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■®rr«ntonie«.Libr»ry Z 117 S.Haln St. »arr«nton, N.C. 27589 W$z Parren Hecorii •* Volume 84 J5« Per Copy Warrenton. County O» Warren, North Carolina Thursday. January 8. 1981 Number 2 Hawtree Fire District Inez Fire District The Warren County Board of Commlssioners, meetlng be re on Monday morning, certified tbe Inez Fire District and tbe Hawtree Fire Dlstrlct as legal fire dlstricts of Warren County. Accompanylng tbe request for certifica ti on were descripttons of metes and boonds for eacb dlstrlct These descrlptlons revealed tbat polnts 4 and 5 oí tbe Inez Dlstrlct are adjoinlng polnts with tbe Areola Fire Dlstrlct, and polnts nine, 10 and 11 in tbe Hawtree Dlstrlct are adjolnlng polnts with Smitb Creek Fire Dlstrlct, The new dlstricts, which are expected to rece!ve early approval of tbe Fire Commlssloa and tbe State Insurance Department, are expected to hring lower Insurance ra tes to Inhabitants of tbe two dlstricts. The two compontes are tbe last of Warren ton Rural Volunteer Fire Department auxillary companies to receive certifica tion of their dlstricts. Boycott Continúes Locally The Warren County Política] Actíon Council at its first meeting of 1981 voted to continué its economic boycott of War ren County merchante. The committee, meet ing at Coley Spríngs Baptist Church on Sun day, also decided to desígnate Monday, Feb 2, aa "Soüdarity Day," during which all paren ts with students enrolled in the Warren County achool system are asked to show their support by keeping their children at home on that day. The one-day boycott oí schools is also designad as an indicaron of what may be ahead should the issue of the principalship at the Warren County Consolidated High School not be resolved. While there was some sentiment for modifying the boycott, primarily for the benefit of aenior citizens and others who are having difficulty shopping, the more than 200 persona in attendance at the meeting voted overwhelmingly to con tinué the boycott, stating that "the issue was of significant importance to justify the «acriflce." Se ver al persona pre sent expressed concern at the negative altitudes and apparent lack of concern displayed by some local merchante, notably tbe management al the Leggett Depart ment Store and Dia mond's Discount Store. One unidentified PAC member stated that "those people (the Lag gett and Diamond man agement) don't care any thing about thelr black custome rs, and apparent ly ha ve no concern about equality tn employment." The poUtlcal action oouncil again expresaed íta deaire to reaolve thia isaue qulckly and amica bly, and reaffirmed Ita willlngnwta to dtacupi the reaohitk» of the pro blema with any and all concerned persona. More Poundage Foreseen In '81 Warren County Tobac co growers will be eligible in 1981 to market over 3.6 million more pounds of leaf than they sold last year, Thomas E. Watson, executive direc tor of the Warren County ASCS Office, reported this week. Director Watson noted that farmers of the Merchandise Stolen From Residence The Warren County Sheriff's Department re ported Monday the theft of around $550 worth of merchandise from the residence of William Davis on Rt. 3, Warren ton, Sunday. Entry was made at the back door of the mobile home where a glass in the door had been pushed out and the door latch lifted, according to Deputy Harold Seaman, investi gating officer. Seaman said that Davis reported two watches, a 12-gauge shotgun, a radio-tape player, a small amount of silver and a fifth of Scotch had been stolen. The investigation is eontinuing. Medlin Named Vice- Presiden** The Board of Directors of Branch Banking and Trust Company meeting in Wilson in December promoted Stephen L. Medlin to vice president of the Warrenton Office. Medlin is the branch manager in charge of that office. He joined BB&T's Man agement Development Program in 1973 and transferred to Wallace the following year. He was assigned to Warren ton in December of 1979. Following graduation from Vaiden Whitley High School in Wendell, he attended North Caro lina State University and gradúated from the Uni versity of North Carolina. He was president of the Lions Club while in Wallace and is currently a director for the Cham ber of Commerce and a member of the Rotary Club. He served on the Advisory Council for Group III of the North Carolina Bankers Associ ation and is county chairman for Project TELL, the banking indus try's educational pro gram. He is married to the former Donna Hicks