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83 15* Per Copy Warrenton, County Of Warren, North Carolina Thursday, June 5, 1980 Number 22
The local congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses has
recently moved into this newly built Kingdom Hall,
located on South Main Street in Warrenton. Special
activities have been planned there this weekend. An
open house will be held Saturday from 1 p. m. until 4 p.
m. Saturday from 7 p. m. until 8 p. m. a program
consisting of the history of the congregation and the
construction efforts of the present Kingdom Hall.
From 8 p. m. until 9 p. m. a dedication lecture will be
delivered by W. B. Bentley, Jr., circuit minister.
Sunday's activities will begin at 9:30 a. m. with a
lecture entitled, "How Purposeful Is Your Life?" followed
by the regular Sunday morning worship
services. The public is invited to attend any or all of
the sessions. (Staff Photo)
HARRELL
Judge To Speak
At Graduation
Judge Allen W. Harrell
of Wilson will present the
major address Friday
night when graduates of
John Graham High
School receive diplomas
during commencement
exercises to be held on
the athletic field beginning
at 8 p. m.
Judge Harrell, who
holds court in Wilson,
Rocky Mount, Nashville
and Tarboro, is a graduate
of Powellsville High
School and received his
undergraduate and law
degrees from the University
of North Carolina. He
has been a judge in the
Seventh Judicial District
since 1968.
During World War II he
served as a machine
gunner with the Third
Army Division and was
seriously wounded. He
and his wife, the former
Irene Burk, are the
parents of six children.
Judge Harrell is a
member of the First
Christian Church where
he has served as deacon,
elder, chairman of the
board, superintendent of
the Sunday School and
Sunday School teacher.
He will be introduced
here Friday night by W.
E. Terry, John Graham
principal.
Fewer Than 375
Vote Tuesday
With no local contest to
encourage voting, Warren
County voters cast
one of the lowest votes of
the century Tuesday in
the county's second 1980
Democratic primary,
casting less than a total of
375 votes in the process.
Candidates were Ed
Renfrew and Bill Chestnut,
with Renfrew winning
the contest for State
(Continued on page 3)
Board Takes Action
Bids Are Officially Made
For New Treatment Plant
Tentative bids for the
construction of a
regional sewage treatment
plant at Warrenton
made at the May meeting
of the Board of Warren
County Commissioners,
were officially made at
the regular June meeting
of the board held in the
petit jury room at the
court house Monday
morning following the
receipt of a $571,050 grant
from EDA, completing a
short fall fund. The
awards were as follows:
Division I - General
Contract to Dickerson,
Inc., of Monroe, for the
lump sum price of
$4,398,000.
Division II - 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.
The commissioners
also approved legal services
agreement for the
work done on FHA
sewage bond application,
and approved the final
plans for the sewage
treatment plant.
The board meeting was
called to order at 9:30 a.
m. in the petit jury room
because the June mixed
term of Warren County
Superior Court was in
session. A prayer was
read by Michael Ellis of
Richmond, Va., who is
currently this summer
serving Wesley Memorial
United Methodist Church
under an internship program
for young seminarians
sponsored by Duke
University. Ellis is studying
at Duke Divinity
School for the Episcopal
priesthood. His reading
from the Prayer Book
replaced the usual opening
prayer by Commissioner
George Shearin.
Susan C. Wilson, Tax
Collector, reported 1979
taxes collected in May in
the amount of $27,605.65,
making a total collected
for the fiscal year of
$1,438,213.80, which is
95.15 percent of the
1979-80 levy.
Other May collections
reported by Miss Wilson
were: Delinquent taxes
and penalties, $2,794.95;
partial payments, $2,789.13;
total May collections,
$33,569.89.
Frank Twitty, Dog
Warden, reported that he
picked up 134 dogs during
May; killed 122; and gave
way 12. He said he
answered 128 complaints,
vaccinated 207 dogs, and
traveled 2555.9 miles.
Twitty said that between
500 and 600 dogs were
vaccinated during the
vaccinating period. He
said that when it is
remembered that a threeyear
vaccine was used
last year he thought this
was very good. Twitty
also had words of praise
for the assistance he
received from Dr. and
Mrs. Davis, veterinarians.
