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me84 15' Per Copy Warrenton, County Of Warren, North Carolina Thursday, October 22, 1981 Number 43
Christmas
Parade Is
Scheduled
The Warren County
Chamber of Commerce an
nounced this week that it
will sponsor the annual
Christmas Parade on Wed
nesday, Dec. 2, at 7 p. m.
This year, entries will
feature the theme "Christ
mas With Song."
Cash prizes totaling
$150.00 will be presented to
first, second and third
non-commercial floats.
Trophies will be presented
to the best commercial
float and the best perform
ing band.
Rules for non-commer
cial floats to be judged are
that they must meet the
theme of the parade, and
no amplifiers will be
allowed. Drill teams must
abide with only two parade
stopping drills lasting only
one minute each.
Entrants wishing to
participate in this year's
parade are asked to
contact Chairman Walter
Gardner, Jr., at 257-3104 or
President Brad Carroll at
275-2421. Deadline for
entries is November 21.
Sales Climb
Sales of flue-cured
tobacco on the Warrenton
Tobacco Market last week
topped the $13 million
mark. .
George W. Shearin, sales
supervisor, reported that
437,664 pounds were sold on
Set. 13 for $738,1M
15, he reported, 426,682
pounds sold for
$702,842—an average of
$164.72. J ,
To date, Shearin said,
the market has sold
8,013,294 pounds for
$13,026,219, for an average
of $162.56 per hundred
pounds.
WILLIARD
Revival Services
Slated At Norlina
The Rev. Bob Williard,
pastor of New Bethel
Baptist Church in Epsom,
will be conducting revival
services at Norlina Baptist
Church beginning Sun.,
Oct. 25, at 11 a. m. and
continuing at 7:30 each
night through Hairs., Oct.
39.
The Rev. Mr. Williard
received his undergradu
ate degree in religion from
Gardner-Webb College in
Boiling Springs. He cur
rently is studying at
Southeastern Baptist Theo
logical Seminary in Wake
Forest and hopes to
receive a Master of
Divinity degree in, May
IMS.
His preaching has taken
him in over 30 churches in
North Carolina and South
Carolina. He also partici
pated in a mission trip to
Antigua with the North
Carolina Baptist Men.
The Rev Mr. WllHard
and fate wife, Donna, have
two daughters. Mrs Wil
liard works in the dark of
court's office In Hender
An Army National Guard bulldozer pushes topsoil from atop a proposed athletic field
at the Warren County High School. The local National Guard unit began work on the
athletic complex In September. The horizontal construction platoon is currently
involved in cut and fill operations on the combined baseball and soccer field. The
project is divided into four phases. The first phase is construction of a combined
baseball and soccer field, the second phase consists of two softball fields, the third
phase ia a football field and the fourth phase is a tennis court. In the bottom photo
Captain Theodore L. Wade (right) and members of the horizontal construction platoon
study project plans.
Man Drowns In Warren Pond
HENDERSON - A Hen
derson man, George An
derson Jones, 67, of 139
Wall St., Sa^T
day afternoon wheh tne
boat he was fishing from
grtoveT^
^^^>rt^tefthis
Henderson home around 8
a. m. Saturday to Mi at
bis farm. He had told his
vile he would return home
around 11 a. m.
When he failed to return
by 1:30 p. m., his wife
called a niece, Tilda Jones,
wbo lives near the Vicks
boro farm.
Tilda Jones reportedly
went to the pond to check
oq Jones around 2 p. m. At
that time, found hto
boat overturned on tne
pond and called the Vance
County
Answering the call with
the rescue unit were Depu
ty J. E. Deans and Sgt. J.
M Cordell of the Vance
County Sheriff's office.
Tbay summoned Warren
SS*
Seaman upon tearing the
farm was in Warren
^^Sian said the rescue
unit conducted a dragging
operation for approximate
ly four hours before Jones
body was located.
Seaman said the fishing
boat was evidently a horae
jjjade aluminum crait. ne
Fleming Is Named
Chairman Of Panel
j, T. Fleming, Warren
ton realtor, has .^f11
darted chairman t* the
Warren County Rural
Development Panel for
1961-82.
Other officers chosen
were Thomas E. Watson,
vice chairman; L- y
Coooer, secretary; Claries
j Worth, assisUnt
secretary; and Joseph S.
Lennon, advisor.
Committees
-atntJirfwd and priorities
(Continued on page 14)
also said personal flotation
devices were strewn on the
water around the boat.
