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■®rr«ntonM«a.Library X 117 S.ttaln St. ■arranton, H.C. 27389 barren Eecorii « Volume 83 15® Per Copy Warrenton, County Of Warren, North Carolina Thursday, November 13, 1980 Number 45 John KOlan presents the Conservation Farm Family of the Year Award to the E. C. Brauer Family of Ridgeway during a luncheon held Monday at The Carriage House here. Receiving the award is E. C. Brauer, while Mrs. Brauer and son-in-law Mike Roope look on. (Staff Photo) Conservation Award Is Presented E. C. Brauer Family Of Ridgeway The Ernest C. Brauer Family of Ridgeway has received the Conserva tion Farm Family of the Year Award. The award was pre sented by John Kilian of the Warren Soil and Water Conservation Dis trict during a luncheon meeting at The Carriage House in Warrenton on Monday. Brauer, his wife Mar gie, their son-in-law Mike Roope and daughter, Donna, were selected for their "fine work in soil conservation." The Brauer Family farms tobacco, soybeans, corn and small grain. The conservation practices they have on their cropland includes grass waterways, field borders, terraces, diversions, con tour farming, crop rota tion, minimum tillage and a farm pond for irrigation. In addition to row crops, the Brauers were cited for an excellent cow-calf operation. Er nest and Mike "practice good pasture manage ment and rotate their herds to prevent over grazing," Conservation District officials said. The family was com mended for their hard work to improve their woodland They practice good woodland manage ment in addition to helping protect the wild life. it was noted. Leaves Being Handled Improperly Gusty winds of fall are rapidly depleting trees of their leaves and Warren ton citizens as a whole are paying little attention to a request of the town commissioners not to place leaves in the street, Commissioner Eddie Clayton, chairman of the Street Committee, told the Warrenton Town Commissioners in an hour-long session of the board Monday night. In spite of this, Clayton said, the town is busy and making good progress in removing the leaves. The Monday night meeting was largely concerned with commit tee reports and a brief discussion concerning re newing a lease with Hy Diamond for the Police Building on the corner of Main and West Market Street. In the new three-year lease present ed by Diamond for 1 approval of the commis sioners was a request for increasing the rent from $75 to $90 a month. Mayor White asked that the contract be reviewed by the Police Committee in regard to other charges and restrictions contain ed in the old list and retained in the proposed new list. Commissioner Gordon Haithcock, chairman of the Water Committee, told the commissioners that pipe had arrived and would soon be installed on Warren Street. He also told the commissioners that he understood that an arrangement had been made with the Soul City Sanitary District for it to install a chlorine dis penser at Soul City, and that it is his under standing that the county would take over duties of the Sanitary Committee on Jan. 1, 1981. Due to the absence of Commissioners A. A. Wood, chairman of the Fire Committee, and Charles M. White, Jr., Athletic Field Work Authorized By Board ' The Warren County Board of Education Mon day night authorized Superintendent Mike Wil liams to proceed with plans to ask the National Guard to assist in grading new athletic fields at the consolidated high school. Hie approval followed a discussion of plans for ' the fields, which were drafted by architect Dan Knight, who also drew spedficat'ons for the n**w school. Williams told the board that there is approxi mately $9/400 available for paying for work on the field. It is understood that the board would repay ' the guard for fuel and any materials used in con struction of the fields. In other action, the board indicated it wants to talk with those respon sible for two unpaid bills at John Graham before taking any action to pay the bills. The old bills from the 1979-80 school year *re in the amount of $4,500 to Oxford Sporting Goods for athletic equipment and $1,700 to Josten's for the school yearbook. The board was asked to consider paying off both bills in order to avoid finance charges. The board would be repaid for the athletic equipment bill from revenue gene rated by athletic events. No method of repayment of the yearbook bill was suggested. chairman of the Commit tee on Zoning and Historical Preservation, no reports were heard from these committees. Commissioner Richard Hunter, chairman of the Finance Committee, told the commissioners that the town seems to be on schedule with tax collec tions and budget expendi tures were in line. Commissioner A. C. Fair, chairman of the Railroad Committee, said that enough heavy rails had been received to make needed repairs at the crossing at General Box and Lumber Com pany. Mayor White told the commissioners that pro gress is being made on plans for annexation on both Franklin and Ridge way Street Extensions by the end of the present fiscal years. Mayor White also told the commissioners that he had attended the meeting of the N. C. League of Municipalities in Raleigh for parts of two days, where he learned that most towns are having the same problems as Warrenton. He said that commission ers from other towns, governed by three and five men boards, were surprised to find that Warrenton's Town Board is composed of seven members. During Monday Night Session Board's 'Racial Policies' Attacked By Petitioners More than 350 Warren County residents have called on the Warren County Board of Educa tion to take immediate action to end what they see as racial discrimina tion in the hiring and promotion policies of the board. A petition bearing the names of the citizens was presented Monday night during the regular meet ing of the Board of Education by Frank Ballance. spokesman for the Warren County Politi cal Action Council. The petition contends that the board "now appears to be moving away from what at one time appeared to be a spirit of cooperation between the races in the operation of the school system." Spokesmen at Monday night's session - held in the Mariam Boyd Li brary to accomodate the crowd on hand - said the recent hiring of Ben Terrell, a white, over James T. Wilkerson, a black, as principal of the new consolidated high scnocl was indicative of the racist trend. TTiey contended that Wilker son, principal of John R. Hawkins Junior High, should have been hired if the board wanted to be consistent with its pro mise to promote from within the county system. "The