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"arrentonMeai.Library X H7 S.Maln St. Warrenton, N.C. 27589 Hamn l&ztovb Volume 86 25' Per Copy Warrenton, County Of Warren, North Carolina Wednesday, October 26, 1983 Number 43 Trustees Complete Contract The Warren General Hospital Board of Trustees meeting last Wednesday finalized a contract that will bring a Maryland physician to the county next month, according to Roy Pal Robertson, chairman of the hospital board The contract provides Cosmos N. George, M D. with a guaianteed salary of $55,000 during his first year of practice in the county, with an additional $12,00(1 for of fice expenses. Fifty per cent of the guaranteed funds are to be repaid to the hospital in monthh installments begmnnm six months after the one year contract expires The board also agreed, Robertson said, to pay the malpractice insurance for the phy sician and to pay half of his moving expenses A summa cum laude graduate of Howard University School of Medicine, Dr. George, a native of Trinidad, has been in the United Stales for 15 years. Although his specialty is obstetrics and gyne cology, he will be prac ticing general medicine here. Dr. George's office will be located in one of the professional buildings on the hospital campus. The hospital board is also scheduled to meet today [Wednesday) at 12:30 p. m. to nominate four new members to the board. Those whose terms are expiring are Robertson, Gordon Limer, J. D. Lewis, and Nathaniel Davis, Jr. The nominations are submitted to the Warren County Board of Com missioners, who make the final appointments The hospital board has nine trustees, ioui with terms ending this year, and five with terms ending in 1985. Statute provides no limitation to the number of terms a member may be reappointed to serve. 'Chub' Mayfield Is Recaptured Joseph "Chub" May field, Jr., who escaped from the N. C. Depart ment of Correction's Granville County Prison Unit on Sept. 19, was recaptured Friday ai a residence on State Road 1205 (Beer Beach Road) in Warren County around 4:15 p. m., ac cording to Sheriff's Deputy B. D. Bolton. Mayfield, who has twice escaped from prison, is serving time for breaking, entering and 'irceny from a 1976 conviction. H» escaped shortly af ter he was sentenced and remained at large until April of last year when he was arrested in Virginia in connection with a charge of assault following a stabbing at Starlight Palace in War renton. A motion of non-suit was allowed last December in that case. Deputy Bolton said (Continued on page 10) Mrs. A1 Kins of Oxford, president of District I ourteen of the N. C. Federation of Women's Clubs, navels the annual fall meeting to order Saturday morning as delegates fill the pews of the Norlina liaptist Churi li, site of the day-long gathering. Behind Mrs. King are members of the Eagle Chorus from Warren County High School, which provided entertainment for the event. See additional photo on Page 6. I Staff Photo) District Clubwomen Meet The Fourteenth Dis trict of North Carolina Federation of Women's clubs held its annual meeting at the Norlina Baptist Church on Saturday, beginning at 10 a. m. The meeting was preceded by a cof fee hour prepared by the Macon Woman's Club. Hostess clubs for the meeting were tlte Lit tleton Woman's Club, the Macon Woman's Club, the Norlina Junior Woman's Club and the Norlina Woman's Club. Mrs. Al H. King of Ox ford, district president, presided. The in vocation was given by the Rev. Laverne B. Womack of Norlina, minister of Zion and Jerusalem Methodist Churches; and special music was presented by the Eagle Chorus of Warren County High School directed by Howard L. Stultz. After the pledge of allegiance to the flag, led by Mrs. Jimmy Brame, district public affairs chairwoman, Mrs. Lillian B. Kilian, president of the Norlina Woman's Club, welcomed the women and their guests. A short business session followed, after which Mrs. King presented her annual report of the Fourteenth District's accomplish ments. A memorial ser vice was conducted by Mrs. L. A. Denton of Roanoke Rapids, chaplain, honoring those who had died during the past year Mrs. W. T. Russ, Jr., of Shallotte, third vice president of the North Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs, spoke on 'Homestyle Club woman," suggesting ways in * which club women may develop their volunteer services into more effective programs. During the luncheon, prepared by the mem bers of the Norlina Woman's club, Mrs. Kern Holoman of Raleigh, president of GFWC-North Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs, spoke to the group on "Success Stories," touching on many successful ac complishments of North Carolina women, thousands of hours having been spent and over a million dollars having been con tributed, incident to their volunteer services. Miss Priseilla Davis, of Koanoke Rapids, i Continued on page 4) Local Leaf rvu ket Will Close Nov. 3 The Warren ton Tobacco Market will conduct two more sales before closing on Nov. 3, according to Alice Marie Robertson, sales supervisor. Sales will be held tomorrow (Thursday) and next Thursday, Nov. 3. However, there will be no sale next Tuesday, Nov. 1. The Warrenton Tobac co Market yesterday (Tuesday) saw 249,511 pounds of tobacco sold with 70 percent going to Stabilization. The sale brought in $393,054 for Warrenton farmers at an average of $1.58 per pound. To date, a total of 23 percent of the tobacco sold has gone to Stabilization. The 5,445,836 pounds sold has brought a total of $9,077,582, or $1.67 per pound, average. Mrs. Robertson said yesterday that although it had not been a good year for tobacco farm ers, that the Warrenton market had out averaged the Henderson and Oxford markets several times this season, noting, "that's something we don't usually do." MOVE CLOCK BACK Readers are reminded that Daylight Savings Time ends Sunday mor ning at 2 a. m. To take advantage of that extra hour of sleep, remember to turn the clock back one hour before retiring Saturday night. A fish fry this past August raised $2,549.34 for the Shriner's Cripple Children's Fund, which earmarks donations for the various Shriner hospitals through out the country. At the