Jones was the son of
Jerry S. Jones and Maggie
Basket Jones and was a
retired mechanic.
He is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Jessie M.
Jones; one son, Bobby P.
Jones of New York, N. Y.;
one brother, Roy Jones of
Henderson; four sisters,
Mrs. Josephine Webster of
Philadelphia, Pa., and
Mrs. Mary E. Jones, Mrs.
Elizabeth J. Cheek and
Mrs. Laura G. Brown, all
of Bronx, N. Y.; and one
grandchild.
Captain Walter Gardner of the Warrenton Rural Fire
Department explains the operation of a fire track to
stadents at Mariam Boyd Elementary School during a
program held last week on fire safety. (Staff Photo)
Prevention Is Pushed
In recognition of Nation
al Fire Prevention Week,
the Warren ton Junior
Woman's Club sponsored
fire safety programs at
Mariam Boyd School and
Hawkins School on "Hairs.
Oct. IS.
Captain Walter Gardner
of the Warrentoo Rural
Fire Department spoke on
safety and gave instruc
tions on the use of
fire-fighting equipment.
The movie, "Snuffy the
Fire Engine," was shown
to the students and after
wards they explored a
pumper truck and a tanker
truck.
The program at Hawkins
School was preceded by a
fire drill.
Fireman Charles Dun
can assisted Captain
Gardner.
Help With Heating Bills
Available To Residents
An estimated 1,400 low
income households in War
ren County will be eligible
for financial help with
their heating bills this
winter through the federal
Low-Income Energy As
sistance Program, accord
ing to Julian Farrar
director of the Department
of Social Services.
The program provides a
one-time payment to help
eligible households pay
their heating bills. How
ever, it is not the purpose
of the program to pay all of
the household's heating
bills, but to provide some
relief from the high costs
of energy.
Last year, approximate
ly 1,360 Warren County
households received assist
ance under the Low-In
come Energy Assistance
Program. Statewide pay
ments averaged $155 per
household with the lowest
payment $59.00 and the
highest $361. The amount
of payment a household
received depended on the
number of people in the
household, their income,
the region of the state
where they lived and the
type of heating fuel used.
North Carolina's share
of the $1,875 billion in
federal funds authorized
by Congress for this year's
Low-Income Energy As
sistance Program is $35.6
million. County social
services departments will
determine eligibility.
Eligible households must
have total countable in
come at or below the
non-farm poverty level
The amount paid for
Medicare and hospital
insurance premiums are
deducted from income.
Households that have
working members may
deduct work related and
child care costs from their
earned income. Some
other types of income are
not counted at all such as
loans, income of children
under 14 and in-kind contri
butions.
The non-farm poverty
level for different size
households is: one in
household, $316 monthly;
two, $418; three, $519; four,
1821; five, $723; six, $824;
and for seven or more $102
is added for each addition
al person.
In addition to these
income limits, a house
hold's financial assets
must have a value of $2200
or less. All assets will be
counted except household
or personal belongings,
cars, home, income pro
ducing property, insur
ance, value of prepaid
burial contracts, savings
of a student under 18 who is
saving money for school
expenses, relocation as
sistance payments, money
in a checking account to
meet monthly needs, non
salable life estate or
remainder interests, heir
property and HUD com
munity development block
grants.
Unlike last year when
households who were re
ceiving Supplemental Se
curity Income, food
stamps or AFDC did not
have to apply, all house
holds will be required to
apply for the Low-Income
Energy Assistance Pro
gram this yew. Elderly or
handicapped inviduals
may send a representative
'to apply tor them.
The County Department
of Social Services will
begin taking applications
for the program on Novem
ber 1. They will continue to
accept applications
n^mp^iff 11 «nd
will be working with other
community agencies and
groups to make sure the
elderly and handicapped
know about the program
and have access to the
application process.
A one-time payment will
be made in early
February after all low-in
come households have
applied and eligibility has
beeu determined.
Farrar said that county
social services depart
ments are taking on the
added responsibility for
this complex program
along with numerous
changes they are being
required to implement in
other programs because of
changes in federal regu
lations.
"Additional temporary
staff have been added for
the energy program and
we feel that the program
will again be successfully
administered," he said.
"Work with the program
last year went exceptional
ly well, and as a result of
the excellent staff training
already received we feel
that they will do a good job
again this year."
