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25nr;:;;.^c flJarren Eecorii • i Volume 85 Warrenton, County Of Warren, North Carolina Wednesday, June 23, 1982 Number 25 Wreck Is Fatal For 8-Year-Old An eight-year-old boy was killed and four others were injured in a one-car traffic accident on Interstate 85 Friday about five miles west of Norlina, according to investigating Highway Trooper B. R. Pope. Charles Bunch of Dorcester, Mass. was travelling south on the interstate at 3:05 p.m. when he apparently lost control of his car, ran off the road, and into a bridge rail. Tyrone Bize, also of Dorcester, died from injuries sustained in the accident. Faye Bize, 23, underwent surgery at Warren General Hospital, and Shantel Bize, 2 and Marlon Bize, 4, were taken to Warren General and immediately transferred to South Hill, Va. Community General Hospital for treatment. Kilvin Bize, 6, was treated for minor injuries at Warren General and released. No charges were filed in the accident. Trailer Operation Is Planned Here A Connor's Mobile Home franchise has been granted to a newly organized firm in Warrenton and is expected to be in operation by the middle of July. Tri-Co., Incorporated, is the firm which will display and sell this well known brand of mobile homes here. A minimum of ten of these homes will be located on a 210X210 foot lot leased from B. W. Currin on Hall and Franklin Streets, and adjacent to Byrd's Super market. Owners are planning a public entrance from Macon Street, although the homes will be displayed on a lot on the rear of the leased property. Sales will be under the direction of Randy Currin, a member of the firm, and will be conducted from Currin's Chevrolet on East Macon Street. No Tax Increase Seen At Norlina The Norlina Town Board of Commissioners adopted its budget for the 1982-83 fiscal year at a special meeting of the board on Monday night at 8 o'clock following a public hearing in the town hall at 7:30 o'clock when only four persons were present. The budget, with revenues and expenditures of $538,976.36, calls for a tax rate of 60*, the same in effect for the 1981-82 budget Funds going to make up the entire budget and the relationship of the Revenue Sharing Entitlement Funds to the entire budget, were on display at the office of the Town Clerk from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday to Friday, last week, and were also summarized in an advertisement of The Warren Record, issue of June 16, page 12. Association Gets New Secretary Barbara Watford is the new secretary of the Cullom Baptist Association. She is married to the Rev. Michael Watford, pastor of the Macon Baptist Church. They have three children. Trustees, Employees Pledge Continued Hospital Progress Trustees of Warren Gen eral Hospital were told on Wednesday night that "morale at the hospital is mighty low" and were urged to take all steps possible to keep the 37-bed facility in operation. A group of some 30 hos pital employees and in terested area citizens appeared before the trustees during a 90-minute session and expressed concern over the future of the hospital. Mrs. Dot Fowler, spokes person for the group, told trustees that the hospital is being hurt by under staffing and that the hospit al is now being served by four registered nurses and two medicine nurses. She said employees were "scared" over the question of job security and said that a vacancy in the post of director of nursing was adversely affecting the hospital. Trustee Board Chair man Al Fleming said that several persons who recently resigned at the hospital did so "of their own free will." He said trustees were in the process "of trying to recruit and to start at home by hiring from within." John Andrews, manager of Carolina Sportswear, told trustees that "the hospital must be kept ooen if Warren County is going to continue to progress. If we don't have the hospital, I think you will find that industry is lacking." Fleming said that trustees "hear rumors, too" about the hospital but said that "as far as the hospital closing, if there is any reason for it to close, I am totally unaware of it" Fleming said the trustees' ambition "if to make the good better — not to think about closing." He said the hospital does need more resources, pointing out that Warren's tax base the hospital $90,000 last year, and that 70 percent of the patients are Medicare/Medicaid patients. Fleming acknowledged that "it has been a strug gle." He said the hospital now faces a change in administration and several resignations but that it has several very good depart ments. He described the nursing, laboratory and X ray departments as "super," and he said he feels good over the job that the hospital is doing "for its size and resouces." Those present were advised by Fleming that trustees are now in the process of trying to get a cardiac care unit established at the hospital and that "very possibly it will be in use within the next 12 months." Dr. Mark Pomerans, Norlina physician who is a member of the hospital medical staff, said the staff "has plenty of confidence in the hospital" and that the trustees have been "very generous with doc tors who have been work ing here." He said he felt that the county health department is running an (rffice in competition with the hospital but despite this doctors are "doing the best we can do to keep the hospital open." J^nMU»ger Andrews said the problems discuss 2 t„TnTd?y "I®!