club's Ladies Night Dinner on October 22, during which the wives and daughters of the Shriners were honored for their work on behalf of the organization, club officials posed with a Riant-size replica of the check. Shown above are (left to right) Robert M. White, fish fry committee member; Layton Rhew, representative from the Sudan Temple in New Bern; W. J. Eger ton, treasurer; W. B. Ellington, fish fry committee member; and William L. Harrell, president. Harrell expressed appreciation to all the citizens of Warren County who made the fund-raising effort a success. (Staff Photo) From Sales Tax Schools Given Extra Funding By KAY HORNER Staff Writer In an attempt to meet some of the more pressing needs of the Warren County school system, county commis sioners voted last Wed nesday night to earmark a maximum of $115,000 from the revenue of the newly enacted one-half percent sales tax for the schools. They limited their decision to the remain der of this fiscal year. The figure represents (50 percent of the pro jected revenue for the remaining three quar ters of $192,000, based on participation to date of 72 counties. Should more counties vote to levy the tax, which is distributed on a per capita basis among all counties collecting the tax, the amount allocated for the schools for the remain der of this fiscal year would not increase. Warren County Schools Superintendent Mike Williams express ed appreciation last week for the commis sioners' action. "Of course, our needs are greater than that (the amount allocated), but considering the needs across the county, I feel that the commis sioners made a com mendable effort." Williams said it was • fairly safe to assume" that all of the funds would be used for capital outlay, but that the Board of Eduction would have to assess the needs of the system between now and the time the first of the funds is received next February. State statute requires that the county spend at least 40 percent of the revenues over the next five years for capital school construction. "I know a couple of things we will look at, a number of items in capital outlay requests for this year that we were not able to fund," Williams said. "We will look at those and at long term building needs." Williams indicated that the schools might hope for a larger alloca tion next year, especially if the county commits to a long-term building program. In the meeting, Com missioner George Shearin, in discussing the physical condition of several of the schools, noted that the foun dation at Norlina Middle School was beginning to give way. The possibility of fur ther consolidation and building of a new school, which has been discussed by school of ficials and commission ers In the past, was again brought up Wed nesday night. Citing the severe need for repairs to several county buildings, Com mission Chairperson Eva M. Clayton said, "It is not up to us to tell the school board what to do. But before we en courage them to go too far with a new school, we should encourage them to make use of other buildings." She also suggested that school buildings could be used for other purposes if renovated. In discussing dis bursement of the tax proceeds, the com missioners cited critical needs throughout the county, including Warren General Hospital. Representatives of the hospital have informed the commissioners that $51,000 is needed this year for operational ex penses alone. County Manager Glenwood Newsome re ported that his office was in the process of ac cepting bids for repairs to the roof of the hospital, and suggested that the commissioners wait until final figures were in on that item before determining the method of disbursement for the remainder of the sales tax. Participation by 99 of the 100 counties that now have a sales tax could mean as much as $367,000 for Warren County for a complete fiscal year. Another Day Off Approved Locally Warren County employees this year will ijij have an additional day to celebrate Thanks- ijij giving as a result of action by Warren County ;i;i commissioners last Wednesday evening in If their regular session. In a response to a request by Julian W. §; Farrar, director of Warren County Social Ser- j$ vices and his staff, Friday, Nov. 25, will be a jjij county holiday as well as Thanksgiving Day, ijij Nov. 24. However, the commissioners stopped short jjjj of amending the county's holiday schedule to ijij provide a standing holiday for the Friday after jjjj Thanksgiving and limited their action to this jiji year only. ijij The county currently observes New Year's jjjj Day, Easter Monday, Memorial Day, Labor Day, Veteran's Day, Independence Day, jjjj Thanksgiving Day and two or three days for ijij Christmas, depending on whether the days jjji preceding and following Christmas Day are jjjj weekdays. Two From Warren Killed In Wrecks A single-car accident near Lawrenceville, Va. claimed the life of a 20 year-old Warrenton man early Friday night. Richard Carl Haynes, 20, of Rt. 1, died from in juries sustained when his car went off the right of the road on Highway 46 near Lawrenceville. He apparently lost con trol of the car, which crossed the highway, went off the left side of the road, and struck a tree. Haynes was pro nounced dead at the scene of the accident. According to a family spokesman, Haynes had been visiting his sister in Virginia, and was working for Wayne Parish Trucking Co., a Virginia firm. He was scheduled to finalize a football scholarship Saturday with Elon College. A 1981 graduate of John Graham High School, Haynes played both basketball and foot ball while a student there. A graveside service was held Sunday at 3 p. m. in Greenwood Cemetery in Macon by the Rev. Dempsey Win stead. Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Grady J Haynes, Jr., of Warrenton; two sisters, Mrs. Karen Daniel of Alberta, Va. and Miss Lauren Haynes of Warrenton; two brothers, Grady J Haynes, III of Warren ton and Charles G. Haynes of Southport; his maternal grand mother, Mrs. Velma Whitehead of Scotland Neck; and his paternal grandfather, Grady J Haynes, Sr. of Warren ton. In another weekend (Continued on page SB) HAYNE8
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