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Volume 87 25c Per Copy Warrenton, County Of Warren, North Carolina Wednesday, September 5, 1984 Number 36
Fire Guts
Ridgeway
Homeplace
The old John Bender
homeplace in Ridgeway
was completely destroy
ed by fire during an
electrical storm around
1:30 a. m. Tuesday, ac
cording to Reuben
Holtzman, chief of the
Ridgeway Volunteer
Fire Department. Also
lost in the fire were all
the contents of the home
with the exception of a
freezer and a few kit
chen articles.
Living alone in the
home was Mrs. Lizzie
Bender, widow of John
Bender. Living on the
same lot as the John
Bender home was a
home occupied by her
son, Leonard Bender.
Kept awake by the
violence of the storm,
Leonard Bender saw his
mother's home was on
fire. He rushed over and
entered the home by
breaking a glass in the
front door of the home.
He cut his hand in the
process. His mother was
in bed and with her son
walked from the home.
Holtzman said that
Mrs. Lizzie Bender
worked as secretary for
Warren Tire Service in
Warrenton for many
years.
Firemen from Ridge
way, Drewry and
Norlina rural depart
ments responded to the
alarm. Then wee at
least 30 or 35 firemen in
all at the scene, Holtz
man said. Flames were
coning out of the roof of
the two-story frame
building when the first
fire unit arrived, Holtz
man said.
It is believed that the
fire was started by
lightning, which
probably hit an exposed
wire of a newly installed
air conditioner, the fire
chief said.
Robbery Try
Charge Made
Around eight o'clock
Friday night of last
week Milton Davis,
about 90, appeared at
Wise Truck Stop where
he allegedly harrassed
the cashier, and threat
ened to do her bodily
harm unless she gave
him what money was in
the cash register, it was
learned at the office of
the Warren County
sheriff yesterday after
noon.
The cashier refused to
give Davis the money
and he reportedly con
tinued his harrassment
until Deputies Lawrence
Harrison and Auxiliary
Deputy Johnnie Wil
liams arrived on the
scene following a
telephone call. Chief
Deputy B. D. Bolton, in
reporting the incident,
said he did not know the
identity of the caller.
The officers arrested
Davis, charged him with
attempted robbery and
carried him before
Magistrate Carson
Pridgen who found
probable cause and set
his bond at $2,500. Davis
raised the bond.
Saturday night Davis
is alleged to have ap
peared again at the
track stop although or
dered to stay away.
This time Harrison
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The Ernest A. Turner Citizen of the Year Award
was posthumously presented to Mrs. Cornelia W.
McGrier Saturday night during the annual banquet
staged by the John R. Hawkins Alumni and Friends,
Inc. Receiving the award given in memory of ber
mother is Mrs. Delores M. Rose. She is shown with
her husband, W. L. Rose, left, and Robert Jeffries,
who made the presentation.
Friends And Alumni Of Hawkins
School Have Reunion Saturday
John K. Hawkins
Alumni and Friends,
Inc. observed its twelfth
annual banquet and
awards program on
Saturday, September 1,
at the J. Baker Plum
mer Building on the
Hawkins School Cam
pus. The banquet began
at 7:30 p. m. with Patsy
T. Hargrove, executive
secretary, presiding.
Welcome was extend
ed by the Honorable B.
G. White, mayor of
Warrenton, followed by
greetings from the
Honorable Eva M.
Clayton, chairperson,
Warren County Board of
Commissioners and
Henry T. Pitchford, Jr.,
chairman, Warren
County Board of Educa
tion. Invocation was
given by the Rev. Nor
man T. Davis, executive
chaplain, after which a
delicious dinner catered
by Charlie Brown's of
Raleigh was enjoyed.
Mrs. Georgia J. Exum
introduced the 1984.
speaker/honoree for the
night, Dr. L. Julian Hay
wood, professor of
medicine at the Univer
sity of Southern Cali
fornia School of
Medicine and clinical
professor of medicine at
Loma Linda University
School of Medicine, who
was a member of the
graduating class of 1944.
In his opening
remarks, Dr. Haywood
quickly dispelled the
notion that he was here
seeking honor, and that
instead he was here to
honor his parents, the
late Mrs. Louise Hayley
Haywood and Dr.
