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Volume 84 r~- 15* Per Copy Warrenton, County Of Warren, North Carolina Thursday, September 24, 1981
Number 39
For Warrenton Mayor
White And Miles
Seek Voter Favor
Encumbent Mayor Bev
erly G. White and former
Mayor W. A. Miles have
paid their filing fees and
announced their candidacy
for Mayor of Warrenton in
the November election, but
only three of the seven
encumbent commissioners
of the town had filed their
notices of candidacy on
Wednesday morning. They
are W. K. Lanier, Jr.,
Richard E. Hunter, Jr.,
and Gordon Haithcock.
Other members of the
board are Eddie Clayton,
Charles M. White, in, A.
A. Wood and A. C. Fair.
Clayton has announced
that he will not be a candi
date.
In the other two incor
porated towns of the
county, Norlina and
Macon, neither encumb
ent mayors nor commis
sioners had filed by Wed
nesday morning.
Encumbents at Norlina
are E. L. "Bill" Perry and
Commissioners Ben Loyd,
James Overby, Wallace
Stallings, John Dore and
William Hicks.
Encumbents at Macon
are Mayor W. L. "Bill"
Reid, and Commissioners
M. C. Clary, Glenn Riggan,
Lucille Haithcock, W. R.
Shaw and Lloyd Edwards.
Filing date expires on
Friday, October 2.
Fair Weather Greets
Warren County Fair
Fair weather, for the
first time in a number of
years, greeted the opening
of the Warren County
Agricultural Fair here on
Monday night and while
attendance on the midway
was light on opening night
when all the rides had not
been set up, and better, but
still light, on Tuesday night
as is usually the case. Fair
Manager, J. B. Thompson
said on Tuesday night that
be expected the Fair to be
in full swing at noon
Wednesday which is School
Day. On that day all school
children were admitted
free and all rides were
reduced. A total of $300
was given away at 6 p. m.
Thompson said he was
particularly pleased with
the exhibits for which
ribbons had been awarded
by Tuesday night. Exhibits
are the largest in the
history of the fair, varied
and probably of the best
quality, he said. Some
visiting fair official,
Thompson added, said the
Warren County exhibits
were the best he has seen.
Performing again on the
midway is Royal Amuse
ments which for several
years has provided what
fair officials describe as
"good wholesome fun" for
all members of the family.
Tuesday night was Sen
ior Citizens and Industrial
Night. All senior citizens 65
and over were admitted
free with pass. Prizes were
given to the oldest man and
woman.
Thompson pointed out
that every day is special
day at the fair. In addition
to School Children's Day
on Wednesday a Junior
Beef Cattle Show was also
held on their day beginning
at 4:30 p. m This show was
open to youths age 9 to 19.
Tonight, Thursday, a
Youth Talent Show will be
held beginning at 7 p. m.,
with individual and group
talent. It will be open to
youth through 19. Also a
Feeder Pig Show and Sale,
beginning at 4:30 p. m. will
be held. This show is open
to Warren County swine
producers, juniors and
adults. At 5 p. m. a Feeder
Pig Judging Contest will be
held. This is open to adult
female individuals only.
Friday the 4-H Poultry
Show and Sale will be held,
with the show beginning at
4 p. m. and the sale at 4:30
p. m. Pullets at this show
will be sold to the highest
bidder and the money will
be used for the 1982 poultry
chain.
Hie Livestock Exhibi
tors Awards Banquet will
be held at the Lion's Den at
Warrenton on Oct. 2 at 7 p.
m. The banquet is open to
all livestock show exhibi
tors and officials. Trophies
and premiums will be
awarded.
Each night during the
fair good food is served in
the air conditioned dining
room and at the food booth
in the fair building. Food is
prepared in the Lions Den
kitchen, with the menu
consisting of hot dogs,
hamburgers, barbecue,
chicken, ham, and special
plate lunches. Also cold
drinks and milk, home
made pies and cakes.
A special matinee will be
held beginning at 2 p. m. on
Saturday.
Mrs. Yvonne C. Yon, newly appointed physician's assistant at the Warren County
Health Department, checks the blood pressure of Rosa Talley of the Paschall com
munity. Mrs. Yon has now begun her duties in the Hypertension/Chronic Disease
Program. ' Staff Photo)
Physician's Assistant Named
By Health Department
The Warren County
Health Department has an
nounced the appointment
of Mrs. Yvonne C. Yon, a
physician's assistant. She
has begun her duties in the
Hypertension - Chronic
Disease Program.
Mrs. Yon is a graduate of
the Medical University of
South Carolina Physician's
Assistant program; at
tended Baptist College at
Charleston, S. C. and
Bemidji State College in
Minnesota; and served
four years as a corpsman
in the United States Navy.
Mrs. Yon's primary re
sponsibilities at the Health
Department will involve
chronic disease (diabetes,
hypertension, arthritis,
lung disease, cancer, etc.)
screening, detection and
prevention.
