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©fje Marten Ecmrfc i Volume 86 25e Per Copy Warrenton, County Of Warren, North Carolina Wednesday, January 12, 1983 Number 2 HAPPY REUNION—Warrenton quail hunter Robert V. Allen, right, is reunited with his bird dog, "Preacher," after a successful rescue effort carried out by fireman David Proctor, left. Proctor was lowered more than 30 feet into an abandoned Grove Hill well Thursday afternoon to rescue the dog. (Staff Photo) Fireman Enters Well To Rescue Bird Dog By HOWARD JONES A Warren County volunteer fire § man Thursday afternoon was low :j: ered 33 feet down an abandoned :ji; well and rescued a 13-year-old bird dog named "Preacher" which had survived a plunge down the well ;; shaft hours earlier. The successful rescue attempt i: took place in the Grove Hill Com munity of Warren County, and was ji; not without its moments of tension. The fireman, David Proctor of K Eaton Avenue, Warrenton, had to i i be hauled up the well shaft by hand after a winch on a rural firetruck failed to operate. The incident began on a mild Thursday afternoon as the dog's I;: owner (and Proctor's next-door ;i; neighbor), Robert V. Allen, a Warrenton. insurance executive, :j: was quail hunting with Gid W. I King, Oakville farmer, and A. H. "Hamp" Bryson, retired Warren j| ton automobile dealer. In the middle of the afternoon, jiji they noticed that one of the three | dogs with which they were hunting had disappeared. After much calling and searching, Allen finally i i followed the sound of faint barking to the abandoned well into which | '' Preacher'' had fallen. The three were unable to rescue 1 the dog, and returned to Warren ton, where Allen sought the help of the Warrenton Rural Volunteer : Fire Department. Proctor, Chief A. i;: A. Wood and Kenny Clayton took a woods truck to Grove Hill, drove a i; half-mile into the v. x>rts and found : the well. As the firemen were removing •• debris from atop the well, an old : pirce of roadscraper blade fell from the side of the shaft and fell i down the well, narrowly missing ;! the stranded dog. Proctor then put a safety rope :• around his waist and hooked a : winch wire from the truck to his foot and began his descent down the well. He reached about a foot of : water at the well's bottom and lif ted the dog into his arms, iij "Preacher" responded by licking i; the fireman on his neck and the two ;i; began their way to the surface. About three-fourths up the shaft : the winch malfunctioned. A small- j!j er rope was then lowered into the well and tied to the dog and Chief Wood pulled the dog to safety. Allen, Clayton and Wood then pull ed Proctor up the remaining dis- i; tance with the safety rope. Allen said after the rescue that he i; wanted to thank local firemen for ;i coming to his assistance, and that j; he wanted especially to thank Proc- •; tor, "who risked his life to save my ;l much loved bird dog, 'Preacher'." DSA Nomination Deadline Is Just Two Days Away The deadline for nominations for the Warren County Jaycees Distinguished Service Award is two days away. The DSA is presented each year to a young man under 35 who exhibits meritorious service to his family, community, and nation. It is the highest service award presented by the Jaycees. The award will be presented at the DSA banquet set for Thurs day, January 20, at 7 p. m. at the Warrenton Lions Den. The deadline for nominations is January 14. Nomination forms may be picked up at the office of Nationwide In surance Agency on North Main Street or from any Warren Coun ty Jaycee member. Other awards to be presented January 20 will be the Boss of the Year Award, Outstand ing Young Educator Award, Outstanding Young Farmer Award, Outstanding Young Correctional Officer Award, Outstanding Young Fireman Award and a Faith in God Award. The Boss of Year Award and Faith in God Award will be given for the first time this year, and neither has an age limit. All award recipients except the DSA winner can be women. The Boss of the Year winner must be the employer of a Jaycee member. DSA nominees must be 35 years of age or less. The nominee is not eligible if he became 36 before January 1. The DSA nominee must be U. S. native or a naturalized citizen. He must work or live in Warren County. Completed forms should be mailed to P. 0. Box 631 or hand delivered to any Jaycee