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VcHume 87 25c Per Copy > Warrenton, County Of Warren, North Carolina Wednesday, August 8, 1984 Number 32
Tobacco
Market
To Open
Mrs. Alice Marie
Robertson, sales super
visor for the Warrenton
Tobacco Market, has
announced the opening
of the local market on
August 9, with first sale
at Currin's Warehouse
at 9 a.m.
Area tobacco growers
are urged to sell their
crop at one of the four
warehouses operating in
Warrenton: Currin's,
operated by Owen
Robertson; Farmers,
operated by Gordon
Limer and Harry J.
Carter; High Dollar,
operated by Ronald E.
Stain back, C. J. Stain
back, M. P. "Bo"
Carroll and Glenn R.
Riggan; and Centre,
operated by Tommy
Wagner, E. M. Moody
and Robert Shearin.
Following the first
sale at Currin's, buyers
will move to Farmers
for second sale, High
Dollar for third, and
Centre for fourth.
First School
Day Announced
The first day of school
for students in Warren
County will be Orienta
tion Day on Aug. 21,
Mike Williams, superin
tendent, said this week.
Schools will open at
their regular time (ap
proximately 8:15 a. m.)
on August 21 and will
close that day prior to
lunch. The first full day
for students will be
August 23, and on this
day students will be of
ficially enrolled in
school.
Applications for lunch
will be distributed on
Orientation Day. Last
year's lunch prices will
be charged until new
applications are
processed.
Williams noted that
bus routes are essential
ly the same as last year,
but urged parents to
have their children out
early the first few days.
"If transportation
problems arise, parents
should contact the
school principal in
volved," Williams
noted.
New families in the
area should report im
mediately to the Central
Office for school assign
ments, rather than wait
until August 21, accord
ing to Williams. Parents
of children who will be
five years old by Oc
tober 16, who have not
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Tobacco Barn
Hit By Fire
The first tobacco bam
fire of the season was
reported here Tuesday
morning.
Malvln Haithcock,
Jr., of the Macon Rural
Volunteer Fire Depart
ment, said that a tobac
co barn, the property of
Glenn Riggan of Macon
and part of its tobacco
contents were destroyed
at 10:8 a. m. Tuesday.
The amount of the
damage had not been
estimated.
Haithcock said that
Ave members with a
pumper responded to
the nil.
Don Boulton (right), chairman of the Volunteer
Blood Services Committee of the Carolinas Region,
presents the Special Donor Recruitment Award to
Elaine Coleman (left) and Ree Robertson, volun
teers with the Triangle Area Chapter, Warren Coun
ty Service Center of the American Red Cross. The
Triangle Area Chapter is a four-county merged
chapter with headquarters in Raleigh.
Warren Receives Four
Top Red Cross Awards
The Warren County
Service Center of the
Triangle Area Chapter
of American Red Cross
Blood Services, Caro
linas Region, received
four awards—including
one for the most out
standing chapter in the
Carolinas Region — dur
ing the annual Regional
Blood Services
Recognition Conference
in High Point.
At the awards lun
cheon on July 26, the
chapter received three
Special Donor Recruit
ment Awards. Special
Awards are presented to
all chapters who
reached 100 percent or
more of their annual
collection goals. The
Warren Service Center
collected 130 percent of
its goal during the fiscal
year ending June 30.
The Warren County
Service Center received
an award for having the
highest percentage of
first-time donors of any
chapter in the Carolinas
Region during the past
year. The Carolinas
Region consists of 57
Red Cross chapters in
North and South Caro
lina. An additional
award recognized
Warren for having the
highest percentage in
crease in collections for
the past year as com
pared to the previous
year.
The Warren County
Service Center took top
honors at the Gold Cir
cle Banquet, also held
July 26, when it was
recognized as the most
outstanding chapter in
the Blood Services
Carolinas Region for
1983-84. The chapter
received a Gold Circle
Award in recognition of
its work in donor
recruitment during the
past year.
