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Warrenton, N.C. 27589 afye larrcn Hecorb Volume 84 15* Per Copy Warrenton, County Of Warren, North Carolina Thursday, October 15, 1981 Number 42 Assault Charges Brought A 25-year-old black wo man of the Drewry com munity, released from Dix Hill on Wednesday of last week in order that she might stand trial in Warren District Court on a charge of larceny of an automobile, is being held in a Vance County jail on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon. Clementine Russell had been sent to Dix Hill where she was kept for two weeks to ascertain if she was sane enough to stand trial. When relatives, plaintiffs in the action, refused to press charges, she was released, and taken by Deputy Sheriff Capps to Henderson where he at tempted to have her committed to Butner. But the Mental Health Depart ment in Henderson would not sign the commitment papers, and she was released Capps said. On Saturday afternoon Clementine Russell walked into the White Store at Drewry in Vance County and struck Millard Pas chall, Jr., over the head with a soda bottle and stabbed him in the face with the broken bottle. He was taken to Chapel Hill Memorial Hospital. Later in the afternoon she went to the yard at the home of Michael Evans in Warren County where she assaulted him with a pocketknife, cutting him in the neck and forehead. Evans was taken to Warren General Hospital. Following the assault on Evans, his assailant was arrested by Deputy Dorsey Capps and taken to Henderson and placed in Vance County jail. Follow ing her trial in Vance County, she will be brought to Warren County to stand trial on the Evans assault. Deputy Capps said that in releasing Ms. Russell on Wednesday of last week that officials at Dix Hill had notified Warren autho rities that while Clemen tine Russell was sane enough to stand trial, she was dangerous to self and others. The regional waste water treatment plant at Warren ton is nearing completion at a cost of nearly $6 million. A part of the giant plant is pictured above. According to Bill Neal, water plant superintendent, shown in the front of picture are oxidation ditches where paddle-wheels stir air into sewage. In back is shown lime tank and feeder. Neal said the plant is expected to be completed in mid December. (Staff Photo) Labor Problem Cited At Meet Leaf-falling time has ar rived and already the town's leaf-raking crew is busy gathering and haul ing away leaves from Warrenton homes, Eddie Clayton, street commit tee chairman, told the Warrenton Town Commis sioners at their regular meeting on Monday night. Clayton and County Ad ministrator Pete Vaughan agreed that the town equip ment appears to be in good shape, but the problem is a shortage of labor. Two sug gestions were made to reduce this problem. One was that citizens who are gardeners use the leaves in compost piles; the other is that citizens, where feasi ble, place the leaves in bags and place them at the street curbings. It was pointed out that such bags could be bought at cost at the town municipal build ing. Clayton and Vaughan were quick to point out, with other commissioners joining in that the two sug gestions called for volun tary cooperation. Where citizens continue to rake leaves to the edge of the street, the town will continue to haul them off. What was expected to be a short meeting of the board turned into an hour and a half session when J. T. Fleming appeared with his lawyer, Julius Banzet, Jr., seeking clarification of a town ordinance, and Banzet afterwards appear ed on his own behalf to complain of damage af flicted upon him because of a faulty sewage main. Several months ago in an effort to reduce the number of pool rooms on Main Street, the commis sioners passed a law forbidding any more pool rooms to be opened on Main Street. Fleming has a three-year lease on the old Warren ton Theatre build ing which permits him to operate a theatre and-or auditorium and other "in door entertainment." Fleming said he wanted to install video game machines in the lobby of the building, explaining that these are not gam bling machines, that their use is good, clean fun for all ages of children and adults, that no beer or other intoxicating bever ages would be served, and Native Of Warren County Chosen For School Position The Rev. Dr. Leroy Fitts officially has accepted the call to the presidency of Virginia Seminary and College, Lynchburg, Va. Dr. Fitts, a native of Norlina is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Fitts. In 1962, Dr. Fitts gradu ated from the John Hawkins High School, Warrenton, after which he entered the Virginia Semi nary and College to complete his junior college work. In 1965, he enter ed Shaw University. Dur ing his senior year at Shaw, he received a Mary Reynolds Babcock Schol arship and a Charles B. Keesee Scholarship to do graduate studies at South eastern Baptist Theologi cal Seminary in Wake Forest His post-graduate studies were pursued at the Seminary and at the Peggy Meyerboff Pearl stone School at Graduate Studies, Baltimore Hebrew College, BaHtmore, Md. Numerous honors and awards have been bestow ed upon Dr. Fitts because _m *-»- «-i nnJ J-Ji ii of lus i&Dor ana aeaicauon to the improvement of the quality of life for human ity, La., an "Outstanding Young Men of America Award," citation and bio graphical listing in "Who's Who among Black Ameri cans" and "The Interna tional Biographic Center" of Cambridge, England. He also received a citation from Onslow County Men tal Health Clinic for his volunteer work in Jackson ville. Dr. Fitts is the editor of the Lott Carey Herald, the official publication of the Lott Carey Baptist Foreign Mission Convention, U.S. A. Inc. and author of two books. For almost a decade, he was pastor of the First Baptist Church, Baltimore, Md. Virginia Seminary and College was founded by the Virginia