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85 25' Per Copy Warrenton, County Of Warren, North Carolina Wednesday, May 12, 1982 Number 19
Soil on a Rt. 2, Warrenton farm is broken up in an old
fashioned way as this picture illustrates. The use of
mules on the spring crops is becoming less and less a
sight as tractors have become eommonplace.
(Staff Photo)
Warren Man Dies Of Shotgun
Wound; Housemate Charged
A 53-year-old Warren
County man has been
charged with the Tuesday
night shotgun slaying of his
housemate, and is being
held without bond in the
Warren County jail on a
charge of murder.
A 96-hour hearing was
scheduled for the suspect
today in Warren County
District Court.
Arrested on the murder
charge was Haywood Per
ry, resident of Rt. 2,
Warrenton, who is accused
of shooting Ernest Lee
Algood, 36, on Tuesday
night.
Deputy Sheriff Bobby
Dean Bolton, who made
the arrest and is heading
the investigation, said he
received a call at 10:17 on
Tuesday night informing
him of the shooting.
Bolton said both men,
described as day laborers,
were unemployed. They
shared a three-room frame
house located a short
distance from Baltimore
Road, several miles south
of Warrenton.
The body of Algood was
found slumped over a bed
on the first floor of the
house. He was fully clothed
and appeared to have been
shot one time in the upper
chest.
Bolton said he was told
by Perry that the gun went
off accidentally while the
two men struggled for
possession. He did not say
what prompted the struggle.
The shotgun was found in
the trunk of a car owned by
George Davis, Perry's
step-father. Perry was
arrested about 11:45 p.m.
at the Davis residence
approximately two mite*
from where the shooting
occurred.
Alabama Wreck Kills Cooper
Graveside services for
Leonard C. Cooper, Jr. of
Union City, Tenn. will be
conducted at 4 p.m. today
(Wednesday) at Sunset
Gardens in Henderson
Mr. Cooper, the only son
of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard C.
Cooper of Warrenton, was
killed in a two-car automobile
accident Monday near
Bolton, Ala.
Cooper's car was struck
by a car driven by Alfred
L. Looney of Hillsboro,
Ala. Looney's car was
reported to have been
travelling at a high rate of
speed when he crossed
over the line, striking
Cooper's car on the left
side between the fender
and door (almost head-on).
Mr. Cooper, who was
riding alone, was killed
instantly.
Looney's car careened
off and down an embankment.
struck a couple of
trees and burst into
flames. Looney was
thrown from the car and
died instantly. He, too, was
riding alone.
Cooper was born on Nov.
19, 1951. He graduated
from John Graham High
School in 1969. He graduated
from A&T State University
at Greensboro in 1973
with a BS degree in Animal
Science. He did graduate
study at the University of
Florida at Gainsville, Fla ,
in animal science, and also
studied animal protein and
food safety and quality at
Chico State University at
Chico, Calif.
At the time of his death.
Cooper was employed by
the U. S. Department of
Agriculture, Division of
Quality Meat and Safety
Program, in the Union
City, Tenn. area.
Cooper is survived by his
Ballance Seeking
7th District Seat
Warrenton Attorney
Frank W. Ballance, Jr. last
week filed as a candidate
for the 7th District seat in
the North Carolina House
of Representatives.
Ballance, who is 40 years
old, has been active in
political events in Eastern
North Carolina. He
practices law throughout
that area and is well known
in all of the counties in the
district.
In filing for the seat,
Ballance stated that he
"feels it is time that the
average citizens of the
district received
representation." He
further stated that it was
his intention upon being
elected to "represent all of
the citizens of the district."
The 7th District
encompasses Warren
County townships of
Fishing Creek, Fork,
Sandy Creek, Shocco, and
Warrenton; Martin County
townships of Goose Nest,
Hamilton and
Robersonville; and 10
townships in Halifax
County.
Ballance's wife,
Bernadine, recently
graduated from North
Carolina Central
University School of Law
and was sworn in as an
attorney on April 8.
The Ballances have
three children, Garey,
Angela, and Valerie.
Others who have filed for
the 7th District race are
incumbent George A. Hux
and Dr. John Bee Moore of
Weldon. Moore is pastor of
First Baptist Church in
Weldon.
No Republicans have
filed for the 7th District
widow, Mrs. Joyce Cooper
of Union City, Tenn., his
father and mother, Mr.
and Mrs. L. C. Cooper, Sr.,
of Warrenton; and a
number of aunts and
uncles.
The family has requested
that in lieu of flowers
donations be made to
Brown Chapel AME
Church in Union City,
Tenn. for the purchase of
hvmnals--a project which
I^onard had started on
behalf of the church, or to
A&T University for the
establishment of a scholarship
fund in honor of
Cooper.
School Begins Again
Here In Late August
Warren County public
school children will begin a
new school year on Thursday,
August 26, according
to a 1982-83 calendar
adopted Monday night by
the Warren County Board
of Education.
The calendar was presented
by Mrs. Rachael
Ricks, assistant superintendent
and ex-officio
committee which drafted
the proposed calendar.
The calendar calls for
teacher workdays from
August 18-23, with August
24 as orientation day. The
calendar also allows nine
legal holidays and a
number of days designated
as teacher workdays.
Principal James Wilkerson
of John Graham
These three baby goats have a difficult time finding a place to none aa their owner,
Wortham Davis of Rt 2, Warrentoo, haMs the mama goat The birth of triplets, a rarity
amaag goats, occurred oa April JJ. Davis icparta that bath mother and offsprings are
doing well. (Staff Photo)
Promotion To Begin
School Men Endorse
One-Cent Sales Tax
The Warren County
Board of Education Monday
night agreed to promote
passage of an
additional one-cent statewise
sales tax to provide,
in part, funds for school
construction.
