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ftrrantonM**.Library X ^ 1 :": ®i|E ttarren mecaru Volume 83 15* Per Copy Warrenton. County Of Warren. North Carolina Thur&ady, oeptemDer 4, 1980 Number 35 Ordinonce Changed Pool Room Ban Lifted By Board Norlina commissioners Tuesday night amended a town ordinance which regulates the distance which a pool room must be located from a church. By unanimous vote the town board specified that pool rooms no longer need be 250 feet from a church, but that 150 feet would be sufficient. The distance had been at the core of a controversy surrounding operation of the town's only pool room. The move to rewrite the ordinance followed two meetings between com Dog Attacks Young Girl A three-year-old Macon child, Gail Rollinson, was viciously attacked by a stray dog in the yard of her home around 9 o'clock Tuesday morn ing. When the child's grand mother, Mrs. Mary Tuck er, heard the screams of her granddaughter and saw the dog holding the child to the ground she grabbed a butcher knife and drove the dog away. The child was taken to Warren General Hospital and treated for wounds on her forehead, chin and right shoulder, and al lowed to return home, with instructions to re turn to the hospital for a check up Wednesday morning. Her mother said that Dr. Trivedi had reported that her daugh ter was doing well. Romey Williams, Nor lina Police Chief, was in Hunter Drug Store around 9 a. m. Tuesday when Mrs. Rollinson was notified of her daughter being attacked by a stray dog. He said be took the mother to Macon where he found the child had been bitten around the face and on the shoulder and her face covered with blood. He said that the dog was a small mongrel dog, part German Shep herd which had been hanging around the house for several days. He said that he and Deputy Sheriff Harold Seaman, who had been dispatched to the scene, attempted to capture the dog and be had actually taken a shot at the animal. When the dog returned to the home, the Sheriff's Department was notified, and Deputy Bobby Bolton went to the scene and killed the dog. Dog Warden Frank Twitty was in the hospital wben the dog attacked the child. He told Depu ties to kill the dog and have Henry Holtzman, an employee at the Land Fill take the dog's body to Raleigh for examination for rabies. Due to the lateness of the day, Holtzman took the dog's >ody to the Land Fill where it was placed in refrigeration until Wed nesday morning when Holtzman took it to RaWgh. At noon yester day no report had been , t received here. missioners and a delega tion of petitioners which sought to have Norlina Amusement Center shut down since it stood with in 187 feet of the Norlina United Methodist Church. Some 202 town citizens had signed the petition objecting to loud and boistrous noise from the area of the pool room and asking that the pool room's privilege license not be renewed because it stood in violation of the town ordinance. At a special meeting in mid-August, commission ers ruled that the pool room could be operated for a 30-day period while some decision on the ordinance could be made. The board members agreed Tuesday night to meet in another special session on September 18 to determine whether to extend the life of the privilege license. In other action the board unanimously ap proved a cable television franchise agreement be tween the town and promoters of a Hender son-based cable TV firm. Approval of the franchise ordinance, which follow ed a second full reading of the ordinance, is expected to open the way for the wiring of the town for cable television. No move is expected, how ever, until a similar agreement is signed between promoters and the Town of Warrenton. Commissioners were also unanimous in their decision to participate in a regional housing oppor tunity plan which had been proposed at the August meeting by a representative of the Regional K Council of Governments. Warren County Board Again Tables Measure The signing of a N. C. State Indian Housing Authority Cooperation Agreement, tabled at the August meeting of the board of county commis sioners, was again tabled at the September meeting of the board held here on Tuesday morning, due to the Labor Day holiday on the first Monday. One of the reasons for postponement of action at the August meeting was that the authority had not notified the commission ers of the site for a proposed housing com plex in Warren County. This information still had not been given the commissioners at its Tuesday morning meet ing, and the commission ers voted to table the measure until such time as this information is supplied. The report of Frank Twitty, Dog Warden, as submitted to Glen New som, County Manager, read as foBows: Number of dogs picked up, 108; number of dogs killed, 95; number of persons bitten, one; num ber of dogs confined, one; number of dogs given (Continued on page 10) YOUNGSTER DANCES WITH TRADITION — Eight-year-old Wayahsti Richardson, a Haliwa-Saponi, has been dancing since he was 18 months old and has won many competitions throughout the country. He will be among the Indian dancers from Warren and Halifax counties performing on the State Capitol grounds Wednesday, Sept 24, during Indian Heritage Week. Indian Culture Finds Way To Warren County Library A little bit of Native American culture has found its way to The Warren County Memor ial Library. As a part of the first annual Indian Heritage Week in North Carolina, Sept. 20-26,1980, the local library will have a special display on Tar Heel Indians, according to librarian Mary Louise Limer. Warren County citizens can see the display, which includes a copy of the official proclamation, a large, attractive poster and activity sheets for children, during regular library hours from Sep tember 20 to September 30. Gov. James B. Hunt, Jr. designated the special week "to proclaim and reverence" the heritage of North Carolina In dians. The N. C. Commis sion of Indian Affairs in the N. C. Department of Indian Grant Notice Given A grant of $19,315 has been awarded to the Warren County Board of Education for the pur pose of supporting school programs which are designed to meet the special educational needs of Indians, according to a wire received over the weekend from Second District Congressman, L. H. Fountain, who refer red this newspaper to Mike Williams, Superin tendent of schools for further details. Williams said the pur pose of the grant was to continue the program put in the schools several years ago. Administration is coordi nating the activities which will include com munity and statewide ob servances. With 50,000 Native Americans, North Caro lina has the largest Indian population of any state east of the Missis sippi. North Carolina Indians, who live in 96 of the state's 100 counties, comprise five tribes and three major urban con centrations. For a more detailed schedule of local and statewide Indian Herit age Week activities, contact Mary Louise Limer or the N. C. Commission of Indian Affairs, P. O. Box 27338; Raleigh, N. C. 27611 or telephone 919-733-5998. Additionally, the War ren County Memorial Library will sponsor a contest, open to children between the ages of 10 and 15, in three cate gories, all depicting In dian