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Volume85 25* Per Copy Warrenton, County Of Warren. North Carolina Wednesday, August 11, 1982 Number 31
Kearney
Assumes
Command
A Warren County na
tive, First Lt. Paul D.
Kearney, Saturday took
command of North
Carolina National
Guard companies at
Warrenton and Hen
derson, succeeding
Capt. Theodore L.
Wade, company com
mander for the past four
years.
While members of his
family, friends and
county officials looked
on, Kearney was elevatr
ed to the Army National
Guard post during a
ceremony held on the
grounds of the Warren
ton Armory.
Personnel from
Detachment One, Com
pany C, and Detach
ment Two, Company A,
of Henderson joined
ranks with Guardsmen
from Company C (-) of
Warrenton to witness
the transfer of com
mand. The Guardsmen
are members of the
505th Engineer Battal
ion, headquartered in
Gastonia, where Cap
tain Wade has been as
signed.
Battalion Commander
Lt. Col. Paul W. Robert
son, Jr. assisted in the
transfer of command.
The 33-year-old Kear
ney, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Emanuel A. Kearney of
Manson, teaches occu
pational education at
John Graham Middle
School in Warrenton. He
also owns and manages
a land clearing and
excavating business.
A 1967 graduate of
North Warren High
School, he received a de
gree in industrial arts
education from North
Carolina A&T State
University in Greens
boro and has completed
further studies at East
Carolina University.
In June, 1974 he was
assigned to the Warren
ton Guard unit, and
completed basic
training at Fort Jack
son, S. C. An honor
graduate, he completed
advanced individual
training at Fort Dix, N.
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Sales Said Good
On Local Market
Sales on the 1962 War
renton Tobacco Market
have topped the million
dollar mark, Sales
Supervisor Alice R.
Robertson reported
today.
Mrs. Robertson said
total sales for the year
stand at 871,611 pounds
for a total of $1,330,
648.79 or an average of
8152.67 per hundred
pounds. The figures in
clude carry-over
tobacco sold during a
July 22 special sale, in
addition to last Wednes
day's opening day and
sales on Monday.
On opening day, she
said, growers sold
310,808 pounds for $446,
797.06. On Monday, she
reported, growers sold
335,965 pounds for
$501,378.92.
gaiof awe
today in all five Warren
planned next Tuesday,
August 17 and Thursday,
August 1$.
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CHANGE OF COMMAND - First LL Paul D.
Kearney, left, atmnwn command of the North
Carolina National Guard units of Warrenton and
Henderson daring a ceremony held Saturday
morning at the Warrenton Armory. Kearney
succeeds Capt Theodore L. Wade of Henderson,
right, commaading officer for the put four years.
Others having a role la Ike change of command
ceremony were Lt CoL Paul W. Robertson, Jr. of
Gastoaia, with back to camera, battalion
commander, and First Sgt Carlton W. Whitby of
the Warrenton company. (Staff Photo)
Amount Of Deposit For
Users Of Service Hiked
The Warrenton Town
Commissioners at their
regular meeting on
Monday night unani
mously approved a
motion by Commission
er Gordon Haithcock,
chairman of the water
committee, that de
posits of new water and
sewer customers, both
in and out of town, be in
creased from $20 to $45,
to be returned if
customer moves.
Commissioner Eddie
Clayton, finance chair
man, reported that the
auditor had completed
his audit of the 1982-83
budget and had
requested that $21,000 be
transferred from water
department to general
funds, and that items
spent in July be
approved by the com
missioners. Both re
quests were unanimous
ly approved.
Commissioner Char
lie White, chairman of
the historical commit
tee, told the commis
sioner that groups from
the State Historical As
sociation would visit
Warrenton in Septem
ber, and that he would
notify the commission
ers of the exact date as
soon as his wife was
notified. The purpose of
the notice, he said, was
in order that the town
would spruce up lawns
andatreete.
Commissioner Billie
Lanier, chairman of the
street committee, re
ported that several pot
hole* in the town's
streets had been
patched. He also said
that be noticed that in an
effort to speed traffic
and to save gasoline,
Henderson and several
other dties had adopted
, bunking lig«
instead of green andred
ugn. He wondered if
Wanvnton should follow
srttldayor White said
the matter would be
taken w> with the De
The commissioners
were told thr one of the
town dispatchers had re
signed, and agreed Jto
advertise for a replace
ment, as had been
recommended by Police
Chief Freddie Robinson,
who has been filling in
during the vacancy.
