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Volume 87 25c Per Copy Warrenton, County Of Warren, North Carolina Wednesday, May 16, 1984/ Number 20
Four Hurt
In Warren
Accident
By KAY HORNER
Staff Writer
Four Warren County
men were seriously in
jured around 10: IS p. m.
Saturday night in a
motor vehicles accident
on Rural Paved Road
1512 about 11 miles south
of Warrenton, according
to Trooper B. R. Pope of
the N. C. Highway
Patrol.
A1967 Buick driven by
George Washington
Freeman, Jr., 26, of
Warrenton was
traveling west on 1512
when it ran off the road
way to the right Free
man lost control of the
car, according to Pope,
and came back on the
roadway hitting head-on
a 1983 Chevrolet pickup
truck driven by Larry
McArthur Walker, 41, erf
Norlina.
Walker's truck was
forced off the road by
Freeman's vehicle. It
crossed the ditch em
bankment and came to
rest in a cow pasture,
Trooper Pope said.
Freeman was charged
with driving while im
paired, driving left of
center, and no opera
tor's license.
Both drivers and two
passengers in Walker's
truck, Lucas Allen
Hawks and Wesley H.
Bolton, both of Warren
ton, were Initially taken
to Warren General
Hospital for treatment.
Freeman and Hawks
were then transferred to
Duke University
Hospital and Walker
was transferred to
Maria Parham Hospital
in Henderson. All three
were listed in stable
condition Tuesday
night.
Bolton was trans
ferred to South Hill's
Community Memorial
Hospital and then taken
to Medical College of
Virginia Hospital in
Richmond. He was
listed in critical but im
proving condition.
Building Plans
Given Approval
Architectural plans
for construction of a new
Warren County Health
Department and
renovation of Warren
General Hospital were
given approval by the
county Board of Health
in its meeting Monday
night
The plans by the firm
of C. Robert Shields of
Rocky Mount are an out'
growth of meetings of a
joint hospital board and
board of health commit
tee, according to Joe
Lennon, county health
director.
The project, which the
architect estimates
would cost in excess of
$1.2 million, has not yet
been presented to the
hospital trustees or the
county commissioners.
In addition to the joint
committee, a Joint Task
Force on Warren
General Hospital has
also been working to
determine how the coun
ty can best utilize its
medical facilities. The
task force, appointed by
the county commission
ers, has not made any
recommendations to
date to the commission
(Continued on page IS)
Warren School Supt. Mike Williams makes a telephone call in an attempt to
raise ISO "bail" in order to get out of a makeshift jail constructed on the Warren
County Court House Square by the Warren County Chapter of the American
Cancer Society for use during a Jail-A-Thon held Thursday and Friday to raise
funds for this year's cancer crusade. Williams, and scores of other county
residents, were "jailed" and had to solicit their way out. A goal of $1,000 was set
for the two-day event, but after 53 persons were "arrested" by area law en
forcement officers, more than $4,000 was raised. Persons were "arrested" af
ter unnamed persons paid $25 for each arrest. For an account of what happened
to some local people, see Page 11. (photo by Mary Hunter)
South End Of Warrenton
Street To Remain Closed
The south end of Bre
hon Street will remain a
deadend street, as it has
since the Henry Home
property was converted
from a pasture to a resi
dential section in the
1940's.
This was determined
at a regular meeting of
the Warrenton Commis
sioners on Monday night
when all the commis
sioners were present,
with Mayor B. G. White
presiding over the two
hour session.
Action of the board
was taken after Charles
T. Johnson, town attor
ney, had told the com
missioners that they had
the authority to regulate
traffic on the street in
any manner they con
sider for the best in
terest of the town. John
son also presented
several maps of the
property. He said that
the Stainbacks, who own
adjacent property,
would not be damaged
by closing the street as
they had other en
trances to their proper
ty.
During committee re
ports, Commissioner
Bobby Edmonds, chair
man of the street com
mittee, asked that the
board take some action
to resolve the matter of
the Stainback petition to
open the street.
Commissioner W. A.