Members of the board
agreed to consider the
names of two persons in
each of their five districts
who would serve on a local
of the proposed legislation.
The committee is expected
to be named in a week or
ten days.
Supt. Mike Williams said
each county board of
education is being asked to
appoint a 10-member committee
of lay citizens to
generate support for the
proposal at the county
level and to contact
legislators to encourage
passage of the proposal.
"For several years,
efforts have been made to
convince the General Assembly
to call for a $600
million statewide bond
issue for school construction,"
Williams reported to
the board. "Warren County's
share of such a bond
issue would have been in
the neighborhood of $2
million."
Williams noted that for a
number of reasons, the
effort has been, for all
practical purposes, unsuccessful
and will not gain
General Assembly approval.
He said that in the past
year, two other significant
events have taken place.
First, in the fall 1981
session the General Assembly
authorized the
governor to call for a vote
on a $300 million statewide
bond issue for clean water
facilities, and, secondly,
the House, but not the
Senate, approved a measure
to allow voters at the
county level to approve an
additional one-cent sales
tax having a statewide
potential of $250 million annually.
Williams said that State
Treasurer Harlan Boyles
and State Superintendent
Craig Phillips are proposing
that, in lieu of the two
legislative measures, the
RECEIVES DEGREE
Be mice Cheek Nicholson
of Warrentom received a
bachelor of science degree
in criminal justice from
North Carolina Wesleyan
General Assembly levy an
additional statewide one
cent sales tax.
Of the proceeds of $2f><
million yearly, 20 percenl
would go for clean water
fac ilities. 40 percent would
go to the counties as a
general revenue, and 40
percent would be distributed
on a per pupil basis
to school units for con
struction of facilities
Williams said that under
this plan. Warren County
would receive approximately
$300,000 annualh
for school construction
This is the new office building being built on Bragg Street by Warrenton Attorney
Marty Kooker. The two-story building has risen steadily as good weather has enabled
contractors to proceed. (Staff Photo)
Board Votes To Exempt
Fire District Property
The Board of Town
Commissioners at their
regular meeting Monday
night voted to delete from
the Warrenton Fire
District along Bragg Street
that portion of the district
upon which Marty Rooker,
Warrenton attorney, is
erecting a two-story
building, provided that the
town attorney finds no
legal reason that it cannot
be done.
Commissioner Eddie
Clayton, in making the
motion for the deletion,
said that Rooker was
making it because Rooker
Arts Festival
Planned Saturday
Warren County schools
will sponsor their second
annual School Arts Festival
on May 15 from 11 a
ro -3 p. m. on the Courthouse
Square in Warren
ton.
The festival will include
exhibits by students in the
schools' art programs as
well as musical
performances by the bands
and choruses.
Winners of the recent
storytelling contest will be
on hand to tell their tales
while others will be
displaying their creative
writing talents.
Warren County Schools
Exceptional Programs will
sponsor "A Very Special
Arts Festival," exhibiting
artwork completed by the
schools' exceptional
classes and including
"hands-on" arts
experiences for
participants.
The Newold String Trio,
• group comprised of three
members of the North
Carolina Symphony, will
return this year to perform
throughout the day. Other
festival attractions will be
face painting, balloon
Mies, bake sales and
dancing.
The public is invited to
attend the festival at no
change. In case of rain, the
festival will be postponed
until May 29.
had been misled in the
requirements for fire walls
prior to beginning
construction of the
building. The motion was
seconded by Commissioner
Billy Lanier, and
unanimously passed.
Commissioner C. M.
White, III, was not present
for the meeting.
Rooker appeared before
the commissioners and
told them that he had
planned to brick veneer the
two-story frame building
and had been told by the
county fire inspector (Chet
Forrester, III) that if the
building is brick veneered
that fire walls would not be
required. Based on this
information, Rooker said
he began construction of
the building and it was not
until last Friday morning
that Pete Vaughan, Town
Administrator, had told
him that since the building
is within the fire district,
fire walls would be required
on three sides of the
building.
Rooker said that there is
no way now to use fire
walls without redesigning
the whole building. He
outlined five reasons he
felt that the fire walls
should not be required,
based largely on its
separation from other
buildings. He said that the
old C. E. Jackson building,
used in more recent years
as a building supply
business, and now
inhabited only by a beauty
parlor, was at least 25 feet
from the new building, and
he would tear that down if
required to do so by the
commissioners. He said
that Tot Currin, former
owner of the lot, had asked
for a 15-foot easement for
entry into a back lot, and
that Currin's Chevrolet had
a small shed on the
northwest corner of the
Currin lot.
He said that he realized
that the old building is an
eye-sore, and plans
eventually to tear it down,
but not at the present time.
Rooker said that the
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New Dentist Plans
To Practice Here
Dr. Samuel H. Massey's
practice of dentistry in
Warrenton will expand in
the near future with the
arrival of James Ernest
Crenshaw, Jr. of Gastonia.
Crenshaw, who is married
to the former Jan
Gardner of Warrenton, will
graduate from the University
of North Carolina
School of Dentistry in
Chapel Hill on May 16.
According to Dr. Massey,
Crenshaw will join the
practice around the middle
of July, after successful
completion of the state
licensing board's exam.
Massey also plans to
open an office in Littleton
this summer. He and
Crenshaw will route their
services, each spending
half the week in Littleton
and half the week in Warrenton
Crenshaw, who did his
undergraduate work at
North Carolina State University,
is the son of Mr
and Mrs. James E. Crenshaw,
Sr. of Gastonia. Mrs.
Crenshaw is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. W. Monroe
Gardner of Warrenton.