member. For those who would like to attend the banquet, reservations are necessary. The guest speaker will be Frank Idler, former state Jaycee official. The public is invited. Tobacco Farmers In Warren Get 6.2 Million Pound Quota Cut Of 9 Percent Made For This Year Warren County tobacco growers have an ef fective 100 percent quota of 6,287,691 pounds for 1983. This represents a cut of 9 percent, or 610,812 pounds less than 1982, Thomas E. Wat son, executive director of the Warren County ASCS office, reported this week. Watson noted that fanners of the county marketed 7,109,777 pounds or 3 percent more than the 1982 effective quota of 6,989,503 pounds. Of the 11 communities in Warren County, all overmarket oH tKofr 1QRO nnnta ov. cept three, Fishing Creek, River and Warrenton. Based on an average price of $176.10 paid per hundred pounds for tobacco sold on the Warrenton market this past year, the 1982 tobacco crop for the county sold for $12,520,317. This is $2,421,844 less than the crop brought in 1981 when the county's pro ducers sold 9,279,117 pounds at an average of $161.03 for $14,942,161. Farmers are allowed each year to market up tn 11H ivirnont r»f thoir of. fective quota without penalty. When farmers sell over 100 percent of their quota, the- ,vound age is deducted from the following year's quota. Likewise, when farmers sell less than their quota, the undermarket ings are added to the next year's quota. Producers were allowed to deliver to Flue-Cured Stabilization Corporation tobacco poundage over 110 per cent of their quota in 1982. Warren County producers delivered 378,623 pounds on 111 farms which will be deducted from their 1983 quotas. According to Watson, this help may not be available next year. His office has been advised that there will not be a carryover program for the 1983 crop. Three Are Jailed Following Entry Three young Warren County men charged with breaking into a summer home on Kerr Lake were jailed here this week in lieu of (500 bond each. The three, Alvin Milam, 20, and Eddie Mayfield, 19, both of Rt. 1, Manson, and William Leon Mayfield, 22, of Soul City, were arrested on charges of breaking, entering and larceny. Warren Deputy Har old Seaman reported that the home of Roger E. Strickland at Kimball Point was entered after a glass on entry door had been smashed and the door unlocked. Discovered missing when the break-in was reported Saturday were a television set valued at |350, a stereo set with a value of $200 and a speaker with a $60 value. Sheriffs deputies said the stolen stereo has been recovered. Nremen Receive $20,000 The Warren County Commissioners at a special called meeting Thursday night agreed to donate $20,000 to the Warren County Fire Association as an aid to the establishment of a radio system to replace the present telephone method of reaching fire men. • The meeting was called for the purpose of re-organizing the ABC Board, but two other items were placed on the agenda, one being the donation to the volunteer firemen, and the second was a hearing concerning the condition of the PCB landfill near Afton. Captain Walter Gard ner and Butch Meek of the Warren County Fire Commission appeared before the county com missioners at their November meeting with representatives of the Motorola Radio system, where the advantages of the radio system over the present telephone system were explained and where the firemen requested a donation of $20,000 in order that the work on the project might be started early. At that time, the com missioners agreed to pay $20,000 in early January if the funds were available. Captain Gardner said following the meeting that all 12 of the Warren County Rural Volunteer Fire Departments would become a part of the system in which all firemen and their com panies would be united by radio. In addition the Littleton Fire Company and the Warrenton Fire Company would also be included in the hook-up. The $50,000 additional cost of the system has been temporarily assumed by the firemen to be raised by special dinners and other forms of entertainment, with the hope that the county may be able to give fur ther aid when the time comes for making up the budget. Not only will the new system increase the ef fectiveness of the fire companies, Gardner said, but in the long run will save the county money. Warren County's 1982 Tobacco Sales Report Pounds Pounds Effective Pounds Under Over Community Quota Sold Marketed Marketed Fishing Creek 348,719 337,050 20,019 12,890 Fork 248,176 264,208 6,573 23,016 Hawtree 957,274 1,014,776 20,013 75,722 Judkins 532,841 542,919 9,214 26,100 Nutbush 821,360 843,362 32,884 49,586 River 100,697 98,224 6,485 3,308 Sandy Creek 1,497,983 1,589,536 8,918 93,926 Sixpound 527,571 535,266 22,558 29,650 Smith Creek 824,314 852,109 33,032 50,515 Warrenton 784,513 771,148 55,461 44,026 Shooco 255,055 261,179 7.