The commissioners re
appointed five members
for three year terms and
two alternates to the
Warren County Board of
Adjustments. They were
S. W. Walker, Macon
Wemyss, Monroe Gardner,
Leonard J. Bender
and Richard Roddy,
regular members; and
Jesse Pegram and Nick
Williams, alternates.
There-appointment of
Monroe „ Gardner and
Luther Paynter for threeyear
terms on the Warren
County Industrial Board
was tabled until the next
meeting of the board
when it was discovered
that Gardner and Paynter
had not been notified
that they would be reappointed.
L. C. Cooper, Extension
Chairman, appeared before
the board when the
Extension Service and
the County Commissioners
approved the annual
Memorandum of Agreement.
DICKERSON
ROBERTS
DELBRIDGE
Three Students Named
To Attend Girls' State
Three Warren County
high school rising seniors
have been selected by
Limer Unit 25 of the
American Legion Auxiliary
to attend the annual
American Legion Tar
Heel Girls State at the
University of North Carolina
in Greensboro June 814.
Selected by the Legion
Auxiliary were Miss Lisa
Kay Delbridge of Warren
Academy, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. W. K.
Delbridge; Miss Teresa
Dickerson of Norlina
High School, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. William
Dickerson; and Miss
Tammy Roberts of John
Graham High School,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
James D. Roberts.
Mrs. Palmer King,
Girls State chairman for
the Legion Auxiliary, said
the program was
originated and established
in 1940 by the
American Legion
Auxilary as an Americanism
project to provide for
high school girls of the
state an opportunity to
study and practice
citizenship in a
democracy.
By County Board
Tentative Tax Rate
Of 89 Cents Adopted
A tentative budget
calling for a tax levy of
$4,466,679 and a tax rate
of 89c was presented to
the Warren County commissioners
here Monday
for their consideration by
County Manager Glen
Newsome
The proposed tax rate
represents an increase of
11c on the hundred dollar
valuation. Newsome said
total requests of items
going to make up the
budget were $1.38, only
12c short of the maximum
rate permitted under
state law.
The commissioners,
seemingly pleased with
the tentative budget,
were to meet last night
(Wednesday) for what
Chairman Jack Harris
termed a line by line
scrutiny of the proposed
budget A public hearing
on the budget will be held
on June 23.
As recommended by
the Local Government
Commission, the County
Auditors, the County
Finance Officer, the
proposed budget represents
a single tax levy as
contrasted to the multitax
levies. The net effect
of the recodimendation is
to consolidate all revenues
in a general fund
with the exception of
those budgeted in the
Revenue Sharing Fund.
This fund. Chairman
Harris said Monday
afternoon, is estimated at
some $275,000, plus a
$25,000 surplus for an
estimated total of some
$400,000.
The General Fund proposed
recommends an
increase of $103,816.
Some of the proposed
expenditures in the budget
proposed for the
1980-81 fiscal year leading
to the proposed increase
are:
1. A recommended
salary increase of 8
percent for all county
employees.
2. A recommended
increase for travel allowance
from $.17 to $.21 per
mile.
3. An increased debt
service is carried as the
result of the School Bond
and Wastewater referendum
4. Increased appropriation
to Warren General
Hospital to defray the
costs of recommendation
that the county no longer
pay the hospital insurance
premium for hospital
insurance premium for
hospital employees.
5. Increased appropriation
for the Warren
County School System.
6. The recommended
purchase of a recommended
vehicle for the
Ambulance Service.
7. A recommended 24
percent increase in funds
for all fire departments
operating within the
county.
8. Participation in the
Regional Water System.
The commissioners approved
a renewal of a
contract with Watts and
Scobie for auditing the
county books at a cost of
$3200.
A motion was made to
request the State Department
of Transportation to
have the entrance to the
Roanoke-Wild wood Rural
Volunteer Firemen's fire
house.
The commissioners approved
the annual certification
of the members of
the Ridgeway Rural
Volunteer Fire Department.
