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Volume 85 25* Per Copy Warrenton, County Of Warren, North Carolina Wednesday, September 29, 1982 Number 38
Warren County elections officials demonstrate
the manner in which three new voting machines,
newly arrived, will operate during November's
General Election. Shown, left to right, are Janice
Crump, chairman of the Warren County Board of
Elections; Ruby Jones, elections supervisor; and
Edith Brown, board member. (Staff Photo)
Voting Machines Arrive
For General Election Use
The Warren County
Board of Elections this
week received delivery
of three voting
machines from the
American Tabulating
Systems Company of
Irvine, Calif.
"This is a great step in
the right direction for
Warren County," said
Janice Crump, chair
person of the board.
"The fact that we are
rural doesn't mean that
we have to live in the
dark ages."
For the past five years
the board has attempt
ed to place voting
machines in the three
largest precincts, West
Warrenton, East
Warrenton, and Norlina,
each have required
three times as many
precinct workers as the
smaller polling places,
for each election. Even
with triple the man
power, the board has
often had to work up
until noon of the day
after the election count
ing returns.
"These machines will
allow us to have
complete election
results hours earlier
than we have in the past.
In addition, the possi
bility of human error
will be all but
eliminated," Mrs.
Crump commented.
"The board would like
to express apprecia
tion to County Manager
Glenwood Newsome for
expediting the delivery
of the machines, and we
would also like to thank
those progressive think
ing county commis
sioners who voted in
favor of getting them."
A training session will
be held two weeks prior
to the election for those
precinct officials who
will be operating the
machines. In addition, a
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Time To Report
Jurors for the October
4 civil term of Warren
County Superior Court
are to report for duty at
2:30 p. m. on Monday,
October!
Enforcement Program
Collection Rate Is High
North Carolina's Child
Support Enforcement
program collected over
$21.5 million in child
support payments
during fiscal year 1981
82, and $263,381 of this
amount was collected in
Warren County, accord
ing to Mrs. Elizabeth
Harris, child support
supervisor with the
Warren County Depart
ment of Social Services.
Statewide, the col
lections represented a
significant increase
over the $15.1 million
collected the previous
year.
Child Support En
forcement is a national
program established by
Congress to help recoup
a portion of the money
spent by federal, state
and county govern
ments to provide
monthly financial
payments to families
with dependent chil
dren. It ensures that
responsible parents
support their children to
the extent that they are
able.
In Warren County,
$4.33 was collected for
every $1 spent by the
county, and the total
returned to the county
was $25,564.
"Since its beginning in
August 1975, the
program has made
considerable progress in
establishing child
support payments for
children receiving
monthly public assist
ance under the Aid to
Families with De
pendent Children
(AFDC) program, and
other low-income chil
dren not receiving
AFDC benefits," N. C.
Department of Human
Resources secretary,
Dr. Sarah Morrow, said.
She said all recipients of
AFCD, whose eligibility
is based upon the
absence from the home
of at least one parent,
must assign to the state
all rights to child
support. The state then
collects the support
money and retains it to
offset the amount
expended for AFDC as a
result of parental
absence. The program
is also available to some
low-income families not
receiving AFDC pay
ments.
In Warren County, the
collections for August
1982 were $26,038.20, the
largest amount collect
ed for the county since
the program began
operation, according to
Mrs. Harris.
Support payments col
lected for AFDC
children are divided by
all three levels of gov
ernment based on the
percentage they pay for
the AFDC program.
During 1981-82, state and
county governments in
North Carolina received
16 percent of the support
payments collected
through the program.
The federal govern
ment's share was 68
percent.
During 1981-82 fiscal
year, the N. C. Child
Support Enforcement
program located over
22,000 absent parents
through its nationwide
parent-locator system
and established almost
12,000 support pay
In addition to
reducing the tax burden
for welfare costs, the
program has the social
benefits of
strengthening parent
child relationships,
establishing paternity
for children born out-of
wedlock, and increasing
parents' sense of re
sponsibility for their
children," Dr. Morrow
said.
The caseload in
Warren County in the
child support area is 576
AFDC absent parents,
and 205 non-AFDC
absent parents. By state
law, there must be one
worker for every 350
cases.
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cannery rejected the potatoes becaase they were too large. Meridsa Cooper,
the driver, was told to take them to a damp. Instead, he bcoaght thean bock to
Warren County where they were distributed last Friday by hbaseif aad Jerry
Glasgow oa a first-come, first-served basis at the Couaty Social Services
Prostest Over PCB
Continuing Here
Only one arrest was
made Tuesday as Citi
zens Concerned About
PCBs continued their
protests against the
state's placing PCB
laden soil into a landfill
in Warren County
during a day marked by
a march of some 75
marchers and a meeting
in the courthouse last
night.