Mrs. Yon will be able to
perform complete physical
examinations, appropriate
diagnostic and therapeutic
procedures in order to
identify the individual with
a chronic illness. She will
also be able to monitor the
patient currently under a
doctor's care to ensure
adequate control of his or
her illness and provide
Six Students Are Unhurt
As School Bus Is Struck
Six student passengers
and their driver escaped
injury in a school bus
accident Friday at 4:10 p.
m. in Warren County, ac
cording to reports from the
North Carolina Highway
Patrol.
Trooper W. C. Palmer
identified the driver as
Heritage Week
Designated Here
This week has been pro
claimed Indian Heritage
Week in Warren County by
W. J. (Jack) Harris, chair
man of the Warren County
Board of Commissioners.
Throughout the state
activities have been plan
ned for this week to call
attention to the more than
10,000-year history of N. C.
Indians, who today com
prise the largest Native
American population of
any state east of the
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Willie Garry Silver, 17, of
Rt. 2, Macon. The students
ranged in age from 13 to 17
years. The bus was struck
by a car driven by Agnes
Manley Hedgepeth, 48, of
Hollister.
Palmer said Silver was
driving on State Road 1520
about 14 miles south of
Warrenton and had stop
ped on the roadway. He put
on his four-way flashers
and started to back west on
the roadway into a private
drive when the eastbound
Hedgepeth auto started
around the bus. In attempt
ing to pass, the Hedgepeth
car struck the bumper of
the bus, then traveled 42
feet and stopped.
Hedgepeth was charged
with a safe movement
violation, Palmer said.
Damages were estimat
ed at $200 to the school bus,
property of the Warren
County Board of Education
and $250 to the Hedgepeth
car.
patient education.
Mrs. Yon has been train
ed in the knowledge and
skills necessary for taking
patient histories, perform
ing physical examinations,
assessing patient manage
ment problems, and pro
viding an appropriate care
plan or referral to a
physician.
She functions under the
supervision of a physician,
Dr. James R. Grabill. The
medical records and pa
tient problems are review
ed by the physician.
Health screening physi
cals will be done on an
appointment basis. Appro
priate laboratory studies
will be included. Anyone
interested in participating
in this new multiphasic
health care maintenance
program may contact the
Warren County Health
Department at 257-1185.
Free Screening
Being Offered
The Warren County
Health Department is
offering free blood pres
sure screening to Warren
County residents in cooper
ation with the Twin
Counties Rural Health
Care Corporation.
The clinics will offer
blood pressure screening
and counseling along with
dietary and nutritional
counseling.
The clinics are schedul
ed to be held every fourth
Monday of the month from
9 a. m. until 1 p. m. The
first session will be held
Monday, Sept. 28, at the
Twin Counties Rural
Health Care Corporation
near Hollister.
JGHS Grad Helps Develop New Tobacco Strain
A Warren County man
and a former John Gra
ham High School graduate,
ia featured in the August 26
edition of "The Diamond
back," an independent
student newspaper at the
University of Maryland,
which reached our desk
this week.
Marvin Kenneth Aycock,
Jr., the son of Mrs. Marvin
Aycock and the late Mr.
Aycock of Elberon, during
Ms school days here was
known as Kenneth. He is
now employed as agron
omy professor with the
Maryland Department of
Agriculture at College
Park, Md. The article on
"Tobacco Research Yields
New rinds-Disease-Re
sistant Strain Developed,"
is headed by » three-col
umn picture of Professor
Ay cock. Its text follows:
By WALTON BISHOP
A new disease-resistant
tobacco developed on a
University research farm
and tested by finicky
European experts is ready
tor market.
The tobacco-Maryland
341—is a crossbreed of two
strains harvested on the
Upper Marlboro farm
during its 18 years of
research, according to
Marvin Aycock, agronomy
professor and co-developer
of the plant. Seven strains
at tobacco developed on
the farm make up 98
percent of the state crop,
Aycock said.
If a leaf oo the new brand
of tobacco is plagued by a
virus, it will die instantly,
preventing the disease
from spreading to other
parts, according to H. A.
Skoog, United States De
partment of Agriculture
researcher and Aycock's
partner in the plant
development.
This unique tolerance,
tested to combat at least
three serious diseases
which attack tobacco
crops, is a result of genetic
manipulation in the breed
ing of the plant, Aycock
said.
"The interesting thing
about this (susceptibility)
is that a single gene
controls that feature,"
Aycock said.
Although tests have
shown the new strain can
fend for itaelf against
disease, it must also pass a
rigorous examination -
the sniff test - before
researchers can give the
go-ahead for the tobacco to
be sold at market next
year, Aycock said.
Prospective domestic
purchasers sampled the
new strain for one year and
liked it, but the most
heartening sign of com
mercial success came last
April when European
buyers concluded two
years of tests and gave the
strain a passing grade,
according to Aycock.
"(The European testers)
are very consistent. They
roll a leaf, touch it to a
candle and sniff," Aycock
said. A common slogan
among American tobacco
fanners is, "If it is good
enough for (the Euro
peans), it is good enough
for American buyers,"
Aycock said.
