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Volume 86 25c Pet Copy Warrenton, County Of Warren, North Carolina Wednesday, September 7, 1983 Number 36
RECEIVES TOP AWARD—Mrs. Annie Mae Alston, retired
Warren County teacher, is presented the Ernest A. Turner Citizen
of the Year Award during Saturday night's 11th annual home
coming of the John R. Hawkins classes of 1929 through 1969.
Making the presentation during a banquet at Roseland at Norlina
is Robert Jeffries, co-chairman of the Executive Scholarship
Committee of the John R. Hawkins Alumni and Friends, Inc.
Watching the presentation from the front row are the Rev. Nor
man T. Davis, Mrs. Sadie A. Woolford and Mrs. Mary M. Jordan.
Witnessing from the back row are Warrenton Mayor B. G. White,
Mrs. Eva M. Clayton, Mrs. Patsy T. Hargrove and Henry T.
Pitchford, Jr. Additional photos of award winners can be found on
page 8. (Staff Photo)
Road Matters Occupy Board
Warren County com
missioners at their
regular meeting
Tuesday agreed to for
ward to the N. C.
Department of Trans
portation a request by
members of Wildwood
Point Property Owners
Association that four
miles of gravel road in
the subdivision be turn
ed over to the state for
maintenance.
The commissioners
also addressed the issue
of a right-of-way for the
paving of Minnie Yan
cey Road in the Soul
City area.
The only hold-up in
getting the road, on
which seven families
live, into the state's
priority system for im
provements has been
approval of Perdue, Inc.
which owns property on
the road.
County Manager
Glenwood Newsome told
Willie Davis, who again
appeared before the
board on behalf of the
residents, that he had
talked with a Perdue
representative and that
he expected Perdue's
approval to be forth
coming.
He indicated that
Perdue's only concern
had been whether the
road would infringe on
an area planned as a
building site by Perdue.
The commissioners
also heard a written
request by Oxford at
torney Floyd B.
McKissick that he be
given an explanation as
to why SR 1114 between
Soul City and Vance
County, which was
scheduled to be paved in
July, had not been
paved.
The commissioners
asked the county
manager to look into
reason for the delay.
The road is on the
state's priority list for
paving.
Commissioners also
heard a second request
from McKissick that
three two-inch water
meters to serve Sunset
Heights Mobile Home
Park in the Soul City
area be installed by the
county.
There was some
discussion by com
missioners regarding a
statement by McKissick
that the cost of the
meter and connection
should be paid by the
county, and County
Manager Glenwood
Newsome was asked to
investigate the payment
procedure further.
In other business,
Henry Holtzman, solid
waste landfill super
visor for the county,
reported to the com
missioners on a meeting
between him, Com
missioner George
Shearin, and VEPCO
Reservoir Supervisor
George Gurley.
VEPCO had requested
that the county's dump
sters on VEPCO's
property on SR 1362 at
Lizard Creek near the
entrance to Wildwood
(Continued on page 8)
Board Wants To Rescind
Action Affecting Profits
County Manager
Glenwood Newsome
was requested Tuesday
by the Warren County
Board of Commission
ers to look into the best
way for the board to
rescind its recent action
authorizing the Warren
County ABC Board to
withhold for investment
$15,000 a year from
profits turned over to
the county.
The request was made
after Commissioner
Jack Harris stated that
the funds would receive
a higher return if in
vested with the county
funds, because of the
larger amounts avail
able for investment by
the county.
Chairperson Eva M.
Clayton concurred with
Harris' suggestion, but
raised a question as to
how the ABC funds are
invested and whether
the ABC Board has
the option to withdraw
their investment at this
time.
Newsome was asked
to check into how the
commissioners might
most effectively rescind
their action.
In another item
related to the ABC
Board, Harris referred
to a Warren Record ar
ticle in which Mrs. Ber
nadine Ballanee, chair
person of the Warren
County ABC Board, was
quoted as saying that
the ABC Board had of
fered a consultant
position to Bill
Delbridge of Norlina
because neither she nor
other board members
had the time to devote to
implementation of
needed changes within
the ABC system.
"They should be
replaced if they don't
have the time," Harris
said.
Mrs. Clayton told
Harris that she felt his
reading of the statement
was "very restrictive"
and noted that the coun
ty coimmissioners have
a county manager who
implements their action
and that other boards
may have need of the
same service.
Harris responded by
saying that the ABC
Board has a supervisor
who fills the position
equivalent in function to
the county manager.
The commissioners
took no action on the
matter, and Mrs.
Clayton told Harris, who
has been an outspoken
critic of the board's
decision to offer the con
sultant post to
Delbridge, a former
ABC Board member,
that the commissioners
will "expect this
refresher course ever so
often."
Surplus Food Items
Arriving In Warren
The Warren County
Department of Social
Services this week will
receive a shipment of
six surplus commodity
items to be distributed
to low income families,
Julian Farrar, Social
Services Director, has
announced
The six items Include
cheese, flour,corn meal,
rice, honey and dry
milk.
