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I (Ittje iarren iltei:iir& Volume 86 25c Per Copy Warrenton, County Of Warren, North Carolina Wednesday, November 2, 1983 Number 44 No Plans Final ASCS Casting Eye For New Offices By KAY HORNER Staff Writer The Warren County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, now located in the basement of the county Agricultural Building in Warrenton adjacent to the courthouse, is advertising for new quarters. "The county has furnished us with space, and we're appreciative," Thomas E. Watson, county ASCS executive director said Monday. However, he noted that problems with rats, roaches, falling plaster and lack of heat control had necessitated looking for "more suitable" office space. Although ASCS is a federal agency, the county has furnished the local staff with office space free of charge. This is not unusual, Watson commented, explaining that the office serves the local farmer and generates money within the county with its programs. "It's been done down through the years," he said. Watson estimated that the ASCS office has been in the Agricultural Building at least 25 years. The decision as to who will occupy the offices should the ASCS staff relocate is up to the Board of County Commissioners. Glenwood Newsome, county manager, said this week that he had no doubt the county could put the office space to good use. Warren County commissioners have discussed the disrepair of county buildings in general in recent (Continued on page 14) New Doctor Is On Way A Virginia physician will be joining the staff of the Lake Gaston Medical Clinic at Littleton in June of next year, according to B. Mason Hawfield, chairman of the clinic's board of directors and mayor of Littleton. Dr. Ed Holobowitch will be assuming his duties when he concludes his residency at the University of Virginia Hospital in Charlottesville. Two physicians currently practicing at the clinic will be leaving in June when their tour of duty with the National Health Service Corps expires, Hawfield said. Drs. Gary DeRosa and Spencer Feldmann, both of whom will have been at the clinic about two years next June, are a part of the corps program that provides educational financial assistance in return for service rendered in rural areas. Hawfield said that both of the physicians plan to enter private practice in the North. Robertson Seeking Release From Board After 10 years as a member of the Warren General Hospital Board of Trustees, Roy Pat Robertson, now serving as chairman of the board, told trustees last week that he did not want to be considered for renomination when his term expires this month. The board heard Robertson's announcement at a special Dr. Cnhms N. George opened hla office tar the practice of general medicine on the Worrcn General Hoapital gronnda yeaterday (Tneeday). His office boar* are 1 to i p. m., Mondny through Friday, and appointments can be made by calling 2S7-tlM meeting held last Wednesday to nominate five people to fill the four vacancies coming up this month due to the expiration of terms. Warren County commissioners will consider the nominations in appointing four members to the nine-member board. Those nominated by the hospital board are: Allen Adcock with the Warrenton office of the Farm Bureau Insurance Service and a resident of the Churchill community; Grace Miles with Branch Banking and Trust Company and a resident of Warrenton; and Rebecca P. Williams with the Warren County School system and a resident of the Liberia community. The board also renominated current board members Gordon Limer and J.B. Lewis for new terms. Nathaniel Davis, Jr., whose term also expires this month, was not renominated. Robertson indicated that business responsibilities and other obligations on his time were the reason for "his not seeking another term on tha board, along with a feeling that others in the community should have the opporHinlfv a»rvp These two Vaughan Elementary School students took top honors for their costumes during the school's annual Halloween Carnival held Monday night. At left is David Nida, son of the Rev. and Mrs. Robert Nida of the Enterprise Community. He was the winner of K-3 competition. At right is Chris Woods, son of Ms. Jacqueline Woods of Vaughan, winner of the competition among students in grades 4-6. Mrs. Mae E. Clanton, grandmother of Pattie Jackson, a Vaughan School student, was the winner of an AM-FM two-band radio cassette recorder given away during the carnival, one of several held in Warren's elementary schools. (Community Schools Photo) Warren Jobless Rate Dips Warren County's unemployment rate dropped significantly during September, figures released yesterday by the N.C. Employment Security Commission reveal. Warren's jobless rate for September stood at 14.2 percent, down from August's 16.3 percent. The September figure means that 670 of Warren's 4,730 member work force were without jobs. The statewide total unemployment rate was 7.4 percent, down noticeably from 7.9 per cent in August. The national unadjusted rate was 8.8 percent in September, down from 9.2 percent the previous month. Double digit unem(Continued on page 14) Local Sales Listed Retail sales in Warren County during 3 September amounted to $4,046,017, according S to a report of sales statewide released this week by the North Carolina Department of 8 |i| Revenue. jg Among Warren's neighbors. Halifax had the largest amount of sales, $25,732,307. | Vance reported $18,502,191, Franklin reported ;!j: sales of $10,355,395 and Northampton had sales S 8 of $4,865,827. Governor Jim Hunt welcome* L. C. Cooper, representstivc of the Warren Involvement