According to Claude
McKee, an extension to
bacco specialist at the
research farm, the Euro
peans also buy seeds -
there are about 350,000 in
an ounce - of the plants
developed at the farm.
However, tobacco pro
duction techniques are also
brought to the farm by
other countries, including
a French method that will
be tested that increases
yield, quality and cuts
labor costs, McKee said.
Although research will
continue, Aycock and
Skoog agreed, the final test
of any new technique or
plant variety is given by
the people who are
interested in buying the
tobacco.
Governor Names
Lfficiency Body
Seven Are
Selected
Governor Jim Hunt has
appointed seven Warren
County residents to the
county's Transportation
Efficiency Council.
The governor establish
ed the councils in all 100
counties by executive
order this spring to help
insure wise and efficient
use of the additional high
way dollars provided by
legislative approval of his
"Good Roads" program.
"These councils will
advise me and the State
Board of Transportation on
how we can improve
efficiency and productivity
in our Department of
Transportation," Hunt
said. "This will give local
people the chance to
examine and review the
work of the Department of
Transportation on the
roads where they live.
"Local residents will be
able to go to their county's
Efficiency Council when
they have complaints
about a maintenance crew
wasting time, or not doing
a thorough job, or what
ever it may be," Hunt said.
The governor's appoin
tees to the Warren County
Council are Jerome
Branch of Warrenton, Wil
liam Ellington of Manson,
William H. Green of War
renton, Mary Louise Limer
of Warrenton, Kenneth
Severance of Norlina,
George Shearin of Warren
ton and Mary D. Williams
of Warrenton. Members
will serve terms of two
years.
The councils will work
closely with the State
Board of Transportation.
Joseph C. Hamme of Ox
ford, the local member of
the State Transportation
Board, will be chairman of
the Warren County Trans
portation Efficiency Coun
cil.
Members of the General
Assembly will serve as ex
officio members of the
councils in their districts.
Serving on the Warren
County Council will be
Representative John T.
Church (D-Vance), Repre
sentative Thomas W. Ellis,
Jr., (D-Vanee), Represen
tative William T. Watkins
(D-Granville), Senator
Dallas L. Alford, Jr.
(D-Nash) and Senator
James D. Speed (D-Frank
lin).
IUL.1AN
Kilian Named
Semifinalist
John Farrar Kilian, son
of Leonard J. Kilian of Rt.
2, Norlina, has qualified as
a semifinalist in the com
petition for National Merit
Scholarships to be award
ed next spring.
The semifinalists named
in each state represent the
top half of one percent of
the state's high school
senior class. John is a
senior at Warren Aca
demy.
To be considered for
Merit Scholarships, semi
finalists must qualify as
finalists by meeting addi
tional requirements.
About 3,500 renewable
scholarships, most of
which are worth between
$1,000 and $8,000 over four
years of undergraduate
study, will be awarded in
1982.
In April, names of Merit
Scholarship winners will
be released. In the 26
competitions between 1956
and 1981, over 68,000
students have won Merit
Scholarships valued at
about $192 million.
Prices Climb
Tobacco prices continu
ed to climb on the Warren
ton Tobacco Market as
gross sales to date went
over the six million pound
mark.
George W Shearin, sales
supervisor, said that 360,
551 pounds were sold last
Thursday for $619,096, an
average of $171.71.
Monday the average
climbed higher as 361,682
pounds sold for $631,037, an
average of $174.47 per
hundred pounds.
To date, Shearin noted,
gross sales have totalled
6,058,287, with an average
of $161.57.
Court Term
Is Underway
A special criminal term
of Warren County Superior
Court which convened here
on Monday morning with
Judge Hamilton Hobgood
of Louisburg presiding,
was expected to adjourn
either on Wednesday after
noon or Thursday morn
ing, according to a court
official.
Cases docketed for trial
consisted of some 71 cases
in which a grand jury had
returned true bills of
indictment, many of them
felonies and subject to jury
(rial should a not guilty
plea be entered.
At the close of court on
Tuesday afternoon only
one jury case had been
tried, the state vs. Larry
Wayne Hamme, charged
with four cases in which he
was charged with breaking
entering and larceny of a
firearm, breaking enter
ing and larceny, larceny of
a firearm and misdemean
or larceny. Evidence in
this case was presented on
Monday afternoon and the
jury was re-seated on
Tuesday morning, when a
jury was withdrawn and
the jury dismissed for the
morning when Hamme
through his lawyer pled
guilty.
During the remainder of
Tuesday a number of pleas
were heard, but defend
ants and verdicts were not
available at the office of
the Clerk of Court when
court recessed on Tuesday
afternoon and The Warren
Record had gone to press
before court reopened on
Wednesday morning.
While the jury had been
told to appear in court on
Wednesday morning, the
court official said he was
not certain whether or not
any more jury cases would
be heard.
Local Student
Wins Election
Alphonso L. Smith, a
student at Winston-Salem
State University, has been
elected president of the
freshman class.
Smith, a 1961 graduate of
Norlina High School, is the
son of Mrs. Ella M. Smith
of Norlina.
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