of Knightdale and they ha ve two children. He is a member of the Warren ton Baptist Church. county fell 22.5 percent short in 1980 of producing their effective quota of flue-cured tobáceo, re sulting in a carryover of 1,770,863 pounds. "The 100 percent quota for 1980 was 7,9%,922 pounds," he commented "This will result in the effective quota for 1981 being increased to reflect the 22.5 percent under marketings. After com puting the 7.5 percent decrea se in 1981 allot ments and quotas au no unced by the Secretary of Agriculture, the effec tive quota for the county is 11 percent larger than in 1980. Director Watson re ported that the effective acreage for 1981 will be 5,758.13 acres, up 784.66 acres from the 1980 allot ment of 4,973.47 acres. The effective poundage quota for 1981 will be o,995,899 pounds, an in crease of 998,977 pounds over last year's quota of 7,996,922 pounds. "Farm ers can also market in 1981 an additíonal 10 percent of the effective quota," Watson noted "Warren County farm ers last year sold 6,203, 564 pounds and could be eligible to market up to 9,895,488 pounds in 1981 (the 110 percent quota)," he said. Director Watson said allotment notices were mailed to Warren County farmers on January 5. Feeding A feeding program for the elderly - housed in Warrenton for the past five years - will be moved to Nortina later this month. This was determined Monday night when members of the Norlina Town Board unanimously gave their consent to a request that the Nortina Fire Station be used as a site for a regional nutri tion program. The approval carne after Mrs. Joan Hight, director of the nutrition program for the elderly, appeared before the board to discuss a change in sites. Mrs. Hight, who said the program now serves between 40 and 50 persons, told the board that the management of Colonial Lodge in War renton, where the pro gram has been housed in recent years, wanted to other use of the space now taken up by the feeding program. She said she would like to be able to move bv Jan. 15. As the program is now operated, food is prepar ed in Henderson, placed in containers and deliv ered to the feeding site. Warren has two such sites. A second is con tained in the oíd Haliwa Indian School near Ar eola. Mrs. Hight said her ageney now pays $70 monthly for rent of the Warrenton space, and that she felt the ageney could pay a like amount Citizens Seek More Utilities A delegation of citizens from a predominantly black residentíal section of Norlina Monday night called on town commis sioners to upgrade facili ties in their area. Specifically called for by the delegation were better streets, fire hy drants and street lights. The delegation was led by gpokesman Alfred Cole man. Coleman said that his group has sought the im provements for many years but that little has been done in the area. Mayor Bill Perry coun tered by saying that «42,000 had been spent putting linea and hy dranta in an area of U. S. 1 north of town. "If we had the mooey, we would put in aD the hydrants and lights that people would want," Perry told the group. He said that for the past se ver al years the only improvements in town had baen made in the neighborhood represent ed by the delegation One unidentified «i^n for the group said that there are no (OontinuedonpagtS) Program Shifts To Norlina to acquire space in Norlina. She said Tuesday that the meáis will be served at Norlina at noon, and that those eating will be charged 50 cents each for the meal, or whatever participants felt they could pay. She said per so ns wishing to take ad vantage of the program in Norlina are asked to cali the assistant man ager, Mrs. Ida K. Bolton. Miss Dorothy Bolton will continué to be mea! site manager, Mrs. Hight said. She said that as was the case in Warrenton, a limited number of meáis would be available for home-bound persons. Meeting Is Brief Affair Commissioners Cali For Public Hearing On Grant A public bearing on an application for a block grant will be held at the Warren County Court room here on Monday, January 12, at 9:30 p. m., Jack Hams, chairman of * the Warren County Board of Commissioners, an nounced at the cióse of the regular commission ers meeting here on Monday morning. The hearing was sup posed to be held here Monday morning, but was delayed because of a legal technicality in ad vertising the meeting. Monday's meeting was a comparatively brief affair, lasting about an hour and a half, and consisted mainly of ap pointment of personnel to several agencies, and hearing of