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t iarrcn Eecnrb Volume 83 15c Per Copy Warrenton, County Of Warren, North Carolina Thursday, August 14, 1980 Number 32 poorg Meets Monday Names Changed For Several School? Several Warren County schools will have a change in names begin ning with the 1981-82 school year. This was decided Mon day night when members of the Warren County Board of Education met in regular session. The changes in school names was one of several items connected with reorgani zation of schools once the new consolidated high school is completed. The new school will be known as the Warren County High School, according to sentiments expressed at the board's regular meeting. The remaining eight schools will retain at least part of their former identity. These schools are: South Warren Elementary School, Vaughan Elemen tary School, Mariam Boyd Elementary School, John R. Hawkins Ele mentary School, John Graham Middle School, Northside Elementary School, North Warren Elementary School and Norlina Middle School. - Coming under discus sion, but with no action taken, was the matter of providing cars to princi pals and principals' sup plements. Board members ques tioned whether it might be cheaper in the long run to pay mileage instead of assigning cars. They noted that the fleet of school cars is now old and some replacement cars are needed. Principals in schools with grades seven and higher now are provided cars. Other principals are provided lump sum travel expens es. The question of princi pals' supplements also came under brief study. Currently high school principals are given a supplement of $1200 per year, while principals in the county's other six schools get $150 each. % Superintendent Mike Williams said the schools face difficult times in trying to live within the bounds of the 1980-81 budget. He said school officials are hopeful that enough money is budget ed to take care of fuel and electrical needs, espec ially if the upcoming winter is severe. He noted the budget cuts caused by the lack of funding on the part of county commissioners, and said three teaching positions had been lost because of inadequate funding. In other matters aris ing at Monday night's session, the board: -Approved a request from Ann Crawford that her child, Fatima, be permitted to attend the seventh grade at Hawk ins rather than at Vaughan. -Approved a request from James Jordan that his daughter, Lisa, be permitted to attend the sevMth grade at Hawk int rather than at -Approved a request from Mrs. Lawrence Short that her daughter, Janet, be permitted to transfer from Gaston High School to John Graham High School. -Approved a request from Richard W. Roddy that his son and daughter be permitted to attend North Warren rather than Vaughan. -Approved a request from Mrs. Rosa Alston that her son, Herbert, be transferred from Vaugh an to Hawkins. -Approved a request 'from Mrs. Arthur Brown that her daughter be transferred from South Warren to Mariam Boyd. -Approved a request from Lloyd Hawkins that his daughter be allowed to transfer from Vaughan to Hawkins. - Accepted the resigna tions of Carolyn Watford, business teacher at Nor lina; T. Eugene Young, maintenance supervisor; Nancy Craig, Mariam Boyd aide; Doris Mulchi, library aide at North Warren; and Brenda Williams Patton, aide at Vaughan. -Approved the em ployment of Wanda Rob erson, CETA-work pro grams at Norlina and John Graham; Gail Thompson, business teacher at Norlina; Pam ela Shearin, ESEA read ing teacher at Norlina; William Shearin, teacher at South Warren; Shene que Jackson, ESEA read ing teacher at South Warren; Janice Brown, home economics teacher at John Graham; and Karen McDowell, teacher at Northside. -Approved the em ployment of George Bas kerville, custodian at Norlina; Eva Talley, custodian at Norlina; Sophia Bolton, clerical assistant at Norlina; Charles Bullock, custod ian at John Graham; and Linda Tharrington, aide at Mariam Boyd. -Approved the imple mentation of a breakfast program at North War ren School this fall. The school will join South Warren, Mariam Boyd, Vaughan and Northside in making breakfast available to students. - Approved an in crease in the cost of adult lunches from $1.00 to $1.10 for the 1980-81 school year. -Agreed to waive the $100 charge for use of the John Graham auditorium for a song festival planned by the Coordinat ing Council for Senior Citizens in September. -Approved a list of new members to serve on the Community Schools (Continued on page 3) Dotes Are Listed For Academy Pupils Warren Academy stu dents will report to school on Wednesday, August 27, at 8:30 a. m. to begin academic year 1900-81. Kindergarten students will be (hsmisaed at 11 a. m. and students in grades 1-12 will be dismissed at 11:30 a. m. The next official day of school for students will be Tuesday, September 2. The school store will be open to students wishing to buy snacks and school supplirs ■ r r These two long chicken houses are being erected near Warren Plains by Macon Myrlck of Norllna. The houses are part of early development of Perdue Farms' Warren County operation, centered on a 500 acre tract near Manson. Some 150 of these broiler houses will have to be built in a multi-county area before construction of the Perdue facility is scheduled to begin. (Staff Photo) Rules Adopted By Board Rules and regulations for the collecting of trash in the Town of Warrenton were adopted by the commissioners, upon the recommendation of the street committee and the town administrator, and ordered published in the town's newspaper. The changed rules and regulations are based upon those of our neighboring town of Louisburg and read as follows: 1. Trash will be collected at each residence twice per week. 2. All limbs must be cut into four feet lengths or less and be no larger than four inches in diameter and placed neatly by the curbside. 