Food stamp supervisor
Kinton said the net income
limits would be the same in
one-and two-person house'
holds but would begin to
increase in three-person
Tiouseholds with a maxi
mum monthly net income of
$460 set. reflecting an
increase of $13.
Net income limits, on a
per person basis, rise
proportionately thereafter.
Kinton said the allotments
and income limits normally
rise each year in the winter
to help offset increased
unemployment and poverty.
About 16 per cent of the U.
S. cotton goes into produc
tion of denim cloth.
Thieves Take Fill
A thief or thieves enjoyed
a hearty meal of hamburger
and milk following a break
in at Northside Elementary
School last week.
Deputies Danny Bartholo
mew and Bobby D Bolton of
the Warren County Sheriff's
Department said this week
entry into the kitchen area
of the school was made
through an air vent.
The kitchen area was
ransacked by the intruder
and about 30 pounds of beef
and 21 cartons of milk were
reported stolen.
The investigation reveal
ed fingerprints in the
kitchen area and the
deputies are continuing the
investigation.
In other work, sheriff
Grant
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$7,500 to Granville.
In other business discus
sed at the regular monthly
board meeting, members
elected to begin awarding
retirement certificates to
employees of the school
system who retire after
tenure.
The decision was made
:iftfr aci-epting t|iP resigna
tion of Mabry Copley, a
school mechanic in charge
of delivering gas for 33
years.
Copley retired Dec. 31.
The board also agreed to
have all insurance agents in
Warren County attend the
next session to discuss the
school system's fire insur
ance coverage.
In a follow-up to last
month's auditor's report,
the board was informed that
five of the auditor's recom
mendations were being
acted upon.
The auditor earlier advis
ed the school system to:
Follow a statewide
practice of appointing a
payroll disburser in each
school.
Employ legal counsel.
-Maintain a stricter
policy recording the receipt
-A CORRECTION—
In last week's The Warren
Record, an article regard
ing a conflict between
church and school sponsor
ed programs was mislead
ing. The article stated that
Richard Bender represent
ed several churches. Ben
der. in fact, did not
represent any church but
appeared before the board
to voice his concern and the
concern felt by other
parents who may have faced
similar problems in their
churches.
Gail Borden produced
evaporated milk about 1851
but commercial production
did not start until five years
later.
deputies Saturday night re
sponded to a call by Mrs.
Irene Fields on Rt. 2,
Norlina (the Afton commun
ity) that a man was shooting
at her house.
The heeding deputies
found about ten rifle holes in
the house where window
panes had been broken. One
shot was fired in the house.
A warrant has been issued
for James Richardson of
Warrenton, in relation to the
shooting.
No one was injured
although the Fields and
their children were in the
house at the time.
The deputies speculated a
quarrel prompted the shoot
ing spree.
of supplies and distribution
to schools
-Secure independent in
surance agent to report on
the adequacies or inade
quacies of existing fire
insurance coverage.
-Maintain property re
cords or permanent records
of school inventories.
The board approved the
audit report
Church Services
On Christmas Eve, at
11 p. m. there will be a
Choral Communion Ser
vice at Emmanuel
Church, Warrenton.
On Christmas Day
there will be services of
Holy Communion at All
Saints Church at 10 a.
m. and at Emmanuel
Church at 11 a. m.
At St. Alban's Episco
pal Church, Littleton,
there will be a Holy
Communion service on
Christmas Day at 9 a.
m.
ECU Ottering
Graduate Class
In Henderson
HENDERSON-A 15
week college credit course,
ELEM 5316, Applied Phon
ics, will be offered in
Henderson beginning Wed
nesday, Feb. 8, 1978, by the
Division of Continuing Edu
cation of East Carolina Uni
versity.
It will be taught in three
hour sessions at Rollins
Elementary School Annex
each Wednesday evening
through May 17, 1978. Each
session will meet from 6 to 9
p. m.
Mrs. Kathlene Zanardelli
will be the instructor for the
course.
Pre-registration for the
course is not required.
Registration will occur
during the first class
session.
