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Volume 86 25® Per Copy Warrenton, County Of Warren, North Carolina Wednesday, November 9, 1983 Number 45
Commissioners Reject Hospital Trustee Nominations
By KAY HORNER
Staff Writer
Warren County commissioners Monday rejected
all five nominations for the Warren General
Hospital Board submitted by hospital trustees and
appointed four members nominated by their own
body.
Those elected to four-year terms on the ninemember
board are: Mrs. Anna Butler, Democratic
chairperson for Warren County; John Andrews,
plant manager for Carolina Sportswear; and Attorney
Ronnie Reaves, all nominees of Commissioner
Francis Alston; and Nathaniel Davis, a building
contractor nominated by Commissioner George
Shearin.
Commissioner Jack Harris voiced his opposition,
after the vote, to the reappointment of Davis, a
current board member, to another term.
Last July, Davis appeared before the county
commissioners and accused hospital administrator
Frank Hinson of misuse of hospital petty cash funds
and of use of hospital vehicles for personal errands.
"He (Davis) circumvented the board, which at
that time had a committee working on the
problem," Harris said. He also stated that such a
practice was "not good on anybody's part."
The hospital board initiated tighter restrictions on
the disbursement of petty cash funds, but found no
wrongdoing on the part of Hinson.
The hospital board had nominated Allen Adcock,
Rebecca Williams, J. B. Lewis, Gordon Limer, and
Grace Miles to the board.
Harris nominated the first four on the trustees'
list at Monday's meeting, but the four vacancies on
the board were filled by a majority vote before
those four came up for vote.
In other appointments, the commissioners voted
unanimously on the recommendation of the Warren
County Planning Board to appoint Selby Benton to
another four-year term on the board.
The following members were appointed by acclamation
to the Region K Emergency Medical
Services' Advisory Council for one-year terms:
William Skinner, Dennis Paschall, Gene Pierce,
Frank Hinson, Dr. Kirit Trivedi, and Arlene Stevenson.
All but Ms. Stevenson were reappointments.
The commissioners also voted unanimously to
reappoint Bessie Shearin and to appoint L. C.
Cooper to three-year terms on the Kerr-Tar Aging
Advisory Council.
Christmas
Parade Date
Is Dec. 10
Warren County's annual
Christmas parade
will be held Saturday,
Dec. 10, at 10 a. m.
The announcement of
the parade date was
made yesterday by
Walter Gardner, parade
chairman.
Bands, marching
units and floats will
parade along Warrenton's
Main Street along
a route yet to be determined.
Gardner said prize
money will be given in
both the religious and
secular categories.
First prize in each division
will be $50. Second
prize will be $30 and
third prize will be $20.
Tentative plans call
for Christmas lights to
be put in place by members
of theWarren County
Jaycees prior to the
parade date.
Persons or groups
wishing to enter are
asked to contact Gardner
at Warrenton Insurance
and Real
Estate, telephone 2573104.
Businesses and industries
wishing to enter
commercial floats or
rent a float should contact
Brad Carroll at
First-Citizens Bank,
telephone 257-2421.
In Hospital
Patients in Warren
General Hospital on
Tuesday afternoon were
listed as follows:
Solomon Faulcon,
Wright Nelson, Rosa
Jackson, Laura Perry,
George Davis, Zeb
Grooms, Roy Harris,
Theo Williams, Mollie
Bogues, Geraldine Hinson,
Willie Bobbitt,
Albert Green, Virginia
Suggs, Min Yancey,
Velma Knight.
The Pony Express, representing the annual
church solicitation of funds, will be coming to Wesley
Memorial United Methodist Church in Warrenton
during the days ahead. Kicking off the drive was
the Rev. Jim Summey, pastor and "route rider,"
who is shown aboard his horse receiving a saddlebag
from Trail Bow Howard Oakley. Selby Benton,
{induce chairman of tlrf* •hiu">h. looks an.
(Photo by Mary Hunter)
Delegations Address Norlina Board
By BIGN ALL JONES
Three delegations appeared
before the
Norlina Board of Commissioners
at their
monthly meeting on
Monday night. In spite
of this and a number of
other items to be transacted
the board concluded
its meeting in an
hour. All the commissioners
were
present.
