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Vofume 86 25* Per Copy Warrenton, County Of Warrerr, North Carolina Wednesday, June 15, 1983 Number 24
PCB Body
Has Four
From Here
Four Warren County
residents have been appointed
by Gov. Jim
Hunt to a committee to
pursue the question of
detoxification of the
state's hazardous waste
landfill in the Afton area
of the county.
Mrs. Joyce Lubbers, a
member of the Warren
County Citizens Concerned
About PCB;
George Shearin, a county
commissioner; the
Rev. Luther Brown,
pastor of Coley Springs
Baptist Church; and
Henry Rooker, a
resident of the Afton
area, were named to the
committee, which will
be chaired by Dr. Daniel
A. Okun of Chapel Hill.
The committee is
composed of members
nominated by local,
state and federal
governments.
In a May 31 letter to
the appointees, Hunt
said the committee,
named the Intergovernmental
Detoxifica-,
tion Working Group,
would "pursue the
question of
detoxification of the
state's landfill when and
if appropriate and
feasible technology is
developed."
He said that he had
asked the Board of
Science and Technology
to monitor scientific
research in the field,
and "to press appropriate
governmental
agencies to work on Uiis
question.
The finishing touches were put on the Warren
County fire-radio system last week when these two
Motorola representatives installed the repeater
portion of the system on a communications tower
adjacent to the Warrenton water tank. The system
puts the 13 county volunteer fire departments and
the Town of Littleton department on a countywide
monitoring and alerting system. The installation of
the repeater completed about three months of work
at a total cost of about $88,000. (Staff Photo)
Preliminary Figures Studied
No Increase Is Projected
In Warrenton's Tax Rate
By KAY HORNER
Staff Writer
The Town of Warrenton
may get a 1963-84
budget of less than
$1,000 over the current
budget, if the Town
Board of Commissioners
votes affirmatively
on the allocations
recomended by Town
Manager and Finance
Officer Pete Vaughan.
The tentative budget
originally presented to
the commissioners
totalled $513,332 and
called for no increase in
the present tax rate of 83
cents per $100 valuation.
However, commissioners
in subsequent work
Feeding Programs Set
In Two Warren Schools
Warren County
Schools will operate two
short Feeding Programs
this summer in
connection with planned
programs in Norlina
Middle School and
Hawkins Elementary
School sponsored by the
Agricultural extension
Service.
Hawkins Elementary
School will offer lunch
and breakfast to the
children participating
June 20-30. Norlina
Middle School will offer
breakfast and lunch to
those participating July
5-July 15.
No child will be
discriminated against
in the course of the
meal service regardless
of race, color, national
origin, sex or handicap
and all children will be
served the same meals.
There will be no
physical segregation of
any child.
| Rain Forces Delay
Due to excessive rains, farmers in Warren |
I County are two weeks later than normal in $
planting their tobacco, corn, grain sorghum |
and soybean crops, according to Thomas E.
Watson, executive director of the Warren !;i
County Agricultural Stabilization and Conser- g
vatioo office. The state ASC Committee has ji;
therefore extended the time for reporting |
crops planted in Warren County to July 1,1983.
sessions have made additions
bringing that
figure to $516,332.
The budget for the
current year is $515,391.
An across-the-board
pay increase of five percent
was recommended
by Vaughan for all town
employees.
A breakdown of the
budget shows that the
Wastewater Treatment
Plant is allotted
$111,591, an increase of
$29,047 from the current
year.
Two other major
breakdowns show that
the water and sewer
fund budget and the
general fund budget
were decreased.
The water and sewer
fund budget is $206,850,
down $20,700 from the
current year; and the
general fund budget is
down $40,048 to $278,029
for the 1983-84 year.
The Revenue Sharing
Trust Fund remained at
$21,466 for the coming
year.
The budget must be
voted on by July 1, but
no date has been set as
yet for that action.