* point ed to a lack of communi cation and a lack of faith in hospital administra hM caUed ,or the JJringo* an outside firm to conduct an attitude survey of hospital employees. t ?<yt0n' Wamn ton commissioner on hand ^^J^ting. asked why hospital could not have a, maternity ward, and he Pledged the support of community residents in keeping the hospital open. Fleming told the group that "there are a host of things that have caused people to resign." He said the hospital had recently had five resignations but that the "reasons behind the resignations were varied." Joe McLaurin, one of the former employees, told trustees that "at least three of the resignations can be traced to one action of the board" and Gertie Abbott, a hospital employee, said "grilling" of hospital personnel by hospital trustees "is at the bottom of this." McLaurin noted that "if we went through regular channels, we felt it might be too late" in explaining why the group of employees appeared at the trustees meeting. Mrs. Woodrow Odom, a trustee, said that despite the fact that many persons are going out of the county to other hospitals, and despite the fact that problems have been created by the resignation of department heads that "we all need to stick together and get the work done." Warren General Hospital Patients Patients in Warren General Hospital on Tuesday afternoon were listed as follows: Faye Bize, Nick Williams, Bettie Cawthorne, Pearlie Wil liams, Mable Hargrove, Rosa Green, Verneice Ayscue, Ida Shearin, Francis Green, Victor Riggan, Charles Bunch, Sallie Drumgold, Eddie Gilchrist, James Wortham Rosa Jones. Balloting Set For Tuesday Candidates Vie For Eye Of Local Primary Voters When Warren County voters go to the polls on Tuesday, June 29, in a statewide election they will vote on five constitutional amendments, as follows: 1. Amendment making the term of members of the General Assembly four years, beginning with members elected in 1982; and conforming amendments concerning the election of other officers and the filling of vacancies. 2. Amendment authoriz ing General Assembly to provide for temporary recall retired Supreme Court Justices or Court of Appeal Judges to serve on either appelate court. 3. Amendment giving the Supreme Court autho rity to review, when autho rized by law, direct appeals from the N. C. Utilities Commission. 4. Amendment to permit the General Assembly to grant to appropriate public bodies additional powers to develop new and existing seaports and airports, including powers to finance and refinance for private and public parties seaport and airport and related commercial, industrial, manufacturing, processing, mining, trans portation, distribution, storage, marine, aviation and environmental facilities and improvements. 5. Amendment to permit the General Assembly to enact general laws to authorize the state, or any state entity to issue revenue bonds to finance and refinance for public and private parties the cost of acquiring, constructing and financing higher education facilities for any nonprofit private corpora tion, regardless of any church or religious rela tionship, such bonds to be payable from revenues or assets of any such nonprofit private corporation pledged therefore. Judges of Court of Appeals In a statewide vote three groups of candidates are seeking judgeships on the Court of Appeals, with one judge selected in each group, as follows: Group 1—Bert M. Monta gue, Eugene H. (Gene) Phillips, H. Horton Rountree and George W. Lennon. Group 2—Sidney S. Eagles, Jr., Zennie I^awrence Riggs, and Faul Wright. Group 3 —Marvin Schiller and E. Maurice Braswell. Member of Congress Second Cong. District I. T. (Tim) Valentine, Jr., H. M. (Mickey) Michaux, Jr., and James (Jim) Ramsey are Demo cratic candidates for Congress fromthe Second Congressional District. The Republican Party also will enter candidates for Congress in the Second Congressional District, of which L. H. Fountain is the encumbent. Candidates for Registration Drive Nets 1,800 Voters According to Mrs. Ruby Jones, supervisor of elec tions for Warren County, 9,266 voters were register ed as of June 1, the close of registration for the June 29 election. This is an increase of 1,808 voters over the figure reported as of March 31. A breakdown of registra tion figures indicates that 1,292 blacks registered between March 31 