The first delegation
consisted of Leigh
Traylor and Mrs. Lillian
Kilian, president of the
Norlina Library.
Traylor acted as spokesman
and told the commissioners
of plans to
relocate the town's
Christmas tree from a
point between Hyco
Street and the railroad
to a position in front of
the library. This will
save the expense of installing
a pole to hold a
special meter and its installation
and removal.
The cost of electric
current to light the tree
has for several years
been paid by the town,
according to meter
reading. Traylor
suggested that with the
current furnished from
the library, that the
town pay the difference
between the normal bill
of the library and the increase
for the period the
tree is in operation be
paid by the town. The
commissioners agreed
to this proposal.
Mr. and Mrs. James
Marvin Jones appeared
before the commissioners
seeking
relief from washing of
soil from the road
leading to their home
on to their yard. Mayor
Davis informed the
couple that the town was
short of money and
would have to postpone
action until the town
received notice of its
revenue sharing.
However, this section of
Norlina is to be rebuilt
under a block grant. The
commissioners expressed
the hope that
the problem will be
solved by building a new
road.
Mr. and Mrs. Freddie
Atkinson of West Darden
Street appeared to
complain of blockage of
their sewage line.
James Boyd, street and
water superintendent,
said that he has been
working on the
problems, and would
continue his efforts.
The General Assembly
in 1980 passed a bill
forbidding municipalities
to tax county ABC
property. Monday night,
Mrs. Mae Gums, town
clerk, told the commissioners
that she had
received a letter from
Mrs. Bernadine Ballance,
chairman of the
Warren County ABC
Board, notifying the
commissioners of the
law, and asking for a
refund of the tax
illegally paid for 1980,
1981, and 1982. The total
amount requested for
the three years was
$316.20. No action was
taken by the commissioners.
Mrs. Gums told the
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At Norlina, Warrenton
Newcomers Win
5 Board Seats
By HOWARD JONES
Newcomers won a
total of five town board
seats at Norlina and
Warrenton Tuesday as
voters made their
wishes known in
municipal elections held
in three Warren County
communities. Only at
Macon did all the incumbents
win, and there just
barely.
Norlina voters
created the biggest
change in board composition
when they
ousted two incumbents
and replaced a third
who did not seek reelection.
Veteran commissioner
James Overby and
first-term commissioner
William
Leonard were casualties
of the Norlina election,
which saw 369 of the
town's citizens go to the
polls.
At Warrenton, longtime
commissioner
William K. Lanier, Jr.
lost a bid for re-election.
Macon voters, 59
strong, voted to keep
their board intact, but
only by the slimmest
margins.
The only nonincumbent
in the race at
Macon, Lynne Henry
failed by a single vote to
tie for a spot on the fivemember
board. The
vote at Macon showed
Carroll Harris and
Glenn Riggan leading
the way with 49 votes
each, Lucille Haithcock
with 41, W. R. Shaw with
40, W. L. Edwards with
39 and Lynn Henry with
38.
At Norlina, James
Vaughan, completing
his first term, led the
way among board candidates
with 272 votes.
Three newcomers —
Dwight Pearce with 262
votes, Eleanor Hayes
with 261 andK. C. Severance
»with 254 — were
next and four-term
councilman R. B. Lloyd
was fifth with 225 votes.
Leonard polled 159
votes, Overby polled 154
and newcomer Kay
Bennett was the choice
of 90 voters.
Former mayor W. A.
Miles was high man
among board can(Continued
on page 13)
Advantages Of $275,000 Project Debated
Pros And Cons Of Soil Survey Discussed On Monday
Warren County Commissioners heard the pros
and cons on the valuo of a Progressive Soil Survey
for Warren County in their regular meeting Monday.
Representatives of the U. S. Soil Conservation
Service in Raleigh spoke in favor of the project, and
Nathaniel White, retired Soil and Water Conservation
District Supervisor for the county, spoke
against the project
The survey would take anywhere from three to
five years, officials estimate, and would involve the
mapping of the entire county for soil types.
