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Volume 85 25c Per Copy Warrenton, County Of Warren, North Carolina Wednesday, February 3, 1982 Number 5
Two young Warren County farmers - Gregg Reese of during the check presentation are County Extension
the Ellington Community and Randy Martin of the Oine Chairman L. C. Cooper, Reese, Steve Medlin of Branch
Community - are attending a Short Course in Modern Banking and Trust Company, Nell Stegall of First
Farming at N. C. State University. Banks of Warren Citizens Bank, Martin, and Roy Pat Robertson of Peoples
County gave $325 to each participant from Warren Bank. (Staff Photo)
attending the Feb. 1-15 short course. Shown, left to right,
Commissioners Informed
County Finds Bleacher Money
The Warren County
Board of Commissioners
were informed at their
regular meeting here
Monday morning that 1981
tax collections were
sufficient to justify a
$25,000 donation to the
Warren County Consoli
dated High School for the
purchase of bleachers for
its new gymnasium.
In making the
announcement, County
Manager Glen Newsome
said that the Board of
Education is expected to
ask bids for the bleachers
soon, but pointed out that
they will not be installed in
time for basketball play
this season.
Expressing their
pleasure over the
announcement were
Commissioner Herbert
Harris ,who led a
movement to have the
bleacher purchase a top
priority, and Commis
sioner George Shearin who
said that the installation of
the bleachers would mean
a great deal to student
morale and public
appreciation of the gym.
Upon recommendation
of the County Manager, the
board, by unanimous vote,
appointed an ad hoc
committee to work with a
similar committee, to be
appointed by the Board of
Education at its meeting
next Monday night, in
matters concerning the
preparation of the school
budget for 1982-83.
Commissioner Shearin
pointed out that he had
made a suggestion last
year that such a committee
be made, and said that as a
teacher he could see the
value of such committees.
He said that there are
funds needed for a number
of small jobs at the new
school, and for roof repair
at the Mariam Boyd
School. Other commission
ers agreed that such com
mittees could be very help
ful to both boards.
Chairman Jack Harris
said that he had received a
letter from Governor
James Hunt, Jr. asking
that the board be
represented for one day at
the World's Fair in
Knoxville, Tenn. from
May to October. Harris
said, and the commission
ers agreed with him, that
one day's attendance hard
Competition
Contests Assured
In Local Races
Stories On Page 11
Goals Defined By
Chamber Members
Goals were defined and
committee assignments
were made here Tuesday
morning during a meeting
of officers and directors of
the Warren County Cham
ber of Commerce. Presi
dent Charles Hayes pre
sided during the two-hour
session.
A key goal of the
40-member chamber was a
membership increase of SO
per cent. Directors agreed
that a membership drive
during 1982 could result in
the recruitment of 20 or
more new members They
were told that there are
approximately ISO eligible
individual and corporate
potential members in
Warren County.
The chamber officials,
voting to meet at 2 p. m. on
the third Tuesday of each
month, were told by Hayes
that another goal of this
year is to see that Warren
ton and Norlina are
redesignated as communi
ties of excellence.
Officers and directors
voted to contribute to a
monthly newsletter which
will be published by
Secretary Grace Miles. All
were asked to submit arti
cles on activities of various
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ly seemed worthwhile.
The commissioners
designated Wednesday,
April 7, as the date for the
board sitting as a Board of
Equalization and Review.
The time of the meeting
was set at 10 a.m.
County Manager Glen
Newsome reported Sales
and Use Tax collections for
December in the amount of
$14,588.
R. B. Nelson appeared
before the commissioners ■
relative to extension of
Highway 92, which would
run from a portion of
highway between Norlina
and Wise to Beaufort and
connect 1-85 with T-95 near
Enfield. The board endors
ed the plan.
Willie Davis appeared
before the board to repeat
his request that a certain
section of road, on which
five families live, near
Perdue's place in Soul
City, be made a part of the
county system. The com
missioners endorsed the
proposal and County Man
ager Glen Newsome said
he would make an effort to
have Regional Engineer
Hamme and District Engi
neer Bob Ross inspect the
property with him and
Willie Davis.
Venetta Grant again
appeared before the com
missioners relative to the
appointment of an advis
ory committee on state and
federal grants. Chairman
Jack Harris said that no
definite way of handling
such grants has been
worked out and that
appointment of an advis
ory committee now would
be premature.
At South Warren Grocery Store
No One Wounded In Running Battle
A running gun battle between two couples holed up at a
Warren County grocery store and an assailant riding
past the store in a pickup truck ended Thursday night
with no casualties.
However, law enforcement officers this week
expressed amazement that no one was wounded in the
shootout and they announced that one of the men
involved had been jailed here in lieu of $2,000 bond.
Chief Deputy Sheriff Dorsey Capps said that Wiley
Vance Moseley, 42, of Rt. 2, Henderson was charged with
firing into an occupied store building and placed in jail.
He was scheduled to be given a hearing today in Warren
County District Court.
