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I ff.i ~y \ ^ | i C I ur — V»rr«ntoa, H.C. 27589 ^ Stye larren Record ' Volume 84 15c Per C°PV Warrenton, County Of Warren, North Carolina Thursday, August 1981 Number 34 Warrenton Mayor B. G. White (left) and Norllna Mayor Bill Perry sign proclamations calling on residents of the two towns proclaiming the week of August 27-September 3 as official Clean-Up and Paint-Up Week in the two communities. The proclamations were issued in advance of a September 3 visit by an inspection team to determine if the two towns will be designated as Community of Excellence award winners. (Staff Photo) Fully Clothed Body Is Found Woman Drowns In L. Gaston \ The fully clad body of Mrs. Emma Dupree King, 35, of 934 Hobbs Street, ' Clayton, was pulled from the waters of Lake Gaston at Eaton's Ferry marina at 8:30 a. m. on Monday morning by the Warren County Rescue Squad. The incident was reported to the sheriff's office at 11:14 a. m. Sunday and Chief Deputy Dorsey Capps and Deputy T. R Williams, joined Special Deputy Roy Clark at the scene for an investigation. According to Deputy Capps, the search for Mrs. King began about 9 a. m. Sunday after relatives had reported her missing from the Eaton Ferry Camp Site in River Township where Mrs. King was spending the weekend. According to Capps, Mrs. King told her brotherin-law, Ronald King, also of Clayton, that she was going "to the pond," and left „ the camp site around 7 a. m. King woke up her husband and they both followed Mrs. King to the water front but were unable to find her. Deputy Clark was notified and he called the Warren County Sheriffs Department, which sent other officers to the scene and called in the Warren County Rescue Squad around noon Sunday. Following the recovery of the body of Mrs. King on Monday morning, it was taken to Warren General Hospital where Dr. D. R. Coffman, medical examiner, pronounced her dead and sent the body to Chapel Hill for an autopsy. Mrs. King was staying at the Lake with her husband, Tracy King, her son, Dale King, her brother-in-law, Ronald King, and a friend, Patty Nowell, all of Clayton. Mrs. King had been a patient at the Warren County health clinic for several years and had told relatives that weekend that she was feeling depressed, Capps said. However the sheriffs department has attributed her drowning to accidental causes. Funeral services for Mrs. King were conducted at McLauren Funeral Home Chapel at 2 p. m. Wednesday. She is survived by her widower, Tracey C. King: three sons, Terry Dwayne King of Rocky Mount, and Rodney Scott King and Roger Dale King, both of the home; her mother, Mrs. Lillian N. Dupree of Clayton; four sisters, Mrs. Mary Rose Gay and Mrs. Linda Whitley, both of Raleigh, Mrs Betty Tyndall of Florida and Mrs. Ann Badgett of Clayton; and one brother, Jerald Donald Dupree of Clayton. Farm Accident Is Fatal For Wise Dairy Farmer WISE - A dairy farmer residing in Wise was accidentally killed Friday afternoon when he was pinned between a tractor and a truck on his farm. Leon Wesley Perkinson, 75, reportedly died between 4 and 5 p. m. Friday of injuries received in the accident. Mr. Perkinson, working alone when he was killed, was found dead on his farm when he failed to come to supper late Friday afternoon. Reports indicated he was last seen alive in Warrenton at approximately 3 p. ■ Second District Congressman L. H. Fountain (left) takes a cloae leak at tobacco during a Thursday tour of the Warrenton Tobacco Market 8bowa with the lawmaker Is George W. Shearln, sales supervisor for the local market Sheartn Said the market sold US,0*7 pounds ea the day of the congressmaa's visit posting aa average of $1S7.91 per hundred ponds. Tobacco was sold again oa Monday, whoa pounds brought growers 'at average of I1MJM par hundred pounds. (Staff Photo) m. while he was shopping at a local grocery store. Dr. Donald Coffman, Warren County Medical examiner said Perkinson apparently had attempted to free his tractor and its implement from an obstruction by towing it with his truck. He evidently had gotten out of his truck and was between the back of the pickup and the front of the tractor, when the tractor freed itself and rolled down a slight incline, striking him in the left side of his chest, Coffman said. Perkinson was the son of the late Charles Wesley and Mary Hicks Perkinson, and husband of the late Carrie Louise Perkinson. Graveside services were conducted at 3 p. m. Sunday in the Wise Cemetery by the Rev. Robert Rogers. Surviving are a son, Charles Wesley Perkinson of Raleigh; two sisters, Mrs. Mae Sally Dryden and Mrs. Florence Mockler, both of Wise; and a brother, Frank Perkinson of Wise. WIC Program Available At Warren Health Dept. WIC, the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants and children, is available at the Warren County Health Department, Ms. Phyllis Willet, WIC director, announced this week. The WIC program provides supplemental foods and nutrition education to pregnant women, breastfeeding women, infants and children up to their fifth birthdays. Ms. Willet said that in order to be eligible for the WIC program, the applicant must: 1. Be a pregnant woman, breastfeeding woman, infant or child under five Stew Sale The Norlina Chapter No. 1M of the Order of the Eastern Star will sponsor the sale of Brunswick stew on Saturday, Aug. 29. Stew, which will be sold for |3.00 per quart for those providing their own containers, will be ready by noon at the Norlina Woman's Club House. years of age. 2. Reside in the health service delivery area of Warren County. 3. Meet the financial eligibility guidelines of Warren County WIC program. 