The cost, which has been projected in the area of
$275,000 or $1 an acre, would be shared equally by
the U. S. Soil Conservation Service, the state, and
the county.
According to Glenwood Newsome, county
manager, the county would pay its portion over a
three-year period.
In North Carolina, 74 of the state's 100 counties
have completed or are in the process of completing
Progressive Soil Surveys.
White, at the request of H. Travis Pulley, chairman
of the Warren County Soil and Water Conservation
District Supervisors, read to the commissioners
a Nov. 1 letter to Pulley outlining his objections
to the survey.
Among them was the fact that soil surveys are
currently available from the Soil Conservation Service
at no cost to the landowners or the county.
White's figures, based on a population in the county
of 20,000, reflected a cost of the survey, per
capita, at $13.50. On the premise that only one-third
of the county's citizens pay property taxes, be
estimated that the cost per taxpayer would be
$44.56.
Pulley, after the meeting, said that he was in
agreement with White's comments. "At this time,
I'm not totally in favor of the survey," he said. "I'm
against what it might cost the county. I'm in favor
of the survey if we can get it without cost to the
county," he said, noting that the survey is a
valuable tod, but too cost prohibitive at this time.
A sanitarian and real estate agent from Vance
County, which recently published a Progressive Soil
Survey, spoke on behalf of the project.
Jim Kelly, Vance County sanitarian, noted that
the survey had provided his department with
"quick reference" including aerial photographs and
had provided valuable information on land use as it
relates to sewage and solid waste disposal.
Letters from staff at the Vance County
Agricultural Extension Service and the Vance
County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation
Service outlining the benefits of the survey for their
work were also presented to the commissioners.
The state Legislature in 1967 authorized $300,000
to accelerate the survey rate throughout the state in
keeping with a program by the U. S. Soil Conservation
Service to have soil surveys throughout the
country by the year 2,000 or so.
Before a Progressive Soil Survey can be undertaken,
the county commissioners and the Warren
County Soil and Water Conservation District must
approve the project
By 3-2 Vote
County Manager
Vacancy Declared
By KAY HORNER
Staff Writer
Warren County commissioners
emerged
from an executive
session Monday afternoon
and voted three to
two that the county
manager's position will
be vacant as of January
1 and that they will
begin immediately to
accept applications for
the position.
As part of the motion,
it was noted that the application
of the current
county manager, Glenwood
Newsome, would
also be considered.
The county manager
is one of four positions
that by state statute
serve at the pleasure of
the county commissioners.
The other three are
the county tax collector,
deputy tax collectors,
and county tax supervisor.
The commissioners
have already reaffirmed
personnel in these
positions.
Although Newsome is
under contract until
June 30, 1984, Mrs. Eva
M. Clayton, chairperson
of the commissioners,
received a ruling from
the N. C. Attorney
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Warren Registers
8th Traffic Fatality
Warren County
recorded its eighth traffic
fatality of the year
early Saturday morning
when a single-car crash
killed an Oxford man
and hurt two others
slightly.
Trooper Thomas
Wright said the wreck
occurred on a curve of
Highway 1001 a short
distance from the Vance
County line. The wreck
took place about 1:30 a.
m.
Wright said Timothy
N. Norwood, 21, of Rt. 4,
Oxford was driving west
on the Warrenton-Henderson
highway when he
entered a curve and lost
control of his car. The
car went 600 feet, down
an embankment and
through a yard until it
rammed a tree.
Clark and a passenger
in the car, Lee Alkens,
21, of Rt. 4, Oxford, were
taken to Maria Parham
Hospital in Henderson
for treatment of in
juries, and soon
released.
Wright charged Clark
with driving while impaired
by alcohol,
speeding and felonious
death by vehicle. The officer
said that Clark
recorded a .12 blood
alcohol level when he
was administered a
breathalyzer test about
4:30 a. m. A .10 blood;
alcohol level is con-'
sidered legally under
the influence of alcohol
in North Carolina.
Clark was Jailed in
Warrenton, and later
released under a $1,000
bond. Wright said the
car was a total loae.
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