A number of town
trash cans, as recom
mended by the commis
sioners at their July
meeting, have been
cleaned and painted
through the courtesy of
Bowers and Burrows Oil
Company, of which
Mayor White is
manager. He said it took
about two days and no
charge to the town
would be made.
The commissioners
expressed theii thanks
to Mayor White for this
assist for the looks of
the town streets.
Five members of the
Town Board of Adjust
ment, following praise
for their service to the
town, were reappointed
at the Monday night
meeting. Re-appointed
were: Tom Watson,
chairman, for three
Aycock Is Given
Regional Honor
M. Kenneth Aycock,
Jr., a native of War
renton, has received the
1982 Research Award
conferred by the North
eastern Branch of the
American Society of
Agronomy for
exceptional contribution
to agronomic science,
education, and service.
Aycock, who earned
his B. S. and M. S.
degrees from N. C. State
University and his
Ph.D. from Iowa State
University, is professor
of agronomy at Univer
sity of Maryland,
College park.
His primary responsi
bility at the university
has been the develop
ment, testing and re
lease of new tobacco
varieties. He has also
taught an advanced
plant breeding course
and advised graduate
students in the tobacco
breeding program.
When Aycock came to
Maryland, only IB
percent of the tobacco
grown there was
varieties developed by
the Maryland
Agricultural Experi
ment Station. Today, es
sentially all of the
tobacco grown in the
state is of varieties
developed by the ezperi
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AYCOCK
Between earning his
BJS. and MJS. degrees,
Aycock started a Vo-Ag
department at Bear
Grass High School in
Williamston, including a
winter adult program
that attracted about 40
fanners.
He is a member of the
American Society of
Agronomy and Crop
Science Society of
America as well as the
American Genetic As
sociation. He also has
been very active in
Tobacco Workers' Con
ferences and Tobacco
Chemists Research Con
ferences and has bald
several official porttfens
aad ' organised and
chaired sessions with
these organizations.
Aycock is the son of
Mrs. ^Marvin Aycock,
years; Kenneth
Miatian, three years;
Mary Hunter, two
years; L. B. Henderson,
Sr., and Charlie Fitts,
one year each.
In addition to regular
business of the commis
sioners, considerable
time was spent in
discussing with Supt of
the Water Department,
Bill Neal, the upcoming
Tuesday night joint
meeting with the Board
of County Commis
sioners, when matters
concerning the Regional
Waste Water Treat
ment Plant would be
discussed. Mayor White
stressed the import
ance of this meeting and
urged all members of
the board to be present.
All members of the
board were present
except Commissioner
W. A. Miles, who is on
vacation.
Judge Refuses
To Give Order
To Stop Dump
A federal district
judge Tuesday denied a
Warren County citizens
group's request for a
court order that could
have halted construc
tion of the state's PCB
landfill at Afton.
U. S. District Judge
W. Earl Britt's decision
opened the way for
dumping of PCB-laced
soil in the landfill after it
is removed from 210
miles of state roadsides
where it has remained
since being unlawfully
dumped four years ago.
The ruling, which may
be appealed to the 4th U.
S. Circuit Court of Ap
peals in Richmond, Va.,
will allow state highway
employees to begin
dumping the contami
nated soil in the landfill
sometime after August
23.
Those filing the suit —
the Warren Chapter of
the NAACP, Coley
Springs Baptist Church
and 26 individuals — had
contended that racial
discrimination had been
a factor in the selection
of the landfill by state
officials.
Judge Britt rules that
"there is not one shred
of evidence that race
has at any time been a
motivating factor for
any decision taken by
any official — state,
federal or local — in this
long saga."
Claims by the plain
tiffs that the landfill
would hurt property
values in the area were
ambiguous, Britt said,
adding that persons
living nearby might be
compensated for any
loss.
The judge said that
the interests of "thou
sands of other citizens of
North Carolina" who
live alongside contami
Here's Good News
For Hard-Pressed
There's a bit of good
news this week for in
flation-weary Warren
County residents.