and June 1, bringing to 5,076 the total number of blacks registered to vote in the county. Four hundred and eighty whites registered to vote during that time, bringing that total to 3,950. Between March 31 and June 1, 36 Indians registered, bringing that total to 240. The breakdown on party affiliation as of June 1 indicates that there are 24 fewer Republicans regis tered than there were March 31. Three hundred and thirty six Republicans are now registered, and 8,869 Democrats are registered. Democratic registration increased by 1,830 over the March figure. One Libertarian is registered and 60 voters are unaffiliated. Construction Is Begun On Landfill For PCBs Construction began Monday on a landfill in Warren County that will be used for the burial of PCBs illegally dumped along 210 miles of North Carolina roadsides, state officials announced yesterday. Jim Lineberger Grading and Paving, Inc., of Gastonia, low bidder on the project, will construct the landfill at a cost of $362,619. Sverdrup and Parcell Con sulting Engineers of Greensboro will supervise construction, along with state hazardous waste management personnel. Preparation of the landfill, which will include the installation of ground water monitoring wells, leachate control systems and artificial and natural clay liners, is expected to take about seven weeks. An access road to the landfill site was completed last week by the state Department of Transporta tion. As soon as the landfill is ready, Phillips said several crews from the Department of Trans portation will begin picking up the PCB contaminated soil in the 14 affected counties. He said all the soil should be removed from the roadsides and put into the landfill by the fall. The landfill site is located in a rural area about four miles south of Warrenton. The state has acquired 142 acres of land, of which about five acres will be used for the actual disposal of the contaminated soil. The state has deeded 120 acres on the site to Warren County for use as a buffer zone. Funds for construction of (Continued on Page 10) EmployeeaofWnrrea Auto Parte are planning a grand opening Satnrday at their new facility w Eaat Franklin Street in Wnirenton. Ihe bosinesa, located on Main Street far many year*, recently moved into renovated qnarten in the old Dunerw Bnfldtng, wtdch was purchased by Aaron Alien, owner of Warren Asta Parts. A highlight ti the grand opening will be the appearance of a iky diving team at It a. m. (Staff Phato) this position are Barry L. Gardner, John W. (Jack) Marin and Douglas (Doug) Biddy. General Assembly James Speed and Dallas Alford will no longer repre sent Warren County in the State Senate. Instead Warren voters will cast their ballots for Ann W. Frazier or incumbent Julian R. Allsbrook. The Warren County House District has been split into District No. 7 and District No. 22. Warrenton and a number of other townships are in District No. 7, where Frank W. Ballade. Jr. and George A. Hux are the candidates. In District No. 22, composed of Norlina and other precincts, the candidates are encum bents John T. Church, William T. (Billy) Watkins and T. W. (Tom) Ellis, and new candidates Charles Henry Smith, Cary Whitaker and James Craw ford, Jr. District Attorney In the race for District Attorney for the 9th Judicial District David R. Waters, encumbent, is being opposed by Eric A. Saunders. County Offices Clerk of Superior Court (vote for one)—James W. Byrd, Richard E. Hunter, Jr., encumbent. County Commissioner, District No. 2 (vote for one) — Eva M. Clayton and Herbert C. Harris, encumbent; District No. 3 (vote for one) — Clyde R. Edwards, encumbent, Francis L. Alston, Ellis E. Fleming and Louise B. King; District No. 4 (vote for one)—George E. Shearin, Sr., encumbent, and Raeford M. Pernell. Sheriff (vote for one)— Wallace E. Brown, Dorsey Capps, A. D. (Durwood) Johnson, Lloyd W. Newsome, and Theodore R. Williams. Board of Education (Non-Partisan Vote) District No. 1 (vote for one) — Henry T. Pitchford, Jr., encumbent, John D. Cameron, and Richard J. Bender; District No. 5 (vote for one)—Harold R. Harris, encumbent and Yarborough Williams, Jr. Warren Native Gets Top Honor Dr. Brenda Smith, daughter of Warren County Sheriff and Mrs. Clarence Davis, has been named Georgia Reading Teacher of the Year by the Georgia Council of the International Reading Association. The association is composed of elementary, high school, and college reading teachers from all over the state. Dr. Smith, who is an associate professor of reading in the Division of Developmental Studies at Georgia State University in Atlanta, is a graduate of GSU with a B.A. in English, a M.A. in education, and a doctorate in reading. A consultant to local organizations, tnisinn—ss and instttatkoa, Dr. Davis founrtert tlwi Matrn rttlaida College Developmental (Continued oo Page 10)
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