3. October 15 to January 1 will be designated as leaf season. During this time leaves may be raked to the curbside and will be picked up by the Town suction equipment. Frame House Is Destroyed By Fire A frame house and its contents, the home of James Green at Churchill was completely destroy ed by fire at 7 p. m. on Thursday of last week, causing estimated loss of $10,000 to the building and $5,000 to its contents. Wiring may have been the cause of the origin of the fire, according to jfacon firemen. The Macon Rural Vol unteer Fire Department responded to the fire call, sending 11 men and 1 pumper and tanker to the scene. In addition the Malcon Fire Department answer ed one tobacco barn fire, a timber fire and a grass and brush fire during the week. The tobacco barn, the property of Charles Gran tham of Macon, Rt. 2, and its ' contents were com pletely destroyed by fire at 3 p. m. on Wednesday of last week. An estimate of the damage has not been given. The Macon company dispatched seven men and 1 pumper and tanker to the scene. The Macon company sent 10 men and 1 pumper and tanker to a grass fire at the Alex Henderson farm at Embro on Wednesday of last week at 9:45 o'clock. Hie fire, the origin of which is unknown, was extinguish ed by the Macon firemen. Amount of damage was not stated. Fire burned over a quarter of acre of grass and brush on the farm of J. H. Spruill, located a mile northeast of Embro, at 12:50 o'clock on Wednesday of last week. The Macon company sent three men and a pumper to the scene. 4. Leaves mixed with pine straw will be considered pine straw and must be boxed or bagged. 5. Grass clippings must be boxed or bagged for pickup. 6. On city streets that have curb and gutter, absolutely nothing is to be placed in the gutter. Articles should be placed at the curbside. Any articles placed in the gutter will be returned to the individual yard and will not be collected until they are handled properly. 7. No building materials such as brick, sheet rock, lumber, tile, etc. will be collected unless it is boxed or bagged. 8. The individual property owners are asked to keep all trees and shrubs trimmed so as not to block the view of traffic on corner lots. If this is not done voluntarily the Town employees will be required to take action to clear the corner lots of obstruction and bill the property owners accordingly. A resolution from COG concerning federal grants, whose explana tion covered several pages, was tabled until the next regular meeting of the board in order that its members might have timetogiveitstudv. For some time the Police Committee had been working on a number of police matters under the head of Police Policy. Recommended by the Mayor, town administrator and the police committee, the policy was adopted by the board. Mayor White announced that the 71st convention of the North Carolina League of Municipalities would be held in Raleigh on Oct 19 21. He said that he plans to attend the meeting, driving to Raleigh each of the three days, and hopes that other members of the board would also plan to attend. National Guard Seeks Addresses The local National Guard is seeking the names of the National Guardsmen who were mobilized here in 1940 in Company B. 120th Infan try, SSG Green way, an nounced this week. Names of the guards men are sought in order that they may be included among those who are expected to attend a reunion and a pig-picldng marking the 40th anniver sary of their mobilization for World War D, to be held at the local National Guard Armory on Sun day, Sept. 14. Registration will be conducted at the armory from 1 p. m. until 2 p. m. An address will be made by Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Claude T. Bowers, followed by a display of today's Nation al Guard equipment. A pig-picking is scheduled from 3 to 5 p. m. SSG Greenway re quests that anyone know ing the addresses of guardsmen listed below call the armory, 257-3682: James R. Loyd, Henry M. King, Earl D. Raynor, Walter C. Bobbitt, Mar vin D. Clark, Robert J. Edwards, John P. James, Tom E. King, Bartholo mew D. Kimball. Melvin D. Knowles, Hansel P. Ormby, Lewis W. Owens, Persie N. Rudd, Albert J. SAlmon, Jackson G. Shannon, Herman F. Stansbury, and George E. Wilson. Jr. Teenage Pregnancy Discussion Sought Representatives of Warren County health, social and educational agencies are meeting together to combat the growing problem of teen age pregnancy. At a recent meeting the emphasis was on the need to inform and involve the public at large. Joe Lennon, county health director and one of the organizers of the meet ing, highlighted the need for more information. "Many parents and other adults have no idea of the number of 12-16 year old girls who are having babies," he said. » "One of our first tasks is to convince people of the severity of the problem." The first major activity planned by this group is a public meeting on Tues day, August 26, at 7:30 p. m. in the Warren County Courthouse. This meeting