selection of Ter rell is totally unaccept able," Mrs. Janice Crump, one of two spokesmen for the Coun cil, said. "We would like a written response within 15 days," she added. Mrs. Crump, who is chairman of the Warren County Board of Elec tions, said Monday night's appearance by the predominately black delegation was "an ex pression of outrage." She said the board "changed the rules in the Mickey Ellis of Vaaghaa is ahowa with a 12-potat bock which he killed la JaAtas Township m Saturday. Elite was hunting with a 12-gaafe shotgun whea he tapped the TO-pooad deer. He said It Is the largest he has ercr killed. Elite hoata with ReM Brothers Hating Clab. (Staff Photo) middle of the game" when it came to hiring Terrell last month. She cited the selection of Supt. Mike Williams, a white, who was hired from within the system, as an indication that the board looked within the system when it came to filling new or vacant positions. She expressed resent ment that the board had been unresponsive when asked to name a black man to finish the unexpir ed term of the late E. A. Man Critically Hurt Flying Saw Blade Slashes Victim By BIGNALL JONES A homemade wood saw disintegrated near Oine on last Saturday after noon and the flying blade severed the owners jaw, cut his left side and hip bone. The owner of the rig Edward Scott Pigg 0f Norlina, was still alive at Duke Medical Center in Durham and was in intensive care on Tues day afternoon. With Pigg at the time of the accident was Alton Curtis of near Drewry, who saved Pigg's life. When Pigg, who has an invalid wife, completed work recently on the annex to the Medical Center, he with other workmen were laid off. He returned home to Norlina. Here Alton Cur tis entered the picture. He said in a telephone conversation on Tuesday afternoon that in an effort to help Pigg he told him that he could have the wood from a one and a half acre wood lot which Curtis owned. Pigg had made a saw rig powered by an automobile engine and towed by a truck. On last Saturday morn ing around 10 o'clock Curtis accompanied Pigg to the wood lot and began to assist him in cutting wood. Pigg was cutting the wood and Curtis was removing and piling the wood as it came off the saw. Around 3:30 or 4 p. m., Curtis said, the whole saw outfit seemed to come apart, and he was thrown to the ground. Pigg was thrown about 25 feet through the air. When Curtis reached him, he was lying on his side, bleeding badly and unconscious. Curtis plac ed him on his back and put a block of wood under his head. He then removed clotted blood from Pigg's mother in order to let him breathe. "He really was dead by this time, with no pulse and no sign of breathing. I gave him mouth - to - mouth resuscitation until life returned Then I drove the truck to where he was lying and picked him up and placed him in Uie back of the truck. God must have given me the strength that I needed for ordinarily I would lint have been able to lift him." Curtis drove the truck to Warren General Hos pital from which Pigg was taken by ambulance to the Duke Medical Center in Durham Curtis explained his efforts in befriending Pigg: "I have never had very much," he said, "and when I can help someone who has much less I try and help." Pigg's accident was a tragedy and a traumatic experience to Curtis. But it was not the only tragedy. The second tragedy is Pigg's wife, Mary P. Pigg, 52, suffer ing with a heart condi tion, and varicose veins and leg ulcers that makes walking difficult. Be cause of the heart condition, she receives welfare assistance of little over $100 a month. She has no other means of support, and it is unlikely that her husband will ever be able to contribute to her support. They have no children. Curtis said that Pigg never asked for food stamps. Mrs. Pigg said when she called the office of The Warren Record on Tuesday afternoon to report the accident, that she called in the hope that people might learn of her husband's plight and her own plight in the hope that they might receive help. This was the reason, she said, for her calling both The Warren Record and The Henderson Daily Dispatch. Turner, and the failure of the board to name the new consolidated high school for Turner, who was serving as chairman of the Board of Educa tion at the time of his death. Ballance, the other official spokesman for the Political Action Coun cil, said the conduct of the board "demonstrably violates the spirit and letter of the law as well as the court order in the cse of Turner vs. the Warren County Board of Educa tion." Ballance also spoke of numerous other problems within the school system, "most notable of which is the absence of district lines, resulting in the overcrowding of some schools and the under use of others." He said the petition ers wanted to serve notice on the board that they would seek "correc tive action in the courts and otherwise as they deem appropriate " During the session. Dr. L. B. Henderson, Jr., the board's only black, said he wanted the record to show that Terrell had not been selected unanimous ly, but rather on a vote of 3-2. The board was advised by Attorney A1 Thompson that any actior: to terminate Terrell's em ployment would consti tute breach of contract. Terrell is expected to join the school system in early January. While taking no action at Monday night's meet ing, board members indicated their willing ness to talk further with petitioners or their repre sentatives in an effort to resolve the controversy. In other action Monday night, the Board of Edu cation -Approved a request from Mrs. Betty Harris that her children. Forest Vaughan and Regina Vaughan, both third (Continued on page 8) Blaylock Honored As A Top Teacher Gilbert Blaylock, draft ing instructor at John Graham Senior High School, has been selected as one of the ten top in structors of the Region in area. Blaylock was given the honor at a recent dinner meeting for vocational education in structors held at Northern Naah High School in Nash County. Blaylock was selected by teachers and staff members of Region m. The awards are given an nually to teachers who ex hibit the most outstand ing achievements in teaching and work with VICA, the youth organisation of trades and industry. Attending the meeting at Northern Naah waa State Sen. James Speed of Louis burg, the super in BLAYLOCK tendents of schools in Rocky Mount, Nashville and Tarboro, and all local directors of Region Of. Also attending were special guests from N. C. State University and the regional director, 8am Shogart, and his staff.
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