ELEM 5316 carries three
semester hours of college
credit which may be used
toward teacher certificate
renewal or for degree credit
if the course fits into the
student's degree program.
For further information
you may contact the
Division of Continuing Edu
cation, East Carolina Uni
versity, Greenville 27834, or
telephone: Greenville 757
6109
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RICHARD K. WOLTER
Funeral services for Rich
ard Kenneth Wolter were
held Sunday afternoon at
2:30 p. m. at the Memorial
Baptist Church in Middle
bury, Vt.
Mr. Wolter died suddenly
at his home in Weybridge on
Wednesday evening, Dec.
14. He was born in
Bridgeport, Conn., Sept. 3,
1936.
He is survived by his wife,
the former Elsie Nau of
Warrenton, now of Wey
bridge; his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Ray Wolter, Jr., of
Middlebury; and one bro
ther, the Rev. Robert Wolter
of New Milford, Conn.
Memorial contributions
may be made to the Addison
County Sheriff's Depart
ment, in care of Paul
Munson, Middlebury, Vt.
MARIAM SHEARIN
Funeral services for Mrs.
Mariam Alston Shearin, 71,
who died Sunday, were con
ducted at 2 p. m. Tuesday
from Harris Chapel Baptist
Church. Burial was in the
church cemetery.
Mrs. Shearin is survived
by her widower, Ezra S.
Shearin; five daughters,
Mrs. Mariam Hooker of
McAllen, Tex., Mrs. Wilma
Whitehead of Waynesboro,
Va., Miss Carmen Shearin
of Los Angeles, Calif., Miss
Vicki Shearin of Clifton
Park, N. Y.. and Mrs. Betsy
Crawley of Atlanta, Ga.;
three sisters, Mrs. Henry
Wollett of Hollister, Mrs.
John Pierce of Newport
News, Va., and Mrs.
Camilla Moore of Hollister;
nine grandchildren and two
great-grandchildren.
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Former Town Manager
Gets Soul City Post
Former Warrenton town
manager William S. Davis,
Jr., has been employed as
consultant for the Soul City
Company, it was announced
this week by company
president Floyd B. McKis
sick, Sr.
Davis will work under the
supervision of Lewis H.
Myers, assistant vice presi
dent for corporate and
institutional development.
His employment was effec
tive Monday.
In making the announce
ment, McKissick said that
"the town's (Warrenton's)
loss is our gain. Bill Davis is
the kind of person it takes to
build a community. He is
dedicated, hard working,
forthright and farsighted.
He brings certain skills
which the company can
use."
As a native of Warren
County and as one who has
had previous involvement
with Soul City through the
development of the regional
water and sewer system,
Davis will be "an asset" to
Soul City. McKissick said.
In working with Myers,
Davis will work initially
with the Soul City Sanitary
District, the community's
unit of government. He will
also assist with the financ
ing arrangements and pro
posal for the sewage
treatment plant, in the
review and restructuring of
utility plans and in the
development of operational
plans for a voluntary fire
department.
Further assignments in
volve planning in the areas
of historic presentation
program, public safety pro
gram and in grant prepara
tions.
Davis said he is "extreme
ly happy" to be working
with Soul City, (eels his
skills and contacts gained
while working for Warren
ton can be used to aid in the
area's development.
"Much progress has al
ready been made and I shall
now have the opportunity to
assist in seeing that the
programs do not fall short of
their intended goals," Davis
said.
The company division in
which Davis will be working
is responsible for developing
Soul City through working
with local, state and federal
governmental agencies.
Thornton House
Register Lists
The Mansfield Thornton
House in Warrenton has
been entered in the National
Register of Historic Places,
it was learned Tuesday from
Rep. L. H. Fountain in
Washington, D. C.
The post-Civil War home
located on the Baltimore
Road near the county
landfill, was once the home
of Mansfield Thornton, a
prominent black resident in
Warren County.
Its entry into the National
Register was listed by the
National Park Service of the
Department of the Interior.
The influenza epidemic of
1918 killed 10 million more
people than were killed in
World War I. Half a million
were U. S. victims.