Hiring Procedure Talked
During Monday Meeting
Warren County Com
mission Chairperson
Eva M. Clayton at the
board's meeting Mon
day laid to rest
questions raised two
months ago concerning
the procedure for inter
viewing and hiring a Lit
tleton resident as
Warren County elec
trical inspector, but not
before telling County
Manager Glenwood
Newsome that she took
"personal offense" to
his disregard for her in
the matter.
Questions about the
qualifications of Alvin
Salmon of IJttleton for
the position of electrical
inspector were raised at
the June 6 meeting of
the commissioners by
Dean Andrews of Afton,
also an applicant for the
job.
Mrs. Clayton's com
ments to Newsome were
in response to a request
she said she made to
Newsome after the June
> i
meeting that Salmon not
be hired until the board
had an opportunity to
investigate the matter.
Mrs. Clayton conten
ded Monday that
Newsome hired Salmon
with disregard for her
request, but Newsome
repeatedly told Mrs.
Clayton that at the time
of the June meeting
Salmon had been of
fered the job and had
given his two-week
notice to the state.
Mrs. Clayton said she
had understood that
there would be a delay
in the hiring.
Although the position
referred to was adver
tised as electrical in
spector, it also involves
serving as zoning ad
ministrator, fire inspec
tor and energy conser
vationist, among other
functions.
Mrs. Clayton suggest
ed that future advertise
ments need to be "more
forthright" in
describing the position
involved.
Newsome said in me
meeting that Salmon
had been hired "by
policies and practices
and according to the
statute of the county
manager." He said
Salmon was the most
qualified for the
position, taking "all
things into considera
tion."
Mrs. Clayton told
board members that she
had looked into the mat
ter and that, in her judg
ment, no law had been
violated in the employ
ment of Salmon.
She noted that the
state's criteria for elec
trical inspector are
"vague," with a high
school diploma the only
minimum requirement.
"As it turns out, we
were supported and no
law was violated," she
said. "But if we must
err, it should be on the
side of being patient,
cautious, and
deliberate."
According to
Newsome, Salmon has
an associate degree in
applied science from
Wake Community
College and several
electrical and inspection
courses. He was em
ployed by the N. C.
Department of Trans
portation as an
engineering technician
II for 13 years prior to
accepting the position
with Warren County.
Andrews, Newsome
said, has a one-year
diploma from Wilson
Technical Institute and
for six years has been
self-employed as an
electrical contractor.
He is also a licensed
electrician.
Salmon, who went
through a probationary
training period, was
hired at an annual
salary of $16,000 to fill a
vacancy created by the
resignation of Chet For
rester of Warrenton,
who was making $15,800,
according to Newsome.
Mrs. Clayton said
Monday that she had
responded by letter to
Andrews about the mat
ter and that she con
sidered it resolved.
Frank D. Bullock, Jr. (right), son of Mr. and Mrs.
F rank D. Bullock, Sr. of the Manson community in
Warren and Vance counties, was recently elected
president of the North Carolina Association of Non
profit Homes for the Aging at a meeting in
Charleston, S. C. Bullock, who is shown above being
congratulated by Don Penley, executive director of
Coble Health Care Center in Durham, is ad
ministrator of the Coble center. He is married to
Vera K. Bullock.
Motion To Reappoint Man
Dies During Board Meet
By KAY HORNER
Staff Writer
A motion by County
Commissioner Jack
Harris to reappoint Matt
Nelson of Vaughan to
the Warren County Jury
Commission died for
lack of a second at the
regular meeting of the
board of commissioners
Monday, and the ap
pointment was tabled
until the next session of
the board.
The jury com
mission is formed by
three members, one ap
pointed by the commis
sioners, one by the
County Gerk of Court,
and one by the Resident
Superior Court Judge.
It was reported that
Nelson has served three
two-year terms and both
commissioners George
Shearin and Francis
Alston said they felt it
might be more fair to
give someone else an
opportunity to serve.
Chairperson Eva M.
Clayton expressed con
cern that the com
position of the board be
in keeping with the
racial distribution of the
county.
At present, the mem
bers of the commission
are Nelson, George
Willis Shearin of Warren
Plains, and Alfred
Coleman of Norlina.
Coleman is the only
black on the com
mission. He was appoin
ted by Resident
Superior Court Judge
Robert Hobgood after
Dr. L. B. Henderson of
Warrenton requested
that he not be reappoint
ed.
Clerk of Court
Richard Hunter must
also make an appoint
ment to the commission.
Shearin was the clerk of
court's last appointee.
The chief respon
sibility of the county's
jury commission is the
selection of jurors for
the jury pool. Selection
takes place every two
years. Members to the
commission are appoin
ted after July 1, and
must have their work
completed by Decem
ber.
