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TentonMen.Libr»ry X ®lje Jflarroi Betflrii Warrenton, County Of Warren, North Carolina Thursday, January 31, 1980 Number 5 Volume 83 10' ^er ^°py — Mental Health Board Post Is Given Harris Bv TALMADGE EDWARDS. JR. A new chairman has been elected by the Board of the Mental Health Program of Vance, Warren, Granville and Franklin counties. Walter J. "Jack" Harris of Warrenton was elected chairman of the Mental Health Board Monday at a meeting held at the Vance County Mental Health Clinic in Henderson Harris suc ceeds Robert H. "Bob" Hobgood, who resigned from the board following his appointment as a superior court judge by Governor James B Hunt, Jr. Harris will preside over the 15-member board which is responsible for planning and monitoring mental health, mental retardation, and alcohol and other drug abuse services in the four-county area. Mental health clinics currently operated by the Area Program are located on East River Road in Louis burg, across from Louis burg Elementary School; on Ruin Creek Road in Hender son, adjacent to Maria Par ham Hospital; on Norlina Road in Warrenton, behind Warren General Hospital; and on College Street Exten sion in Oxford, behind Gran ville Hospital. Harris is manager of Warrenton Savings and Loan Association. He also operates a private insur ance agency, and currently serves as Chairman of the Warren County Board of County Commissioners. Jean Averett, a registered nurse who recently reared after 30 years of service with the Granville County Health Department, is vice chairman of the Area Mental Health Board. Other members of the board are J. L. Roberson, Linwood T. Peoples and Dr. j. P. Green of Vance County ; Howard Oakley and George E. Fleming from Warren; Ruby Griffin, Rev. Michael Brooks and B. T. Rowe, Jr., of Franklin; and Henry Currin, Rodney S. Rose and Dr. Charles D. Rollins representing Gran ville. CARROLL Banker To Speak At Chamber Meet Bradley Carroll, presi dent-elect of the Warren County Chamber of Com merce, will be the featured speaker tonight (Thursday) when the chamber holds it's annual banquet at The Carriage House in Warren ton. Carroll, an officer of First Citizens Bank and Trust Company, is slated to address the membership at the conclusion of the 7:30 p. m. dinner. The yearly gathering of chamber members will begin at 7 p. m. with a fellowship period. Cost of the dinner will be $3.25 each. Officials of the Gospel Itaptist Church of N'orlina Sunday are shown breaking ground for a new church addition. The addition, tn lie build at the rear of the existing < luin-h huihlinu. will house ;i fellowship hall and SuiHla\ school rooms. (Staff Photo) Term Of Court Is Underway The mixed term of Warren County Superior Court, which convened here on Monday morning with Judge Robert L. Farmer of Raleigh presiding, is expect ed to adjourn this afternoon (Thursday). As The Warren Record went to press Wednesday morning a jury was hearing evidence in a case in which Crace Clayton, a former employee of A& P Store, is charged with embezzlement of $5.00. The court was busy Monday mostly with hear ing pleas in a number of cases, the verdicts of which will be published in this newspaper as soon as they are processed by the court. Tuesday morning the court began hearing its first jury case in which Leonard Reade Powell was charged with a second offense of driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor. Around noon the jury brought in a verdict of guilty of driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of more than 1.2 percent of intoxicating liquor. He was sentenced to six months in jaiT, which was suspended for one year upon payment of court cost, a $200 fine and surrender of his driver's license. As the result of a plea bargain, Alton Allen Bur well, charged with a third offense of driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor, pled guilty to driving 67 miles per hour in a 55 mile-per-hour zone. He was sentenced to six months in jail, which was suspended for a year provided the defendant pays a $300 fine, court costs, and surrenders his driver's license. In another case of plea bargaining, Charles A. Writtenberry, charged with driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor and with transporting intoxicat ing liquor in a bottle with seal broken, pled guilty. He was sentenced to 90 days in jail, which sentence was suspended for one year provided the defendant pay a $75 fine, court costs, and surrenders his driver's license. Following the disposition of these two cases, the case of Grace Clayton was called and a jury was impanelled. In this case evidence is