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•»rrantonMsa.Library X 117 St. * AIAI4 ^k% ®lj e Ulamn ^Record Volume 83 16« Per copy Warrenton. County Of Warren, North Carolina Thursday. August 7, 1980 Number 31 A portrait of G. E. (Bock) White, late Norlina police chief, was formally accepted Monday night by the Norlina Town Council. The portrait, by a Texas artist, will be displayed in the Town Hall. In the photo above, Mrs. White presents the portrait to Norlina Mayor Bill Perry. Taking part in the presentation were, left to right, Mrs. Mae Gums, town clerk; and commissioners Will Hicks, Jimmy Overby, Ben Lloyd, Wallace Stallings and John Dore. See related resolution on page 7. (Staff Photo) Residents Protest Location Of Pool Room Some 200 residents of Norlina have petitioned town councilmen to take action against a local pool room which opponents contend is the center of disorderly conduct and which violates a town ordinance because of its proximity to a church. Calls to close the pool room - known as the Norlina Amusement Cen ter - came Monday night For Collections Use Special Part-Time Deputy Is Sought Mrs. Elizabeth Harris, director of Incentive Pay ment Collection, appear ed before the commis sioners on Monday morn ing to request that the county provide a special part-time deputy sheriff to serve papers connect ed with the collection of nonsupport cases. Since assuming her duties with the courts several months ago Mrs. Harris has collected more than $140,000. She told the commissioners that if she had a part time deputy on regular call that she could do a more effective job, as he would not be called on to serve other papers and sometimes perform other duties. The cost of the deputy 's salary, meals and mile age would be paid on a 25 percent-75 percent basis with the federal govern ment paying the major share It was agreed that the cost of the county's share would be around $2,000 a month and it was agreed that this is a small amount in comparison with the _ money being collected by Mrs. Harris. At this point it was re called that Mrs. Harris had appeared before the commissioners with a similar request at the Juuii meeting, when the matter had been tabled while other budgetary item* were being studied, and due to an oversite funds for the project had not been placed in the budget. Chairman Harris sug gested that Sheriff Clar ence Davis appear before the commissioners at the end of consideration of other matters to discuss the matter of finding a part-time deputy; and that Miss Susan Wilson, Finance Officer, appear before the board to see if the needed funds could be used. Mrs. Harris was to be notified of results. Meanwhile the County Attorney had informed the commissioners that all deputy sheriffs had to serve under the com mand of the sheriff. Sheriff Davis said that he believed he knew where a part-time deputy could be found and that he was satisfied that he and Mrs. Harris could work out a legal and satisfactory agreement for her to have her deputy, and Miss Wilson said that she feels funds from the emergency fund could be provided to hire a part-time deputy. Sheriff Davis took the occasion to praise Mrs. Harris for the "wonderful job" she is doing for Warren County. Representatives of the Board of Commissioners, the Board of Health and the Board of Education met in joint session, as provided by law, to elect a member of the Warren County ABC Board. W. K. Lanier, who has been serving as chairman for a number of years, was re appointed as a member for a three year term. The chairman is elected by the members. Phillip Williams, di rector of HealthCo, ap peared before the com missioners Monday morning in regard to the (Continued on page 2) as a small delegation appeared at the August meeting of the Norlina Board of Commission ers. Spokesman for the group was Glenwood Newsome, who said he was appearing in behalf of 202 Norlina citizens who had signed a petition objecting to the pool room's operation. Newsome said that the pool room violated town law by being within 250 feet of a church. Commis sioners were told that the Norlina Amusement Cen ter was located 187 feet from the Norlina United Methodist Church. The pool room and the church are on opposite sides of U. S. Highway One which splits through the town's midsection. Newsome said that on occasion loud and bois trous noise from the pool room had disturbed church members attend ing funerals and other church functions. He called on town council men to put an end to the objectionable practice. The arguments of New some were backed by Policeman Charlie Bark er, who recited a list of past arrests made on or about