Arrested Tuesday
afternoon was Ken
Ferruccio, president of
the Citizens Concerned
About PCB, was
charged with impeding
traffic after he stood in
the middle of the road
and tried to block trucks
carrying PCB-tainted
soil. It was the third
time Ferruccio had been
arrested and it brought
the number of arrests to
393 since the clean-up
began Sept. 15. He was
released under $1,000
bond.
In spite of protests
trucks have continued to
roll into the landfill with
434 loads placed in the
landfill Monday, 408 on
Tuesday and for a total
on Tuesday night of
3284.
Wednesday morning
highway patrolmen
were on duty, trucks
were coming into the
landfill, and plans of the
Concerned Citizens for
the day were unknown,
due to a change in
strategy. Following a
rally in the courthouse
Tuesday night, leaders
held a rally in a nearby
private home to work
out strategy.
At a meeting held at
the John Graham
Middle School on
Sunday afternoon,
William Sanjour, chief
of the EPA's Hazardous
Waste Implementation
Branch, said "You are
doing exactly the right
thing."
Sanjour, who said he
was not appearing on
behalf of the EPA, told
the crowd that no EPA
approved landfill is
safe, and that it was
only a matter of time
before the toxic
chemical would
infiltrate ground
water...,"
On Monday the protes
tors made their strong
est effort to close down
the Afton landfill. The
efforts of the protestors
resulted in the arrests of
97 more adults and 17
juveniles. Included in
the arrest Monday were
congressional delegate
Walter E. Fauntroy of
the District of Colum
bia; Nelson Johnson, a
Communist Workers
Party leader; Ann
Shepherd, the only white
and only woman among
the Wilmington 10
imprisoned for fire
bombing a store in 1971;
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John Andrews, left, and Warrenton Postmaster Brace Bell look over this
year's offering of Christmas seals. The American Lung Association and the U.
S. Postal Service have worked together for over 75 vears in the fight against
tuberculosis and other lung diseases, such as asthma, emphysema, lung
cancer and chronic bronchitis.
Christmas Seal Delivery
Is Under Way In Warren
Postal employees
have joined the Ameri
can Lung Association to
carry the message of
hope to many as the
traditional "Christmas
Seals" are in the mail
and on the way to
Warren County homes.
John Andrews of War
renton, board member
of the American Lung
Association's Tar River
Region, this week en
couraged local citizens
to use these seals and
tags on their Christmas
mail and packages.
"Even though they
.will not suffice for your
postage," Andrews said
"they will be carrying
the message of hope for
thousands of Americans
who suffer from respira
tory diseases."
Andrews said this
year's seals are of a
jolly Santa with a
twinkle in his eyes.
"Just as children look
for Santa with anticipa
tion so will those with
respiratory diseases as
they see these seals and
tags being used. For
them, it is the anticipa
tion of hope for a new
breakthrough in the
cause, treatment and
hopefully, the cure of
lung diseases."
He said "it's a matter
of life and breath and we
are asking that you
remember your
American Lung Associ
ation with a generous
contribution this holiday
season."
Two Are Arrested
Following Break-In
Two Halifax County
men were scheduled to
be given preliminary
hearings in Warren
County District Court
today on charges
stemming from the il
legal entry of a Norlina
convenience store last
week.
Vernon Stansbury, 29,
and Linwood Warrick,
21, both of Roanoke
Rapids, were arrested
in connection with the
break-in which occurred
at Bobby's Food Market
in Norlina about 2:30 a.
m. on September 21.
Halifax County
authorities praised the
alertness of two Warren
County police officers in
the apprehension of the
two suspects.
"Officer Willie Alex
ander of the Norlina
Police Department and
Officer Lawrence
Harrison of the Warren
ton Police Department
are to be commended
for the manner in which
they handled this inves
tigation," Norlina
Police Chief Romey Wil
liams said Tuesday in
recounting events
leading to the arrests.
He said Officer Alex
ander observed a car
being driven in "a
suspicious manner" on
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Additional Cheese
y
Available Locally
The Warren County
Department of Social
Services has received
its fall shipment of
United States
Department of Agricul
ture surplus cheese.
"This has been high
quality cheese and as in
past it is sealed in
plastic in loaves of five
pounds each," Julian
Farrar, Social
Farrar, Social Services
certification needed.
Those households if
interested may begin
picking up their cheese
immediately at the
Social Services Office.
Other households i
make application at I
Soda! Services'
between 8:30 a. m.
4:30 p. m. Certificate
will be made on
basis of family
up to ISO p
the poverty