Winners of Gold Circle
Awards are chosen
based on a point system.
Chapters earn points
throughout the year for
excellence in donor
recruitment and Blood
Services efficiency. All
Red Cross Chapters in
the region are eligible to
earn a Gold Circle.
Warren earned more
points during the past
year than any other
chapter.
Gold Circle Awards
are presented each year
to the six chapters that
accumulate the most
points for overall
achievement in Blood
Services. An additional
Gold Circle goes to the
fixed collection site with
the best overall per
formance. There are
five fixed sites in the
region, including one in
Raleigh. Also, one
award is presented tu
the chapter with the
most outstanding record
in pheresis collections.
"We are very proud of
the volunteers and staff
of the Warren County
Service Center of the
Triangle Area Chapter
who have displayed ex
cellence in the area of
blood services," said
Dell Dillard of Char
lotte, chairman of the
volunteer Regional
Blood Services Commit
tee.
The Carolinas Region
consists of 57 counties in
North and South Caro
lina. To meet the needs
of patients in the 104
hospitals in the Region,
1,094 units of blood are
needed each day.
Proposed Budget
Is Given Council
A proposed budget
which calls for no tax
increase and which
provides for employ
ment of a second person
in the municipal build
ing was presented to
Norlina commission
ers Monday night. It is
expected to be adopted
following a public
hearing at 7 p. m. on
August 20 in the town
hall.
The tentative budget,
presented by Town
Clerk Mae Gums,
reflects only minor
spending increases and
will feature a 60-cent tax
rate, same as last year.
Mrs. Gums told com
missioners that the only
change in last year's
operating budget, ex
cept for slight increases
caused by inflation, is
the inclusion of $8,500 in
order to employ an
assistant in the town
hall.
Mrs. Gums said
general fund revenues
are expected to be
$117,913 during the 1984
85 year. Water fund
receipts are expected to
be $133,300, while
$26,076.98 is expected in
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Bureau Lists
Census Plans
For This Area
The U. S. Bureau of
the Census will conduct
a survey on employment
and unemployment in
the area during the
week of August 20-25,
according to Joseph S.
Harris, director of the
Bureau's Regional Of
fice in Charlotte.
This will be the first
month that data for this
ongoing survey will be
collected in this area,
Harris said.
Households in this
area are part of the
sample of 71,000 across
the country scientifical
ly selected to represent
a cross section of all U.
S. households.
The monthly survey is
conducted for the U. S.
Department of Labor
and provides the official
government statistics of
employment and unem
ployment. The June
survey indicated that of
the 113.9 million men
and women in the
civilian labor force,
105.7 million were em
ployed. The nation's
unemployment rate
dropped to 7.1 percent.
Information supplied
by individuals par
ticipating in the survey
is kept strictly confi
dential by law and the
results are used only to
compile statistical
totals.
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hospitals. "We hope that everyone will come oat
and eat with m and nuke this year Ok heat year
ever," HarreQ said. Fish win he served ham 11 a.
m.nntU 8 p.m. on August II. (Staff Photo)
Hopes Dashed
For Block Grant
Norlina's hopes of
receiving a Community
Development Block
Grant this year have
been shattered by state
officials who notified the
town earlier this month
that it would not receive
funding this year.
Town Clerk Mae
Gums confirmed Mon
day night the fact that
Norlina had been left out
of this year's funding
which was announced
Friday by Governor
James B. Hunt, Jr.
Mrs. Gums said she
was informed that the
town may resubmit
their application for the
block grant again next
year, at no additional
cost to the town.
Funds from the an
ticipated Norlina grant
would have been used
primarily to upgrade
facilities and homes in
the eastern area of
Norlina.
Mrs. Gums said that
Norlina failed by 20
points to win approval
for 1984 funding. She
said that she understood
that a large portion of
the block grant funds
had been diverted to aid
victims of March tor
nadoes which
devastated parts of
North Carolina.
While Norlina did not
fare well this year with
state funding, the
governor announced
that Warrenton is one of
69 governmental units
receiving grants
totaling $31 million.
