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W^t Uarren KLttovb Volume 83 15* Per Copy Warrenton, County Of Warren, North Carolina Tlnursday, June 2f >, 1980 Number 25 Taking part in last Thursday night's program on Perdue Farms were, left to right, Bobby Choplin, president of the Warren County Jaycees; Glen Newsome, Warren County manager; Tom Shelton, Perdue senior vice president; and Bill Bollinger, manager of Perdue's North Carolina complex. The meeting took place in the Warrenton Lions Den. (Staff Photo) Building Of Perdue Plant Hinges On Chicken Houses The Perdue Poullxy Complex at Soul City should be built within 15 months of the completion of 150 broiler houses within this area of North Carolina and Virginia, Tom Shelton, Perdue senior vice president, told a group of more than 100 persons gathered at the Lions Den here on last Thursday night as guests of the Warrenton Junior Chamber of Commerce. Shelton said that his mmpany would prefer more than 150 broiler houses but that is the minimum number that would provide enough chickens for an assembly line; meanwhile the broil er houses being built in this area would be served by the complex located in the Ahoskie-Lewiston Murfreesboro area. He said that Perdue is v very pleased with its site in Warren County for an integrated poultry com plex, and plans are being drawn up and completed in order to start construc tion as soon as the minimum number of houses are completed. Officials of Perdue were special guests of the Jaycees in a meeting planned in conjunction with the Warren County Industrial Commission in order to boost broiler pro duction in this area. A number of local farmers were special guests. Bobby Choplin, Jaycee president, called the meeting to order. The invocation was given by Macon Robertson. Jack Harris, chairman of the Warren County Board of Commissioners, in wel coming the guests, said be hoped that they would pay close attention to the messages brought by the speakers. " Following the serving of « dinner of barbecued Perdue chickens, potato salad, stringbeans, rolls, iced tea and pineapple upside-down cake, «pec ial guests were present ed. _ Ttoey included Tom Shelton, senior vice presi dent of Perdue; Bill Bollinger, manager of Perdue's North Carolina Complex; Rex Tbomp son, Jess Crisp and his wife, Helen, John Hazen field, Harold Holloman, Dwight Hunter and Char lie Fox, all officials of Perdue. Also, Dr. W. C. Mills, Jr., Extension Poultry Specialist with North Carolina State Univer sity; Tom Peele, repre senting Peoples Bank and Trust Company of Nor lina; Brad Carroll, repre senting First Citizens Bank and Trust Company of Warrenton; and Roy Pat Robertson and Nat Weldon, representing Branch Bank and Trust Company, also of War renton, Herbert Moseley, Production Credit Associ ation; Tucker Nobles, Farmers Home Adminis tration; Bill Little, chair man of Warren County Industrial Commission; Jack Harris, chairman of the Warren County Board of Commissioners; Glen Newsom, County Man ager and Industrial Dir ector; and Betty Jean Capps, secretary of the Warren County Industrial Commission. Present and recognized were Billy and Anne Fisher of Bertie County and Joe and Rosanne Rhea of Ahoskie. Later in the program Billy and Joe were to relate their experiences as Perdue growers. Also recognized were Ernest and Margie Brauer, who have graded land for a breeder house on their farm near Warrenton. Dr Mills was the tirst speaker. He said that poultry processing was the fastest growing in the state and today North Car"Hn* ranks fourth in the nation In poultry production, due in part to the fact that the produc tion and selling of poultry is 20 years ahead of all other processors in the in organization and research. He said that he was familiar with the Perdue company and its reputation, and feels that it is among the five top producers of the world. While contract growing d poultry may not always bring the highest possi ble income to the grow ers, it also does not bring him the lowest. He said he considers an invert ment in a Perdue broiler house an excellent invest ment, but that it may be wise to wait for a further drop in interest rates, ftiis is an election year and President Carter must see that they drop before the November election if he has any hope for re-election. A film was shown that consisted of the adver tisements Perdue runs in northern parts of the country where its chick ens are sold. [Hiring the talks by Perdue representatives, mostly by Shelton and Bollinger, overhead pro jections showing produc tion growth, profitability rates, and the benefits of locating a Perdue in the South were displayed. Vice President Shelton said that Perdue, which started in business in Maryland in 1920, had never had an unsuccess ful. year. He credited research and organiza tion for this. While there has been a slump in the market the first months of the year, he said Perdue operations had picked up during May and were expected to show further gains in June. He said that Per due is planning to enter the Washington, D. C. market and might also enter the chicken packing process. Bollinger, in answer to questions, said that on an average each broiler house could be expected to produce $15,000, and that if all the proceeds collected from such a house were applied to its debt for construction that it would be possible to repay it in a six-year per iod. He said the tendency is to build a second house, and sometimes more, rather than to go out of business; and that Per due needed production, and in rare cases where circumstances dictate that one go out of the broiler business that Perdue has little trouble in getting some one to take over such house. He also said that a prospec tive grower could build his own house if he pre fers, and that Perdue would furnish blue prints (Continued on page 16) Early Next Week Due to the July 4 holiday. The Warren Record will publish a day early next week. Persons submitting articles for publica tion are urged