* """
^ > '
V»rr«atoBi«a.Library Z
1::: r::Warren fttcotfc
Volume 87 25< Per Copy Warrenton. County Of Warren. North Carolina Wednesday, July 25, 1984 Number 30
The driver and three passengers in this Cadillac were injured
Friday when it overturned after being sideswiped by a pick-up
truck that lost its left front wheel on U. S. 1 west of Norlina. All of
those injured were from out of state, and two were still hospitaliz
ed this week in Duke University Hospital.
(Photo by Gilbert Hllliard)
Seven Hurt In Warren Wrecks
Three people are still
hospitalized this week
following two accidents
Friday of last week in
which a total of seven
people were injured.
Mamie B. Toatley, 69,
of Baltimore, Md. and
Gardina Joyner, 70, of
Brooklyn, N. Y. were
listed in stable condition
yesterday at Duke
University Hospital with
spinal injuries and jaw
injuries, respectively,
following an accident
on U. S. 1 about four
miles west of Norlina.
Other persons injured
in the accident were
Wesley Toatley, 69, of
Columbia, S. C.; Lillian
Nam, 76, of Long Island,
N. Y.; William Shaw, 15,
of Norlina; and Susan
Marie Shaw, 16, of
Norlina. All were
treated and released
Figures Given
For Area Sales
The N. C. Department
of Revenue has released
analyses of state sales
and use tax collections
and gross retail sales
and of the local one per
cent and one-and-one
half percent sales and
use tax collections by
counties. Figures were
recorded for the month
of May.
On the state sales and
use tax collections table,
Warren County showed
gross collections of
$75,294 and gross retail
sales of $4,021,367
Reports from neigh
boring counties were:
Vance—collections of
$418,299 and sales of
$19,240,144; Franklin -
collections of $183,533
and sales of $10,810,749;
Halifax-collections of
$541,983 and sales of
$26,185,863; and North
ampton—collections of
$75,807 and sales of
$4,853,212.
The state total for
gross collections was
$90,423,821 and for gross
retail sales was $4,140,
218,132.
In the report of the
local sales and use tax
collections Issued by
Mark G. Lynch,
secretary of the Depart
ment of Revenue
Warren County's net
collections for the one
and one-half percent tax
were $40,255.
Vance County report
ed $202,660; Franklin,
$88,654; Halifax,
$286,216; and Northamp
ton, $42,785. Total colla
tions for the state were
$34,241,573.
from Maria Parham
Hospital in Henderson.
According to N. C.
Highway Patrol reports,
a pick-up truck driven
by Brenda Marie Dur
ham, 21, of Norlina was
heading north when the
left front wheel came
loose, causing the
vehicle to cross the cen
ter line and sideswipe a
vehicle driven by
Mamie Toatley.
Ms. Durham's truck
ran off the road to the
left after the impact,
struck an embankment
and overturned. Ms.
Toatley's car ran off the
road to the right, also
struck an embankment
and overturned.
Ms. Durham, who was
not injured, was
charged with driving
left of center.
The Shaws were
passengers in Ms.
Durham's truck, and
Wesley Toatley, Ms.
Joyner and Ms. Nam
were passengers in Ms.
Toatley's car.
The accident occurred
about 1:35 p. m. and
damages were
estimated at $5,000 to
Ms. Toatley's car and
$4,500 to Ms. Durham's
truck.
Trooper T. S. Wright
investigated the ac
cident.
A Lake Wales, Fla.
man is still hospitalized
this week in the burn
center of North Carolina
Memorial Hospital in
Chapel Hill following an
accident Friday on 1-85
three miles south of
Norlina.
Delfina A. Godinez,
39, was headed south on
the interstate, accord
ing to Trooper A. M.
Benne.l, and was
traveling slowly with no
lights on his car. The
vehicle ran onto the
right shoulder of the
road, then weaved back
into the path of a truck
driven by Samuel Albert
Tatum, 35, of Richmond,
Va.
The Godinez vehicle
was hit in the rear by the
truck and caught fire.
The car then ran off the
road and came to rest
facing north in the ditch
beside the southbound
lane.