Warrenton received a
$7,000 development
grant, similar to that
received months ago by
Norlina to prepare its
grant application.
Hunt said the unfor
tunate aspect of the
program is the very
small amount of funds
available, compared to
the large number of
requests for the federal
money. "Although our
economy appears to be
improving, the $112
million requested by
cities and counties in
dicates a continued
scarcity of local re
sources.
"But it also shows that
local officials have not
decreased efforts to im
prove the quality of life
in North Carolina,
especially for low to
moderate income citi
zens, those hardest hit
by an economic slow
down," he said. The
Governor noted that
over 80 per cent of each
project's funds will
benefit low to moderate
income individuals.
North Carolina's
Community Develop
ment Block Grant pro
gram was designed by
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Hearing Is Planned
Well Ordinance
Now Under Study
By KAY HORNER
New Editor
An ordinance govern
ing the construction, re
pair and abandonment
of wells in Warren
County is expected to be
adopted by county com
missioners after a pub
lic hearing on Septem
ber 4.
The board voted to
approve the well ordi
nance, subject to the
hearing, at the urging of
the Warren County
Health Department.
Marty Allen, environ
mental health coordina
tor with the depart
ment, told the commis
sioners that the state
had more stringent
regulations governing
sewer disposal than it
did water supplies.
"This is a fallacy,"
Allen explained. "The
homeowner goes with
the lowest bid (in well
construction). But the
cheaper well is not
necessarily as good a
well."
The ordinance pro
vides for the inspection
of newly-constructed
wells. In addition, it
addresses the pro
cedure for safe aban
donment of wells.
Allen related in
stances in other coun
ties where toxic wastes
such as pesticides have
been dumped in aban
doned wells rather than
being properly disposed
of.
"Once a ground water
source is polluted, it is
polluted permanently,"
Allen explained.
Joe Lennon, Warren
County health director,
said this week that little
or no opposition is
expected to the ordi
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New Physician
Comes To Town
One of two physicians
recruited by Warren
General Hospital to
practice in Warren
County has opened an
office on the hospital
campus in Warrenton,
according to Nathaniel
Davis, hospital board
chairman.
However, the other
physician has postponed
his decision, Davis said
this week, due to the un
certain future of the
hospital and the birth of
a child.
Derek C. Gardner,
who specializes in
urology, was in surgical
residency at Howard
University Hospital in
Washington, D. C.
before moving to
Warrenton. He will be
engaged in the practice
of general medicine
here.
A native of San Fran
cisco, Calif., Dr. Gard
ner is a 1979 graduate of
Howard University
Medical School and has
also completed five
years of surgical spec
ialty training in urologic
surgery.
His special interests
include infertility, im
potence and renal stone
disease.
Dr. Gardner, who will
be practicing as The Tar
Heel Urological Group,
said this week that he
hopes eventually to be
Joined by a Chapel Hill
physician.
Dr. Gardner's wife,
Donna, « certified
speech pathologist, will
be employed with
Warren County Schools.
The Gardners and
their daughter, Dereka,
are currently residing
on Ridgeway Street.
Another physician, N.
Moses Adiele, a family
practitioner from
Adelphi, Md., was also
scheduled to begin prac
tice in Warrenton last
month. Davis said if and
when Dr. Adiele makes
a decision to come to
Warrenton a contract
will have to be
renegotiated at that
time.
Warren General
Hospital usually
guarantees physicians a
minimum income for
their first year of prac
tice in Warren County,
an accepted practice in
rural areas where
physician recruitment is
difficult. In the past, the
amount guaranteed by
the county-owned
hospital has been
disclosed as a matter of
public record, but Davis
has declined to state the
amount guaranteed to
Dr. Gardner.
The hospital board
and Warren General
Hospital Task Force
voted last month to ask
the N. C. Department of
Human services 10 coo
duct a study to deter
mine how the finan
cially-ailing institution
can better serve the
needs of Warren County