the premises of the pool room. He said he had no ill feeling toward Billy and Ann Hawks, owners of the pool room who were present at Monday night's meeting, but he contended "the town council ought to know the mood of the people." Barker said arrests had been made for assault near the amusement center and that on Public Beer Ban Sought By Chief A proposed ordinance outlawing the consump tion of beer in public areas of Norlina is scheduled to come under study by town commis sioners at their Septem ber meeting. Board Attorney A1 Thompson said he could have a proposed ordin ance drafted by that time. His opinion came after Police Chief Romey Williams complained over the lack of laws to deter public consump tion. Williams told board members that beer is being displayed in the heart of town and that on occasion the practice has brought criticism. He said he would like to see an ordinance passed similar to the one now in effect in neighboring Warren ton. In other matters to come before the Town Board, Councilman Jimmy Overby relayed the wishes of several town residents that large green signs bearing the name Norlina be placed at the main entrances to town. He was told that the matter should be taken up with state highway officials, and board mem bers agreed to contact the appropriate state author ities to have the signs erected. Henderson Attorney Bobby Rogers appeared before the board in the interest of his proposal to provide cable television (Continued on page 2) Training Sessions Slated For Drivers Two day-long training sessions for adult school bus drivers who Wish to drive during the next school term will be held at John Graham High School on August 11 and 12. The sessions will begin at 8:30 and continue until 3:30 p. m. Only persons with no traffic violations within the past two years will be accepted, school person oel said. For additional Information contact Mar vin Tharrington at the School Bus Garage, tele phone number 257-3860. occasion the manager of the center was seen intoxicated. Mr. and Mrs. Hawks, who told town officials that they had owned the pool room for the past year, said they shared the public concern, but that they had an investment of $8,000 in the property. The couple said they were willing to close the pool room "whenever there is anything going on at the church." Hawks said he "would close the place tomorrow, but it wouldn't do any good." He said most of the problem is caused by persons coming near the pool room property from two nearby beer outlets. He said no beer is sold at the Norlina Amusement Center. The owners said they were unaware of a 1967 town ordinance prohibit ing pool rooms within 250 feet of churches when they applied for a privilege license last year. The license, which expired June 30, has not been renewed. Mayor Bill Perry said the question before the council was whether or not to renew the permit, and suggested that be cause of its sensitive nature that the matter be discussed in closed ses sion. A motion by Councilman John Do re that an executive session be declared died for want of a second. Councilman Jimmy Overby said he was disturbed that the police report of misconduct in the area of the pool room had not come to the attention of commission ers earlier. Board Attorney A1 Thompson advised the board not to take action until the attorney for the pool room owners, Frank Ballanee of Warrenton. coukl present their side of the argument. Ballanee was unable to appear at Monday night's session. Commissioners agreed to continue their discus sion of the pool room matter at a special meeting to be held on Monday night, August IB. Towns Take Beating Warren Shows Slight Growth According to the pre liminary census count for Warren County released within the past two weeks. incorporated towns took a plunge in its population figures, while the county as a whole had a slight increase. Warrenton, which had a population of 1035 in the 1970 census, had a popula tion of only 907 in the 1980 preliminary census. Neor Northside School Apartment Plans Move Step Closer Plans for a 50-unit apartment complex on the outskirts of Norlina moved a step closer to reality Monday night with a decision of the Board of Town Commis sioners to seek special permission to extend town sewer mains to the proposed project. Norlina board mem bers were unanimous in their decision to seek a special order of consent to overcome restrictions on additional connections to single family dwellings on existing sewer lines. Roxboro Developer Ruffin Woody, who has proposed the apartment complex near the North side School on the fringe of town, wrote town officials that his applica tion