being submitted to show that an undercover agent, employed by the store, had purchased a planter for which she paid with a marked $5.00 bill, which allegedly was later found in the possession of Mrs. Clayton when she was questioned at length in the stock room of the store. The prosecution also introduced in evidence a written con fession signed by Mrs. Clayton in which she admitted that she had taken the money. The defense claimed that the aliened ronfession was obtained under duress and parts of it were dictated by the undercover agent. It was also alleged that during the session that Mrs. Clayton had named a number of employees who were guilty of embezzling the store's money and that these employees had been dis missed by the court. The jury was dismissed at 4:30 p. m. and told to report at 9 o'clock on Wednesday morning. Court remained in session until 5 p. m. as questions of permissive evidence were presented to Judge Farmer. I Louisburg College Fund Drive Is Launched 1 By TALMADGE EDWARDS, JR. Louisburg College will enter into its third century of educational service to the community in the year 1967, and the administration, faculty, students, trustees and alumni recognize that innovative programs and modem facilities will be vital to survival, relevance and growth. Around 400 alumni, faculty and friends of the college were present at the annual Patrons' Banquet held at the Jordan Student Center on Friday to hear E. Hoover Taft, Jr., chairman of the Board of Trustees, officially announce the Third Century Campaign, a capital fund drive to raise M-2 million over the next three years. Of this $4.2 million $1.8 million is earmarked for a new classroom building; $1.1 million for endowments; $550,000 for a sustaining fund, and $750,000 to finance approximately one-half the cost for an auditorium theatre-chapel complex. Funds to complete the new auditorium and other facilities will be sought following the current campaign. A new classroom building has been a pressing need at Louisburg College, and is the first priority of the Third Century Campaign. Current plans call for the envisioned L-shaped structure to be constructed directly behind the Cecil W. Bobbins Library. The proposed new auditorium would be constructed on the site of the existing classroom-* udi tori um building (formerly Mills High School) which was purchased from the Franklin County School System in (Continued on page 5) Former State Trooper Vaughan Is Named Town Administrator Vernon R. (Pete) Vaugh an. Jr., 51. retired Highway Patrolman, was employed by the Warrenton Town Commissioners at a called meeting on Monday as Town Administrator. His salary will be $12,000 a year during the training period until the end of the fiscal year when it will be adjusted Vaughan will fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of Bernard Thompson in September, 1979. Commissioner Richard Hunter has served as chairman of a search com mittee for the past several months. Other members of this committee were Gordon Haithcock and Eddie Clay ton When Mayor Beverly White called for a report from the committee, Chair man Hunter told him that while the committee had interviewed four applicants it was not ready to make a recommendation. Instead he asked for an executive session when the full board could take part in the decision. All the commis sioners were present except A. C. Fair, who was out of town During the short execu tive session Vaughn was chosen Town Administrator. Others considered by the board wore Barry Richard son, Charles Cooper and Dennis Johnson. Vaughan retired from the State Highway Patrol on January 31 for medical reasons and will begin his new duties with the town on Monday, Feb. 4. He had served with the Highway Patrol for 25 years and had been stationed at Warrenton for all that time. When interviewed by a representative of The War ren Record on Tuesday morning, Vaughan said that blood clots had formed in his legs and one of these clots had broken loose and settled in his lungs. He said that he was advised by his doctor to 3 New Classes To Begin Here Three new classes spon sored by the Warren County Community Schools Pro gram and Vance-Granville Community College will begin in Warren County early next month. Announcement of the class schedule was made yesterday by Nancy Harper, community schools coordi nator. She said persons may register and pay fees at the first class. Senior citizens 65 years and older do not pay the fee, she said. Among the classes to be offered are the following: Exercise Classes at Haw kins Junior High School Gymnasium, Mondays, 7:30-8:30 p. m., beginning February 4. (no fee) Macrame Class at John