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Wutrm itorfc Volume 83 15* Per Copy . Warrenton, County Of Warren, North Carolina Thursday, April 10, 1980 Number 15 Two Feared Drowned Search Efforts Continue At Lake ROANOKE RAPIDS Search efforts for two men feared to have drowned Friday in the choppy waters at Lake Gaston Dam while on an Easter holiday outing were continued this week. Kenneth Harris, 48, of 615 Cleveland St. here and his nephew. G. C. Robinson, Jr., 33, of Richmond, Va., were presumed drowned after they failed to return from a fishing trip Friday afternoon. As high winds whipped the water near the Wildlife Landing at the Thelma dam site Saturday rescue squadsmen from the Roanoke Valley and Warren County units were forced to curtail the search, hoping for calmer water. According to family members assembled at lakeside, the two had begun their fishing expedition between 4 and 6 p. m. Friday and when they did not return at the expected time, Robinson's father, G. C. Robinson, Sr., of Macon went to the landing. The father found the truck in the parking area but the fishermen "never came in." The Roanoke Valley Rescue Squad was summoned shortly after midnight. The wooden Carolina fishing boat was found about 3:45 a. m. Saturday near the dam structure. It had capsized and the motor was still in gear, according to those at the scene. No life preservers or fishing equipment was found. Safe Is Wrecked By Intruders Here One safe was totally wrecked and another badly damaged in twin break-ins here on Saturday night. Smith-Douglass Fertilizer plant in North Warrenton was broken into by thieves on Saturday night who forced a door on the north side of the building and walked down the building to the office where they drilled holes in the safe and removed cash and checks therein. The safe'was totally wrecked in the process. The theft was discovered about 12:30 p. m. Sunday by Thomas Gaskill, an employee of the company. He said yesterday that he was unable at this time to report the amount of funds taken. The theft was investigated by Deputy Sheriff Lloyd Newsom, SBI Agent Jim Walker and Sheriff Clarence Davis. The investigation is continuing. The efforts of the two thieves who entered Bowers (Continued on page 6) WILLIAM BOYCE Services Are Held For William Boyce Funeral services for William Boyce, 84, retired president of Boyd-Boyce Motor Company, who died at Warren General Hospital on Saturday were conducted at 3 p. m. Monday from Emmanuel Episcopal Church by the rector, the Rev. Phillip Craig. Burial iras in Fainriew Cemetery. The son of Elizabeth Ballard Spruill and James Barrow Boyce, Mr. Boyce was born in Northampton County. He came to Warrenton in 1919. In 1921 he married the former EsteUe Mitchell of Littleton He was t member of Emmanuel Episcopal Church, a Mason, a former town commissioner, and a charter member of the Warrenton Lions Club. He established a local reputation as a gardener, and friends will remember him for the beautiful flowers he grew and shared. Mr. Boyce is survived by his wife, Mrs. Estelle Mitchell Boyce; a daughter, Mrs. Fred Cheek of Kinston; and two grandchildren, William Boyce Cheek and Mary Bryan Cheek. Active pallbearers were Danford Cutehins, Wilton Browning, Dr. Dave Tayloe, in. Tom Arlington, Jr., Spencer Scott, and Richard Hunter. CYNTHIA KING Warren 4-H'er Is Recipient Of State Award Cynthia King, 15, of the Wise-Paschall 4-H Club, has been judged state winner in "Exploring the World of Plants and Soils" projects. Cynthia, a 4-H member for six years, lives on a tobacco farm in the Zion Community and is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. King, Jr. The statewide honor won by Cynthia is one of 45 state winner announcements recently made by the State 4-H Office. Cynthia will receive an all-expense-paid week-long trip to National 4-H Congress held in November in Chicago, 111. Donor and sponsor of Cynthia's award is the North Carolina 4-H Development Fund, Inc. Cynthia's 4-H accomplishments include major projects and activities in flower arrangements, type soils for different plants, soil preparations, the steps of propagation, different characteristics of plants, building terrariums and growing house plants. Previous honors and recognitions won by Cynthia include being District Demonstration Winner in "Exploring the World of Plants and Soils" in 1977 and 1978. Also, she was District Cumulative Record project winner for three consecutive years: 1978, 1979 and 1980. In 1979, she also received State and National Recognition in the National 4-H Poster Art Program with her winning poster being displayed at the 57th National 4-H Congress in Chicago. Cynthia's 4-H leadership experiences include planning of field trips, nature trails, giving talks on different aspects of plants and (Continued on page 6) Mrs. King Named State Chairman RALEIGH - Mamie King of Rt. 1, Warrenton, has been elected chairman of the statewide women s organization of the North Carolina Association of Electric Cooperatives. Mrs. King, a member of the Women's Committee at Halifax Electric Membership Corporation, Enfield, was elected during the recent 1980 annual meeting of n C. AEC. She had served for the past two years as statewide vice chairman. The statewide women's organization is made of representatives of the women's committees at local EMCs across the state. The local women's groups serve as a liaison between the EMCs and the consumermembers in the areas of education and public relations The statewide organization also sponsors an annual fall workshop for women and supports a scholarship fund for rural electric youth Fayetteville Firm Has Low Equipment Bid A contract (or kitchen equipment for Warren County's new consolidated