Capps said the episode began between 8 and 8:30 p. m
at The Country Store at Vicksboro in southwestern
Warren County. He said the store owner and his wife
were cooking steaks on a charcoal grill with another
couple following the clotii^ of the store.
The officer said Monley came on the scene and later
tossed a firecracker iuto the grill over which the steaks
were being cooked. This led to an argument and the store
owner, Calvin Harris, and friends Johnny Matthews of
Henderson and Prank Parrish of Rt. J, Henderson,
reportedly jumped on Moseley.
Moseley left, according to the deputy, and went home
and got his guns, which the lawman said consisted of an
automatic shotgun, a .22-calibre rifle and a pistol of
undetermined calibre.
With his unidentified girlfriend at the wheel, Moseley
returned to the scene in,his pickup truck and began firing
at the store. Chunks of brick were torn loose by buckshot
which struck the building, Capps said
The occupants of the store returned fire, and Moseley
reportedly rode past the store several times and "a
bunch of shots were fired," Capps said. Not only were
impact spots found on the building, but bullet holes found
in Moseley's vehicle and in a truck owned by Harris.
Following the shooting, Capps reported, Harris aad
Matthews were charged with shooting into aa
vehicle. The two men, along with Parrish,
charged with assault stemming from the
affray.
Capps said the wives of the two men were not involved
in the shooting.
The three men in the store were released after 1
signed his own bond.
Public Hearing Set
House, Senate Plans
Would Divide Warren
By KAY HORNER
Staff Writer
Redistricting plans sche
duled to go before the
General Assembly next
week would divide Warren
County into two districts in
both the N. C. House and
Senate.
The Senate plan propos
es to cut the 7th District -
of which Warren County is
now a part - in half and to
make a new, single-mem
ber 11th District. That
district would be composed
of Vance County, Franklin
County, and four Warren
County townships - Nut
bush, Sandy Creek, Shocco
and Warrenton. Also in
cluded would be Nash
County with the exception
of Coopers, Oak Level,
Rocky Mount and Stony
Creek townships, and
Wake County's Wake For
est Township.
The 7th District is pre
sently composed of Vance,
Franklin, Nash and Wilson
counties, in addition to
Warren.
According to estimates,
the population of the entire
new district would be
116,326 and Warren Coun
ty's portion would be 8,295.
District 6 would be com
prised erf the rest of
Warren County along with
Halifax and Edgecombe
counties. A total estimated
population of 119,211 would
be included in this district
and Warren County's por
tion would be 7,937.
The proposed House plan
would divide Warren Coun
ty in half The northern
part of Warren would
remain in the three-mem
ber District 21 with Vance,
Granville, Person, Caswell
and part of Halifax. The
Warren townships includ
ed in this district would be
Nutbush, Smith Creek,
Hawtree, Sixpound, Roa
noke, River and Judkins.
The total population of
the district would be
152,479 and Warren's por
tion would be 7,597.
The southern portion
would join with the greater
portion of Halifax County
and Martin County to form
a new, single-member
district. Martin County's
portion of the population
would be 8,434 and Warren
townships included would
be Sandy Creek, Warren
ton, Shocco, Fork, and
Fishing Creek, with a
population of 8,635.
Statewide, the redistrict
ing proposals will split 22
counties in forming House
districts and nine counties
in forming Senate dis
tricts. Legislators are
seeking a reapportionment
plan that will be accepta
ble to the U. S. Justice
Department and in line
Fire Is Fought
In Sunday Best
A number of Warrenton
Rural Volunteer Firemen
were enjoying a Fire
Department's Ladies
Night celebration at the
Lion's Den at 9:45 p. m. on
Friday night when they
were interrupted by the
fire siren, and responded
dressed in their Sunday
beat.
A total of ten firemen,
with a pumper and tankar
rod** to the two story
frame residence of Robert
Terry on Highway 58 ntr
The chimney
N» damage was reported
with the 1965 Voting Rights
Act. However, Warren
County is not one of the
North Carolina counties
included under the Voting
Rights Act.
Federal officials have
rejected earlier proposals
on the basis that they
diluted the voting strength
of minorities.
More single-member dis
tricts are created than the
legislature had approved
in earlier maps, but
multiple-member districts
are retained in many
areas, including most of
New Surgeon
Coming Here
Dr. Julio E. Alarcon will open a surgical
practice in Warrenton in about four weeks. He is
at present practicing in Bethlehem, Pa.
Lynn C. Orfgen, administrator of the hospital,
stated, "We are very excited about beginning to
once again offer surgical services at Warren
General. It will be a definite asset to both the
hospital and the community."
Orfgen said that "hopefully many Warren
County residents now seeking health care outside
the county will begin to obtain them closer to
home. Over the years, services at Warren
General have dwindled causing the migration to
the neighboring counties where services
remained stable. We hope we have reversed that
trend."
