-J
* *
^7539
. „ J3.-;jra>ry x
-> • X -4 «. y * •
1 • I ) W 1
' - 3 *t Jil
®l|E iarmn IRecorfc
Volume 83 15° Per Copy Warrenton, County Of Warren, North Carolina Thursday, February 28, 1980 Number 9
Variety Of Cases
Tried Here Friday
Judge Charles W. Wilkinson,
Jr., presided over a
session of Warren County
District Court held here on
Friday Among the cases
disposed of were the following:
Ronald Avery Roberson.
speeding 69 in 55 mph zone,
called and failed, bond order
forfeited, arrest order issued
and bond set at $1,000.
Corinne Cooper Hocker,
speeding 67 in 55 mph zone,
called and failed, voluntary
dismissal with leave.
Dorothy Bullock, worthless
check, called and failed,
arrest order issued and bond
set at $200.
Johnnie Lee Chapman,
speeding 68 in 55 mph zone,
called and failed, voluntary
dismissal with leave.
Edward Robert Gifoli,
speeding 70 »• mph zone,
called and d, voluntary
dismissal with leave.
James E. Cartledge,
speeding 67 in 55 mph zone,
called and failed, voluntary
dismissal with leave.
Sandra L. W. Smith,
speeding 67 in 55 mph zone,
called and failed, voluntary
dismissal with leave.
Leonard Traficanti,
speeding 67 in 55 mph zone,
called and failed, voluntary
dismissal with leave.
Rosa J. Alston, nonsupport,
called and failed,
arrest order issued and bond
set at $200.
Frank Jiggetts, trespass
without a license, called and
failed, arrest order issued
and bond set at $300.
Samuel Fields, operating
motor vehicle without financial
responsibility, inspection
violation, called
and failed, judgment abso
lute on bond, voluntary
dismissal with leave.
Joel Dennis Cutshaw,
speeding 65 in 55 mph zone,
called and failed, continued.
Kenneth David Berry,
speeding 70 in 55 mph zone,
called and failed.
Charles Onetha Montague.
inspection violation,
called and failed
Christopher Deo McKaig,
speeding 75 in 55 mph zone,
entered plea of guilty of
speeding 70 in 55 mph zone,
fined $25 and costs. A
voluntary dismissal was
taken on a charge of no
driver's license.
Edward Earl Phillips,
driving under the influence
of intoxicating liquor, fined
$100 and costs.
Claude Herman Alstog,
Jr., second offense of
driving under the influence
of intoxicants, entered plea
of guilty of driving with .10
blood alcohol by weight, six
months in jail, suspended
for one year on condition he
surrender his operator's
license and not operate a
motor vehicle on the
highways of North Carolina
until allowed to do so by the
Department of Motor Vehicles
and pay a fine of $100
and costs.
Jerri Lyn Moore, speeding
70 in 55 mph zone, called and
failed, arrest order issued
and bond set at $200.
Silas Terry, Jr., reckless
dri /ing and failure to report
accident, six-month sentence
suspended for one
year on condition he pay a
fine of $50 and court costs,
and attend and complete the
alcoholic safedriving course
and pay the $100 tuition for
(continued on page 10)
Eddy demons, manpower director of Franklin-Vance-Warrcii Opportunities, Inc.
(left) and A. Wayne Daves, executive director of the North Carolina CETA programs,
execute a $38,080 contract on Tuesday.
F-V-W Opportunity Signs
$38,000 Training Contract
RALEIGH - A $38,080
contract with FranklinVance-Warren
Opportunity,
Inc., Henderson, providing
employment and training
opportunities to six economically
disadvantaged
persons has been signed
Tuesday by the Division of
Community Employment
under the Comprehensive
Employment and Training
Act (CETA).
The division, an agency of
the N. C. Department of
Natural Resources and
Community Development,
signed with the agency in
the Ground Floor Hearing
room of the department in
the Archdale Building, Raleigh.
The contract was signed
under CETA's Title VI
which required participants
to be unemployed for 10 of 12
weeks prior to applying,
have a family income not
exceeding 100 percent of the
lower living standard income
set by the U. S,
Department of Labor, and
be a member of a family
receiving public assistance
for 10 of 12 weeks prior to
applying.