Looting Of $100,000 Transfer Rig
Is Reported By Warren Sheriff
An abandoned,
customized 1977 Ken
wood Transfer Truck,
valued at $100,000, was
discovered early Mon
day morning on RPK
1344 between Vaughan
and Eaton Ferry by
Sheriff Theo Willains.
He dispatched Deputy
Lawrence Harrison to
the scene, where the
deputy discovered that
the truck had been
looted of tires, trans
mission, and most of the
parts. Among items
removed with a cutting
torch was a walk-in
sleeper completely fur
nished with TV, micro
wave, refrigerator, etc.,
valued at $15,000. There
were no license tags on
the truck, and no serial
numuer.
The owner of the truck
was discovered to be
Van Dyke Hatch, Jr. of
Grimesland. He was
traced from a letter
found in the truck, and
came to Warren County
Monday afternoon and
identified the truck as
his own.
Hatch told officials
that he had left the truck
on Friday afternoon in a
parking lot at Gregory
Poole's in Washington to
be tuned up, and had
gone to the beach.. An
employee of Poole
Company saw the truck
there on Saturday at 8 p.
m.
Upon Hatch's return,
he was advised that his
truck was missing.
Assisting in the search
for the owner and
possibly leads to the
thieves was W. I.
Robertson, inspector
with the Department of
Motor Vehicles. He said
while talking to officials
here Tuesday morning,
that the truck was
probably towed to the
place where it was
found. He discounted a
suggestion that the
truck was stripped
along the roadside, and
said it was probably
stripped in a garage, but
it could have been
almost anywhere. He
also surmised that after
being stripped, the truck
was taken to the road
where it was found in
order to get rid of its
evidence.
Plant Worker Is Hired-Here
David Terrell Lynch,
34, of Hollister, began
work with the Warren
County Wastewater
Treatment Plant at
Warrenton Monday
morning. His starting
salary is $10,000 a year.
Lynch was employed
from August 1968 to July
5, 1975 with American
Inka Textile Company
as process mechanic in
research and from
March 1976 to 1983 for
Boilers and Compres
sors, a waste treatment
plant similar to the local
plant.
He was educated at
Aurelian Springs and at
Roanoke Rapids High
School. He attended
Nash Technical School
for one year, taking a
course in electrical in
stallation and main
tenance.
At present, Lynch
holds a grade 2 license
for waste water treat
ment. He will train un
der Macon Robertson in
preparation to being
licensed by the state as
licensed No. 1 -vaste
water treatment
operater, when his
work is expected to be
largely chemical
analyses at the plant.
Pete Vaughan, town
administrator, said
yesterday that Lynch
was employed by the
town because it is
evident that the state is
going to require both
operator and an
assistant operator in the
near future.
Retail Sale > Reported
Retail sales in Warren
County subject to sales
and use taxes amounted
to $4,024,122 during
June, according to a
report made this week
by the North Carolina
Department of
Revenue.
Tax collections for the
month amounted to
$76,731.65, the report
showed.
Retail sales in neigh
boring counties included
$18,570,087 in Vance,
$10,092,288 in Franklin,
$25,902,884 in Halifax
and $8,238,977 in North
ampton.
Flow-Life
Sponges have no eyes, ears,
mouths, brains, hearts, sto
machs, or legs—but they are
animals, says National Geo
graphic World magazine.
They take food and oxygen
from water that flows con
tinuously through their
bodies.
Stmy Active
Dieters take note—the
people who live longest ap
pear to be those who eat the
most, but don't get fat because
they are physically active.
Additives
Additives are ingredients
added to foods in which they
are not naturally present.
Vitamin A is a natural ingre
dient of butter, but is an addi
tive when put in margarine.
Depot Demolition Said
Just Around The Corner
Demolition of the
abandoned Norlina
Depot by the Seaboard
Coastline Railroad is
imminent, Mayor Ken
neth Davis told mem
bers of the Norlina
Board of Commission
ers Monday night.
The mayor's an
nouncement appears to
be the final word in a
discussion of many
months concerning
removal of the depot.
Some time ago
Norlina officials had
hoped to be given the
depot and find someone
who would remove it.
That avenue appeared
closed prior to the
mayor's Monday night
disclosure.
Brief talk of the depot,
and suggestions that
changes be made in the
parking habits of
motorists at the corner
of Hyco Street and U. S.
Highway 1 were the only
matters of business
brought before the
board during a routine
30-minute session.
Commissioner Wil
liam Leonard reported
that the Police Depart
ment answered 10 calls,
made seven arrests and
issued 11 parking tickets
during July.
Commissioner James
Vaughan said the Fire
Department was less
busy, answering two
alarms, one from inside
town, the other from
outside town.