The present plans are for Dr. Alarcon to locate
his offices in the old school Administration
Building immediately adjacent to the hospital on
West Ridgeway Street. He plans to arrive in the
community in mid-February and will open his
practice about two weeks later.
Councilmen Reject
Bids At Norlina
Bids for upgrading Nor
lina's sewage system in
order to tie it in with a
regional sewage treatment
facility at Warrenton have
been rejected by Norlina
commissioners after it was
found that bids for con
struction far exceeded
funds on hand.
Norlina commissioners
Monday night agreed to
reject the bids, which
totalled $321,292, and send
the project back to the
drawing board for re
design. Norlina had only
$230,000 in state, federal
and local monies earmark
ed for the wastewater pro
ject.
Mrs. Mae Gums, town
clerk, said the bid overrun
was discovered on January
19 when bids were opened
at the Town Hall. She said
Roanoke Construction
Company of Roanoke Rap
ids had the apparent low
bid of $226,685 for general
construction, and Elk
Electric Company of Ral
eigh had an apparent low
electrical bid of $56,987.
These figures were in
creased by a $26,620
engineering fee and a
contingency cost of $14,000.
Mrs. Gums said that the
Division of Environmental
Management called for a
redesign of the facility as
the only alternative open to
Norlina.
The main thrust of the
redesign work, the com
missioners learned, will be
a modification of the
sewage pumping station.
In other business han
dled Monday night, Leigh
Traylor appeared before
the board in an aiiempt to
speed work in the direction
of hiving the town accept
the old Seaboard Railroad
Depot. He uk) railroad
official! were agreeable to
the idea of donating the
depot to the town, which
would then seek its
removal, but that the town
must notify the railroad of
its intent. Due to the press
of other business before
the board, no action was
taken on Traylor's request.
Commissioners called
attention to the February
15 deadline for display of
town motor vehicle tags.
They agreed that those
who fail to purchase and
display the plates will risk
prosecution. The penalty
for failure to comply with
the town's tag ordinance is
one dollar per day for as
much as 15 days, plus cost
of court.
The Police Department
was instructed to increase
its vigil in the hope of
keeping heavy trucks off
Norlina residential streets.
Damage to the streets by
rigs unable to get beneath
the Norlina railroad under
pass was noted during the
discussion.
Discussion was heard on
Norlina ordinance aimed
at preventing dogs from
running at large, but no
action was taken.
Mrs. Ruby Jones and
other residents of Access
Road were on hand to
complain of the road's
condition, and the Norlina
Street Department was
told by the board to keep
the road up for its entire
length through the use of
town equipment. The de
partment was instructed
not to place gravel<
portion of the road lying
outside the town ittmits.
The board its
support to a *°
designate a road from
eastern North 1'arcHina to
Kerr Lake as Highway 92
after R. B. Nelson of!
ersonvilte appeared I
the board to reque
rt« Agnation.
the major cities
Glenwood Newsome,
Warren county manager,
said the proposed plans
discriminate against
small, rural counties in
eastern North Carolina,
and more particularly in
northeastern North Caro
lina
A public hearing on the
proposed redistricting
plans will be held at 1:30 p
m on Thursday, February
4, in the auditorium of the
State Legislative Building
in Raleigh Those from
Warren County who will be
attending include New
some, Jack Harris, chair
man of the Warren County
Board of Commissioners,
and Steve Medlin. Several
others tentatively are
scheduled to attend.
Directors of the Warren
County Chamber of Com
merce Tuesday agreed to
oppose the Senate-House
redistricting plans in every
possible way. Officers and
directors of the county
wide group voted to send a
strong resolution to the
proper authorities and to
send a chamber delega
tion to the public hearing in
Raleigh The decision was
unanimously approved.
Evening Classes
Are Planned Here
As an extension of
Vance-Granville Com
munity College, evening
college classes will be
offered for residents of
Warren County and
surrounding communities
at <Van-en County High
School beginning in
February.
The classes are being
coordinated through a joint
effort of VGCC's College
Transfer Division and the
Division of Continuing
Education in cooperation
with Warren County Public
Schools.
Courses to be taught are
English composition and
general psychology.
Eleven weeks in length,
bo}h are included in the
college's Associate of Arts
Degree curriculum and
transfer with full credit
toward the four-year
bachelors degree at
numerous other senior
colleges and universities
across the state, including
the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill and
North Carolina State
University at Raleigh.
The English composition
classes are slated on
Monday nights from six to
nine o'clock beginning
February IS and
continuing through April
28. Ken Ferruccio, a
Warren County resident
and member of the English
faculty at VGCC, will be
the instructor.
Psychology classes are
planned on Wednesdays
from 6 to 9 p. m. starting
February 17 and running
through April 28 VGCC
faculty member Bruce
Hodges of Oxford will
teach the, course.
Ft* j each course
completed, students will
earn three quarter hours of
credit or two semester
hours credit. The only cost
is 88.75 par course ptaa
book fees.
"These courses,"
explained Catherine
arch, college transfer