Thomas W. Haywood,
and the many fine teach
ers at John R. Hawkins
Elementary and High
Schools and the influ
ence they and other in
structors had on his life.
Dr. Haywood spoke
about the contributions
made by blacks in medi
cine, the role of women
in medicine, and the
challenges of the
medical profession
today. Following his
message, a presentation
was made to him by
Robert Jeffries, co
chairman of the
executive scholarship
committee. Dr.
Haywood was accom
panied by his lovely
wife, Mrs. Virginia
Elizabeth Paige
Haywood, his son,
Julian Anthony, and his
Planning Board Rules
On Lakeside Requests
Consideration of lake
property took a major
portion of the August 30
meeting of the Warren
County Planning Board.
Chairman Selby Benton
presided over the
session, which was held
in the Industrial Com
mission board room.
The board accepted
the preliminary pro
posal submitted for
River Forest subdivi
sion section two, consist
ing of 42 lots and located
in River Township. John
T. Nelson and Clyde T.
Harris were recognized
as the developers of this
extension of the existing
section of River Forest.
Final approval was
given to four of the 42
lots, as the four lots are
located on an existing
paved road.
Further consideration
was given a proposal
submitted by Norman
Booker for a subdivi
sion. The board had
previously looked at the
proposal and had voted
a rejection in view of the
fact that the lots had no
proper right-of-way to a
state-maintained road.
The requirement has
since been met, and ap
proval for the sub
division was granted.
Board members
studied a land use map
for Swing Transport, a
trucking company for
which a terminal is
being constructed on U.
S. 1 near Ridgeway. It
was determined that
land use requirements
had been met, and ap
proval was given.
The final item of con
sideration was that of
possible zoning changes.
The board scheduled a
meeting for Thursday,
September 6, at 1 p. m.
to continue the zoning
discussion.
sister, Mrs. Jauncey H.
McDougle, of Oxford.
Two beautiful selec
tions were rendered by
Mrs. Edna Pinkney
Rodwell, class of 1957, oif
Richmond, Va. and she
received a standing
ovation.
Newly elected officers
for 1985-86 were install
ed by Charles Worth,
county manager, and
the oath of office given
to: Mrs. Patsy t. Har
grove, executive secre
tary; John Reavis, Jr.,
assistant executive
secretary; Miss Ella C.
Dunson, executive re
corder; Wilson Smith,
executive treasurer;
John Moore, executive
projects chairman;
Mrs. Dorothy Lawrie,
executive parliamentar
ian; the Rev. Norman T.
Davis, executive
chaplain; Mrs. Jennie J.
Franklin, executive
scholarship committee
chairperson and Robert
Jeffries, co-chairman of
the executive scholar
ship committee.
Mrs. Jennie J. Frank
lin then presented the
1984 scholarship recip
ients, who were Miss
Joyce Elain Basker
ville, Miss Gwendolyn
Delores Cheek, David K.
Hayes, Acie Wayne Hen
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The Melvin D. Tuns tall Alumni of the Year Award
was won by Mrs. Trudi Alston Hargrove of the
Northern New Jersey Chapter of the John R.
Hawkins Alumni and Friends, Inc. Accepting the
award for Mrs. Hargrove is Mrs. Nan K. Moore of
the New Jersey Chapter. Making the presentation is
Robert Jeffries, co-chairman of the Executive
Scholarship Committee.
(Photos by Gilbert Hilliard)
Anger Is Expressed
By Property Owners
At Board Meeting
New Law
Adopted
Warren County com
missioners Tuesday ap
proved an ordinance
governing the construc
tion, repair and aban
donment of wells in the
county as proposed by
the Warren County
Health Department.
The vote came after a
public hearing at which
only t>ne member of the
public was present.
The ordinance pro
vides for the inspection
of newly-constructed
wells as well as the
procedure for safe
abandonment of wells,
and will be implemented
by the environmental
health section of the
Health Department.
