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Volume 85 *~26* Per Copy Warrenton, County Of Warren, North Carolina Wednesday, December 22, 1982 Number 51
CHRISTMAS PREDICAMENT — Jut which
package to open first is a question of Ugh priority
for Lang Hunter, two-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Richard E. Hunter, Jr. of Ptummer 8treet, Wnrren
ton. The yoongster will be one of hundred! of
Warren Comity children who will decide Christmas
morning — or earlier — which package under the
tree has the greatest appeaL (Staff Photo)
Wcirren Census Figures Show
Jobs On The Road For 41 Percent
By KAY HORNER
a^M nr^i . —
Stan Writer
Forty-one percent of
the residents of Warren
County who participated
in the 1900 U. S. Census
worked in other counties
in the state, according to
Information recently
released by the U. S.
Census Bureau. The
report showed 2,935
residents working in
Warren County, 2,245
residing in Warren
County but working outside
the county, and 176
working out of the state.
Three hundred and
ninety-seven residents
(ttdnt report their place
of work.
The census did not
gather information on
where residents employed
outside the county
worked. However, the
census did show that 385
workers traveled more
than 60 minutes to work,
295 traveled 45 to 59
minutes, 1,319 traveled
30 to 44 minutes, and
1,284 traveled 20 to 29
minutes. The remaining
2,409 traveled fewer
than 19 minutes.
Almost 62 percent of
that work force, or 3,274
workers, drove to work
alone in car, truck or
van. Two thousand and
eight carpooled, 49 took
public transportation,
and 234 walked. Fortythree
used other means
of transportation and 141
indicated that they
worked at home.
Of the 850 housing
units reported in the
census as having no
vehicle available, 75
percent were black. Approximately
22 percent
were white, and the
remainder were other
minorities.
The following statistics
were reported by
the Census Bureau for
other counties in the
Kerr-Tar Region of
which Warren County is
apart:
Franklin County —
5,888 residents working
in the county, 5,822
working outside the
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Single $10,000 Bid
Received For School
A bid of $10,000 has
been received by the
Warren County Board of
Education for purchase
of the old Afton Scbooi
building and land. The
bid was submitted by
No Leads Found In
Warrenton Robbery
Wsrrenton police
hare found do dues to
the Identity of the peraon
who robbed Eddie
Rooter of from $135 to
$150 in cash in front of
his home in South
Warrenton, at 1:10
o'clock Saturday mor_i_
itm ■ J iii ■ DaMmam
ning, r reaoie tvoomson,
chief, gaid yesterday.
Rooter, who operates
a pool room on downtown
Main Street hen,
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placed Fridays receipt
in a dfar bos with a
plfltoi, placed the box on
the aeat of Us car and
drive to Us home. As he
polled to the cubing
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of bis car, Chief Robinsoil
said, a tall man,
wearing a aid mask,
reached across his body
and removed the cash
from the hot, leaving
the gun, and fled.
It was an hour later,
at 1:30 a. m. before the
Police Station was
notified, and Hooker
was unable to give any
description beyond the
fact that he was talL
With no chies as to the
robber's Identity,
Robinson said, no
progress has been made
In solving the case, in
spite of continued el
Jesse B. Martin,
Warrenton plumbing
and heating contractor.
Martin's bid - the
only one received by last
Thursday, when bids
were opened — is subject
to an upset bid for
the next ten days, Supt
of Schools Mike
Williams said yesterday.
The Board of
Education is expected to
decide at its January
meeting whether to accept
an offer for the
facility, declared
The Afton School, cona
kitHi
A
ago it was 1
an wtiltw for
pupils of South Warren
for
nunwass. but rattier tnr
the Afton-Blberon
Clab, which
Christmas Hours Listed
Closings Will Mark
Holidays In Warren
The approaching
Christmas and New
Year holidays will find
state offices and Warren
County offices closed
on Friday, Dec. 24;
Monday, Dec. 27; and
Friday, Dec. 31.
Federal offices will
be closed Friday, Dec.
24, but will be open on
Monday, Dec. 27. As of
press time they had not
received notification of
the New Year holiday
schedule.
Banks and savings
institutions will be
closed Monday, Dec. 27,
and Monday, Jan. S.
Warren County public
school students will
enjoy ® long holiday
from today (Wednesday)
until January 3.
The holiday break for
students at Warren
Academy began yester
»n. They will
chool on
Motion 3.
The oi f the Town
of North, dl be closed
on Christmas Eve and
New Year's Eve. The
Town of Warrenton
offices will be closed
Christmas Eve as well
as Monday, Dee. 7R. As
of press time, that
office's New Year's
schedule had not been
established.