will be designed to inform the public about teenage pregnancy problems in Warren County, acquaint people of the activity of various agencies in this area and solicit sugges tions for other activities to combat this problem. Anyone desiring fur ther information or hav ing suggestions regard ing this problem are urged to call either Helen Faison at the Warren County Health Depart ment or Delores Webb at HealthCo. Local Jaycees Called On Again Several weeks ago when Perdue officials held a meeting at the Warrenton Lions Den to explain to farmers and other guests the advant ages of growing Perdue chickens on contract, Warren County Jaycees barbecued the Perdue chickens served on the occasion. Recently, it was learn ed here this week, when a similar meeting was held by Perdue officials in Louisburg in the Farm Bureau Building at Louis burg, Perdue again call ed on the Warrenton Jaycees to perform a similar service. According to a copy of Hie Franklin Times reaching our desk Mon day: "The Warren County Jaycees honored a re quest by Perdue officials to prepare the meal due to the success of a similar (Continued on pa* J) Ordinance Amended Pool Room Ban Adopted Warrenton Town Commissioners in regular session here Monday night amended an ordinance governing the operation of pool rooms on Main Street in the business section of Warrenton. The purpose of the amendment, adopted following notice of a public hearing from 7:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., at which no interested citizen appeared, was to ultimately have no pool rooms operating on Main Street in the business section of Warrenton. Pool rooms now operating will be permitted to continue to operate until such time as they go out of business, but cannot be replaced by others. Following failure of anyone to appear at the public hearing during the 30-minute period reserved for this purpose, Mayor White called the board into regular session, with five of the seven town commissioc ers in session. Commis sioners A. A. Wood and Richard Hunter were absent. Early in the meeting,' after brief discussion, the commissioners unani mously adopted the Zoning Ordinance amendment by unani mous vote. It became effective upon its pass age, and reads as follows: Amendment to zoning Ordinance THAT WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners of the Town of Warrenton, North Carolina, pursuant to Article VIII of the Zoning Ordinance of Warrenton, initiated action to amend said ordinance, and WHEREAS, the Tovrn Board caused to be published a Notice of Public Hearing, which described the amendment to be considered, in The Warren Record for two (2) consecutive weeks and WHEREAS, a public "earing was duly held by the Town Board, and WHEREAS, the Town Board considered the amendment and comments made at the hearing, whereupon it determined that the adoption of the amendment would promote the health safety and general' welfare of the Town. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED AND ENACTED by the Board of Commissioners of the Town of Warrenton, North Carolina as fol lows: SECTION 1. Article IV, Section 5 of the Zoning ^ance of warrenton, North Carolina, adopted May 25, 1978, is hereby amended by deleting from the list of permitted uses contained in 51 thereof the uses described therein as Indoor recreation" and Pool rooms". SECTION 2. This amendment shall become effective immediately upon adoption. ADOPTED, This the llth day of August, 1980. Radio Station Seeks Designation Of Date Prior to the adoption of the zoning ordinance amendment, Ms. Jereann King, promotion director for Radio Station WVSP of Warrenton appeared and announced that on August 26 the station will have been on the air for four years. She said that friends and supporters feel' that it will be an appropriate time to rec ognize the station and its accomplishments by naming August 26 Radio WVSP Day . She said that with this in mind she was asking the commission ers to issue a proclama tion proclaiming August 26 as Radio Station WVSP Day, and then told of several reasons why she feels that this should be done. She said Warrenton and Warren County people should be proud of the station because it was started by a Warren County resident; because Warrenton it the official city of license; because the station is a commun ity radio station and it also one of aoo stations that are affiliated with National t*Ubttc Radio, which is a national net work. In answer to quaattona Ma. King said that WVSP is a noncommercial radio station and as such serves 350,000 persons in eight counties. It is supported by its listeners, both public and private, through donations and annual memberships. She said that while the station had established a reputation through the area it serves for its jazz program, most of its services are for public services, including news. In the brief discussion proceeding the granting of Ms. King's request by the board, Comnodaskmer Billy Lanier, Jr., said that because of its Jazz programs the station is better known in Raleigh, Durham and other towns and cities in the area than it is in Warrenton. Mayor White toM the board that requests wade at the board's Aug. 14 meeting by Mrs. itoreiw McGreer and Mrs. Claude Thornton, that debris left when a neigh bor tore down a house and a water pipe replacsoMOt has now been dona with assistance from the Na tional Guard.
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