Miles introduced a
motion that south
Brehon Street remain a
dead end street, with a
proper barricade being
erected at the end of
Brehon Street. The
motion was seconded by
Commissioner Phil
Terry Is Appointed
Probation Officer
Robert Terry, Jr., 34
year-old native of
Warren County, has
been assigned to Warren
County as adult proba
tion and parole officer,
succeeding George
McGhee, who has been
transferred to Greens
boro.
Terry, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Terry of Rt
2, Norlina, is a graduate
of North Warren High
School and received a
degree in behavorial
science from Shaw
University in Raleigh.
He served two years
in the U. S. Army and
four years in the North
Carolina National
Guard before being
honorably discharged
with the rank of
sergeant.
For 11 years Terry
was employed by
Carolina Telephone as
an installer and repair
man.
He is married to the
former Ivoria S.
Williams of the Shocco
Community of Warren
TERRY
County and they have
three children: Robert,
m, 12; LaTosha, 11; and
Cedric, 3. The family
makes its home on the
outskirts of Warren ton.
Terry's office is on the
second floor of the
Warren County Court
House.
Daniel. Voting in favor
of the motion were
Commissioners Miles,
Daniel, Bobby Ed
monds, and A. A. Wood.
Voting against the
motion were Commis
sioners Eddie Clayton,
Gordon Haithcock and
Charles M. White, III.
A request that Brehon
Street be opened in or
der that light trucks be
allowed to haul tobacco
to the recently pur
chased High Dollar
Warehouse (formerly
Thompson's Ware
house) brought strong
opposition from resi
dents of the develop
ment. The first meeting
in opposition was held at
the home of Mrs. Bob
Bright with a majority
of the citizens of the
development present.
A public hearing was
held at 7 p. m. on April 5
at the Warren County
Court House concerning
the petition to open
south Brehon Street.
More than 50 persons
were present at this
meeting, with several of
those present speaking.
Following this meeting,
the mayor anoiinced
that a decision would be
announced later.
The first hour of the
two-hour session of the
board Monday night was
taken up with a present
ment of an insurance
matter by Herman Sat
terwhite of Raleigh, a
representative of the
North Carolina League
of Municipalities.
During the hour Satter
white presented his
reasons for thinking the
board would be better
off with the League of
Municipalities' policy
than with the present
Blue Cross policy. No
action was taken by the
board pending further
study.
In addition to the
decision concerning
Brehon Street, the
commissioners heard
several routine reports
from committee chair
men during the second
hour.
Hiring Polic^~Cfiange
Is Sought For Schools
Better
Balance
Is Asked
Contending that a 50
50 racial ratio of teach
ers, paraprofessionals
and custodians within
the Warren County pub
lic schools system does
not fairly reflect the
racial ratio of the coun
ty's population, Board of
Education Chairman
enry Pitchford Monday
night called for a change
in the board's employ
ment practices.
His argument that at
tention needs to be given
hiring practices in order
to attract more minority
employees to the system
was echoed by Yar
borough Williams,
another black member
of the board, and by
Mrs. Kathy Wilson, an
Indian member.
Statistics given board
members Monday night
show that for the past
three years the number
of black certified school
employees stood at 52
percent, the number of
white certified em
ployees was 47 percent
and the number of In
dian certified em
ployees was one per
cent.
The statistics for non
certified personnel em
ployed by the Warren
system during the same
period was 72 percent
black, 26 percent white
and two percent Indian.
While not calling a
change in the hiring
practices a move in the
(Continued on page 11)
Separate Knife
Attacks Listed
Three incidents in
volving knife wounds
were reported to the
Warren County Sheriff's
Department over the
weekend, according to
department reports.
Lonnie Ray Richard
son, 31, of Hollister is
being held in Warren
County Jail on $2,600
bond on a charge of
assault with a deadly
weapon in connection
with an incident Satur
day around 9:30 p. m. at
Teen Lynch's Pool
Room In Areola.
According to reports,
Richardson allegedly
cut the left wrist of Sher
man Johnson, 18, also of
Hollister, almost in half.
Johnson was taken to
Halifax Memorial
Hospital for treatment
Sheriffs Deputy Law
rence E. Harrison in
vestigated.
A warrant has also
been issued but not ser
ved on McCall Bullock
Thornton, 28, of Manson
on a charge of breaking
and entering and
assault.
