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Volume 86 25c Pef Copy . Warrenton, County Of Warren, North Carolina Wednesday, August 3, 1983 Number 31
Firemen and equipment from four rural volun
teer fire companies answered a fire call to this
frame one-story home of Mrs. Pauline Watson of
Perrytown at 3 p. m. on Friday of last week. Efforts
of the firemen were in vain and the home was a total
loss. Origin of the fire and value of the home has not
been determined. Answering the call were nine
rural firemen, a pumper and tanker from Warren
ton; a company from Kidgeway with pumper and
tanker, the first to arrive at the scene; Cokesbury,
with a pumper; and Afton-Elberon, with a pumper
and a tanker. (Staff Photo)
Commissioners Authorize
Extra County Trash Pickup
Trash collection at 16 solid waste dumpster sites
in Warren County will be increased from two to
three times a week through September in an effort
to alleviate an overflow irash situation that Warren
County Commission Chairperson Eva M. Clayton
termed "deplorable" at the board's regular
meeting Monday.
Thirty dumpsters at the 16 sites serving the Lake
Gaston area, Warren Plains, and at the caution light
on Highway 158 at Macon will be serviced on Satur
day, in addition to regular pick-up on Monday and
Thursday.
The commissioners hope that the additional pick
up will handle the increased usage experienced
during the summer months.
The cost to the county of the Saturday pick-up will
be about $248 per week, and is scheduled to begin
immediately and continue through September.
The board instructed the county manager and
finance officer to find funds for the pick-up, which
was not budgeted for.
The commissioners' action came after discussion
Monday with representatives of Solid Waste In
dustries, the firm that empties the dumpsters for
the county, Henry Holtzman, solid waste landfill
supervisor for the county, and two residents of
Wildwood Point subdivision.
A common complaint of lake residents during the
past year has been that dumpsites are not emptied
often enough to handle summer volume and that
trash and debris are left at the site.
Holtzman told the commissioners Monday that
his department has only three employees, and that
one person is assigned Uie responsibility of cleaning
up debris around the more than 100 dumpsters in the
county.
Two residents of Wildwood Point subdivision
again appeared before commissioners to comment
on the dumpster site on State Road 1362 at lizard
Creek near the entrance to the subdivision.
Donald Freeh, president of the Wildwood Point
Propertyowners Association, and Dale Oberg
showed the commissioners a diagram of the dump
ster area and made suggestions as to how it could
be improved by paving the access road and clearing
underbrush now hiding the dumpsite from the road.
It has been suggested that the lack of visibility of
the site makes users more prone to litter the area.
However, the dumpsters are on property owned
by VEPCO, and the county has been requested by
VEPCO to find another site.
Mrs. Clayton noted that improvements at the site
would be contingent on VEPCO allowing the county
to keep its dumpsters there.
Mrs. Clayton appointed a committee consisting of
herself, and Commissioners George Shearin and
William Skinner to look into the various problems
relating to the county's solid waste disposal sites.
Low Bid Is Rejected
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Monday By County Body
Warren County com
missioners at their
regular meeting Mon
day voted to reject a low
bid of $21,102 submitted
for work at the Warren
County solid waste land
fill and ordered that the
project be readvertised
for bids at the recom
mendation of County
Manager Glenwood
Newsome.
Newsome said he felt
even the low bid, sub
mitted by Harold
Harris, was too high for
the work involved.
The work, on the sec
ond phase of landfill
construction, calls for
the digging of a disposal
trench and sediment
control basin.
In. other business, the
commissioners ap
proved a contract for
services of the Special
Deputy Child Support
Enforcement Agency.
Funds for the contract
were budgeted for this
fiscal year, and 70 per
cent will be reimbursed
by federal agencies.
The commissioners
also designated Chair
person Eva M. Clayton
as a voting delegate to
the N. C. Association of
County Commissioners
meeting August 11, 12
and 13 in Greensboro.
They also approved
the Areola and Drewry
fire departments for
recertification, as
recommended by
Commissioner George
Shearin, fire com
missioner.
Board Vetoes Referendum
Hearing Scheduled
On New Sales Tax
By KAY HORNEK
Staff Writer
Warren County com
missioners will forego a
referendum on the one
half cent sales tax
recently authorized by
the General Assembly
and will decide them
selves whether or not to
levy the tax after a
public hearing on the
matter later this month.
In their regular
meeting Monday, the
commissioners schedul
ed the public hearing for
August 17 at 8 p.m. at
the Warren County
Courthouse.
cnairperson t,va
Clayton suggested that
the hearing be held in
Spetember, to give the
Warren County Board of
Education and concern
ed citizens ample notice
of the meeting and time
to prepare comments.
The school system will
receive 40 percent of the
revenues from the new
tax over the next five
years for capital school
construction and 30
percent for the same
over the following five
years, as required by
law.
However, Com
missioner Jack Harris
said he felt the school
board would be on hand
for the public hearing
even if it were held
within the next few
weeks, and that he
favored having the
hearing and acting on
the tax as soon as
possible because of the
revenue involved.
Law requires that the
hearing be advertised in
the public press a
minimum of one time at
least 10 days in advance.