<i25 16,006 TOTALS 6,898,503 7,109,777 222,782 424,745 Special Term Ends Thursday Confusion Over Court Case Created By Insurance Issue Confusion over a civil case heard last week during a special term of Warren County Superior Court was cleared Friday following the conclusion of the trial. An out-of-court settle ment, details of which were not made public, brought an end to the trial of Marvin P. (Mar ty) Rooker, a Warrenton attorney, vs. his father, W. F. Rooker. The evidence in the case was heard by a jury as Judge Hamilton Hobgood of l-Auisburg presided. Due to the rules of civil procedures, and particularly a court or der previously filed in A the matter with the clerk of Superior Court, the existence of in surance could not be revealed to prospective jurors oy the parties, or their attorneys, in the lawsuit. Attorney Rooker said following settlement of the case that several prospective jurors had expressed concern when, during the jury selection process, they were asked whether it bothered them that the case involved a son suing his father. Since the insurance company was not named in the title of the case, many who read of Ambulance Squad Reports 858 Calls Emergency vehicles operated by the Warren County Ambulance Service rolled for more than 63,000 miles last year, according to a year-end report released this week by Dennis Paschall, director of the county operated service. Paschall, who became director last August, said that the Ambulance Service answered a total of 858 calls during 1982 — a number he said was "about the same" as in 1981. Paschall and two other employees of the service, Clarence Adcock and Tony Faucette, operate coun ty ambulances around the clock by having someone on call 24 hours a day. A great proportion of the mileage logged by the ambulances came on trips to N. C. Memorial in Chapel Hill, Duke Medical Center in Durham and Community Memorial Hospital in South Hill, Va., Paschall reported. September was the busiest month for the am bulance crews, as an even 100 calls were answered. March calls required the most driving — some 6,820 miles — and October proved to be the slowest month, both in terms of trips and mileage. A summary of trips and mileage for the past year reported by Paschall follows: MILES TRIPS January 5,441 76 February 4,692 69 March 6,820 79 April 6,393 85 May 5,388 58 June 6,773 80 July 4,144 64 August 4,169 59 September.... 6,107 100 October 3,851 53 November... 4,352 61 December 5,188 74 TOTAL 63,318 858 the case have expressed concern that Marty Rooker was suing his father. Attorney Rooker said Friday that the lawsuit was instituted "solely for the,, purpose of col lecting 'the liability in surance" and that "the Rooker family unity is as tight as ever." Board Has Members, No Chairman The Warren County Alcoholic Beverage Control Board is still wiuioui a cnairman, as former Chairman William K. Lanier, Sr. refuses to stay on the board after being asked by the county commis sioners to resign, in spite of a vote at a special meeting on Thursday of last week not to accept any resignations from the ABC Board. Lanier reiterated a statement made earlier in the week that he did not intend to serve longer on the board where he has served for some 25 years, 12 of which have been as chairman. "It's been a lot of fun," Lanier said in a telephone conversation yesterday afternoon, "But during the past six months the fun has largely disappeared because of dissension on the board. I bear no hard feelings to anyone over the action of the commissioners." Bill Delbridge was rather indefinite when called late yesterday, tie said that since the board had not accepted his resignation he was officially • member of the board, but did not know just what the board wants. John Henry Palmer a( Macon was definite. He (Continued on page 10)
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