These members of the Warrenton Junior Woman's Club display silver which was won
by the junior club during the convention of clubs held here on Saturday. Showing the
silver awards are (from left) Bonnie Andrews, Katrina Palmer and Gloria Munn.
(Staff Photo)
Local Clubs Host Annual
Meeting Here On Saturday
The Warrenton Woman's
and Junior Woman's Clubs
hosted the annual meeting
of the 14th District of the N.
C. Federation of Woman's
Clubs on Oct. 17 at Wesley
Memorial United Metho
dist Church.
One hundred and thirty
four members of 23
Woman's Clubs, all mem
bers of District 14, attend
ed.
The Warrenton Junior
Voman's Club served
coffee and refreshments as
the guest members ar
rived.
Mrs. L. 0. Robertson,
Jr., president of District 14
for the past three and a
half years, presided over
the meeting. Mrs. Robert
son was honored by a
standing ovation for her
outstanding leadership.
The assembly was in
spired by special music
from Mrs. Walter Smiley,
Jr., soloist and Mrs.
Monroe Gardner, pianist.
The business meeting
included election of new
district officers. Warren
County members in the
new administration are
Mrs. John A. Coleman,
chairman of the Arts
Department; Mrs. Wil
loughby Harris, chairman
of the Crafts Division;
Mrs. Jimmy Brame, chair
man of the Public Affairs
Department; and Mrs. L.
0. Robertson, Jr., parlia
mentarian.
Following the business
meeting, addresses were
made by distinguished
guests. Mrs. Michael
Lewis, state third vice
president, addressed the
meeting on the theme of
working together. Mrs.
John Sutton, state presi
dent, rhilkmgfitl the
to get involved in their
state's Federation of Wo
man's Club#.
The district chdM repre
sented were the Creed
moor Woman's Club, the
Franklinton Woman's
Club, the Henderson Wo
man's and Junior Wo
man's Clubs, the Jackson
Woman's Club, celebrating
its 30th anniversary; the
LouiSburg Woman's Club,
celebrating its 25th anni
versary; the Littleton
Woman's Club, the Macon
Woman's Club and Norlina
Woman's and Junior Wo
man's Clubs. Attending
from Oxford were the
Woman's Club, the Junior
Woman's Club and the
Mary Jamison Woman's
Club. Roanoke Rapids sent
representatives from its
Woman's and Junior Wo
man's Clubs and the Civic
Freedom League.
The newest club attend
ing was the Rolesville
Junior Woman's Club,
chartered in August 1961.
The Wake Forest Woman's
and Junior Woman's clubs,
and the Youngsville Wo
man's and Junior Wo
man's Clubs were also
represented.
Lunch was prepared and
served by members and
the auxiliary of the Churc
hill-Five Forks Rural Fire
Department.
The meeting concluded
with the presentation of
awards. The Warren ton
Junior Woman's Club
received three awards.
They were the Louise J.
Royster Award for most
effectively carrying out
the program of the
NCFWC and GFWC in all
departments with the
largest number of mem
bers participating and
working together; the
Julia C. Carrington Help
A-Home Award; and the
Annie Grey Burroughs
Work in Public Education
Award.
Concert Planned
"Listen to the Music," a concert of
contemporary Christian music, will be presented
at Norlina United Methodist Church on Thurs.,
Oct 22, at 7:30 p.m.
The Rev. Steve Eason, pastor of Moyock
United Methodist Church, will play the drums
and his wife, Cathy, will play the guitar. They
will be joined by the Rev. Curtis Campbell,
pastor of Norlina United Methodist Church, who
will play electric bass and his wife, Debbi, who
will be at the piano.
Hie group has sung several times at Circus
Tent, an interdenominational ministry on the
Outer Banks.
The hour-and-a-half concert will include a wide
variety of contemporary Christian music
ranging from folk and gospel to rock. Selections
will include "Brother Love's Traveling Salvation
Show," "Oh Happy Day," and "All for the Beat"
The concert will be an informal affair and the
public is invited to attend.
1
Clear Your Windows
Winter is approaching
and driven should be
aware that North Carolina
law requires that wind
side windows of automo
biles be rompWulj dear
■ «- -* |f„l ,1- „
ea oeiore anvmg.
The North Carolina
Highway Patrol will he
strictly enforcing this law
and failure to abide by it
could result in a $31 fine
and two potato on one's
license to drive.
In some cases, an
increase in the premium
oa individual automobile
inmirflyyy rfSmilt
WlDaOW 1ft unacc6pUDK.