Name Left Out
The Warren Record
regrets that in last
week's issue the name
of Sylvester Alston was
inadvertently omitted
from the list of seniors
graduating from Warren
County High School.
3 Boards
In Meet
It is not enough to
save the Warren
General Hospital, but
"we must improve it,"
Mrs. Eva Clayton,
chairman of the Board
of County Commissioners,
said at a joint
meeting of the commissioners
and members
of the Hospital
Board and Board of
Health at First Citizens
Bank and Trust Company
at 7:30 o'clock
Tuesday night. Mrs.
Clayton presided over
the meeting.
She agreed that the
first step is the repair of
the hospital roof, and
said that $30,000 has
been placed in the county
budget for this purpose.
But much more is
needed. There are many
sources of help to
restoring and improving
the hospital, Mrs.
Clayton said. She named
Duke University and
state and national foundations,
but "we must
be diligent in
seeking this aid, as well
as limited federal
grants," she said.
In granting permission
to build a nursing
home within a mile
of Wai.on General
Hospital, the state
stated that adequate
hospital facilities must
be available, Mrs.
Clayton said. With the
nursing home planned to
be completed in October,
adequate
facilities are not
available.
This was of particular
concern to Joe Lennon,
health director, and to
N. L. Williams, promoters
of the privately
owned and privately
financed nursing home,
whose successful operation
may be the element
that saves the hospital.
But Lennon has much
more than a personal interest
in the hospital. He
said that if Warren
County is to have a successful
health program
the health department
and the hospital must
work closely together.
He suggested if the two
agencies were
physically connected, it
might be feasible to use
some of the facilities by
both the hospital and
health department, at a
considerable saving of
expenses. He stressed
the fact his remarks did
not mean that the health
department had any
desire to participate in
the management of the
hospital, as his department's
principal goal is
preventive medicine.
Frank Hinson,
hospital administrator,
said that while it is
necessary to improve
Warren General
Hospital, he did not
think it either desirable
or necessary to increase
the number of beds
beyond the 37 now
available, or to be
available after the
damage to the leading
roof has been repaired
He said that Warren
General Hospital could
never become a Duke
Medical Center.
Commissioner George
Shearin, who is also
(Continued on page 10)
These veteran Warren County educators were
saluted for service to the public school system on
Wednesday night of last week during a retirement
ceremony conducted by the Warren County unit of
the N. C. Association of Educators. The six were
among eight educators cited for long service by
local NCAE officials and Warren school principals
during a banquet held at The Rafters. Shown with
the engraved plaques which eacfl was presented
are, from left, Melvin C. Swicegood, 20-year
teacher; Willie J. Cuthbertson, 27 years of service;
Mrs. Louise M. Twitty, 30 years; Mrs. Fannie M.
Plummer. 41 years; Mrs. Kate N. Moore, 28 years;
and Arthur J. Williams, 16 years. Also honored, but
not present, were Mrs. Viola C. Alston, 35 years;
and Mrs. Louise C. Threewitts, 27 years.
(Staff Photo)
Pool Room Closing Sought
At the end of an hourand-a-half
session Monday
night Warrenton
Town Commissioners
instructed Town Attorney
Charles T. Johnson
to proceed with an action
seeking to close
Champion's Pool Room
on Main Steet in Warrenton
as a public
nuisance.
In an executive
session requested by the
town attorney, Johnson
cautioned the commissioners
to be sure that
the town has enough
evidence before
bringing a suit against
the operators of the pool
room. Johnson was told
to proceed with what
evidence the town has.
Complaints against
action of former
customers of the Pool
Room on the street between
the Warrenton
Barbershop and the
Episcopal Church has
allegedly made it unsafe
for a woman to walk
there and complaints
have frequently sent the
police force to the scene,
without ending the complaints.
Monday night
following public complaints
about merchants
parking in front of their
stores, several of those
present remained.