The prices of school
lunches for *7arren
County school children
will not increase this
fan. For that matter,
neither will the cost of
breakfast for school
pupils.
< The Warren County
Board of Education
learned Monday night
that the costs of the two
lunchroom meals could
be held at the same level
as last year.
That means that chil
dren who pay the full
amount for breakfast
will be charged 45 cents.
Reduced price break
fast will be M cents and
the breakfast price
charged to adults will be
Children who pay the
full amount for hutch
will be charged 60 coils
if they are in kinder
garten through grade
six, and 75 cents if they
are in grades 7-12. The
reduced price of lunch
for all students,
regardless of age, will
be 40 cents. Lunch
prices for adults will be
$1.15.
Mrs. Ann Kilian, di
rector of School Food
Services for the county,
said that Coble Dairy
had submitted the
lowest bids for milk of
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In Hospital
Patients in Warren
General Hospital on
Tuesday afternoon were
listed as follows:
George Davis,
Douglas Duke, Lillian
Davis, Bill Hall, Helen
Ellington, Ruth
McCurry, Jennie
Hundley, and Sallie
Drumgold.
nated roadsides were
also at stake.
The chemical was
dumped in 1978 by three
New York men who took
the PCBs from a trans
former company in
Raleigh. They were
later convicted of
several environment
related crimes. The
state, after a lengthy
series of appeals and
lawsuits, developed
plans for the landfill at
Afton. It deeded back to
the County of Warren a
large area surrounding
the landfill to be used as
a buffer zone, and it
promised to discard
nothing but the PCBs
along the 210 miles of
roadside in the dump.
County Pledges Funds
Plant Problem
Accord Reached
jay DiuiiALiL. jvii EjO
Problems arising
from the Town of War
renton's operation of
Warren County's
regional wastewater
treatment plant were
amicably resolved at a
two-hour joint meeting
of town and county
boards on Tuesday
night.
Present at the
meeting in addition to
the members of the two
boards were Bill Buck
and Bill Barlow, engi
neers with L. E. Wooten
and Company of Ral
eigh, county engineers;
Pete Vaughan, town ad
ministrator; Bill Neal,
superintendent of tne
Warrenton Water Com
pany, Glenwood
Newsome, county
manager; and Charles
T. Johnson, town and
county attorney.
The meeting was
called to order by Chair
man Jack Harris of the
county commissioners
who asked that the two
engineers might be
heard prior to other
matters before the two
boards in order that
they might return to
Raleigh.
Mayor B. G. White
then called the town
board to order, distri
buted cost sheets of
operating the sewage
plant for May, June and
July, and called upon
Bill Neal for comments
about the sewage plant.
Neal said that follow
ing the flooding of the
grit chamber several
weeks ago that the
engineers responded
promptly and in order to
eliminate surface water
entering the plant cover
ed holes in the manhole
covers, and set up the
thermometer on the
motor relays. Believing
the problems solved,
they returned to
Raleigh. However,
flooding occurred at the
plant on the past Friday
and Saturday.
Flooding of the grit
chamber into which raw
several motors and elec
trical automatic relays
being covered with
levei, ana expression or
fears that the motors
would be damaged.
As long as the motors
operating pumps in the
grit chambers are oper
ating there is no flooding
of the chamber, but for
technical reasons the
motors stop during
momentary fluctuations
in current due to elec
trical storms. Barlow
said that this is
exaggerated, due to the
sewage plant being "at
the end of the line" but
he knew of nothing that
could be done about that
at the time.
Barlow said that the
commissioners could
rest assured that mal
function of relays and
motors in the grit
chambers would be
corrected and assured
the commissioners that
all the motors carried a
year's warranty.
Following comments
at some lengths and
questions by town com
missioners, the engi
neers departed, and
Newsome assured the
commissioners that
neither the engineers
nor the county commis
sioners would take title
to the plant until all
defects are corrected.
Then Mayor White
called the attention to
the cost sheet, showing
that revenue received
by the town did not
cover the cost of operat
ing the plant, due to the
delay of Norlina in
booking on to the county
system, and expressing
the hope that the county
would pay the town a
sum equal to the loss of
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Warren Native
Dies In Maryland
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