The warrants were
taken out by Gladystine
Henderson, also of Man
son, who said she stab
bed Thornton in the
back after he broke Into
(Continued on page 11)
DR. FRAZIER
DEBRA BROWN
JOHN CLARK
Warren Academy Seniors
Slate Graduation Exercises
Baccalaureate ser
vices will be held at
Warren Academy on
Sunday, May 20, at 8 p.
m. with the Rev. James
L. Summey, pastor of
Wesley Memorial
Methodist Church
delivering the sermon.
The Rev. Thomas
Currie and Karl Daeke,
a senior, will also par
ticipate iii the service.
Commencement exer
cises will be held on
Thursday, May 24, at 8
p. m. with Dr. S. David
Frazier, president of
Peace College, giving
the address. Dr. Frazier
received an A. B. in
history from Carson
Newman College, an M.
S. from the University of
Tennessee, and a Ph. D.
from Florida State Uni
versity.
Prior to becoming
president of Peace
College in 1965, Dr.
Frazier had served as
admissions counselor at
the University of
Georgia and dean of stu
Local Hopefuls Call
For 2nd Primary
Warren County voters
will return to the polls
June 5 to vote in a run
off election for the
Warren County Register
of Deeds and the
District 5 seat on the
County Board of Educa
tion.
According to L. C.
Cooper, chairman of the
Board of Elections,
Margaret J. Pettaway,
a teacher's aide at
Mariam Boyd Elemen
tary School, has filed for
a run-off in the Register
of Deeds race against
incumbent Jim H. Hund
ley of Norlina.
Joyce D. Odom, a
former member of the
Board of Education, has
filed for a run-off in that
board's election. She
will face Cora T. Wat
son, a retired school
teacher.
If a candidate fails to
get 51 percent of the vote
in an election, the run
ner-up may ask for a
run-off.
dents and admissions at
Young Harris College in
Georgia. He was also a
visiting lecturer in
student personnel at
North Carolina State
University and is a
member of many
professional and civic
organizations.
Under Dr. Frazier's
leadership, Peace
College has become one
of the most outstanding
private junior colleges
in the Southeast.
Others on the gradu
ation program are the
Rev. Gary Parker,
Debra Brown, Robert
Fleming, John Clark,
and B. L. King. Mrs.
Gary Parker and
James Davis with Mrs.
Monroe Gardner, organ
ist, and Mrs. Julius
Banzet, III, pianist, will
provide the music. The
public is invited to at
tend.
John Randall Clark,
son of Mr. and Mrs.
James T. Clark of Lit
tleton, has been named
valedictorian of the
Class of 1984. He has
served his class as vice
president for two years
and as its representa
tive to the student coun
cil for three years. He
(Continued on page 11)
Warren Methodists Plan
Combined Revival Services
The 11 United Metho
dist congregations of
Warren County will ob
serve revival services
May 20-23, at Hebron
United Methodist
Church near OakvUle.
These services, which
mark the 200th anniver
sary of Methodism in
America, will begin
nightly at 7:30 p. m. The
Rev. J. Thomas Smith,
Raleigh District super
intendent, will be the
guest minister for this
commemorative event
Hebron United Metho
dist Church is said to be
one of the county's best
preserved historic
houses of worship, and
the oldest existing struc
ture for worship in the
Raleigh District of the
United Methodist
Church.
A covered dish meal
will help to kick off the
special event on Sunday
evening, May 20, at 6:00
p. m. on the grounds of
Hebron Church. Area
choirs will bring special
music.
On Sunday night, Zion
and Shocco United
Methodist choirs will
provide special music.
On Monday night, the
choirs of Jerusalem and
Zion United Methodist
churches will sing.
Tuesday night, the
Shady Grove United
Methodist Church choir
will bring the message
in song and Wednesday
night, the choir of
Norlina United
Methodist Church will
sing.
These services will
help to celebrate 200
years of Methodism in
America, but all
residents of Warren
County and the sur
rounding area are in
vited to attend.
Hebron United
Methodist Church is
located on state road
130$ between Oakville
and Pive Forks.
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J. THOMAS SMITH