4. Found to be at nutritional risk. Applicants are not required to be a patient at the health department, but may choose to receive medical care from another clinic or a private physician. Women who think they are eligible for the WIC program are asked to contact the Warren County Health Department at 540 Ridgeway Street, Warrenton, or call 257-2116. The office hours are 8:30-5:00, Monday through Friday. Mb. Willet said that standards for participation in the WIC program are the same for everyone regardless of race, color, creed, national origin, political beliefs, sex or handicap For Sewage Plant Service Town Council Wants County To Sign Electrical Contract Meeting in special sesson on Tuesday night with Gordon Greene, local manager of Carolina Power and Light Company and Glen Newsome, county manager, the town manager, present, the town commissioners voted to request that the County of Warren sign a contract with the power company for the construction of power lines to the regional waste water treatment plant at Warrenton. Greene told Newsome and the commissioners that it did not matter who signed the contract, but that his company could not build the lines without a five-year contract. The signing of the contract has been delayed for several weeks because School Opening Is Delayed Here The opening of Warren County schools has been delayed a week because of rainy weather that has caused delay in construction at the new Warren County School, Superintendent Mike Williams announced Saturday morning. The superintendent said that because of the rain installation of 12 mobile classrooms at the high school has not been completed, and that workers have not been able to complete paving of the parking lots and driveways at the school. Schools were originally planned to be opened on Monday of this week. Instead students will attend their first day of school on Monday, Aug. 31. Superintendent Williams said students will attend school that day from 8:30 until 11 a. m. for orientation, and will not attend school on Tuesday, Sept. 1. The first regular day of school in Warren County has been set for Wednesday, Sept. 2. He said all 10-month employees will report for work on Monday and Tuesday but will not work the remainder of the week. The school board will meet later to revise the school calendar for the remainder of the year. the town and county could not agree who was to sign the contract, because of possibility of delay after the contractor turns the plant over to the county. This barrier was removed when Greene told the county manager and the commissioners that the power company could enter a starting clause for one year from signing delaying charge until the plant is in operation. The county has taken the position that since it has agreed to have the Town of Warrenton operate the waste water treatment plant and that Warrenton has an agreement to treat the sewage from both Soul (Continued on page 16) Dickie Williams (left), director of recreation for Warren County, presents an engraved plaque to Walter Gardner, president of the Warren County Jaycees. The Jaycees were publicly thanked for their support on Thursday night when the presentation took place. Jaycees also made a cash contribution to the recreation program that night. (Staff Photo) Jaycees Oppose Move To Allow Female Members Warren County Jaycees have unanimously voted to exclude female members from their organization. That vote came Thursday night during the club's regular meeting at the Warrenton Lions Den. President Walter Gardner presided over the session. The vote came after a proposed change in the national bylaws was explained to members. The change would allow women to become members of Jaycee clubs across the nation. Pumpkin Hurler Smashes Windshield Of Truck Two Virginia men riding aboard a tractor-trailer rig escaped injury late Monday night when an unknown person hurled a pumpkin into the truck's windshield. State Highway Patrolman B. R. Pope of Warren County said no arrests have been made in the First Barn Fire The Warrenton Rural Volunteer Fire Company reported its first tobacco barn fire of the season this week, when a barn and its contents, the property of Archie Boyd of Rt. 1, Warrenton was completely destroyed by fire At 7:25 a. m. Monday. Walter Gardner, captain of the Warrenton Rural Fire Company, said on Tuesday afternoon that faulty burners were responsible for the fire. Seven firemen, with a pumper and a tanker, responded to the call. incident, which occurred on heavily travelled Interstate 85. Trooper Pope said other vehicles were damaged in the pumpkin throwing spree, but most went unreported to the Highway Patrol. He said his investigation had revealed that about five or six pumpkins and canteloupea had been thrown into the paths of oncoming vehicles by a person standing on the Ridgeway Road overpass. He said he found a half-dozen melons on the bridge after the truck window was smashed. The tractor-trailer had damage estimated at $235. Neither the driver, Freddie Edward Jones of Blue Ridge. Va., nor a passenger, Donald McCutcheon of Mootvale, Va., was hurt in spite of being showered with broken glass as the pumpkins hit the windshield on the passenger side. In other developments Thursday, Bobby Choplin thanked the public for its support of Jaycee projects as he told members that a recently held wrestling match netted the club some $2,000. Jaycees indicated their willingness to have another wrestling program in the fall provided the John Graham Gymnasium will be available. Corey Conn reported that attempts to bring a circus to Warrenton had not materialized. Chet Forrester and Gary Harris reported that Jaycee activities for the Warren County Fair were proceeding according to plan. President Gardner reported that John Raynor had been selected Jaycee of the Quarter, and that the next regular meeting of the club will consist of a district meeting in Henderson on September 3. The final item on Thursday night's agenda was the induction of three new members. Officially received into the club were Joab Johnson. Eddie Conn and Jeff King. Stamp Recipients Must Report Status Change A federal law requires the 600,000 food stamp recipients in North Carolina to report changes in their circumstances to the Department of Social Services immediately Barbara J. Kin ton, supervisor of the Warren Count}' Food Stamp Office, said only certain changes fall within the federal requirements. For example, Mrs. Kinton said that if a client finds employment, changes his address, or has a change in the number of people in his household, he should notify the Food Stamp Office within 10 days. 'This will ensure the household of receiving the number of food stamps to which they are legally entitled, she said. "In some instances, it is to the client's benefit to report a change. If a household member's income stops or decreases, the whole family may be entitled to an increase in the number of stamps received monthly "There is a State-wide push to cut down on the number of food stamps erroneously issued," said Mrs. Kinton "One of the ways to accomplish this is by making each recipient aware of his or her rights and responsibOitias." At the time of certification, each household is given a Change Report Form, along with a self
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