Baptist State Con vention in 1887. The school opened its doors to many former slaves and other young men and women in 1890. The property value of the school exceeds $3 million There are six acres oa the Lynchburg campus and approximately 80 acres in other parts of Virginia. The rural property is tfbwhilf* to be developed into an excellent summer camp for youth from urban The challenges and op portunities of the school va many and varied. Dr. Fitts recently said: "The historic mission of Virginia Seminary and College is dear to the heart of all who have received a rewarding academic experience 'on the hill.' It has rendered almost a century of service to our people in the strug gles for liberation." Wood Stove Is Reported Stolen A wood stove was reported stolen f ran a new logging company at Inez, owned by Glen Coleman, Jr. of Rt. 3, Warrenton, on Saturday. Deputies Dorsey Capps and Harold Seaman inves tigated the theft. They found that a black Long wood stove had been removed from the rear entrance of the building through a door that evidently had not been kicked. Capps surmised that it was loaded on a truck and taken away. He said the stove had never been used and was valued at 9900. said that whom ever took the stove must have been familiar with the building as nothing but the stove was taken. lie said the that an adult would always be present to see that good behavior is maintained. He said that before he ordered these machines he wanted to be sure that nothing in the pool room ordinance would be in conflict with the operation of the video games. After some discussion, Town Attorney Charles Johnson said that the pool room audience appeared to be a little vague, and suggested that the easiest way for Fleming was to appeal to the Town Board of Adjustments for a variance. Both Fleming and his lawyer agreed to this procedure. Banzet, said his reasons for appearing before the board were both profes sional and personal. He has been before the board one or more times to complain of damage to his home caused by a block ed-sewer main that caused backed up sewage to overflow his basement rooms, shower and furnace room, running into hun dreds of dollars of damage and a great deal of inconvenience. He said on the previous Friday sew age had again backed into a part of his furnace room, but had receded before any more damage occurred. He said he was seeking relief before any more damage resulted. Bill Neal, superintendent of the Warrenton Water Department, explained to the commissioners that an eight-inch terra cotta pipe had been crushed and clogged until only about two inches of space remained and sewage would catch on broken pieces of the main and clog the line. He said that whenever he tried to ream out the line, his reamer would bring back broken pieces of terra cotta pipe. He said that homes on the opposite of the street were higher than Banzet's base ment and that overflow from the blocked main would flow into the Banzet (Continued on page 3) Three Warren Towns Receive Road Funds ^ - The three incorporated municipalities in Warren County are among 461 municipalities in North Carolina to which checks were mailed last week by the North Carolina Depart ment of Transportation for local street maintenance and construction Secretary of Transporta tion W. R. Roberson, Jr., announced that the monies, totaling $31.3 mil lion make up the fiscal year 1982 allocation of state street aid, or Powell funds. The allocations are bas ed on community popula tion and certified street mileage in each commun ity, Secretary Roberson pointed out. The three incorporated municipalities of Warren County received a total of $29,061.58. Population, street mileage, and funds received by each town, respectively, are as fol lows: - Warrenton, 911, 6.82 miles, $12,674.29. Norlina, 904 persons, 9.14 miles, $14,190.7$. Macon, 19$ persons, 1.22 miles, $2,196.53. Mayor Beverly White at the regular board meeting of the Warrenton Town Commiasiooars here Mon day night, when the receipt of Powell BUI funds was announced, said that re ceipts war* baaed on 1180 population and street mile age. Due to its expansion program, effective July 1, 1981, increasing both popu lation and street mileage, the amount of the fund next year is expected to be greatly increased. Shriners Planning Annual Feed Here The Warren County Shriners will sponsor a barbecue Wed., Oct. 21, from 11 a. m. until 8 p. m. at the county fairgrounds on Norlina Road in War renton. All proceeds will go to the Shrine hospitals and burn centers. Nationwide, Shriners operate 19 hospitals for crippled children and three burn institutes. Last year, the fraternal organisation spent $1,700,000 a day, 965 days a year, for charitable causes. The currept, budget for Shrine hqfpitah is $562 million. Of this total, only 1.7 percent Is designated for administrative costs. The dinners will be served continuously, rain or sfaiM, during «te nine-hour period, and tickets may be purchased from any Shriner or at the door. The cost is 11.90 per plate sad dinners may be carried out or eaten on the Bids Being Sought On New Bleachers For Use At School Options Discussed By Board Members of the Warren County Board of Educa tion have decided to seek bids on new bleachers for the Warren County High School before making a decision on whether to buy new or used bleachers. That decision came Monday night after the board had spent consider able time trying to deter mine in which direction to go in the purchase of the seating equipment for the new gymnasium at the consolidated high school. The question of new bleachers was prompted by an October 5 decision of the Warren Board of County Commissioners to appropriate an additional $25,000 to the school system for the purchase of gymnasium bleachers at Warren County High School provided the funds are available from county revenues. Superintendent Mike Williams told the