Warren County stands
to gain significantly in
tax revenues from the
new tax because of a
formula that calls for
distribution by
population rather than
point of sale.
An additional $367,000
could be brought into
county coffers annually
by enactment of the tax,
depending on par
ticipation by other coun
ties throughout the
state.
No Action Is Taken
Ouster Of Delbridge
Is Discussed In Private
Warren County Com
missioners met for two
hours in executive
session Monday to
discuss requests by
recently ousted ABC
Board member Bill
Delbridge of isorlina,
but reconvened in open
session having reached
no final decision.
Chairperson Eva M.
Clayton told the board in
their regular meeting
that she had met with
Delbridge at his request
and that he had taken
personally his removal
from the ABC Board
"for no cause," that he
felt his resignation, of
fered in January of this
year but not accepted
then, was no longer ef
fective, and that in his
opinion, the board's ac
tion reflected negatively
on him.
Before going into
executive session, she
reported to the com
missioners that
Delbridge wanted them
to rescind their action or
allow him a public
hearing. Mrs. Clayton
also said that Delbridge
had been in contact with
attorneys and that legal
action against the board
was a possibility.
"I'm not sure a public
hearing would help
resoive the issue," Mrs.
Clayton said, continuing
that lawsuits are
"sometimes inevita
ble."
Delbridge, contacted
yesterday, said that
Mrs. Clayton had
assured him in their
meeting that he was
"due" a public hearing.
He had no comment
on the possibility of a
lawsuit, saying "I
wouldn't want to give
the impression that I'm
trying to threaten
them."
The controversy
began in January when
the state ABC Board
recommended changes
in the Warren County
ABC operation to in
crease profitability.
At that time, the
board consisted of
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New Task Force Named
To Aid Warren County
A task force to ad
dress the needs of the
citizens of Warren Coun
ty has been appointed by
Governor James B.
Hunt, Jr. and will be
chaired by Natural
Resources and Com
munity Development
Secretary Joseph W.
Grimsley.
A letter from the
governor to Warren
County Commission
Chairperson Eva M.
Clayton, dated July 15,
indicated that represen
Children were much la evidence Sunday afternoon at Hebron
Methodist Church as an ice cream and cake party was enjoyed
by both young and old member* of Hebron, Macon Methodist
and Warren Plains Methodist churches. Hand-cranked
freezer* and bome-made cakr* were placed at tables labelled
with months af the year, and members having birthdays
during a particular month sat at the specially designated table.
(Staff Photos)
tatives from the N. C.
Departments of Ad
ministration, Cultural
Resources, Commerce,
Human Resources, and
National Resources and
Community Develop
ment (NRCD) would be
working on the task
force.
According to Alice
Garland Swink, special
assistant for policy in
NCRD, the task force
will address economic
development in the
county and the services
required to improve its
economic standing.
Ms. Swink said the
location of the PCB
landfill in Warren Coun
ty was part of the con
sideration in forming
the task force to help the
county, but that it also
came as a result of
Warren County's iden
tification, with other
counties in the Western
part of the state, as an
area needing special at
tention.
Mrs. Swink said
government represen
tatives will be meeting
August 23 in Raleigh
with members of the
Warren County Citizens
United for Progress, a
committee appointed by
county commissioners
early this year to study
the county's needs. Brad
Carroll and L. C. Cooper
are co-chairmen of the
committee.
Near Golf Course
New Development
Is Given Final OK
Final approval of the
Warren County Plan
ning Board was given
Thursday night to plans
for a new residential
development near the
Warrenton Golf Course.
Members of the plan
ning board, meeting in
regular monthly
session, gave their
unanimous approval to
the final plat of Foxfield
Manor, a subdivision
near the eastern edge of
the Warrenton Golf
Course which will be
developed by Warrenton
Insurance and Real
Estate.
The proposed sub
division just off High
way 58 was one of four
getting approval from
the planning board.
Three other develop
ments were given
preliminary approval.
John Nelson and
Clyde Harris,
developers of River
Forest Subdivision in
Warren County, were on
hand to go over plans for
a 44-lot subdivision, half
in Warren and half in
Halifax, which will ad
join the Ferncliff
Development on Lake
Gaston.
The proposed subdivi
sion, which as yet is un
named, covers 102
acres. All lots in the
tract are waterfront
lots, the developers
said.
Members of the plan
ning board also gave
their approval to
creation of five lots in
River Forest Sub
division, a 21-lot
development first un
veiled in 1962.
Preliminary ap
proval was also given a
platt of a subdivision in
Sixpound Township
owned by Willie Robin
son. The plans for the 17
lot subdivision were
presented by C. Eugene
Bobbitt, Warrenton sur
veyor.
Land Purchos© Ncor
Negotiations are underway for the sale of two par
cels of property in Soul City, according to Chartoa
Worth, of Charles J. Worth and Associates, Real
tors.
A church-related group from out-of-state is in
terested in the Pleasant Hills subdivision of 7LS
acres subdivided into 8b residential lots, and in
dustrial land of about 100 acres, Worth said.
Worth said he could not comment further until the
transaction was completed, and projected a mid
August closing date.
the property is now owned by the federal govern
ment.