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Volume 85 25' Per Copy Werrenton, County Of Warren. North Carolina Wednesday, November 17, 1982 Number 44
Lake Gaston
Lions Club
Is Formed
The Lake Gaston
Lions Club was recently
organized under the
sponsorship of Littleton
Lions Club with 26
charter members.
The club's first meeting
was held on November
10, and the charter
presentation is scheduled
for January 8.
The following charter
officers have been
elected: Ben Abrams,
president; Raymond
Richie, vice president;
Jack Brunton, secretary;
and Douglas Abbott,
treasurer.
Harvey Bumgarner,
Doug Abbott, Teddy
McGranahan, Everett
Jones, and Abrams
were instrument)! J in
soliciting the nev members.
The tentative district
wjU be from Roanoke
Wildwood Volunteer
Fire Department east
to S.R. 46, north to the
Virginia state line,
south to Lake Gaston
thread line, southwest
to S.R. 1344 past Lake
Gaston Building Supply
Co., and west by north
to the Virginia state line
on S.R. 1360.
Visiting dignitaries at
the organizational
meeting were Willie
Wilkins, deputy district
governor; Dan Moss,
zone chairman; Kenneth
Purdue, extension
Lionist and Leo Club
chairman, and J. l.
Nashburn, extension
chairman.
Fellow Lions from the
Littleton Lions Club at
the meeting were
James King, Billy
Egerton, Marvin Newsom,
Jr., Fred Owens,
Wilton Browning, Wyatt
Pegram and Buddy
Isles.
Regular meetings
will be held on the
second and fourth Wednesdays
of each month.
WINTER SKY — The days grow shorter and chillier as winter approaches,
and this lone scene near the Liberia community seems to echo what the poet
Longfellow penned many years ago, that some days must be dark and dreary.
(Staff Photo)
SCLC Chapter Is Formed
By Warren County People
Officers and a board
of directors for a newly
formed local chapter of
the Southern Christian
Leadership Conference
were installed Sunday
in a service at Oak
Level United Church of
Christ in Manson.
According to Charles
J. Worth, president, the
organization of the
Vance - Warren chapter
was the outgrowth of
interest spurred by the
SCLC-sponsored caravan
that passed through
Henderson in May en
route from Cairo, Ala.
to Washington, D. C. to
urge extension of the
1964 Voting Rights Act
and the activities of the
SCLC in protesting the
dumping of PCB-laden
soil in a Warren County
landfill.
Worth said that participation
of the SCLC in
the PCB landfill protest
helped to unite the
black and white communities
into an integrated
effort.
SCLC is a non-profit,
interdenomination -
al, interfaith agency
promoting such causes
as voter registration,
citizenship clinics and
workshops on nonviolence,
strengthening
of black colleges, and
programs to end discrimination.
The new chapter has
175 members, both
black and white, and
Worth said he hopes to
see membership increase
to 2,000.
Other officers, in
addition to Worth, in(Continued
on page 8)
Warrenton Radio Station Needs
Help To Continue Broadcasting
By KAY HORNER
Staff Writer
During- the past six years, WVSP, Warrenton's
public radio station at 90.9 FM, has brought its
listeners over 41,000 hours of jazz, news, and public
affairs programming.
This past week, the station appealed to those
listeners for financial support.
"We set a goal of $15,000 for our annual five-day
marathon fund-raiser," Valeria Lee, station
manager, said in an inverview Monday afternoon.
"Today is the last day of the marathon and right
now we're within $2,500 of that goal. We've heard
from more than 770 people in our listening audience."
WVSP is a 100,000-watt radio station that broadcasts
into eight counties in northeastern North
Carolina and into parts of southside Virginia.
Because public radio carries no advertisements,
it depends on listener support and grants for funding.
Current economic realities have hit the station
hard, and traditional funding sources are "drying
up," as Mrs. Lee put it.
The station is hoping to garner $60,000 in local
support for the fiscal year ending next October.
Mrs. Lee is hopeful that the remainder of the
$300,000 budget will come from grants and in-kind
contributions.
During December of this year and January of
next year, the station is planning to focus on fundraising
among the busi&eas community.
Currently, the station employs seven full-time
employees and several part-time students.
In addition to providing a wide variety of musical
nrosrammins including iaxz. blues, resaae. eosoel
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and classical, WVSP has involved itself in community
affairs.