school board that he was aware of at least two options avail able to the board should the funds become avail able. The first is the purchase of used bleachers. He said Morehead High School in Eden has available for purchase one bank of used bleachers. Hie bleachers are approximately 20 years old and are in good condition, except for the finish, which has been worn and chipped by use. He said the understructure is sound and functions well, and the seat and foot boards are in good condi tion. "This bank of bleachers is 90 feet long and 13 rows high and will seat 780 persons," Williams said. "The purchase price is estimated at a maximum of $16,400 but could be as low as $14,800 depending upon the amount of labor required for moving and installation." The superintendent said the bleachers are available immediately and could be in place within four to six weeks. On the other hand, he said, new bleachers could not be expected to be available in time for the basketball season. He said new bleachers are avail able from a number of companies operating in North Carolina, and that cost estimates from these companies range from $30-$35 per seat for wood bleachers. "Based on sales repre sentatives' estimates, the cost of one bank of new bleachers (90 feet long and 13 rows high with a seating capacity, of 780 persons) will range form $23,400 to $27,300," Williams told tte board. He said firm pricing could only be secured by developing specifications and taking bids. Bleachers manufactured of metal or fiberglass an available at a lower coat bat a** less desirable in tertns of main tenance and operational coats, he said. Williams said it was feH that it would be in the best interest of the new school (ConUii^ •, > mi. DR. ATKINSON New Minister is Filling Pulpit At Local Church Dr. Lowell M. Atkinson is serving as Interim Minister of Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church while the Rev. Mr. Charles E. Owens, the appointed minister, is studying as a Benjamin N. Duke Fellow at Duke Divinity School for the fall semester. Dr. Atkinson is a retired member of the Northern New Jersey Conference, now living in Ship Bottom, N. J. He did his undergraduate study at Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA, and took his B.D., M.A., and Ph.D. at Drew University, Madison, N. J. He has also studied abroad at Oxford and the University of Birmingham. He is a contributing editor of Pulpit Digest, and his sermons have been published in Best Sermons, The Ministers Manual, and in various books and periodicals. He is listed in Who's Who in Methodism. He has travelled to South Africa, the Middle East and Holy Land, Europe, the Caribbean, Bermuda, South America, Hawaii, and the Bahamas for a total of 27 overseas preaching missions, and he has been a delegate to five World Methodist Conferences. His travels are shared with others in his color slide programs. Dr. Atkinson is married to the former Wilhelmina A. Blanker, and their daughter is Mrs. James R. Grabill of Warrenton. District Meeting Is Planned Here Members of the Four teenth District of the North Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs will attend the annual fall district meeting at 10 a. m. on Sat., Oct. 17, at the Wesley Memorial United Metho dist Church in Warrentoo. The district president, Mrs. L. 0. Robertson, Jr., of Warrentoo, will preside at the meeting. Featured speakers will be the state president, Mrs. John V. Sutton of Greensboro, and third vice president, Mrs. Lewis of Gastonia. Hostesses for the day will be members of the Warrentoo Woman's Club and the Warrentoo Junior Woman's Club. Registration will begin at 9 a. m. and luncheon wiD be served at 11:30 p. m. in the church fellowship hall. Sadat Sent Letter To Local Girl An eight-year-old War renton girl had more than a passing interest in the funeral Saturday of Egypt ian President Anwar Sadat, for among her souvenirs is a personal letter from the slain leader. In February of 1980 Kara Michelle Henderson, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. L. B. Henderson, Jr., of Warrenton, saw a chil dren's Sunday morning television program about the Great Sphinx which told of the repair work needed to restore the Egyptian landmark. She decided to send a dollar to help in the restoration, and she pen ned a letter to the Egyptian Embassy in Washington, enclosing her contribution. Shortly thereafter, Kara, now a third-grade student at Mariam Boyd School, received a letter from the Egyptian ambassador, thanking her, and tolling her that he was sending the donation and her letter to President Sadat. Then in early May, I960, Kara received the follow ing letter: "My dear child KARA, "I was pleased to receive your kind letter conveying a splendid gesture and a keen interest in preserv ing the Sphinx which is one of the greatest Ancient Egypt monuments. "Once again, I wish to thank you my dear chllH Kara for your genuine feelings towards Egypt and its Ancient Civilisa tions which contributed much to the rise of the following world civilisa tions. "With all kindest re gards and best wishes for a better tomorrow "Mohamed Anwar El Sadat." Lawmen Probe Two Break-Ins Police reported break ins at the office of the Macon Wood Yard and the Hawkins Elementary School during the week end. The office of the Macon Wood Yard was entered through the front door fol lowing the removal of a pane of glass which was found on a cot near the entrance, according to Deputy Harold Seaman who was investigating the incident to- the Sheriffs Department. Deputy Seaman said nothing of value was re ported mining from thai wood yard office. Warrenton police are still investigating a week end break-in of Hawkba Elementary School Offic er James McGowan said the point of entry was not evident and that no damaffe was deoe to the building. A drink m-jrfne
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