The truck, which was
registered to Ryder
Truck Rental Co. of
Richmond, stopped in
(Continued on page 12)
Jim Hunt Gathering Set
The Warren County
Jim Hunt Committee is
hosting a barbecue sup
per for Governor Hunt
tonight (Wednesday)
from 7:30 to 9:30 p. m. at
the Warrenton Lions
Den.
The event is planned
in support of Governor
Hunt's bid for the U. S.
Senate seat now held by
Sen. Jesse Helms.
Special guest for the
evening will be David
Henderson of Warren
ton, a member of the
Duke University Varsity
basketball team and a
graduate of Warren
County High School.
A contribution of $10
per person can be made
at the door.
Breakout First In Two Years
Convict's Escape Is Short-Lived
By MARY C. HARRIS
Staff Writer
Monday marked the
end of a two-year
escape-free period for
the N. C. Department of
Correction Unit in
Warren County, as
Rudolph Hinnant, 32
year-old black male,
scaled a prison fence for
a short taste of freedom.
According to Mrs.
Patty McQuillan, public
information officer with
the state correctional
department, the escape
occurred about 2:15 p.
m. as Hinnant, who is
serving an 18 to 24
month sentence for
resisting arrest, driving
while intoxicated, and
driving to the left of the
center line, was
engaged in an outside
work detail. Actually, he
was working inside the
prison fence, in an area
where there are no
guard towers.
Hinnant had been im
prisoned since May 18,
and had one previous
escape charge from the
Nash County unit.
He was captured
about 8:30 p. m. in a
wooded area about six
miles west of the prison
unit, near the Cokesbury
community. He was on
foot and offered no
resistance. Bloodhounds
from the units in John
son and Person counties
were instrumental in the
capture.
Hinnant was taken to
Warren General
Hospital for treatment
of scratches sustained
when he scaled the fence
during the escape. He
was released and
returned to the Warren
County prison unit.
The last previous
escape from the local
unit was on June 28,
1982.
Memben of the WUe-PaschaD Rurttan Ctnb were
on hand Monday night when Tom Spain (center),
president of the club, presented the dab's award for
outstanding service to John W. King, Jr.
posthumously. Receiving the award on behalf «f
King's family was Everett Hag, vice president sf
the dob. (Staff Photo)
Boards Ask State
To Aid Financially
Troubled Hospital
By KAY HORNER
News Editor
Warren General Hos
pital trustees and War
ren County commission
ers voted last Wednes
day in a joint meeting to
tap the resources of the
N. C. Department of
Human Services (DHA)
in converting the fi
nancially troubled coun
ty hospital into a viable
health care facility.
Jim Bernstein *ith
the department's Office
of Rural Health has of
fered to conduct a study
of alternative modes of
health care, and Mrs.
Eva M. Clayton, chair
person of the com
missioners and the
hospital task force, said
there was the possibility
that DHA might provide
an administrator for the
hospital while the study
is being conducted.
Warren General is the
first county-owned
hospital in the state to
seek alternatives to in
patient, long-term care.
Bernstein, who assisted
the hospital task force in
its deliberations, has of
fered his department's
services in hopes that
the study will assist
other hospitals in char
ting their future.
Among tne alter
natives to the current 37
bed facility suggested
by the task force were a
geriatric and chronic
illness center, an outr
patient ambulatory ser
vice, and joint specialty
clinics with county
health agencies.
Bernstein, contacted
Monday at his Raleigh
office, declined to com
ment on the proposed
DHS study because he
had not been officially
notified of last Wed
nesday's yote and con
sequently had not
worked out specifics of
the program with coun
ty and hospital officials.
The motion to seek
DHS assistance was
passed unanimously,
but not before one hospi
tal trustee expressed his
concern that efforts to
alter significantly cur
rent services of the
hospital were being un
dertaken too quickly .
"We're carrying it too
far too fast in talking
about a health center,"
Glenn Riggan told the
group. "All of us realize
we need to make altera
tions. But we can't do it
overnight."
Riggan asked the
commissioners for a
commitment as to how
much they were willing
to help the hospital fi
nancially'
•'We need guidelines
from you all," Riggan
said.