In addition to employment
and training opportunities,
the participants are receiving
counseling, job placement
training, intake and
recruitment, and are being
given emphasis on obtaining
unsubsidized employment.
The participants have been
given jobs weatherizing
homes of low income
families in the three
counties of Franklin. Vance
and Warren
The contract runs through
September 30. 1980.
The division administers
CETA funds in 91 counties.
It is responsible for statewide
planning and policy
development of employment
and training programs. The
division administered $104.612.351
in CETA funds for
programs in which 77.975
participants were enrolled
during the fiscal year
ending September 30. 1979.
Eugene Odom (right) accepts a $100 savings deposit from Steve Mrdliii, vice
president of Branch Banking and Trust Company here. Odom was presented the award
following a drawing held in conjunction with the bank's Sunday afternoon open house.
(Staff Photo)
Odom Wins Top Prize Money
As Bank Holds Open House
Eugene Odom, Jr., operator
of Odom Motor Service
of Warrenton, was first
place winner of a $100
savings account, in a
drawing held in an open
house held here on Sunday
afternoon from two to five
o'clock in observance of the
formal opening of an addition
to Branch Bank and
Trust Company. Around 700
persons were present for the
event.
The second prize, a $75.00
savings account. was
awarded to Mrs. Beaufort B
Odom of Areola.
■ The third prize, a $50
savings account, was won
by Mrs. Clara Brantley of
Norlina.
Ex-POW To Speak
< i
America's highest ranking
prisoner of war during
the Viet Nam War will be
here' Sunday to speak at the
Warrenton Baptist Church.
Brigadier General Norman
C Gaddis of Bermuda
Run in Forsyth County will
give a talk in the sanctuary
of the church at 10 a. m. the
talk will be followed by a
question and answer session.
At 11 a. m. he will lead
the morning worship service.
The public is invited
The Rev. William Crouch,
pastor, said that General
Gaddis, now retired, spends
much of his time travelling
to different churches to
relate his experience during
his six years of captivity.
The general and Mr. Crouch
attended the same church a
number of years ago
General Gaddis compiled
more than 4.300 flying hours
as a command pilot and
received numerous decorations.
among them the
Purple Heart, Silver Star
and Distinguished Flying
Cross.
Mobile Home Is
Lost In Blaze
A mobile home, the
property of Jewell Perry on
Rt. 3, Warrenton
(Perrytown), and its
contents were completely
destroyed by a fire of
undetermined origin around
4:35 p. in. Tuesday.
Dispatched to the scene
from Warrenton were two
pumpers and 20 firemen.
Afton-Klberon company
sent a pumper and three
firemen.
Capt. Walter Gardner of
the Warrenton Rural
Company said that when the
firemen arrived at the scene
flames were coming out the
bottom of the mobile home
and the entire home was
filled with smoke and
flames. He said the firemen,
inspite of a stiff wind, were
able to confine the flames to
the trailer, which was
completely gutted.
The firemen, who
remained on the scene until
around 7 p. in. were able to
save the nearby home of
Virginia Perry.
Captain Gardner said the
value of the mobile home
and its contents is estimated
at approximately $14,000.
Thf fourth prize, a $25.00
savings account, was presented
to Robert Riggan of
Lake Gaston
In addition to the four
prizes awarded in the
drawing, adults were presented
pencils and garden
trowels and balloons were
presented to the children.
Members of the bank staff
served as hostesses, registered
the guests and bade
the guests goodbye.
Serving punch and light
refreshments were the
wives ol local directors of
the bank, Mrs. Julius
Banzet. Ill, Mrs. Howard
Daniel, Mrs. Claude T.
Bowers, Mrs. Elmer W.
Harris, Mrs. Graham P.
Grissom, Mrs. John Kilian,
Mrs. Ronald Stainback and
Mrs. Steve Medlin.
Representing the headquarter
offices in Wilson
were Ms. Vidette Bass, vice
president in charge of public
relations, who during the
afternoon took pictures ol
persons and events, to be
used in "Branch Notes,
official bulletin of Branch
Bank and Trust Co.; Albert
S. Wylie, senior executive
vice president and comptroller,
and Mrs. Wylie;
Gloyden Stewart, Jr.. executive
vice president and Mrs.