The station offers a daily two-hour program of
music and information called "Let's Rap"
produced by and for teenagers.
Student volunteers and CETA workers have
worked enthusiastically at the station, and more
than 150 people have taken advantage of the station
as a training center.
The station features in vignette-style the lives and
experiences of those in the listening area in
"Profiles" aired on Saturday afternoon.
National Public Radio, a national wire service,
also provides the station with feature programming.
This summer, WVSP suffered a severe setback
when lightning struck its transmitter. The station
was off the air for oVer four weeks while repairs
costing $17,000 were made. "The actual repair time
should have taken 10 days, but because WVSP is not
a high-budget commercial station, we were forced
to wait until the insurance settlement was received
before we could begin repair," Mrs. Lee said.
Although the marathon fund-raiser has ended, the
station still needs the on-going support of its
listeners. Contributions are tax-deductible. Checks
should be made payable to WVSP and mailed to
WVSP, Box 365, Warrenton, 27589. Those interested
in making pledges or volunteering their time to the
station can call Mrs. Lee at (919) 257-1909.
Mrs. Lee summed up the feelings of those at the
station. "We are determined to survive. We'll keep
struggling. And we will survive with the help of our
friends."
As Boards Meet
Lake Zoning Changes
Discussed Last Niaht
Amendments proposed
by the Warren
County Planning Board
for certain areas on both
Gaston and Kerr Lake
were unanimously approved
by the Board of
County Commissioners
at a special meeting on
Tuesday night following
a public hearing at 7:30
p. m. No opposition was
expressed at the hearing.
Included in the zoned
area on Gaston Lake
were the following parcels
zoned as Neighborhood
Business:
2.5 acres, more or
less, used as Lake
Gaston Chamber of
Commerce, as recorded
in the office of the
Register of Deeds of
Lawman Breaks
Arm During Fall
Charles Galantis, a
detective with the Henderson
police department,
is recovering in
South Hill Hospital
from injuries sustained
in a fall down basement
steps in the Warren
County courthouse
early Monday afternoon.
Galantis, in his late
thirties, tripped and fell
while en route to a
basement toilet. He had
come to Warrenton to
fill an appointment with
Deputy Theo Williams.
The Henderson detective
was taken by
ambulance to Warren
General Hospital where
he was transferred to
the South Hill Hospital,
where it was discovered
that he had a badly
crushed left elbow requiring
immediate surgery.
Cuts on the head of
the injured man were
not as deep as first feared
and no internal
injuries were reported.
Warren County in Deed
Book 350, Page 35.
1.24 acres more or
less, used as a real
estate office by Alvis
Fleming, on the west
side of SR 1354 at the
intersection with SR
1366.
1 acre, more or less,
occupied as Williams'
garage, located on the
north side of SR 1360
approximately 1.5 miles
west of Glams at the
intersection of SR 1362.
Lots 1 & 2, Section A,
ol Wild ,vood Point Subdivision
as recorded in
the office of the Register
of Deeds of Warren
County in Plat Book 9,
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Jack Harris, (seated, right) signs a proclamation malting today (Wednesday)
Community Education Day in Warren County. Also present for die signing
were Henry Bobbitt, (seated, left), chairman of the county Board of Education;
Mary Hunter, director of the Community Schools Program; and Mike
Williams, superintendent of Warren County Schools. Mrs. Hunter commented,
"National Community Education Day, in cooperation with American
Education Week, provides an opportunity to showcase successful community
programs taking place locally. We are pleased with the activities that are going
on now, but ask that citizens continue to make us aware of their needs so that
we can increase our services and programs for all age groups." (Staff Photo)
Wreck Injuries Are Fatal
Dempsey Davis, 72, of
Wise was killed near
Norlina Friday evening
when his car collided
with a van, according to
reports from the state
Highway Patrol.
The accident happened
at 6:08 p. m when
Davis's car slammed
into the rear of a van
driven by Tyrone Dow
in, 27, of Norlina. Dowin
had stopped to make a
left turn from U. S. 1
South onto Sugar Hill
Road in Norlina when
his vehicle was hit,
according to Trooper A.
M. Bennett.
Dowin received
minor injuries, as did a
passenger in his van,
Richard Wright, 30, of
Wise. Both men were
taken to Warren General
Hospital.
No charges were filed
in the accident.
Damages to Davis'
car were estimated at
$1,800 and to Do win's
van at $500.
Funeral services for
Davis, a retired teacher
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