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Volume 85 25* Per Copy Warrenton, County Of Warren, North Carolina Wednesday, January 20, 1982 Number 3
Tax Bill For
Phone Firm
Totals $8,264
Carolina Telephone's
1981 city tax payment in
Warrenton amounted to
$8,264.20.
Richard R. Barnes, Jr.,
Carolina Telephone's dis
trict commercial and
meting manager in Hen
derson, said that the
company's total tax bill
within Warren County,
including all city taxes, is
$65,487.44.
"The taxes reflect Caro
lina Telephone's continu
ing investment in buildings
and equipment to help
meet the high demand for
telecommunication ser
vice," said Barnes.
Carolina Telephone's
total operating tax bill for
1981, including all state
and federal taxes, is
expected to come to nearly
$56.9 million.
This figure does not
include almost $5 million in
two percent federal excise
tax payments which were
billed to telephone users by
the company. The excise
taxes are remitted to the
federal government upon
collection.
The company has ap
plied for a general rate
increase which would
increase its intrastate
operating revenues by
$47.2 million annually.
Should the North Carolina
Utilities Commission ap
prove the request, federal
and state taxes would take
a little more than half of
the requested revenues.
Hie remaining dollars will
be used to continue
meeting increased operat
ing expenses, interest pay
ments, depreciation and
employee wages and
fringe benefits, and to
provide a fair return to
investors.
Schools Will
Operate On
Saturday Here
Warren County schools
will operate on Saturday,
January 23, on their
regular schedule to make
up one of the days missed
because of the recent bad
weather.
They will also operate on
the regular schedule Mon
day, January 25, through
Thursday, January 28.
However, a teacher work
day originally scheduled
for Monday has been
changed to Friday, Janu
ary 29, and students will
have a holiday on that day.
Unless more inclement
weather necessitates a
change, schools will oper
ate on regular schedule the
remainder of this week.
Youngsters at Norlina take a break from school as
snow forced a four-day classroom holiday last week and
this week. Sledding and other snow-related activities
were much in evidence throughout Warren County as the
season's first real snowfall—a six-inch blanket—covered
the landscape. (Staff Photo)
Things Going Well At School
Just about all seems to
be going well at Warren
County's new consolidated
high school, Principal
Benjamin Terrell told
members of the Warren
County Board of Education
on Monday night.
Terrell, the first
principal to appear before
the board in a new
program designed to
acquaint board members
with school activities
throughout Warren
County, said thus far the
new school has
experienced "an
interesting half year."
He said that while there
have been minor discipline
problems, the student
population has played
together as a team. He said
there seem to be few
problems arising from
combining two high
schools —Warrenton and
Norlina—which were
academic and athletic
rivals.
He was also highly
complimentary of the
staff, which he said is one
of the finest groups he has
ever seen.
In other action taken on
Monday night,'the board:
—Approved a request
from Mrs. John Palmer
that her granddaughter,
Shana Peel of grade six be
permitted to continue
attending North Warren
School rather than transfer
to Vaughan School.
—Approved a request
from Mrs. Callie Terry
that her children. Dawn of
grade four and Phillip of
grade seven, be permitted
to continue attending
Hawkins and John Graham
Schools, respectively,
although Mrs. Terry has
moved into the North War
ren-Norlina attendance
area.
—Approved a request of
Mrs. Sally Thomas, a
resident of Halifax County,
that her daughters, Jane
and Shirley of grade ten, be
permitted to continue
attending Warren County
(Continued on page 5)
Hospital Patients
Patients in Warren Gen
eral Hospital on Tuesday
afternoon were listed as
follows:
Thomas E. Peoples,
Juanita A. Jones, Mary H.
Shearin, Ruth H. McCurry,
Hattie A. Alston, Ann P.
Falkener, James Davis,
Georgianna Robinson,
Blanch T. Johnson,
Christine Richardson,
Emily Hargrove.
Citizens Invited To
Jan. 27 Program
Warren County citizens
are invited to participate in
a program on the NC 2000
planning project on
January 27 at 7 p. m. at
Warren County High
School.
According to Dr. William
Friday, president of the
University of North
Carolina and chairman of
NC 2000, the purpose of the
project is to focus the
attention of top thinkers,
leaders, and citizens on the
next two decades in North
Carolina.
The January 27 program
will include participation
by Brad Carroll, chairman
of Warren County 2000;
Eva Clayton, with the N. C.
Commission on the
Future; James Jordan,
Warren County Schools;
Charles Hayes, realtor
with Warrenton Insurance
and Real Estate;
Glenwood Newsome,
Warren County manager;
and Jack Harris, chairman
of the Warren County
commissioners. The latter
three recently were named
to the Warren County 2000
steering committee.
The agenda for the
meeting includes a review
of trends and forecasts, an
explanation of the NC 2000
statewide process, the
local leader's role and the
local perspective, and
discussions on the future of
North Carolina's people,
economy, natural
resources, and
community.
Peanut Referendum
Will Be Conducted
By ASCS In County
The Agricultural Stabili
zation and Conservation
Service wili conduct a
referendum January 25-29
to determine whether
peanut poundage quotas
will be in effect for
1982-1985 crops.
