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Volume 83 15* Per Copy Warrenton, County Of Warren, North Carolina Thursday, May 8, 1980 9 V Number 19
OBSERVE ANNIVERSARY — Old and new Rotary officers were on hand
Saturday night as the Warrenton Rotary Club celebrated its 35th anniversary with
a ladies night banquet at the Warrenton Country Club. Taking part were (left to
right) the Rev. A1 Chambliss, Mrs. Chambliss, Jim Davis and Mrs. Davis. Mr.
Chambliss, former rector of Emmanuel Episcopal Church, was the first president
of the Warrenton Rotary Club. Mr. Davis is current president. The event also
marked the 75th anniversary of Rotary International. (Staff Photo)
Interest On County Funds
Shows Gain, Board Is Told
Warren County
Commissioners were
informed here Monday
morning that the county
fiscal condition was
$31,797 better off as a
result of interest on
county funds invested by
Susan Wilson, tax
collector. The $31,797
collected during the
present fiscal year
compares with $11,636
collected during the past
fiscal year.
Commenting on the
receipt of these nonbudgeted
funds, Glen
Newsome, county
manager, said that Miss
Wilson is doing an
excellent job as tax
collector and finance
officer.
The commissioners
adopted a capital project
budget for School Bonds.
Newsome said that this
was technically concerned
with the issuance of
the bonds.
The commissioners
agreed to consider as a
budget item 25% of the
costs of serving papers by
the Sheriff's Department
as a part of the cost of
enforcement of nonsupport
law under title 4D.
The federal
government will pick up
the remaining 75% of the
cost. The action of the
commissioners was taken
after Ms. Elizabeth
Harris, local official, and
Bob McGuire, regional
consultant, had explained
the reasons for the
request They said that
they would like for the
Sheriff's Department to
hire an extra deputy to
work one or two days a
week serving these
papers. Ms. Harris's
work is said to have been
very effective.
The commissioners
approved a budget
request of $3,000 from the
Soul City Parks and
Recreation Association.
The commissioners
expressed themselves as
being pleased with the
appropriation in light of
HUD's additional grant of
$210,000 for the
completion of the
regional sewerage
treatment plant.
The commissioners
adopted a resolution for
the certification of the
Afton-Elberon Rural
Volunteer Fire
Department and sent a
roster of its members to
the North Carolina
Department of
Insurance. The district
has been given a
classification of 9A, and
its members are now
eligible for the benefits of
the $25,000 in line of duty
death benefits and the
Firemen's Pension Fund
as provided by the state.
The roster shows 23
members of the
department as follows:
John Joyner, Eugene
Munn, Travis Ay cock, W.
H. Abbott, Eugene
Mustian, George Aycock,
C. H. Choplin, Lemuel P.
Aycock, Dean Andrews,
Harry J. Carter, W. L.
Fuller, Jr., Edgar G.
Neal, Tommie Peoples,
Gordon Limer, Allen
Campbell, Ben Howard,
Holt Neal, Walter Carter,
Joey Mustian, Gary
Campbell, Allen
Campbell, Jr., Lynn
Capps and Jay Haynes,
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ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION - W. W. Taylor, Jr. (left) of Raleigh and
Clyde Rmhrell of Warrentoo eajoy a laugh duriag the 35th aantveraary celebration
of the Warreoton Rotary Chib held 8atnrday night at the Warrentou Coaatry Clob.
« Taylor aad the Rev. A1 ChamhUn are the two rarvtvtag member* of the group of
Warreatoa men who formed the club. (Staff Photo)
Tentative Awards
Made For Plant
Tentative awards of
low bids for the construction
of a regional waste
water treatment facility
at Warrenton, received
by the Warren County
Commissioners on Feb.
27 and March 12, 1980,
(and held up due to a
shortfall in allotted
funds), were awarded by
the commissioners in
regular meeting here on
Monday morning.
The tentative awards,
subject to approval of the
State and Federal Agencies
and an increase in
federal grant funding of
approximately $1,075,000
to cover the cost of overrun
on the project be
made to the low bidders.
About half of the
shortfall has been made
up by federal grant, and
the remainder is expected
to be made up shortly
by an EDA grant. The
federal agency grants
were made following a
trip to Washington by
Board Chairman Jack
Harris, County Manager
Glenn Newsome and Don
Everette, executive director
of Region K, of
Henderson, where they
were assisted by Senators
Jesse Helms and Robert
Morgan and Congressman
L. H. Fountain, who
set up the meetings with
the various agencies.
The low bidders were
as follows:
Division I General
Contract to Dickerson,
Inc., of Monroe, for the
lump sum price of
$4,398,000.
Division n Plumbing
Contract to Triangle
Mechanical Contractors,
Inc., of Raleigh, for the
lump sum price of
$37,744.
Division III, HVAC
Contract to Jones Cooling
and Heating, Inc., of
Wilson, for the lump sum
price of $34,400.
Division IV Electrical
Contract to Richards and
Associates of Carrolltown.
