Council Discusses
Accepting Depot
Ñor lina commissioners
Monday night agreed in
principie to a request that
it accept tbe oíd Seaboard
Depot, but took no official
action on the request.
Hie board was told
during its brieí meeting by
Leigh Traylor that Sea
board officials were ready
to give away that station to
an agency that could then
tear the building down.
Traylor, who wants to
see the area maintained as
a park, told board mem
bers that Dr. D. E.
Coffman had agreed to
remove the station in order
to salvage the wood.
The board said that some
questions, such as the
town's liability and the
time it would require to
remove the building, need
ed answering, and that it
preferred to ha ve a
month's time to study the
request.
The board was told that
for tax purposes the
railroad wanted to give the
station to the town rather
than to a prívate indivi
dual.
Also delayed Monday
night, un til it can meet
with its attorney, was a
board decisión on a reqest
that steps be taken to have
pólice remove cars parked
on prívate lots. The
request carne from Theo
Town Board
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on an emergency basis,
that the water valve has
been at its present location
for many years, and that if
the valve was moved, the
water line from that point
to the tank would become
the responsibility of the
town. TTie commissioners
voted to table the matter.
Mayor White read a
letter from Mrs. Mary
Hunter, a member of the
Warren County schools
adtrúnistrative staff, stat
ing the need for volunteer
workers in the schools, and
expressing the hope that
they could be found.
Mayor White also said
that he had been told by
Jack Harris, chairman of
the board of county
commissioners, that at a
meeting of his board on
last Tuesday night he had
been instructed to sign a
contract with Carolina
Power and Light Company
to provide current for the
operation of the Warren
County Waste Water
Treatment at Warrenton
and that he had subse
quently signed such con
tract. Bill Neal said that
work on the project was
started Monday morning.
Mayor White said that a
joint meeting of the
Warren County Board of
Commissioners and the
Warrenton Town Board of
Commissioners, had been
requested by the county
board and would be held in
the town hall on Wednes
day, Sept. 23, at 8 p. m. The
purpose of the meeting is
to consider a lease from
the county to the town for
the new Warrenton Waste
Water Treatment Plant at
Warrenton. Both Mayor
White and Town Attorney
Charles Johnson stresaed
the importance of all town
commissioners being pre
sent at the meeting.
Hecht, who has been
botbered in recent months
by unauthorízed cars park
ing in front of his place of
business after hours.
The board agreed to
proceed with plans to
purchase a surplus state
car for use by the pólice
department.
The town clerk, Mrs.
Mae Gums, read a letter to
Mayor Bill Perry from
Governor Jim Hunt an
nouncing that Norlina had
been designated a Com
munity of Excellence for
1982.
Court Term
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Douglas Thurman House,
speeding 72 mph in 55 mph
zone.
Also, Henry Lee Har
grove, two cases: driving
while lieense revoked, and
driving left of center;
Jerry Pendergrass, mis
demeanor possession of
methaquolalone; Larry
Eugene Hayes, speeding 90
mph in 55 mph zone and
eluding officer; Clinton
Cozart Davis, second of
fense of driving while
under the influente of
intoxicating Liquor; Thom
as Evans Burton, careless
and reckless driving;
Alexander Bullock, second
offense of driving under
the influence of intoxicat
ing liquor; John Benjamín
Alston, driving while lie
ense revoked
Also, Delfreta Wilson,
welfare fraud; Robert
Branch, second offense of
driving while under the
offense of intoxicating
liquor, and driving left of
center.
Wednesday - James
Cecil Gillespie, revocation
of suspended sentence;
Wiiliam Alston, five cases
of receiving stolen goods;
Wiiliam Turner Kearney,
revocation of suspended
sentence; CharlesLinwood
Boyd, armed robbery;
Cleveland Watson, two
cases of revocation of
suspended sentence; Cor
nell Davis, communica
tion threats; Albert Hen
derson, revocation of su
spended sentence; Danny
Richardson, two cases:
firing into occupied build
ing and assault with a
deadly weapon; Stanley
Woodard, using threaten
ing language over the
phone.
Mother: Ernest, you know
you're not supposed to eat with
your knife. Ernest: That's right,
Ma, but my fork leaks.
WHAT S NEW
n
SUN COOKING
Sunpower for cooking
equal to 800-watt hotplate
is claimcd for this fold-up
Sungril from Harthun Co.,
Cincinnati, Ohio.
Richardson Joíns
Agency At Norlina
W. Monroe Gardner an
nounced this week the
association of Gene A.
Richardson with Gardner
Frazier Insurance Agency
of Norlina.
Gene, a native of Norlina
and a present resident of
the Oine community, is a
1971 gradúate of N. C. State
University from the Agri
culture Institute with an
Associate of Arts Degree.