If two-thirds of the farm
ers voting in the referen
dum approve poundage
quotas, peanut growers
will be eligible for price
support loans and subject
to penalties on peanuts
marketed for domestic
edible use in excess of their
poundage quota. If they do
not approve poundage
quotas, there will be no
price support and no
penalties.
The peanut price sup
port program, through
poundage quotas, limits
the number of pounds of
peanuts that can be
marketed by producers for
domestic edible uses. The
national poundage quota
for 1982 is 1.2 million tons,
according to T. E. Watson,
executive director of the
Warren County ASCS Of
fice.
The Agriculture and
Food Act of 1981 eliminates
the traditional peanut
acreage allotment system.
"This means that any
person can grow peanuts
anywhere in the country
and market the peanuts for
other than domestic edible
use," Watson said. Under
previous programs, pro
duction was limited to
farms with an allotment.
The program will con
tinue to have two price
support levels, one for
quota peanuts and another
lower level for additional
peanuts. The price support
level for quota peanuts
grown within farm pound
age quotas will be a
minimum of 27.5 cents per
pound ($550 per ton) for
1982-1985 crops.
Watson said the 1982
level to be established by
the Secretary of Agricul
ture will be based on cost
of production, including
land cost, with annual
increases beginning in 1983
to reflect the national
average production cost in
creases excluding increas
es in cost of land. The
maximum annual increase
allowed for the quota
peanut support level is 6
percent. The support level
for additional peanuts,
those produced in excess of
the poundage quota, will be
determined by the Secre
tary of Agriculture
Legislation requires that
the support level for
peanuts produced on non
quota farms, or those
produced on quota farms
but in excess of the
poundage quota, will be
based upon the projected
world price for peanut oil
and meal and that the
secretary maintain a low
price support level to
insure no cost to the
government.
"This production must
either be contracted for
export by April 15 or be
placed under loan and
marketed through an area
marketing association,"
the ASCS official said
As in previous pro
grams. all peanut produc
ers must certify to their
planted acres and have
peanut marketing cards
before they can sell
peanuts. The cards will
state how many pounds of
peanuts can be marketed
for domestic edible uses,
and will be used to account
for disposition of addition
al peanuts
All producers of quota
peanuts in 1981 are eligible
to vote in the upcoming
mail referendum. Further
details on the new peanut
program may be obtained
by contacting the county
ASCS office.
Race Is Assured
For County Post
A race was assured tor a
seat on the Warren County
Board of Commissioners
this week when incumbent
Clyde R. Edwards paid his
filing fee. He will be
opposed by Ellis Fleming
for the District Three seat.
Fleming filed last week.
Edwards, a resident of
Norlina, has been serving
on the Warren County
Board of Commissioners
since 1970. He now serves
as vice chairman of the
board.
Edwards, who attended
Middleburg High School, is
a retired fireman and a
charter member of the
Norlina Ruritan Club,
where he has served as
president and is now a
director.
He is a member of the
Norlina Methodist Church,
has served as chairman of
the Administrative Board,
chairman of the trustees
and is a former choir
member.
He is a past member of
the Roanoke River Basin
Association and is a
former trustee of Warren
EDWARDS
General Hospital.
He now serves as a
director of the Region K
Senior Services Nutrition
Program, a director of the
Region K Aging Advisory
council, a member of tne
Region K Senior Citizens
Coordinating Council and a
member of the Selection
Committee of the Capital
Health Systems Agency.
Edwards has one son,
Charles Elvin Edwards of
Muscatine, Iowa.
Community College
Meeting Scheduled
On January 26, repre
sentatives from Vance
Granville Community Col
lege and Halifax Commun
ity College will join other
community college repre
sentatives in a meeting at
Edgecombe Technical In
stitute in Tarboro to
discuss the community
college system's prepara
tion of its expansion budget
request for the 1983-85
biennium.
This is one of five
meetings to be held across
the state for community
college presidents, trus
tees, staff, students, legis
lators, and interested
citizens.
Hie two-hour meetings
will begin at 7:30 p. m. with
an introduction to the
budget by Dr. Larry J.
Blake, state president of
the Department of Com
munity Colleges, and an
overview of the system's
history by Robot E.
Strother, assistant for
federal affairs in the DOC.
At S:30 p. m. partici
pants will meet in small
groups to develop their
own expansion budgets
and assign priorities.
Expansion budgets are
prepared by all depart
ments and agencies of
state government to meet
needs that are not antici
pated or provided for in
their continuation, or regu
lar, budgets. In the case of
the community college
system, these needs could
include additional funding
for enrollment growth or
new progrms or improve
ments in such areas as
training equipment.
Expansion budget re
quests will be considered
by the General Assembly
when it convenes in
January 1983.
There are 58 campuses
in the community college
system.
Breaks Arm
Mrs. Pat Pinnell, an
employee of Warren
County Memorial library
and wife of Carl Pinnell,
broke her right arm
Tuesday moming in a fall
on West Market Street
near Pargas Company.
Mrs. Pinnell was taken
to Warren General
Hospital where her arm
set and placed in a
before returning to
Young Chad Burrow* of Warrentoa, ■ three-year-old,
trie* out a sled on Friday as now covered all of Warren
County. The youngster wm one of many getting a helping
hand on the streets and sidewalks of town. (Staff Photo)