The commissioners
also voted their intent to
provide a 25 percent
matching grant of $7,490
to the Coordinating
Council for Senior
Citizens for the com
pletion of the Senior
Citizens Center on the
campus of the Hawkins
Elementary School. Ac
cording to Mrs. Bertha
Forte, chairperson for
the council, the remain
ing grant funds of
$22,469 will enable the
council to complete the
renovation project. The
county's funds will be
earmarked from the
budget's contingency
fund.
The commissioners
also voted to assume
ownership of a 1972 In
ternational bus which
will be used by the coun
ty Extension 4-H
Program. The bus will
be paid for by the Exten
sion Department, but
will be owned and in
sured by the company.
The vehicle, which
seats about 60, will be
available to other coun
ty agencies for their use,
and according to George
Koonce, extension
agent, a charge of 70
cents per mile will help
to defray maintenance
expenses.
In other business, the
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WOO LARD
Top Award
Is Won By
Woolard
A Warren County 4-H
agent has been named
one of the state's top 4-H
agents for 1984.
Glenn Woolard,
Warren extension agent,
4-H, received one of two
T. C. Blalock Outstand
ing Young 4-H Agent
Awards given to agents
with four to seven years
of service by the North
Carolina Association of
Extension 4-H Agents.
Ann Parrish, Lenoir
County associate exten
sion agent, 4-H, received
a similar award.
Sharon Swain, Gran
ville associate extension
agent, 4-H, and Phil
Leftwich, Iredell assist
ant extension agent, 4
H, received Outstanding
Young 4-H Agent
Awards for one to three
years of service.
The awards are given
in honor of Blalock, who
served as director of the
N. C. Agricultural Ex
tension Service from
July 1978 to December
1981. They were present
ed recently during the 4
H Agents Association
annual meeting in
Charlotte.
Woolard was cited for
increasing 4-H par
ticipation and camp at
tendance, conducting a
forestry-wildlife camp
for 100 youths, and ob
taining additional sup
port for the 4-H livestock
show and sale.
Bred Carrail, Warren too hanking executive, has
been nnmed chairman of the Warren County Exten
sion Advisory Coascil which assists in the operation
of the Extension Service. Carroll succeeds Charles
Hayes, left, as chairman, and Is expected to mcvc a
three-year term. Shown with the council memheri
is Russell King, right, Warrentoa Extension chair*
man. (Staff Photo)
Charges
Leveled
By KAY HORNER
News Editor
A Virginia developer
was the target of harsh
criticism from mem
bers of Eaton's Ferry
Property Owners Asso
ciation who Monday ap
peared before county
commissioners to "air
(their) grievances."
According to Jack
Brunton, association
president, property
owners in Eaton's
Ferry, a Lake Gaston
subdivision, have been
"subjected to profane
and abusive treatment
and threats of bodily
harm" by representa
tives of J. R. Brock's
West Lake Development
.Corp. and Lighthouse
Harbor Development
Corporation. Brock
owns three develop
ments which fall under
Eaton's Ferry Estates'
restrictive covenants.
The association on
August 22 was granted
in Warren County
District Court a prelimi
nary injunction prevent
ing Brock from tres
passing on property
owned by the associ
ation or from "willfully
removing or destroy
ing" its property. The
injunction was amended
the next day to allow his
use of existing roads
within the subdivision to
provide access to
property he owns in the
development.
The Warren Record
was unable to reach
Brock for comment
Tuesday afternoon, but
according to court
records, West Lake
Development Corp. last
week was denied a
motion for preliminary
injunction prohibiting
the property owner's
association from "con
tracting, harrassing or
interfering" with West
Lake's employees or
customers in connection
with the sale and
marketing of lots it
owns within the subdivi
sion.
One member of the
association, Elwyn
Thompson, charged that
Brock had bulldozed a
lot belonging to him to
provide a road to
property he (Brock)
owned.
"He took down my 'no
trespassing' sign and
threatened to take down
my fence," Thompson
told the commissioners.
Thompson also
charged that real estate
signs belonging to com
petitors had been
removed by Brock's
representatives.
Last spring, Brock an
nounced plans to locate
a multi-million dollar
townhouse complex on
the lake at Eaton's
Ferry Bridge, and Ms
proposal to locate a
sewage system to serve
the resort on an ll-acre
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