He had previously served
for six years as an agent
for the North Carolina
Farm Bureau's Warren
County office, which he
managed for the past five
years.
Gene presently serves as
president of the Warren
County Bassmasters and
the Oine Deer Hunting
Club.
He is married to the
former Debbie Potter of
Bennettsville, S. C. They
are members oí Zion
United Methodist Church
where Gene serves as
Sunday School superinten
dent.
RICHARDSON
Mr. Gardner said that
Gardner-Frazier Insur
ance Agency has been
sen jng the area's needs in
fire and casualty insur
ance coverages since 1967.
This new association with
Mr. Richardson will enable
the agency to better offer
its clients automobile,
home and business protec
tion as well as life, disabil
ity, and health insurance.
Wneat Yield Tops 100 Bushels
A yield slightly o ver lOu
bushels per acre took tbe
North Carolina wtoeat
growing championship for
tbe 1980-81 crop year.
Gary Herlocker, Rt. 6,
Aibemarle, won tbe title
with a measured yield of
100.4 bushels per acre.
Another Piedmont entry,
that of T. G. and T. M.
AngeU's Angelí Farms, Rt.
1, Mocksville, was runner
up with 94 bushels per
acre.
Jill McSwain, Rt. 1,
Norwood, made it a clean
sweep for tbe Piedmont
with a third place entry of
91.2 bushels per acre.
The winners, who re
ceive cash and other
prizes, were announced by
Dr. Ronald E. Jarrett,
crop science extensión
specialist at North Caro
lina State University.
Jarrett said the contest
results "further substanti
ate the increased interest
in improved wheat produc
tion that North Carolina
farmers ha ve shown in
recent years."
The contest, Jarrett said,
is held to encourage wheat
growers to use all of the
latest research informa
tion including new improv
ed varieties. in order lo
produce profitable ylelds.
The contest, cooducted
by the N. C Agricultural
Extensión Service and
local county extensión
agents, is sponsored by the
N. C. Crop Improvement
Association, Cargill, Inc.,
FCX, Plant Food Asaoda
tion of N. C., and
Statesville Flour Mills.
Herlocker, in topping the
100-bushel mark, grew the
Hoy variety, which was
developed at North Caro
lina State University and
recently released by the N.
C. Agricultural Research
Service.
Herlocker seeded at the
rateof lw bushels per acre
in late October. He used
300 pounds of 10-20-20
fertilizer per acre at
planting and added 66
pounds of nitrogen in early
February. He used the
herbicides, 2, 4-D and
Banvel for weed control.
Runnerup Angelí Farms
planted the Coker 747
variety, and third place
winner McSwain planted
the Coker 797 variety.
Other district winners in
the state wheat growing
contest follow: District 1
(Sandhills, northern and
soutbern Coastal Plain), J.
E. Martin m, Anson
County, 78.1 busbels par
acre; Distnct J (eaatern
Coastal PUin and Tlde
water), Calvin Swain, 88.3
busbels. All three state
wianers are frau District 1
(Piedmont and Moun
talns).
Span Peedin, Johnstoo
County, was runnerup in
Distnct 2 with a yield oí
73.9 busbels, and Jack
Williams, Duplin County,
was tbird with a yield ot
71.1 busbels. Murray
Berry, with a yield ot 85
busbels, and Edward A.
Sanders, with a yield ai
79.9 busbels, »«<■»«■«< sec
ond and third respectively
in District 3. Like district
winner Swain, tbey are
Pasquotank County {arm
era. ' •
Donations For
Emergency Room
Are Announced
Two donstions to tfae
Warren General Hospital
operatlng room fund «ere
snnounrwd this weck by
Lynn Origen, hospital ad
miniatrator.
He said a 950 dooatfoo
was recdved tram Mr*.
Joe Heid of Nortina and a
925 donatioo was made by
tfae V. L. Peotfleton Phila
thea Class of tfae Warren
ton Baptist Church.
Mr. Origen aleo an
nounced that tbe emerg
ency room entrence at tbe
hospital has been moved to
tbe north end of tbe
facillty. He said this
entrance is closer to tfae
emergency room tfaan tbe
entrance formerly used.
Descendants Gather
Descendanta of the late
\ndrew J. Moseley, wbo
was bora August 11, 1834,
beld tbeir family reunión
at the oíd Wise School on
Sunday.
A family history was
read, pointing out that of
Mr. Moseley's 14 children,
only one-Glenn Moseley
of Wise— is still living.
Earl Moeeiey asked tbe
blessing, and an aftemoon
of reminiadng and feliow
ship was enjoyed by
appnndmately 75 (amily
members and guests from
throughout North Carolina
and Virginia.