While Mrs. Clayton
agreed that the trustees
should know their finan
cial resources, she cau
tioned that funds were
«. . it. J
limitea.
"We borrowed from
the schools for you (in
the 1964-85 budget) and
we caught holy hefl from
the schools," Mrs
Clayton said.
Commissioner Jack
Harris told Riggan the
board would do "all we
can" but he has persis
tently questioned
whether the county's
taxpayers would contin
ue to fund the hospital
operation without
changes.
"What you (the
trustees) are doing is
admirable, but the tax
payer cannot continue to
support Warren General
to the tune of $300,000 a
year."
The hospital was
allocated $340,000 in the
1964-85 county budget.
The hospital trustees
had in June requested
the county to help pay
an unexpected bill of
$181,000 to reimburse
the federal Medicare
program for overpay
ments to the hospital in
1982-83. The payment
was due in four equal in
stallments.
Nathaniel Davis,
chairman of the hospi
tal board, reported
Wednesday that two of
those payments had
been made from the
hospital's accounts
receivable budget, news
that was not well receiv
ed by Mrs. Clayton.
"In all due honesty,
you have crippled your
self again," Mrs.
Clayton said. "Receiv
ables are for opera
tion...I want to be de
lighted for you, but I
want to be realistic in
not deceiving you. Any
CPA will know that it is
bankrupt financing...I
don't feel we (the com
missioners) are relieved
of $180,000 because you
have pulled it out of your
operating expenses.''
Acting Hospital Ad
ministrator Amy Nor
wood explained that the
repayment of those
funds and the hospital's
payroll were priorities
and that efforts were
being made to cut down
on expenses wherever
possible.
The hospital's census,
which has been as low as
(Continued on page 12)
Dr. Haywood Named
Speaker For Meeting
Dr. L. Julian Hay
wood will be the guest
speaker and honoree for
the Annual Banquet and
Awards Program of
John R. Hawkins Alum
ni and Friends, Inc. on
Saturday, Sept. 1, when
a reunion of classes
1929-1969 will be held at
the J. Baker Plummer
Building on the Hawkins
School campus in
Warrentonat7p.m.
Dr. Haywood is the
son of Dr. Thomas W.
Haywood who practiced
medicine in Warrenton
for over 55 years. His
mother, Mrs. Louise V.
Haywood taught in the
public school system.
The younger Dr.
Haywood graduated
from John R. Hawkins
High School In 1944 and
In 1946 received a B.S.
degree with honors from
Hampton Institute in
Virginia. He received
his doctor of medicine
degree from Howard
University in 1952 with
honors for medical
research and psychiatry
studies.
Between 1953 and
1956, Dr. Haywood
served an internship in
Rochester, N.Y.,
received training at the
V.A. Hospital in
Roanoke, V«. and
Howard University, and
completed two years of
service in the U.S.
Navy.
He then moved to Loe
Angeles, Calif, to com
plete apeda?ty training
in internal medicine and
subspecialty training in
cerdWogy. ,
In IMS, he served as a
traveling fellow in cai
dtology with Sir George
jeering in Oxford,
Dt. Haywood has
•erved on the faculty of
DR. HAYWOOD
the College of Medical
Evangelists (now Loma
Linda University) and
in 1966 joined the faculty
of the University of
Southern California
School of Medicine
where he is currently
professor of medicine.
He also serves as
clinical professor of
medicine at Loma Linda
University and founded
the Los Angeles Coun
ty/University of
Southern California
Medical Center
coronary care unit, ser
ving as its director.
Dr. Haywood, who has
received numerous
citations and awards for
his professional and
civic work, currently
resides in Los Angeles.
He is married to the
former Virginia
Elizabeth Paige and has
one son, Julian Anthony.
Also appearing on the
Sept 1 program will be
Mrs. Edna Pinkey Rod
well, guest soloist, of
Richmond, Va.
For tickets or ad
ditional Information,
please contact Mrs.
Patsy T. Hargrove,
executive secretary of
Hawkins alumni, or
other members of the