to bear this in mind. Normal closing times for advertisements will be observed. WIN TROPHY — These six member* W the Warren ton Rural Volunteer Fire Association attended the first annual Fireman's Field Day and Competition prior to the North Carolina Fire College in Rocky Mount last week. Sixteen teams from full time and volunteer Are departments competed In four events. The Warreatau team came hone with a Ant-place tn iphy la the foor maa Crater pel* event. Attending, fn im left to right, were Kearny Clayton, Chet Forrester,1 Walter Gardner, Jr., Aaroa Had, James Vaughan and E »eaa Andrews. (Staff Photo) Board Meets Tuesday Nigh ,t . Educators Want Four-Year School The Warren County Board of Education in a special meeting here Tuesday night adopted a proposal for the reorgan ization of Warren County public schools, effective for the 1981-82 school year which would provide for the establishment of the new consolidated high school as a four-year high school. The proposal was made at a meeting of the board on Tuesday night of last week and adopted the past Tuesday night after more than an hour's discussion. The proposal also calls for reorganization of all grades in the system from kindergarten through 12, and for the division of the county into two sections for the purpose of operation of the school buses, which Supt. Mike Williams said would reduce the number of miles traveled by school children if it did not actually reduce the number of buses in operation. Only the proposal to make of the new high school a four-year school brought forth much de bate, but that brought forth a strong fight on the part of Chairman Leigh Tray lor who asked that the plan be postponed until after the school had been in operation a year or more, in order that adjustments be made and the number of students be obtained. He also said that he feels that putting ninth grade students in high school would ad versely affect the school's athletic pro gram. Mrs. Joyce Odom said that she feels that a four-year high school offers a better opportuni ty for school children than does a three-year school, pointing out that mathematics is required for graduation from the ninth grade, and failure often causes a student to drop out of school rather than repeat the grade. In a four-year high school such pupil has a chance to make up the subject, she said. Dr. L. B. Henderson, Jr. said that be consider ed the plan a step forward, Henry Bobbitt had some reservations, concerned uath the Vaughan School and Harold Harris had minor objections to another phase of the proposal. Supt. W illiams said that while ! ne approves a four-ye* tr high school, he has so' me worry about having enough room for all the programs should enrollr nent in the high school exceed 991. When Mrs. Odom made a motion that the plan be adopted, Supt. Williams asked her would she amend her motion to state that in case of extreme emergency the (Continued on page 16) NEW ROTARY OFFIC ERS — jLawrence~Boyd, center, was installed as president of tJie Warrento n Rotary Club on Tuesday night during a ladies night banquet held at the Warre nton Country Club. Brad Carroll, right, was installed as vice presiden t and Jim Da vis, outgoing president, took office as secretary. (Staff Photo) Man Is Jailed On Charges Of Robbing Drewry Store A Warren County m an is being held in Var ice County jail un der $10, 000 bond, charg ed v rith armed robbery of Whi te's Store in the Vai ice sec tion of Drewry around 10:? JO p. m. last Friday night . James Odell ' 'Bo" Johnson, 25, of Rl t. 4, Norlina, was am »sted late Sunday afternoon by Norlina Police Chief Romey Williams and Warren County Deputy Harold Seaman as the result of a composite drawing made by Hen derson Police Detective D. W. Reavis from a description given him by a witness of the robbery. Chief Williams said Detective D. K. Harris brought Detective Reavis' drawing to Nor lina on Saturday and Williams said he recog nized Johnson by the hair and clothing as pictured. Williams explained he had seen Johnson in Nor lina Thursday Williams and Seaman then went to Johnson's home and picked him up for questioning. Following interroga tion by officers at Norlina and further investigation, the armed robbery count was filed against Johnson and he was turned over to Vance County officials. White's Store, operated by Lewis and David Paschall, was held up by two black males, one of whom was armed with a sh6(gun and the other with a handgun. No one was hurt at the robbery, but a substantial amount of money was taken from the cash register of the store and the wallets of the two Paschall men. Vance authorities are continuing the investiga tion of the case in the hope of making a second arrest. Warren County authori ties believe that the two men who held up Whito'i Store on last Friday nigH were the same man whs held up nearby FVmiag'i Store in Warren Count} on the night of Jaoe 8, and are coatinufag their in vestigation in the hope d Police P'robe Theft Of Tele visions Here Warrenton Polii ;e are still investigating It break in at Benton Fu miture Company on last Friday night. Chief Freddie Robin son and Officer T. R. Vaughan were called to the furniture store Satur day morning and found that entry to the building_ had been gained by forcing a side door to the warehouse, and a consid erable amount of mer chandise had been re moved by a thief or thieves. Selby Benton, owner, listed this merchandise as four TV sets, two of which were the best in his store; a table model stereo and six speakers, and a table radio. He said he discovered the break in when he came to work on Saturday morning. Benton also mentioned that a light on adjacent Odom's Service Station lot had been extinguish ed. A young man was in the store Friday afternoon, Benton said, and In an effort to sell his TV sets he lauded the qualities of the set and showed him his best. Actually, he said, "I may have chosen his articles for him."
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