Floyd B. McKissick,
Jr., presented the board
with a copy of the annual
budget of the Soul City
Sanitary District budget,
without comment.
The commissioners endorsed
Indian Affairs Section
8 Housing Assistance
Application after
Gloria Norris of the
Department of Indian
Affairs had explained
that its purpose was to
receive government assistance
in repairing
individual dwellings for
rent.
The commissioners
approved the renewal of a
contract with Waste
Industries, Inc., to collect
solid waste from points
over the county and
convey such waste to the
Warren County Landfill.
County Manager Glen
Newsome announced that
the one cent sales tax
received for April totalled
$19,665.90.
In an executive session
the commissioners discussed
with the County
Finance Officer and the
County Attorney the
matter of collecting delinquent
taxes.
Earlier in the meeting
Malvin Haithcock, Jr., of
Macon appeared before
the board and discussed
at some length proposals
concerned with fox hunting
and fox trapping. He
proposed that the commissioners
consider pass
age of fox hunting and
trapping rules as follows:
1 That a fox trapping
season be allowed from
the second day of
January to the last day of
February for each year
hereafter, or until the N.
C State Wildlife Resources
commission sees fit to
lengthen or shorten the
season
2 That not any noncounty
resident trapping
he allowed, or that the
county should impose a
trapping fee of $75.00 for
nonresident trappers, or
whatever fee they should
think proper to discourage
nonresident trapping.
(Continued on page 8)
CHESTON
NORWOOD
Rose To Address
Noriina Graduates
Graduating seniors at
Norlina High School will
be addressed by a former
Warren County principal,
W. L. Rose, on Friday,
June 6, at 8 p. m. He
received his degrees
from Livingston College
and North Carolina Central
University. He received
a certificate in
"Law and Special Education"
from the University
of North Carolina at
ChaDel Hill.
Rose has been an
English teacher, assistant
principal and public
relations coordinator for
the Fairmont City
Schools. At present he is
employed with the State
Department of Public
Instruction, Division of
Exceptional Children as
assistant director in
charge of Administrative
Services.
The traditional custom
of having a valedictorian
and salutatorian is still
practiced at Norlina High
School. Michael Dean
Norwood, salutatorian,
will greet and welcome
the parents and friends.
Derrick Jerome Cheston,
valedictorian, will give
the parting address.
Cheston, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Sterling M. Cheston
of Norlina has served as
president of the Beta
Club, Math Club, French
Club and Future Farmers
of America. He is a
member of the basketball
team and vice president
of the senior class. He
plans to enroll in North
Carolina State University
and major in civil
engineering.
Norwood is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley C.
Norwood of Manson. He
served as vice president
of the Math Club and
French Club. He holds
membership in the Beta
Club and Annual Staff. He
is a National Merit
Finalist and will be
awarded the Certificate
of Merit for demonstrating
high potential for
future academic attainment.
He will attend
North Carolina State
University and major in
civil engineering.
The other Norlina seniors
have formulated
their plans for the future
The statistics indicate
that a majority of them
will continue their education
next fall. Some 33
percent have been accepted
to enroll in four
year colleges, 27 percent
will attend two-year colleges
and technical institutes.
Twelve percent
have enlisted in the military
services, and 28
percent will enter the
labor market.
These graduates will
attend the following colleges
and technical institutes.
Four-Year Colleges:
Kenneth Alexander
Rosalind D. Butler, Bernadette
Davenport, Temper
D. Douglas and
Timothy Sledge, St. Augustine's
College; Barbara
Allen and Jacqueline
Hargrove, University of
North Carolina at
Greensboro; Bruce
Brantley, Appalachian
State University; Debra
Brantley, North Carolina
Weslyan College; John E.
Bullock. Warnetta Harrison,
Curtis Kersey,
Brenda Seward and
Michael Vaughan, North
Carolina Central University;
Derrick Cheston
Shari Hendricks and
Michael Norwood, North
Carolina State University:
Gwendolyn Coltrane,
Lenoir Rhyne College;
Pamela Cirri., Atlantic
Christian CoUm*Johanna
HarrSS'
Queensbo rough CoUese
Julius Henderson',
™ (Continued on page S)