high school will be awarded to a Fayetteville firm. That was agreed here Tuesday in a special session of the Warren County Board of Education. The board voted to award the contract to Thompson and Little of Fayetteville in the amount of $64,991. The amount of the awarded contract is to be based on a base bid of $101,245 less $36,254 for unit price items. It was the feeling of the board that the deleted unit price items could be either purchased with food service equipment funds or moved from existing cafeterias when schools are reorganized in the fall of 1981. Other bidders for food service equipment were Food Equipment Contract Company of Raleigh with a bid of $114,000 and Restaurant Equipment Mfg. Co., Inc. of Douglasville, Ga., with a bid of $126,263. Shaw Is Named Ta Unexpired Term On Board W. R. Shaw has been named to the Macon Town Board to replace Mrs. Marie G. Wilson, who resigned following her appointment as postmistress at the Wise Post Office. Mrs. Wilson had served on the board since 1977. The naming of Shaw to fill her unexpired term came last week during a regular meeting of the town board. Mayor W. L. Reid presided. Board members were told that the Beautification Committee is making plans to continue the mini park project right away. So far, members learned, a rail fence has been constructed and shrubs have been planted along the railroad. After a lengthy discussion on new town ordinances being drawn up, the meeting was adjourned. MULCH! Warren Native Receives Honor For Work In 4-H Dr. Charles Lee Mulchi, a former Warren County resident, has been selected as one of the state's two outstanding 4-H alumni for 1980. The announcement was made by Dr. Donald Stormer, state 4-H leader at North Carolina State University. The other winner is Sen. Ralph Scott of Haw River. Stormer said the selections were based on community leadership, public service, service to the 4-H program, and evidence of success in their professions. Dr. Mulchi, who now lives in New Carrollton, Md., is an associate professor of agronomy at the University of Maryland. He was on the N. C. State University faculty as research assistant from 1964-66 and as an instructor in soil-plant relations and biochemistry from 1966-70. Dr. Mulchi has continued his interest in and support of 4-H v.\,rk by speaking to rural groups, giving tours of the University of Maryland campus to youth groups, and serving on the Maryland State Fair Exhibits Committee. As a former Warren County 4-H member for 12 years, Dr. Mulchi completed projects in tobacco, corn, swine, poultry, tractor, soil and water conservation, and health. • He received a plaque from the N. C. State University Collegiate 4-H Club. Dr. Mulchi is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Mulchi of Rt. 1, Norlina. Agencies Join Forces To Provide Transportation Two Warren County agencies have joined forces to help end some of the transportation problems affecting Warren citizens. The Coordinating Council for Senior Citizens of Warren County and FrankLake Gaston Land Use Switch Wins Board Approval A Public Hearing was held in the Warren County Court House on Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock by the County Commissioners to determine whether an acre of land on Gaston Lake should be re-classified from Residential to Neighborhood Business, as recommended by the Warren County Planning Board. Present at the hearing were the Commissioners, members of the Warren County Planning Board, and Mr. and Mrs. Alvis Fleming, owners of the property. Upon recommendation of the Planning Board the Commissioners ordered that the property should be reclassified as Neighborhood Business. lin-Vance-Warren Opportunities have contracted with one another to provide greater transportation opportunities. "Because of the energy shortage, transportation has become quite expensive for all people," a spokesman for the Coordinating Council said yesterday. "However, it has put a greater burden on the people in Warren County who are 60 and over and on a fixed income." If a person is age 60 or over and is in need of transportation to Duke Hospital or N. C. Memorial in Chapel Hill, there will be no charge to the individual. "All the individual requesting transportation needs to do is call the Council for Senior Citizens' Office at 257-3111 or come by our office one week before the date transportation ii being requested," the spokesman said. The Council for Senior Citizens will issue a ticket to Franklin-Vance-Warren. Opportunities for the person requesting transportation Trips to Durham and Chape! Hill are made on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thur» days. County Board Meets Road Is Renamed For Former Black Leader Meeting here on Tuesday, due to the Easter Monday holiday, the Board of County Commissioners adopted a resolution approving the naming of SR 1628 from Highway 58 to the Turner homeplace as "The Ernest Turner Highway," in honor of the late Ernest Turner. Negro leader, businessman and Chairman of the Warren County Board of Education. The request for the special highway was made to the board by Ms Jennifer Nash, who eulogized the life of Turner and presented to the board a letter numbering several of his accomplishments. Copies of this letter and the Board's Resolution will be forwarded to the State Department of Transportation requesting that the state agency take appropriate action. Allen Hawks appeared before the commissioners, explained the work of the Council on Aging, and asked the county's support of the project. The project is sustained in part by federal and state funds, but also needs county support. Hawks said that the Council has a $55,842 budget for the year beginning on Oct. 1, and that to meet it