Ga„ for the lump
sum price of $340,000.
Frank Twitty, Dog
Warden, reported that
he picked up 112 dogs
during April and killed 17,
and had one on hand. He
said that he received 137
complaints during the
month and travelled
2430.3 miles. Three
persons were bitten by
dogs during the month,
none with serious consequences,
he said.
Twitty also reported that
he vaccinated 227 docs in
April.
Susan Wilson, tax collector.
reported taxes
collected during the
month of April in the
amount of $55,938.88
making a total to date of
$1,410,608. This is 93.34
percent of the 1979 levy.
Other April collections
included 12,841.63 in delinquent
taxes; «,434.51
in partial payments; and
$259 01 in advance payments.
making total tax
Payment in April in the
amount of $61,474 03
Education Board Member Loses * \
Incumbents Are Successful
In Heavy Warren Voting
Election Day proved to
be the day of the incumbent
as Warren voters
turned out in large
numbers Tuesday to cast
votes in national, state
and local races.
By the time the final
returns from Warren's 14
precincts were counted at
mid-morning Wednesday
Warren voters found they
had put the county in the
victory columns of President
Carter, Ronald
Reagan and Governor
Jim Hunt.
On the local level,
office holders managed to
turn back a strong challenge
by a full slate of
non-white candidates.
The only casualty among
Warren incumbents was
Mrs., Joyce Darnell
Odom, a veteran member
of the Warren County
Board of Education. She
was defeated, 2262 to
2211, by Mrs. Kathy
Harris Wilson, an Indian.
In the non-partisan
Board of Education elec
tion Henry D. Bobbitt,
III, turned aside the challege
of Loyd C. Hawkins,
2427 to 2014: Board Chairman
Leigh Traylor beat
Ms. Joycelyn McKissickMyers,
2583 to 2027: and
newcomer Harold L.
Harris defeated Yarborough
Williams, Jr.,
2414 to 2114.
In one of two races for
seats on the Warren
County Board of Commissioners
incumbent and
chairman Jack Harris
outpolled challenger
Frank W. Ballance, Jr.,
2506 to 2036. In the other
race, incumbent commissioner
William T. Skinner,
with 2041 votes, led a
three-man field. Samuel
A. Russell got 1889 votes
while newcomer Arthur
R Bobbitt polled 483
votes.
In the race for register
of deeds, incumbent Jim
Hundley handily turned
back the challenge of
James W. Byrd, 2655 to
1661.
Floyd B. McKissick,
Jr., a former chairman of
the Warren County
Democratic Party, found
himself among the top
three vote-getters in the
race for three seats in the
N. C. House of Representatives.
Incumbent John
T. Church led the sevenman
field with 2140 votes.
McKissick polled 2078
votes and incumbent T.
W. (Tom) Ellis, Jr. got
1829 votes. Incumbent W
T. (Billy) Watkins of
Oxford wound up in
fourth place with 1570
Warren votes.
Incumbent James D.
Speed of Franklin County
was a clear favorite of
Warren voters to retain
one of two 7th Senatorial
District seats. Speed
received 3060 votes to outNorlina
Board
Has Brief Meet
Norlina commissioners
have expressed a willingness
to provide municipal
water and sewer connections
for a low income
housing project being
planned near Northside
Elementary School.
The board agreed to
provide the services
Monday night during a
routine meeting of town
commissioners. The request
came in the form of
a letter from Roxboro
developer Ruffin Woody
outlining his plans to
build the project.
The board also gave
permission to Macon
Myrick to clean a townowned
lot beside Dr. D.
R. Coffman's office for
use as a neighborhood
playground. Myrick appeared
before the board
to ask permission to
remove several small
trees and to keep the
property mowed in order
to give young people a
place to play.
Several board members
spoke of the need to
patch town streets and to
work to improve the
attractiveness of property
owned by the railroad,
but no formal action wat
taken before the brief
meeting was adjourned
(
distance incumbent Dallas
L. Alford, Jr. of Nash
County, who received
1674 votes. Former Henderson
City Manager
Complete Election
Returns On Page 11
Melvin C. Holmes trailed
the field with 897 votes.
Robert H. Hobgood,
judge of the 9th Judicial
District and son of Louisburg
Judge Hamilton
Hobgood. easily won
victory over challenger
Charles E. Hubbard of
Roxboro. The margin in
that race was 3059 to 1452.
Governor Jim Hunt
was the choice of 2690
Warren voters as he outdistanced
challenger
Robert W. (Bob) Scott,
who had 1780 votes.
Lt. Gov. James C.
(Jimmy) Green, seeking
re-election, was the
favorite of 2143 Warren
voters. Challenger Carl J.
Stewart, Jr. had 1998
votes while newcomer
Clyde Pully got 152 votes.
Incumbent Secretary of
State Thad Eure narrowly
turned aside the
challenge of George W.
Breece, 2178 to 2065.
In the race for state
auditor, state-wide front
runner Edward Renfrew
of Smithfield led handily
in Warren. Renfrew polled
2369 votes, while W. S.