several routine written reports. The report of Frank Twitty, Dog Warden, revealed that during the month of December he travelled 1450.8 miles and answered 57 calis. He picked up 52 dogs, killed 45 and gave away seven. The report of Mrs. Susan Whitley, tax collec tor revealed that during the month of December her office collected 1980 taxes in the amount of $454,054.54, bringing total collections to date to $940,949.13, which is 51.96 percent of the 1980-81 levy. Other December collec tions included delinquent taxes and penalties in the amount of $4,836.19 and partial payments in the amount of $7,433.02, bringing total December collections to $466,873.75. James B. Whitley, CETA Coordinator, sub mitted the following report to Glenwood New sone, County Manager: "The foUowing ls a status report on the Warren County CETA program as of Dec. SO. "Ken Kasüeman of Human Resources Con sultante, P. A. visitad the CETA office on Dec. 5, 1980. The purpose of thto visit was to acquaint the CETA staff with methods to be utilixed in formulat ing and carrying out Employ-ability Develop ment Plans for CETA participante. Mr. Kartle techi^ques that could be uaed in «WUimlning goals, and methods of helping participante to achieve these goals. "The CETA staff also submitted an affírmative action plan to the división of employment and train ing and received approv al during December "There were 39 parti cipan ts enrolled in the program as of December 30, 1980." Chester A. Forrester, III, of the Warren County Inspection Department, reporting to Newsome revealed that the inspec tor travelled 1,036 miles (through Dec. 30) and that his office conducted the following inspection during the month: Zoning permits, six; insulation permits, se ven; insulation inspec tions, 13; fire inspections, 5; electrical inspections, 42. The State of North Carolina Department of Transportation, submit ted its annual statement to the County Commis sioners showing work order number and loca tion and estimated cost expenditures to date, secondary road No. and location, length in miles, type of work and the status of the work of the eight p rojee ts let in 1980, as follows: No. 6.4120131, estimat ed cost, $49,000; expendi tures to date $80,294.08 - SR. 1228 Hawk Road from SR. 1229 to dead end, 1.7 miles, grade, drain and stabilize; completed. 6.4120141, estimated cost $63,141.00; expendi tures to date, $160,956.85 - SR. 1210, Oine Road from U. S. 1 to SR. 1231; 1.7 miles; grade, drain and pave; completed 6.41218, estimated costs, $56,000; expendi turestodate, $56,120.52 - SR. 1100 Satterwhite Road Part II, from end of pavement south to SR. 1114; grade, drain and pave; completed. 6.41213, estímate $92, 155.55; expenditures $91, 701.38 - SR. 1337, Flem ing Mili Road Part ELI from SR. 1334 northeast for 1.6 miles; base and pave; completed. 6.412132, estímate, $4, 500; expenditures to date, $2,798.14 - Apron to Roanoke-Wildwood Vol unteer Fire Department; N-A; grade, drain and pave; completed. 6.412133, estimated cost, $60,000; expendi tures to date, $57,719.25 - SR. 1212 Carrie Dunii Road from U. S. 1 west to dead end, 1.1 miles, base and pave; completed. 6.412134, estimated cost $50,000; expenditures to date, $32,953.71 - Spot improvements on various secondary roads county wide; N-A; stabilization; not completed. 6.412135, estimated cost $22,500; expenditures to date, $22,049.49 - SR. 1650 O'Neal Road addi tion from Sr. 1604 north 0.7 mile; grade, drain, stabilize; completed. Fíre Department To Get Used Warren Ambulance The Warren County Board oí Commissioners at their meeting here Monday agreed to turo o ver a usad ambulance to the Warren County Rural Volunten- Flre Depart ment upon lts replace ment by a new ambu lance. After it baa been rebuilt by mechantes connected with the flre department it will be ueed as a craah wagón, as was another ambulance glven the rural company, and now about worn out. Mrt. Priacilla Palmer beadad a delegatton from Sixpound Township seeát ing to have the state take over a small eectioa oí a road bordering the Lake Gastón Estatta in order that achool buses might travel over the road. A glft oí the right-of-way U usually a preliminary requirement for auch take-over of roads by the state. The petitiooer* ex pressed the hope that Selby Benton, owner of Lake Gastón Estetas, wouW dónate this right of-way, and saM that he had agreed to appear before the board. Wben Benton arri ved at the appointed hour, he (CooUnMdcnpagtS)
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