the Council would need a contribution of $5,000 from the county. Without this help from the county, Hawks said he did not know how the Council could make it. Chairman Jack Harris said that the board would consider the request when it prepared its 1980-81 budget. Manager Newsome reported that the CETA program in Warren County would be continued through June 30 and that there are now 33 CETA workers in the county. In the discussion that followed his remarks the commissioners were in agreement that much of the program is worthwhile and saves the county money, but they were also in agreement in feeling that part of the project was just money wasted. Newsome also announced that the one cent sales tax in Warren County during the month of February totalled $17,105.29, and said that the semi-annual FranklinVance-Warren Opportunities, Inc., had been filed. The agenda showed that June Perkinson and Bill Martin were to appear before the commissioners to discuss trapping, but it was Clarence Thompson who made the presentation. He told the commissioners that the skyrocketing rise in the price of furs resulted in many outside-the-county trappers working their trade in Warren County to the detriment of deer and fox hunters. Recognizing the need for some trapping in the county, Thompson presented for the commissioners consideration two maps dividing the county. He said fox hunters wanted that part of the county divided by the railroad and extending southeast containing many trees and creeks, to be reserved for trapping, and the remaining sections of the county, containing open field, be reserved for fox and other type hunting One of the reasons for this request, he said, is to protect valuable hunting dogs, many of which are caught in the traps of those engaged in trapping Chairman Harris told Thompson that the board could not take any action until the proposal had been examined by the County Attorney to determine its legality and the steps that the county should take. The commissioners tabled action until its May meeting. A parcel of land inherited and owned by Curtis Overby is locked in by the Warrenton Airport and Overby has requested that commissioners give him an easement across one acre on the edge of the Air Field. It was suggested that the request might be granted provided Overby agreed to place a barrier between the proposed road and the airfield and maintain both barrier and road, but a discussion among the commissioners nullified this suggested plan. The commissioners said they did not wish to work any hardship upon Overby but thought the county would be better served if Overby could obtain a right-of-way from one of his neighbors whose property joins the airfield They voted to table consideration of the matter until the May meeting of the Board in order that further time for study might be available. For School Children Beginner's Day Is Set Locally Beginner's Day will be held next week in Warren County schools, Priscilla Johnson, director of Pupil Personnel Services, announced this week. Ms. Johnson said that all students, both in kindergarten and first grade, will be registered next week as follows: Monday, April 14, South Warren, 9:00 a. m.-12:00 p. m.; Tuesday, April 15, Mariam Boyd, 9:30 -11:30 a. m.; Wednesday, April 16. Northside, 9:00 a. m. - 12:00 p. m. and 2:30 p. m. - 4:00 p. m.; Thursday, April 17, Vaughan 9:00 a. m. - 12:00 p. m. It is not necessary for the parent or guardian to bring the students for the registration process. The school nurse will be on duty to check on immunizations. Ms. Johnson asks that those registering students be sure to bring a birth certificate and records of shots, including dates. No child, she said, who is in kindergarten this year needs to be registered Saturday Closing Wins Approval Norlina commissioners Tuesday night unanimously approved the closing of the town office on Saturdays, beginning in June. Board members agreed that the public's business could be served during a normal five-day work week, and instructed the town clerk, Mrs. Mae Gums, to close the office beginning on June 7. Members erf the board met a night later than usual because of the Easter holidays and tended to primarily routine business during the session The board agreed to purchase two bulletproof vests for use by the police department following a request from Chief Romey Williams Cost of the vests were said to be $117 each. A request that parking be curtailed in front of the Norlina post office met with approval of the board, which indicated it will mark off proper no parkin* areas fan again. This applies only to new kindergarten students and those entering school for the first time in the first grade. North Carolina law requires that every child must have three doses of DTP, three doses of oral polio vaccine, red measles vaccine and rubella vaccine. Ms. Johnson said, "Children not meeting this requirement will not be permitted to enter school this fall." The required shots can be received at the Warren County Health Department without charge on any Tuesday between 8:30 and 4:30, or from one's private doctor. Persons, who for any reason, cannot come to the school at the scheduled time are asked to come as soon as possible. OVERBY Overby Is Named To Campaign Post Governor Jim Hunt ha* named C. Brantley Overby of Warrenton to head his grassroots campaign effort in Warren County. Mr. Overby will be the "Friends of Jim Hunt" chairman, which is the grassroots-level organization in the caropaign. "There is roan for everybody in this campaign, and I want everybody to know that we want their support," Gov. Hunt aaML "Brantley knows how important this is. and that's why Haulo glad hc^tshafrtng us to
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