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Volume85 25* Per Copy Warrenton, County Of Warren, North Carolina Wednesday, September 22. 1982 Number 37
Firemen from Warrenton and Norllna battle flames which since 1975, may be rebuilt. Police have made an arrest in a
ravaged the Warrenton Depot on Friday night. The depot, which burning which fire officials report was deliberately set.
had been used as a club house by the Warrenton Woman's Club (Staff Photo)
Historic Warrenton Landmark
Destroyed, Arson Charge Made
By KAY HORNER
Staff Writer
A 38-year-old man
with a previous record
of arson was arrested
Saturday and charged
with the burning of the
Warrenton Railroad
Depot late Friday night,
according to Warrenton
Police Chief Freddie
Robinson.
Thomas Glen Tatem,
a native of Norfolk, Va.
staying with relatives at
529 N. Main Street in
Warrenton, was
arrested at the scene of
Jury List Drawn
For Court Term
A list of Warren
County jurors selected
to serve during a civil
session of Warren
County Superior Court
scheduled to begin here
October 4 was released
this week by Clerk of
Court Richard E.
Hunter, Jr.
Among those drawn to
serve are:
Nancy Von Davis
Brown, Calvin C.
Davis, Albert Lee
Lynch, Eardius Rich
ardson, Clinton William
Edgerton, Jr., Verdia
Hunt Person, Mitzi
Dawn Mulchi, Lamar H.
Crawford, Mary Alice
Bullock, Gloria Bertita
Tunstall, Woodrow Wil
son Silver, Ruby G.
Ayscue, Jerald T.
Davis, Tishie Havana
Hendricks, Alice Marie
Robertson and Otis
Durham.
Also, Harold Edward
Bobbitt, Christine Davis
Carroll, Mary Gardner
St Sing, Elba McGowan
Banset, Robert V. Allen,
Euna Mae Whltford,
Thomas Scott Gardner,
Robert D. Edmonds,
Maggie Anna Townes,
Carl B. Ayscue, Ruth E.
Knight, Hal Langford
Paachall, Jr., Robert
Walker Taylor, Lucy
Boyd Palmer, Robert
Irving Lancaster and
Also, Calvin Jobn Sea
man, Peggy Lee
Francis, William P.
Alston, Jr., Earlean
Bessie Jones Wilson,
Angle C. Bland, George
Levi Perkinson, Daisy
Jones Green, Theo S. A.
Matuskowitz, Walter A.
Carter, Stephen T. Als
ton, Sr., Clyde Arnold
Hicks, Deannine
Dawkins McMillen,
Richard Earl Harris
and Gillis George
Alston.
Also, Debra Smith
Paynter, Thomas
Gregory Hundley, Larry
Leon Short, Hazel F.
Thompson, Charles
Wesley Madden, Mary
S. Alston, Jean Harris
Williams, Janet D.
Falcon, Myrtle Evans
Shearin, Magnolia Wil
liams, Selma E. Helms,
Marilyn Ashley Nelson,
Wilbert Daniels, Helen
P. Alston, Lillian
Dunson Howard, Henry
B. Stallings and Glenn
Curtis St. Sing.
Thirteen Jurors defer
red from a previous ses
sion of court are also
scheduled to serve.
They are:
James A. Alston,
Dorothy Allen Bolton,
Joyce Terry Carter,
James Edward Davis,
William Russell
Gaither, Mary Louise
Harriston, John H. Hen
derson, Margaret Gill
Hunt, Catherine Louise
Kearney, Norma K.
DeFreese Moore,
Sandra Edwards Short,
William Thomas
Skinner, Ella Mae
Hinton Smith
the fire and placed
under a $5,000 bond.
Chief Robinson said
he did not know the mo
tive for the starting of
the fire, but said it was
not related in any way to
the week-long demon
strations in the county in
protest of the state's
dumping of PCB in the
landfill in Afton.
The fire, which was
started by a candle, was
reported at 10:55 p. m.
by Officer James
McCowan of the
Warrenton Police De
partment. Twenty-six
men from Warrenton
Rural Fire Department
and firefighters from
the Town of Warrenton
Fire Department and
the Norlina Fire De
partment fought the
blaze for an hour and a
half before bringing it
under control, accord
ing to Walter Gardner,
captain with the War
renton Rural Fire
Department.
At 3:30 a. m. on Satur
day, the fire was started
again and the Warren
ton Rural Fire Depart
ment worked for an hour
putting it out.
The State Bureau of
Investigation was called
after, the first blaze, and
their efforts along with
that of the Warrenton
Police Department led
to the arrest of Tatem,
Gardner said.
Gardner estimated
damage to the depot at
$25,000 and damage to
the contents of the area
occupied by the War
renton Woman's Club at
$7,500. FCX had
fertilizer valued at
$4,000 stored in the rear
loading area.
The depot was built in
1907 to serve the line
connecting Warrenton
and Warren Plains and
with the Raleigh-Gaston
Railroad.
In 1975, the Town of
Warrenton leased the
depot to the Warrenton
Woman's Club for $1 a
year for 10 years, on the
condition that they fix it
up.
In 1978, the railroad
was sold to W. D.
Martin, a New Jersey
businessman, and in
1979 to Willard Formy
duval, an Aberdeen
businessman.
Graolyn Formydu
val, spokesman for the
Warrenton Railroad,
said there was no
insurance on the
building. He said his
chief concern was to
clean up the site and
eliminate any hazards
that now exist.