has been approved by the Kerr-Tar Regional Council of Governments and the Farmers Home Administration has "tar geted" loan funds for Warren County for the fiscal year beginning October 1. Woody pointed out that the North Carolina De partment of Natural Re sources and Community Development had review ed the application and noted that the discharge permit for the Town of Norlina contains the restriction on additional connections. He said that an engi neer of L. E. Wooten & Co. and the State Division of Environmental Assess ment had indicated that the request should win approval since the Nor lina pumping station and the Warrenton sewage treatment plant are sche duled for early comple tion. Half of the apartments in the proposed complex would be two-bedrooms, with the remainder di vided equally between one-bedroom and three bedroom apartments. Woody said a maximum of two occupants per (Continued on page 2) Dove Season Dates Listed RALEIGH - The N. C. Wildlife Resources Com mission set the dove seasons, among other items of business at its regular meeting last week. The split mourning dove season will run from Septemer 1 through Octo ber 11 and from Decem ber 15 through January 12. During the first portion of the dove season, shooting hours will start at 12 noon. During the second half of the dove season, shooting hours will start at one-half hour before sunrise and continue until sunset. The bag limits for doves will be 12 birds daily with 24 in posses sion. Subdivision Plans Are Rejected Here Two proposals for plan ned subdivisions in War ren County were rejected Thursday night by the Warren County Planning Board, meeting here in monthly session. In both instances maps presented by developers failed to meet specifica tions of the Planning Board. One developer, R. G. Moseley, who proposes to create an eight-lot sub division in Roanoke Township abutting the Virginia-North Carolina border, was told to redraw his map in order to allow a minimum width of 125 feet at the building line. Several of the lots proposed by Moseley failed to meet planners' specifications in this respect, but Moseley indicated that he had plenty of property at the site to allow the creation of larger lots. Moseley also had an additional lot which be wanted approved for non residential use. He was told that the board would rule on both requests when the new map is resubmitted. The other property owner, J. Allen Kimball, sought to have a one-lot subdivision of his Nut bush Township property approved. Planners agreed that his map was inadequate to meet speci fications contained in the county's subdivision regulations. AH members of the Planning Board except Ulysses Rom were pre sent for the session. Chairman of t he Board Norlina 1980 prelimi nary census of 887 was 8.5 percent less than the 1970 figures, and Macon's 1980 preliminary popula tion of 151 showed a drop of 15.6 percent. According to the 1970 census, Warren County had a population of 15,810; and the 1980 preliminary figures show a total population of 15,857. Both Glenn New some, County Manager and Beverly White, Mayor of Warrenton, have protest ed the figures with the Census Bureau in Ral eigh White checked with house numbers said to be vacant and found that many errors were found in the postoffice list and that 58 vacant houses, as previously stated, are not to be found in the Town of Warrenton. Preliminary figures show the 1980 population by townships and the rate of increase or decrease as follows: Warrenton Township - 4,434, an increase of 3.7 percent. Fishing Creek Town ship - 1,284, an increase of 4.4 percent. Fork Township - 526, a decrease of .9 percent. Hawtree Township - 1,300, a decrease of 16 percent. Judkins Township - 869, a decrease of 9.4 percent. Nutbush Township - 1,516, an increase of 10.5 percent. River Township - 788, a decrease of 30.7 percent. Roanoke Township - 238, an increase of 30.7 percent Sandy Creek Township -1,315, an increase of 26.1 percent. Shocco Township - 770, an increase of 4.5 percent. Sixpound Township - 705, a decrease of .01 per cent. Smith Creek Township - 2,068, an increase of 2.4 percent. Leaf Market Opens Season The Warrenton Tobac co Market opened its 1960 season at the Centre Warehouse on Norlina Road around 8:45 o'clock on Wednesday morning. The opening sal* was scheduled to be heM at 9 o'clock, but «a Tueaday it was rr srhaduM lar 8:90 a. m. The quality of tobacco at Omtm was leaves being «tts*ad. Due to eaafer pcMtag of this newspaper m Wed nesday as usufli only ■ales at Ceotsa wen covered. Here toe first 100 piles of tobacco sold for $.^^J*jeeaoM»0
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