These households in
terested in applying for
these commodities may
begin making ap
plication the week of
Sept 12 at the mobile
unit behind the
Services Building be
tween 8:30 a. m. and
4:30 p.m.
Certification will be
made on the basis of
family income not in ex
cess of 130 per cent of
the poverty level,
Farrar said. AFDC
recipients and food
stamp recipients are
eligible with no further
certification needed.
Volunteers are again
requested to help in
taking applications and
distributing the commo
dities, Farrar said.
Hospital Task Force
Is Requested During
Commissioners' Meet
By KAY HORNER
Staff Writer
Warren County com
missioners were asked
by their chairperson at
their regular meeting
Tuesday to give con
sideration to the for
mation of a task force to
address some of the
problems facing Warren
General Hospital.
Chairperson Eva M.
Clayton suggested that
the corpmittee be com
posed of representatives
of the health care com
munity, consumers, and
county representatives,
and that it study the
policies and programs
affecting the operation
of the county facility.
Among the items
mentioned for the
proposed agenda is the
effect of cutbacks an
ticipated with the new
Medicare reimburse
ment system.
A consulting firm un
der contract to the
hospital has estimated
that the new payment
system could reduce the
reimbursements re
ceived by the average
hospital for Medicare
patients by as much as
$2 million in the next
three years.
Mrs. Clayton in
dicated that she would
also like to see the task
force address the
feasability of a birthing
center at the hospital
and the fostering of
greater cooperation
between local
physicians 4ftd the
hospital.
The possibility of a
joint relationship be
tween HealthCo, the
County Health Depart
ment, and the hospital
was also mentioned by
Mrs. Clayton Jung with
the possibility of a
working relationship
with other hospitals,
especially those with
teaching arms.
Mrs. Clayton told the
commissioners that
professional assistance
for the task force would
be sought from the N. C.
Department of Human
Resources and from
various medical
schools. ♦
Home Destroyed
Fire Proves Fatal
For Churchill Man
A 70-year old Warren
County man lost his life
Monday night when his
double-wide mobile
home and all its con
tents were destroyed by
fire around 10:45 p. m.
The body of Willie Ree
Taylor of Churchill was
discovered among the
ashes of the home after
the blaze had died down.
Allen Adcock of the
Churchill-Five Forks
Rural Fire Department
said the firemen
suspected that the
elderly man was in the
home, but the building
was engulfed when
firemen from three
rural companies
reached the scene.
Taylor's son was
living with his father at
the time and was at
home when the fire was
discovered. He escaped
from the flames.
Adcock said yester
day that he did not know
the name of the son, or
the cause of the fire.
Firemen and equip
ment from both the
Macon and Warrenton
Rural Volunteer Fire
AUTUMN CONVERSATION—Fall la marked la
moat placet by the opening of football season, and
Warren County is no exception. TOs scene from
Friday night's opening contest between Warren
Conaty and Northern Nash is typical of the sideline
chats which wffl take place every Friday night for
nt least the next nine weeks. Here Coach Bill
Frailer, right, has a wo
Capps while assistant R
for his turn. The talk has
for one touchdown and I
lead Warren County to i
Nash. Details of the gami
rd for quarterback Davit
11 Fuller, left, gets ready
Its effect as Capps passed
wo crucial conversleas to
i 14-14 win over Northern
can be fooad on page 11.
(Staff Photo)
Companies assisted the
Churchill-Five Forks
company.
Captain Walter Gard
ner of the Warrenton
Rural Company said
that seven firemen with
a crashwagon and a
pumper answered the
call.
Funeral arrange
ments, being made by
R. H. Greene Funeral
Home, are incomplete.
Local Line Work
Gains Approval
Meeting in called ses
sion at 2 p. m. last
Thursday, the Board of
Warrenton Town Com
missioners unanimously
agreed to replace some
1,200 feet of crushed
sewer line on South
Main Street, starting
near the home of Julius
Banzet, HI, and extend
ing southward.
The line has been
crushed for several
years due to traveling
over it by heavy trucks.
Main Street is a part of
State Highway 401.
Instead of letting the
job of installing the pipe
to a contractor, the town
board decided to
three of J. T. Harris
earth moving machine
and three of his men to
assist the town crew in
laying the pipe. The
Town Water Depart
ment has previously
purchased the pipe for
the project, which is
estimated to cost ap
proximately $10,000.
It was decided at the
Thursday meeting that
the work on laying the
pipe would be started as
soon as a few details
could be worked out
with J. T. Harris. These
details had not been
completed yesterday af
ternoon.
Present in addition to
Mayor B. G. White, town
commissioners, and
Pete Vaughan, town ad
ministrator, was W. B.
N®sl, superintendent of
the Warrenton Water
Company.
During the
of the co* of the project,
Superintendent Neal
emphasized the cast of
•aid the weekly cost of
chemicals to destroy
roots and the cost of
roWng out the line is
W ■ week every weak
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