Stewart; Sam Douglas,
executive vice president;
Floyd Harrell, senior vice
president and Mrs. Harrell.
and Roy Long, senior vice
president and trust officer.
Snow Cuts Attendance
At Program On Crime
What had been advertised
as a Citizens Conference on
Crime Prevention at the
Warren County court room
at 9 a m . Tuesday morning
and sponsored by the North
Carolina Department of
Crime Control and Public
Safety, was held in the office
of Sheriff Clarence Davis on
account of the snow and ice
of early Tuesday morning
Present at the meeting
were Sheriff Davis, a
member of the press, local
police department officials
and a representative of the
Crime Prevention Division
of the North Carolina
Department of Crime Con-,
trol Also present was
Charles M. White. Jr.
former Superior Court
Solicitor
The conference was designed
to encourage citizen
support for local law enforcement
efforts in crime
prevention and for the
formation of a Warren
County Crime Prevention
Committee. Due to the small
attendance no effort was
made to form the committees.
instead L. D. Hyde,
Director of the Crime
Division, and expected to be
the keynote speaker at the
conference, discussed with
those present the responsibility
of the citizens in crime
prevention, and also explained
a special prevention
awareness program for
young people in the county.
This / program had been
announced earlier in the
month by Crime Control and
Public Safety Secretary
Hurley B. Mitchell, and is
known as "Crime Biter
Program " It was designed
to have young people 15
years and younger enter a
photograph of their dog
along with a list of reasons
why their dog should be
chosen the winner.
Hyde said the real
purpose of the program is to
get everyone, even the very
young, interested in crime
prevention.
Hyde pointed out the
growing increase in crime of
breaking, entering and
larceny, and said that this
could only be reduced by
greater participation of
all citizens. The day when
citizens could safely leave
their doors unlocked and
their possessions unmarked
has passed, Hyde said.
adding that citizens should
not only be sure their doors
are locked, hut that their
locks are adequate.
Identifying possessions
with a special engraved
marking, with a small note
stating that possessions in
this house are marked, has
proven very beneficial in
reducing the number of
break-ins wherever tried,
Hyde said that those
interested in having their
possessions marked should
contact Sheriff Clarence
Davis for information on
having this done. Proper
marking of possessions,
Hyde said, not only leads to
recovery of stolen articles,
but in some cases could lead
to a reduction in insurance
cost.
There is no point in
marking silver items, the
speaker said, because this is
usually melted down, but it
should not be unduly
displayed, and when not
frequently used should be
kept in a safety deposit box,
or hidden in the home. It
should not, he added, be
displayed where it can be
seen from outside the home.
Watch committees may
serve a useful purpose in
reporting suspicious action
to the police, provided no
effort is made by the
committee members to
serve as vigilantes or try to
make arrests.
Hyde told those present
that only 5 percent of breaking,
entering and larceny
crimes are committed by
professionals, and the other
95 percent is committed by
amateurs. A vigilant citizenship
can certainly reduce
these, he concluded
Fire Call Draws
Strong Response
The Norlina Volunteer
Fire Department responded
with three pumpers, one
tanker and 16 men to
Norlina Mills, Inc., on U. S. 1
south of Norlina on Tuesday
at 6:15 p. m.
When firemen arrived at
the plant they found that a
fire had erupted within the
smog hog filter system on
the outside of the plant. The
fire is believed to have been
caused by an accumulation
of oil within the system
No estimate of damage
was available, firemen
reported Wednesday.
■ _ _ A
CROWNED — Winners of the Master and Miss Headstart
titles here were Fenton Davis, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Calvin Davis and Tara Chins, granddaughter of Mrs.
Maggie Carrington. Runners-up were Claudette Jones,
Terrane Wiggins, Kelvin Perry and Jennifer Hendricks.
The erowning was done by Mrs. Julian Crews,
chairperson, with Mrs. Christine Hazelwood, local center
supervisor, assisting. ' (Staff Photo)
SKIT PARTICIPANTS - These members of the fecal
Heads tart program t«»ok part in three skits held Friday in
conjunction with the crowning of Master and Miss
headstart. "I'm a Uttle Engine," "The Three Bears,"
and "Utile Miss Muffet" were pretested for l
guests. Later during the ceremony marking
conclusion of a fund raising drive refreshments i
served students, staff, parents and guest*. (Staff Phota)
a