life. Posters, cardboard construction and crafts' will form the three cate gories, with a book given as first prize in each division. These projects should be in the library by September 16, Mrs. Limer said. Lack Of Money May Bring Public Appeal Told by the Board of County Commissioners Tuesday morning that the Nutrition Program for the Elderly is entitled to the $810 placed in the 1979-80 budget for its operation, but not able to secure an extra $30( to cover a shortfall, its director, Mrs. Joan Hight, told the commis sioners that its only recourse was to raise the money through public appeals. She told the commis sioners that the reason for the $300 debit is that the state had ruled that money for meals donated freely by senior citizens could not be used as matching funds, but must be used for expanding the program. Chairman Jack Harris told Mrs. Hight that he and the board feels that the program is an excellent one, and one of the few not cut in preparing the budget, he simply did not know where the board could find the money. Mrs. Hight replied that her only recourse, was to appeal to the public, the churches and civic clubs, and possibly sell b runs wick stew, and other foods. Tuesday afternoon, Mrs. Hight came to the office of the Warren Record where she issued the following statement: "The nutrition pro gram for the elderly is in need of $300 matching money for the program. We are calling upon any civic organization, churches and individual citizens who would like to contribute to this worthy cause to plese send your contributions to Mr. Gor don B. Hull, 531 South Main Street, Warrenton, (Continued on page 10) Lack Of Funding Hits School Hard By BIGN ALL JONES A drastic reduction in the capital outlay appropriation to the school budget by the Warren County Board of Commissioners in their efforts to "hold the tax rate down" has resulted in no funds being budgeted for items needed at the new Warren County High School now under construction between Warrenton and Norlina, Mike Williams, Superintendent of Warren County Schools said in an interview here Friday morning. The Board of Education, in an effort to complete and equip the new facility, had requested funds in this year's appropriation for furnishings and equipment for the library, science, and home economics departments and bleacher seating in the gymnasium at the new school. The educators had planned, in subsequent years, to request additional funds for such essential items as paving, athletic fields, stugent lockers and an intercom system. Williams related that when bids were taken on the final phase of construction at the new school the Board of Education was faced with the choice of constructing all of the necessary buildings without equipping them completely or cutting back on the buildings and providing the ' athletic fields and more furnishings and equipment. The board of Education chose to delay furnishing and equipping the facility and give priority to constructing the necessary buildings. So far as the athletic fields are concerned it is hoped that the local National Guard unit can render assistance by completing some of the grading during their regular drills. The school system is In the process of preparing a request for this assistance. However, additional funds would still have to be raised, either publicly or privately, for lighti, fencing, stadium seating, and fuel used by the Guard to operate its equipment. The school system fared slightly better in the appropriation for current operating expenses. An eight percent increase in this year's appropriation will allow the schools to continue most of the services offered last year. In the face of inflation this will be a tight budget year, Williams said, and added a note of concern over the ever-increasing coat of fuel oil, gasoline and utilities. When the writer mentioned that school boards and boards of county commissioners were clashing over funding for education in many counties WUHams saki that the system of funding education in this state often places Boards of Education and Boards of County Commissioners in an adversary relationship. The state funds the personnel and supplies for a basic, but minimum, educational program and bears the cost of transporting pupils. Local Boards of Education must secure funds from Boards of County Commissioners (Continued on page 10) By State Professor Special Seminar To Be Held Here "Our First Amendment Freedoms" will be the topic of a Humanities Seminar to be held in Warren County on Tuesday evenings from 7 to 9 p. m. beginning September 16 and continuing each Tuesday evening for a total of four weekly sessions. Professor Sanford Kessler of the Political Science Department at North Carolina State University will lead this seminar which concerns the extremely contro versial freedoms guaranteed by our First Amendment - The group will explore the freedoms of speech, press, and religion through discussion of such specific issues as prayer in the schools, obscenity and porno graphy laws, and the extent to which an individual may voice his protest against our government. Dr. Kessler received his Ph.D. from Boston College and has taught at Colgate University and Hamilton College in New York. His field of special ization is political theory and American government. The videotapes will feature Professor Abraham Holtzman who has won State's Outstanding Teaching Award and has held the Alumni Distin guished Professorship. There is no charge for the seminar. The Humanities Semi nar is jointly sponsored by the National Endow ment for the Humanities and the North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service. The seminar will meet for approximately one and a half hours a week for a total of four weeks. At the first meeting the professor will introduce the topic, provide important background information, and present the group members with packets containing reading materials and discussion Questions During the middle two weeks, the professor will withdraw from the seminar in order to encourage discussion of the topic by the individuals themselves. ■Hte professor will pro vide a 25-minute video taped presentation for KESSLER expert for the Univer sity's Communications Department, which will be designed to spotlight key issues and trigger the discussion period following the videotape. After the taped presentation the group will discuss questions that the professor had distributed to each member at the initial meeting. This discussion will be steered by a qualified discussion leader from the community. The professor will then return for the fourth and final meeting to answer all additional questions on the topic and to discuss additional material as well as the points made during the previous three sessions. Each participant will be expected to attend all four sessions. Any person desiring to participate in the seminar should call Mrs. Bertha Forte at the Warren County Agricultural Extension Service 257-3640. The deadline date for registration is September 9. Better Tobacco Spurs Increase Improved quality to bacco triggered a rise in prices last week on the Warrenton Tobacco Mar ket. Sales Supervisor . Shearin said on Thursday
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