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WarrentonMen.Library X 117 S . It a 1 n S«. W-arrenton, , N .C . 27ip9 2tye Harren SUtarii Volume 83 ' 15® Per Copy Warrenton, County Of Warren, North Carolina Thursday, August 21, 1980 Number 33 Pool Room Argument Settled Norlina commissioners ruled Monday night that the Norlina Amusement Center could continue operations for the next 30 days despite the fact that •ts operation is not in compliance with town law. The decision to allow the pool room to continue to do business with a town privilege Ucense came following a brief execu tive session called by the board to weigh argu ments of pool room operators and their crit ics. Criticism of the pool room surfaced at the regular August meeting of the board, held August 4, when more than 200 petitioners called on the town board to enforce a 1967 ordinance which forbids the operation of a pool room within 250 feet of a church. Many of the petitioners are members of the Norlina United Methodist Church, which lies across U. S. Highway One from the Norlina Amusement Center. Frank Baliance, War renton attorney repre senting Mr. and Mrs. Billy Hawks, owners of the pool room, said at Monday night's meet ing that to elect now to enforce the statute would be unfair to his clients, whom he said had spent considerable funds in '"jadying the center for business. He maintained that they had not been told of the restriction when they first applied for and were granted a privilege li cense. They were told, he noted, that they would be unable to operate past midnight and on Sundays. Opponents of the pool room had noted boistrous behavior in the area of the establishment when they initially sought to close it down. Both Mr. and Mrs. Hawks contend ed that much of the objectionable behavior had occurred on adjacent private property. They noted that while they did not sell beer in the center, it was near two beer outlets. They said closing of the pool room would not cure the problem. Following considera tion of the arguments. Councilman Wallace Stai lings offered a motion that the pool room be allowed to operate until the next meeting of the town board, provided the pool room is operated personally by Mr. Hawks. The motion was seconded by Councilman Ben Lloyd and passed unanimously. Prices Reported Rising On Local Tobacco Market Wcei on the Warran tee Tobacco Market pushed steadily upward last week, according to figures supplied this weak by Sales Supervisor George Willis Shearln Shearin said the mar ket sold 386,491 pounds on August 12 (or $488,691, an average of $1.26 per pound He said the market sold 214,319 pounds on August 14 Car 1275.486, an average of $128.53 per huadwd pounds. I These two vehicles were involved in a Thursday afternoon wreck which claimed the life of Lucious Marion Brown, 68. In the photo at top a wrecker crew puJs Brown's car from an embankment where it plunged before striking a tree. The lower photo shows Trooper W. C. Palmer inspecting the van which collided with Brown's car, throwing both from the highway. Damages to the two vehicles was put at $5 700. (Photos By Frank Holt) Wrecks Claim Two Lives Highway accidents in Warren County last, week claimed two lives and seriously injured four motorists, the State High way Patrol has reported. Killed in separate crashes were Allen Wayne (Buck) Matthews, 26, of Rt. 1. Henderson, and Lucious Marion Brown, 68, of Rt. 3, Warrenton. Matthews was killed Friday night when the car he was driving went out of control on Rural Paved rRoad 1604 six miles south of Warrenton. The victim's car over turned twice, throwing Matthews and two pas sengers from the vehicle. Injured seriously were Willie Ray Collier, 17, and Charles Matthews, 19, both of Rt. 2, Henderson. Both were taken to Maria Parham Hospital in Hen derson for treatment of injuries. Matthews was pronounced dead at the scene. Trooper W. C. Palmer reported that Matthews was operating his car at a high rate of speed when he lost control in a curve. Estimated damage of $6,000 was done to Matthews' 1979 Chevro let. Brown died in Com Help Ready For Victims Of Drought Farm operators who filed a timely and accurate report of acre age and suffer a low yield on corn or grain sorghum may be eligible for payments under the ASCS Crop Disaster Pro gram, rhomas E. Wat son, director of the ASCS Office said yesterday. A farm's actual pro duction must be less than 60 percent of the ASCS yield to be eligible for a payment. The payment is made on the production loss below the 60 percent level. Each farm stands on its own in determining eligibility and amount of payment. The payment rate for corn is one-half the applicable target price for the farm. For farms at the high rate, payment rate is $1.18 per bushel, for low rate $1.03. Farmers should file a disaster claim aa soon as it is apparent that they have a low yield. The claim must be filed immediately for any acreage that is abandon ed, or put to non-grain use. If all acreage is harvested, the claim must be filed within 15 days after harvest is completed. Accepted production e vidence must be furnish ed for each farm on which a claim is filed. This can be weight tickets or sales receipts for grain sold. Have the buyer or grader identify the weight ticket with the name or ASCS farm number on which produced. If the grain is to be stored on the farm, call and we will measure the production from each farm as it is put into the bin. The following guide lines are important. Fail ure to observe them can result in the farm being declared ineligible for disaster payments. 1. Do not destroy any crop acreage or crop residue until released by ASCS. Each farm will i* visited. 