Ms. Brenda Clarke, a
member of the Woman's
Club instrumental in the
refurbishing of the
depot, said firemen
were able to get some of
the club's certificates, a
few benches, wrought
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(Staff Photo)
As Dumping Continues
Mass Arrests
Made By Patrol
Citizens Concerned
About PCBs held a rela
tively quiet meeting at
the Warren County
Courthouse last night
(Tuesday) and vowed to
continue their fight.
against the dumping of
PCB-laden soil in a land
fill at Afton. "We will
meet in the mornings
and rally in the after
noons," said one of the
principal speakers as
she urged as many as
possible to attend a rally
to be held in Raleigh on
Thursday morning.
There were no televi
sions or outside report
ers at the rally here
attended by some 150
persons, as leaders ex
pressed their appreci
ation for the support of
the Concerned Citizens,
and several members
volunteered for clean-up
jobs. All protesters ar
rested at the landfill and
jailed on Monday were
released on bail for their
appearance in court in
late October.
In a week of futile
resistance so far as stop
ping the placing of PCBs
in the Afton landfill, the
Concerned Citizens have
lived up to their pledge
of non-violence. One
incident was reported on
Monday when a
The Rev. Ben Cliavis addresses anti-PCB forces
during a rally at the Warrea County Court House. At
right is Ken Ferruccio, president of the Citizen*
Concerned About PCBs. < Staff Photo)
member of the State
Highway Patrol was
struck beneath the eye
with a thrown rock as
protesters were being
arrested. He was not
seriously hurt.
In demonstrations
since Wednesday of last
week, when the state
began picking up the
PCB-laden soil, a total
of 268 arrests have been
made. Some people
were arrested more
than once and all were
out on bond or personal
recognizance Tuesday.
Stuntman Planning
Daring Feat Friday
One of the highlights
of this week's Warren
County Fair will be
stunt-man Johnny
Sands' escape from a
fiery teepee at 10 p. m.
on Friday.
Sands, often billed as
"The Nashville Flame,"
has saved such notables
as Elvis Presley, Bill
Bixby, Robert Conrad
and Ronald Reagan
from possible injury by
working as their stunt
man on television and
motion picture produc
tions.
For his "Blazing
Teepee of Death" per
formance here, Sands
will be chained in a
teepee within a teepee
made of burlap and
cigarette filter paper.
He will be shackled,
handcuffed, put in leg
irons and slave collar,
and wrapped in 75 feet of
logging chain secured
by 51 padlocks.
Law enforcement offi
cers will chain Sands to
the center pole of the
teepee. He will be
drenched in kerosene
and the tent will be set
on fire. Sands is confi
dent that be will
extricate himself and
escape unharmed in
fewer than 10 seconds.
Sands has performed
the stunt twice on tele
vision, on "Hut's In
credible" and "PM
Sands' expertise,
which he now uses in
charity and dvic work,
sometimes reaches
beyond the boundaries
of entertainment. Last
January, he was used by
the State Bureau of In
vestigation to recover
the bodies of two men
who had been killed and
thrown into a mine shaft
in Ashe County in
western North Carolina.
His efforts earned him
certification by N. C.
Attorney General Rufus
Edmisten as an
"Honorary Attorney
General."
Sands, who is also a
country-music singer,
will present a music
show at the fair at 9 p.
m. on Thursday. He has
been writing music
since childhood, and
appeared 13 consecutive
times on the Ted Mack
Amateur Hour doing
impersonations of Elvis
Presley.
His latest recording,
"Magic Hats and
Memories," is being dis
tributed by Foxtrot Pro
motions in Nashville,
Tenn. and has already
sold 30,000 copies.
In addition to those ar
rested were 52 juveniles
who were released into
the custody of their
parents.
There were no arrests
made on Tuesday and no
interference with the
trucks which were
steadily rolling this
morning at press time.
The state picked up
another 380 loads of
PCB-contaminated dirt
Tuesday from approxi
mately 15.1 miles of
roadside, according to
William W. Phillips, as
sistant to the secretary
of crime control and
public safety.
As of Tuesday, 1353
loads have been picked
up, covering 52.1 miles.
The cleanup is ahead of
schedule, Phillips said,
and will probably be
finished sooner than the
estimated sue weeks it
was expected to take.
According to a News
and Observer report
Wednesday morning,
the protests will
continue today with
another march on the
dump at 11 a. m. and a
rally in Warrenton at
7:30 p. m.
The marches have
originated at Coley
Springs Baptist Church
about 2 miles from the
landfill. The Rev.
Luther Brown is pastor
of the church.
A list of adults that
have been arrested
during the week follow:
Protestors arrested on
Wednesday, Sept. 15,
are listed alphabetical
ly as follows:
Dorothy Alston,
Robert Van Alston, Sr.,
Ella Andrews, Vincent
Alston, Steven George
Bender, Willie Lee
Burnette, Charles
Brown, Ronald Wayne
Bullock, Dollie Bullock
Burwell, John K. Chap
man, James Bernard
Clark, Laura Benjamine
Davis and Fannie
Annenta Eaton.
Also, Deborah Fer
ruccio, Kenneth Fame
do, Richard Arthur Fer
ruccio, Brenda Fitts,
Carolyn Fitts, Donald
Joaeph Jarboe, Richard
J. Jones, Victoria Leh
man, Armenia