Among these were Bill
Benson, one of the partners
of the Warrenton
Barbershop, and Vonette
Neal Robertson,
who operates the Beauty
Box Beauty Shop, who
told of almost unbelievable
behavior of those
who had visited the Pool
Room.
Benson did not speak,
as complaints from the
barbershop had already
been filed with the
Police Department.
These charges included
throwing trash, including
burning cigaret
butts and contracep
tives on the barbershop
roof beneath the windows
of the building in
which the pool room is
located. The trash was
thrown from upstairs
where the proprietor's
family lives. In addition,
W. E. Turner, a partner,
said yesterday that
residents jumped on the
barbershop roof, as well
as playing on it.
Mrs. Robertson
testified that men
gathered on the outside
of the Pool Room, which
she declared is a public
nuisance and stated that
it should be closed, that
they not only used foul
language, profane and
lewd language, but also
made suggestive
language to old and
young clients of the
beauty shop. The
culprits were not only
guilty to indecent exposure,
but also of
urinating on the door of
the beauty shop. Often
they would look into the
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| House Snake Shot j
Some folks think of black snakes as harm- jg
less little creatures whose presence keeps S
other snakes away.
But don't try to convince Marie Robinson of if
Warren Plains of that fact.
Last Saturday she shot and killed a black !;!;
snake that had apparently been living in her Si
attic since Tuesday. At least, Tuesday is when i;i;
the family first heard a "shuffling and blowing g
noise" from that direction.
The snake came out of the attic and made ;i;i
his way outdoors Saturday and was under- %
neath the house when he met his doom.
"I was unpleased with him in the house, and $
that's all I can say!" Ms. Robinson com- §
mented.
Randy Garrett, left, to presented the Lion of the Year Award toy M. C. Clary,
president of the Warrentoa lion Club. Garrett received the organisntton'i
moot prestfgtons award Friday night during a ceremony at the Warrentoa
Lisas Den. Garrett served as Lion Tamer this year, and was chairman of Ihe
Bulletin Committee and the Jungle Prowl Committee. (Staff Photo)
Temporary Permit
Given Mobile Home
The Warrenton Planning
Board, meeting in
the Town Municipal
Building at 7:30 Monday
night, granted Leona C.
Henderson the temporary
privilege of erecting
a trailer on her
property on SR 1332
(Loop Road) in Northeast
Warrenton. The
Planning Board defined
temporary as three
years.
Mrs. Henderson, who
was represented at the
public hearing by her attorney,
Ronald Reaves,
had requested that her
property be changed
from R-20 (low density
residential) to R-8 (high
density residential). She
said that she intended to
build a single dwelling
on the property, where
electricity and water
are available, but asked
permission to erect a
trailer on the site on a
temporary basis while
she was building her
house.
No person appeared in
opposition to Mrs. Henderson's
request, but
Chairman Roy Pat
Robertson read a letter
from John Kerr, III, of
Goldsboro, who owns
property adjacent to
that of Mrs. Henderson.
He said that he had no
objection to Mrs. Henderson
placing a trailer
on her property on a
temporary basis, not to
exceed nine months.
Otherwise, he was opposed
to the placing of a
trailer on her property.
Kerr suggested that in
lieu of a temporary
permission, that Mrs.
Henderson be given a
building permit to erect
a single dwelling on her
property, which would
permit a temporary
trailer.
Chairman Robertson
said he feels that if any
change was to be made
in Mrs. Henderson's
property classification,
that it should be for the
entire area, as he was
opposed to "spot"
reclassification. Stating
that nine months is not
enough time to erect a
building, the board upon
motion of McCarroll
Alston, seconded by Lee
Cheek, unanimously
voted to give Mrs. Henderson
a three-year
temporary permit to
erect a trailer on her
Property.
Board memben
Prowrt were Roy Pat
Robertson, chairman,
and members McCsrroll
Alston, Lee
Cheek, and Lawrence
Boyd.