Graham High School, Tues days, 7-10 p. m„ beginning February 5-March 18, $5 registration fee required. GED-ABE Class at North Warren School, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6-9 p. m., beginning February &, for adults who want to complete requirements for high school graduation or who need help with reading and writing. $5 registration fee for GED VAUGHAN change his occupation as being constantly cramped into an automobile was dangerous for him. "I hated to leave the Highway Patrol as I enjoyed my work," Pete said. "If I had been shorter, it may have been different, but cars are getting smaller and I am 6 feet 2 inches tall rhe son of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Russell Vaughan, Pete was born in Jackson 51 years ago and graduated from Jac^"011 IliKh School in 1948. At high school he was captain of both the baseball and basketball teams for four yean. At that time the school had >jo football team. In baseball he was profici ent enough fc) obtain an offer to play orofessional ball with the St. Louis Cardinals, and in basketball to obtain a scholarship from William and Mary. He turn ed both down, and Tuesday he bemoaned the fact as lost opportunities. Shortly after graduating from high school Pete worked in insurance before entering the Army in 1952. He served two years with the 82nd Airborne Division and in 1954 he was accepted as a member of the North Carolina Highway Patrol. Upon completing his train ing he was assigned to Warrenton. He said he had several opportunities to be transferred to other towns, but he and his wife by that time loved Warrenton so much that he had never wanted to leave. As a highway patrolman, Pete said that he had started out with a desire to treat every arrested person as he would want to be treated. It seems to have worked out pretty well, for during his 25 years with the Patrol he said he only had to use his handcuffs twice and never used his blackjack. He is a member of the Warrenton Baptist Church where he is a deacon, and a member of Johnston-Cas well Masonic Lodge. He is married to the former Marie Vann of Jackson. They are the parents of three children, Mrs. Annette Vau£bAQ Bur rows, who is employed at the office of the Warren Codnty Clerk of Superior Court; Gary, a sophomore at Louisburg College; and Richard Terry, a sophomore at John Graham High School. They also have one grandchild, Chad Burrows. Projects lh Warren Slated For $13,000 More than $838,000 has been awarded for historic preservation activities in 98 grants in 47 North Carolina counties, including Warren, according to an announce ment made yesterday by Secretary Sara W. Hodgkins of the Department of Cultural Resources. The grants range from $1,600 in Haywood County to a high total of $82,500 in Rowan, but most range between $5,000 and $15,000, Secretary Hodgkins said. North Carolina, receiving more than $1.6 million in total federal funds for historic preservation, ranks second only to California in amount. Two Warren County pro jects received funding. They are Shady Oaks, $10,000 and Oak Hill AME Chapel, $3,000. "We are pleased to be able to offer this assistance and encouragement," the secre tary said, "Since the matching monies demon strate that more and more preservation programs are being undertaken by both public and private groups. "It is especially gratify ing," she added, "to note that many are incorporating techniques for conserving energy and archaeological resources, and many are preserving our national historic landmarks and en dangered properties." Each year, the state division of Archives and History solicits project applications for these grants which must met* national and state objectives and which demonstrate a com mitment to quality preser vation standards. Decision® are based on staff recom mendations and review by a citizens advisory grants committee. Final selection is made by the N. C. Historical Commission. Pistol Firing Leads To Jail For Local Man A man living in Warren County near Hollister fired three times with a pistol into a dwelling house and is being held in Warren County jail under $1200 bond charged with firing into a dwelling house and with carrying a pistol without a permit. According to Deputy Sher iff Doroey Capps, who with Deputy Harold Seaman investigated the incident, Frederick "Buck" Alston, 39, accompanied by Alvin Lynch, about 26, went to the home of Jesse James Rudd, 39, on Rt. 1, Hollister, about 9 o'clock Monday night, and when Rudd answered a knock on the door, Alston fired Ms pistol three timss into the house. Rudd was not hurt. Deputy Capps said he
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