2. Notify the ASCS Office immediately of any acreage not to be (Continued on page V) munity Memorial Hospi tal in South Hill, Va. several hours after he was mortally hurt in a Thursday afternoon wreck on Rural Paved Road 1634,15 miles south of Warrenton. Trooper Palmer said Brown was travelling west when a van driven by Alex M. Francis, 23, attempted to overtake and pass the Brown vehicle. As he was attempting to pass, Fran cis struck Brown's auto, causing both vehicles to leave the road. Each vehicle rammed head on into a tree after impact. Francis and a passeng er in his car, 25-year-old Johnny Ray Francis, also of Rt. 3, Warrenton, were seriously injured and taken to Duke Medical Center. Francis has been charged with death by vehicle, driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor and improper passing. Mr. Brown was the son of the late William Cheatham and Betty Tucker Brown. He was a retired veteran of the U. S. Coast Guard a veteran of World War II, and for the past 10 or 12 years was an employee of the J. T. Harris Construction Company Funeral services were conducted Sunday at 2 p.m. from Shady Grove United Methodist Church at Inez by the Rev. John Bowman. Burial was in the church cemetery. Pallbearers were mem bers of the deer hunters club. He is survived by two sisters, Miss Catherine Brown of Inez and Mrs. Rosale Pescara of Palat ka, Fla.; and two brothers, Sam T. Brown of Raleigh and Ben D. Brown of Tallahassee, Fla. WQrren Students Will Return On Friday Summer vacation comes to an end for students in the Warren County schools on Fri day, August 22. This day has been designated as Orientation Day. Students will report to their schools at 8:30 a m. and will be dismiss ed at 11:30 a.m. During this time, they will be informed of school fees and assigned to classes. All students are requir ed to pay a three dollar basic instructional fee. Information on insurance and other fees will be given to students by their respective schools. Another important as pect of the school opening this year is the fact that all students Kindergarten through twelfth grade must be immunized. State Law requires that beginning this school year, principals must suspend students within 30 days of the start of school if they do not meet the requirement of the law. State law requires that every student should have 3 shots of DTP (diptheria, tetanus, per tussis) vaccine, 3 doses of OPV (oral Polio vaccine) 1 measles (rubeola) shot after age 12 months and 1 rubella (German meas les) shot. Due to a change in all bus numbers above 100, students can look forward to the following bus numbers instead of the familiar ones from last year. Vaughan School - Bus 124 changes to 78, Bus 105 changes to 77. Hawkins School - Bus 108 changes to 65, Bus 127 changes to 66. John Graham High - Bus 114 changes to 67, Bus 128 changes to 68. Northside School - Bus 140 changes to 75, Bus 141 changes to 76. North Warren - Bus 117 changes to 64, Bus 132 changes to 73, Bus 139 changes to 74. Mariam Boyd School - Bus 147 changes to 63, Bus 301 changes to 69. Norlina High School - Bus 121 changes to 70, Bus 133 changes to 71, Bus 135 changes to 72. Priscilla Johnson, Di rector of Pupil Personnel Two large watermelons are displayed by three ddldrea of Mr. ud Mm. Woodrow Odom of Areola. Holding the huge melons are, left le right, 8teve, Claude and Elsie Odom. The larger melon weighed 1«S pounds, the smaller sue weighed N pounds (Staff Photo) Services, said she would like to encourage all parents to help the schools in achieving one hundred per cent enroll ment by enrolling all children as soon as possible this school year Warren County schools will open their doors to approximately 3200 chil dren for the start of another school year, according to Ms Loree Strickland, president of the Warren County unit of the North Carolina Asso ciation of Educators (NCAE). "NCAE members are looking forward to a good year for our schools," said Ms. Strickland. "We want this year to be the best that it can possibly be for each child." "We hope that all parents will work with us to make this year a successful learning ex perience for each child. Each parent should visit his or her child's school early in the year," continued Ms Strickland, a classroom teacher at Hawkins Junior High School. "A good working rela tionship between the parents and the school is one of the most important factors in determining whether a child does well in school Educators want to work with parents," she continued. NCAE is the largest professional association in the state, with some 45,000 teachers, princi pals, supervisors, super intendents, and other certified educators as members. The goals of NCAE are the professional improve ment of its members, the promotion and the protec tion of the welfare of its members, and the ad vancement of the cause of education in North Caro lina. Jobs Available Warren Jobless Figures Released Unemployment in War ren County stood at 9.9 per cent at the end of June, figures released by the Employment Security Commission of North Carolina have revealed. Paul W. Keck, manag er of the ESC Office in Henderson said that although the economy is tight and the unemploy ment rate is high, there are jobs available, espe cially for skilled and experienced workers. "Licensed practical nurses, good typists, mechanics and machine repair people are in demand," Keck said. "Employers are continu ously looking for appli cants with good qualifica tions and work experi ence." The unemployment rate for Warren County was up substantially from July a year ago when the rate was 7.7 per cent. Unemployment at the end of June in Vance County was 11.9 percent, while it stood at 8.8 percent in Granville. Keck said active appli cations for work at the end of July stood at 4,514, up over the previous July's figure of 3,425, but down slightly from June. He said 255 active job openings were available at the end of July, with an average wage on job openings of $3.50 per hour. During July 323 applicants were placed on jobs. Initial claims for unem ployment insurance total led 761 during the month of July, down drastically from June when the number stood at 1,101. State Presidency Goes To Native Of Warren Fred L. Bartholomew Jr. principal of Princeton High School, is the new president of the North Carolina Principals and Assistant Principal Asso ciation A native of Warren County, Mr. Bartholo mew received both un dergraduate and gradu ate degrees at East Carolina University. He is married to the former Deanna Ballou and has three children: Betsy, 16, Nancy, 14, and Fred, m, 9. The membership of the association is composed of principals and assist ant principals throughout North Carolina. The paramount objectives of the association are listed in its Constitution as follows: children. (2) Promote the unity, professional growth, pro tection, and general wel fare of the principals and assistant principals in North Carolina. (3) Provide a mecha nism by which principals, assistant principals, teachers, and other edu cators can improve edu cation and educational leadership for the Mate of North Carolina. Four Barns Among Colls Among 14 recent fires to which the Warrenton Rural Fire Department responded four were tobacco barn fires. Contents of all tour were destroyed out aie arooMn left one of the barns
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