Council, during a recent woriahop held in Raleigh. The statewide meeting was held at Meredith College. The governor firit ashed county commissioners in 1918 to appoint an involvement council or designee an existing group in their counties to act as focal points for dtiseu participc job and volunteer activity ia each couaty. "There is no substitute for the personal involvement of those who really care about their communities and their neighbors," the governor told Cooper and other delegntes. Elections Slated Tuesday Municipal Races To Be Decided Registered voters in Warren County's three municipalities will go to the polls next Tuesday, Nov. 8, to vote in mayoral and town commissioner races. Warrenton Mayor B. G. White and Macon Mayor M. C. Clary are running unopposed in their bids for reelection, and former Norlina mayor E. L. (Bill) Perry is running unopposed for the seat he held for five terms before losing in 1981 to Mayor Kenneth Davis, who is not seeking reelection. In the commissioners' race in Warrenton, seven members will be elected to the board from a field of six incumbents, Eddie Clayton, Gordon Haithcock, William K. Lanier, Jr., W. A. Miles, Charles M. White, in and A. A. Wood and four newcomers, Robert (Rabbit) Brown, Phil Daniel, R. D. (Bobby) Edmonds, and Ann F. Spence. In Norlina, voters will choose five commissioners from four incumbents, R. B. Lloyd, James Overby, James Vaughan, and William Leonard, and four challengers: Dwight Pearce, Kay Bennett, Eleanor Hayes and K. C. Severance. One newcomer, Lynn Henry, is seeking a seat on the Macon Town Board along with five incumbents, Carroll Harris, W. R. Shaw, Glenn Riggan, W. L. Edwards and Lucille Haithcock. The polls will open at 6:30 a. m. and close at 7:30 p. m. in all three municipalities. Warrenton voters will cast their vote at the Town of Warrenton Firehouse on Bragg Street and Norlina voters will cast their vote at the Norlina Volunteer Fire Department on Center Street. In Macon, the Town Hall will be the polling place. Warrenton Town Manager Pete Vaughan said yesterday that 594 voters are registered in Warrenton, but town officials in Norlina and Macon were uncertain of the exact number of voters registered in their municipalities. Miss Brown Chosen As Morehead Entry A Warren Academy senior has been selected as Warren County's nominee for the John Motley Morehead Scholarship at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Julius Banzet, III, chairman of the selection committee, announced this week that Debra Jean Brown, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wallace E. Brown of Vaughan, was selected from among five other applicants. Miss Brown, a member of the Beta Club, Student Council, and Monogram Club at the academy, is also a cheerleader and editor of the school annual. She has been active in athletic and extracurricular activities, and plays on both the academy's softball and basketball teams. She is also a member of Vaughan Baptist Church. During 1982-83, 256 Morehead scholars studied at UNC-CH, along with 42 Morehead fellows. There were 70 freshmen Morehead scholars and 11 new Morehead fellows enrolling this fall. Miss Brown will compete with nominees from seven other counties in a district selection later this year. Norlina Incumbent Has Criticism For Members A veteran Norlina commissioner who is seeking re-election in next Tuesday's municipal election has accused his fellow board members of disregarding budgetary guidelines and has called on town voters to make a "big change In our local government." R. Ben Lloyd, who has spent eight years on the board, said in a prepared statement this week that "it is time for every concerned citlien in Norlina to wake up and find out what's going on in your local government "I am a concerned citizen and I am in a position to know," Lloyd said. "We need some new, better qualified and business minded people on this board, people who know what a budget is and will abide by It" Lloyd charged that some of the current board members "have been partial to their friends" and he said he had no part in that action. "A lot of things have been going on that I did not approve of," Lloyd said. "I don't believe in partiality—I believe in doing what's right by everyone, regardless oi race." MISS BROWN The Morehead Awards program was established in 1945 by the late John Motley Morehead, a native of North Carolina and 1891 graduate of UNC-CH. Awards are presented each year to public high school and independent school seniors selected on the basis of leadership, academic standing, character, and physical vigor. Because the awards are based solely on merit,financial need is not considered. More than 1,400 Morehead Scholars have graduated from the university. Other applicants from Warren County were: John Clark, Warren Academy; and Lynne Overby, Sherry Wilson, Joyce Baskerville, and Stacey Lawhorne, Warren County High School. In Hospital Patients in Warren General Hospital on Tuesday afternoon were listed as follows: Rebecca Solomon, Wright Nelson, Rosa Jackson, Laura Perry, George Davis, James Hymon, Mollie Bogues, Otis Shearin, Jessie Richardson, Irene Alston, Lucy Walker, Magnus Taylor, Mollie Dye. Survey Is Planned A historical survey of Warren County I churches will be undertaken by the Warren The association is asking thit church leadS era furnish the association with the name of | their church, the date organised, the mailing | address and the actual location, including | road number and township. The IflfonnaOor should be sent to the | Warren County Historical Association, Rt 2,
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