(Bill) Chestnut, who will
meet Renfrew in a
Second Primary, had 705
votes. J. E. B. Davis was
the favorite of 794 Warren
voters.
In the race for commissioner
of insurance, in
cumbent John Ingram
turned back the challenge
of three former aides.
Ingram had 2806 Warren
votes.
Incumbent Superintendent
of Public Instruction
Craig Phillips won over
challenger Trosper N.
Combs in Warren, 3556
votes to 541
In the race for associate
justice of the State
Supreme Court incumbent
J. P. (Phil) Carlton
won over challenger
Ottway Burton of Asheboro.
2265 to 1581.
In the Democratic race
for President, Jimmy
Carter outpolled Sen. Edward
Kennedy, 2519 to
1704. Some 312 Warren
voters indicated that they
had no preference in the
race. California Governor
Jerry Brown, who
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Warren Trappers Dispute
Claims Of Fox Hunters
A group of Warren
County trappers appeared
before the county commissioners
here Monday
to explain why a request
that the county be divided
into a fox hunting district,
north of the Seaboard
Coastline Railroad and a
trapping district south of
the railroad could not be
to the advantage of the
county.
A delegation of hunters
presented petitions with
signatures of 336 hunters
to the commissioners at
their regular April meeting.
The foxhunters asked
that the northwest area of
the county be designated
as a no-trapping area,
saying that animals,
particularly their hunting
dogs, have been getting
caught in traps in that
area.
Among those speaking
against any restriction of
trappers were Malvern
Haithcock, Jr., of Macon,
a local trapper, J. Atkinson
of the N. C. Trappers
Association, Scott Osborne,
biologist of District
m.
Haithcock said that
claims of dogs being
caught in traps are
greatly exaggerated, and
that foxhunters destroy
many foxes and when
they do the animal's furs
are destroyed, while the
pelts of foxes caught by
trappers are not harmed
and offer a source of
income to many citizens.
North Carolina hunting
laws forbid any hunting
on land without the
written permission of the
landowner This means
little or nothing, he said,
in the case of foxhunters
hunting from pickup
trucks and losing all
control of their dogs
movement as they may
run for miles.
Many landowners.
Haithcock said, welcome
trappers who rid their
lands of pests, including
foxes raiding their hen
houses, raccoons destroying
their com, and
muskrats destroying
earthern dams, and beavers
destroying their
trees, and damaging
tbeir crops.
Some landowners opposed
the limitations
because they see such
action as unwarranted
dictation by the county on
how they could use their
own land. J. Atkinson of
the N. C. trappers
Association left with the
commissioners considerable
material stating why
trapping should be be
banned in the state.
In South Carolina and
Virginia foxes are a
source of rabies, the
speakers pointed out,
saying that unless they
are controlled it would
spread into North Carolina
in epidemic form.
Both Virginia and South
Carolina, they said, had
to call on trappers to help
reduce the number of
foxes in both states.
The last and previously
unannounced speaker
was L. B. Hardage,
former Warren County
Agent, who now owns a
large farm in neighboring
Mecklenburg County, Va
In a very brief speech he
said that one might
wonder why he should
appear at a Warren
County hearing. If a dog
is turned loose in North
Carolina in the vicinity of
Palmer Springs, Va., the
chances ace good that it
would find its way to his
farm, he said. His advice,
he said, would be to let
the state make all
hunting laws.
Chairman Harris cloa^
the meeting by
promising that the county
would make no changes
in hunting laws without a
public hearing.
In other business before
the commissioners
Dennis Retilaff appeared
before the commissioners
to request CBA funding
for the county. He asked
U»t HOOO be allotted
raster care aa a part of
the mental health program.
that M,iM be
appropriated for foster
care under the Department
of Social Services,
and $3,264 be appropriated
for the school
recreation program. He
asked that a $1,000
matching fund as the
county's part of the
program be continued in
the 1980-81 budget.
Budget amendments
submitted by Susan Wilson,
tax collector and
finance officer, were
approved by the commissioners.
Chairman Jack Harris
asked that as many
commissioners as possible
attend the Spring Conference
of the North
Carolina Association of
County Commissioners in
Raleigh on May 30-31, at
which he would be a
voting delegate. Commissioner
George Shearin
said he would be present
on both Friday afternoon
and Saturday morning.
County Manager Glen
Newsome said the CETA
program, which now has
a total of 31 employees,
would be continued in the
county until Sept. 30. He
also announced that the
county's lc sales and use
tax for March totalled
$20,337.03.
A public hearing on
reclassification of that
part of Sandy Creek in
Warren County will be
held at the Archdale
building in Raleigh at 11
o'clock on May 8.
Newsome said it is his
understanding that Henderson
plans to pack the
building and that it is
necessary that Warren
citizens attend the meeting
in large numbers and
to be present early.
Newsome ateo announced
that a meeting of
the Board cf Equalisation
and Review would be held
at the Warm County
Court House on May 7, at
8:90.
Advertising of property
for taxes began hi Hm
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