The U. S. Postal
Service will not deliver
mail on Christmas Day
or New Year's Day.
Also, mail will not be
picked up from outside
collection boxes after 3
p. m. on Christmas Eve
and New Year's Eve.
The Warren County
Memorial Library will
observe Christmas holidays
December 33
through December 26.
The Norlina Public
Library closed yesterday
and will not reopen
until January 3.
HealthCo at Soul City
will be dosed Christmas
Eve; Monday,
Dec. 27; and New
Year's Eve. The staff
requests that patients
needing prescriptions
refilled faring them in
before Christmas Eve.
David Gardner,
chairman of the Merchants
Committee for
the Warren County
Chamber of Commerce,
said that there is no set
policy for store and
business in the
area. He said that some
merchants will be closed
Christmas Day,
closed New Year's Day
and closed Monday,
Jan. 3, following the
lead of banks and
savings institutions.
However, be stressed
that some will be open
on New Year's Day, and
open on Jan. 3.
A survey of local
supermarkets and other
chain stores found that
most plan to be closed
Christmas Day, but
open on New Year's
Day.
The Warren Record
office will be closed on
Thursday, Dec. 23,
Friday, Dec. 24; and
Friday, Dec. 31.
New Practice Announced
Warren County Tax Forms
Will Be Wailed This Time
Following the trend of
a great majority of the
counties of North
Carolina, Warren County's
Tax Supervisor's
Office will ma il IMS tax
forms to individual taxpayers,
Mrs. Janice
Haynes, tax supervisor,
announced this week.
At on* time, Mrs.
Haynes tax listers
had offices in each of the
12 townships of the county,
where tax listers
assisted the taxpayers
with the filling out of
their tax listing forms
each January, but with
better roads and other
means of communication
and with a better
educated dtixenry, the
number of tax listing
places has been
gradually decreasing
until this year there
were only four in the entire
county. Next year
there will be only one
central office in
Warrenton.
Mrs. Haynes said yea
terday that she anticipates
few taxpayers
having any trouble
listing their own taxes,
but if they should have
any trouble the Warrenton
supervisor's office
will be glad to furnish
such assistance as may
be necessary. She said
she believes a telephone
call to the Warrenton office
will usually clear up
any question; otherwise
the taxpayers may
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Accident At Norlina
Claims Woman's Life
A head-on rolHslon
just outride the city
limits of Norlina Saturday
was fatal to an
82-year-old Noriina woman.
According to reports
from ttie State Highway
Patrol, Ida Brauer
Hecht of Rt . 2, Norlina
sustained multiple injuries
when her car
collided with a vehicle
driven by Sandy Hoagland,
28, of Chariotte.
Mr*. Hecht died rttortly
after arrival at Warren
General Hospit&l.
was treated
in the emergency
roan at Warren General
Hospital and then transferred
to Duke Medical
Center where, acceding
to information from
the Highway Patrol, he
was treated for a
fractured Jaw.
Mrs. Hecht was
traveling south on U. S.
1 about 400 feet south of
the Nariba city limits
when her car creased
the center line and
struck Hoagjanri's auto,
according to Trooper A.
M. Bennett. After the
collision, Mrs. Hecht's
car spun around and
came to rest facing
north on the shoulder of
the southbound lane.
Hnaglanrt'i car stopped
on the shoulder of the
northbound lane.
Trooper Bennett said
that no charges were
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UN in cue accident,
whfch occurred at 12:58
p. m
An estimated 1600 in
lbni*Itecfat's car and
91,100 to Hoagland's
Member* ef the NkUm fin Department
receiving awards at the aanaal Christmas party
held on Satnrday night were, left to right, A1
Six Norlina Firemen Take Honors
Member* of the
Noriine Volunteer Fire
Department met for
their Ledlei Night
Christmas Party Satur
New officers were
elected and several
for ft**
to the
for Mm
ere: (
i A1
nett, deputy chief;
Wayne Aycock,
assistant efeW; Botcfr
Mwk, secretary; and
Butch Botton, treani wi
ftiHi Meek,
Molchi, and Dennis
PaecbaD were elected
igj Janes
Champion, 8tephea
Daniel, William
Leonard, James
V—tfian iirl Tin— Ay
Traffic control of
Ugh day attialaaci,
Chain Saw Rips
Local Man's Face
A Warm Govt? man
ntteed facial injuria*
Saturday when a chain
saw ha vai using
kkfead back, onto* fete