Racial Composition Listed
Enrollment Figures Less
Than Had Been Projected
Enrollment in Warren
County schools on Mon
day was 124 students
short of local projec
tions, Supt. Mike
Williams informed the
Warren County Board
of Education of Monday
night.
Williams told the
board that local officials
had expected 3,250
students to enroll this
fall. By Monday, the
fifth dav of the 1984-85
term, a total of 3,126 had
enrolled.
While the enrollment
was down, Williams said
it would not affect teach
ing allotments for this
year. Future allotments
will be based on enroll
ment as of the tenth
school day.
While the system was
short of local projec
tions,it also fell below
projections generated
by the controller of the
State Board of Educa
tion, which is the basis
for the allotment of state
funds for teacher and
aide positions. The fifth
day enrollment fell 74
short of state projec
tions.
The board memoers
were also furnished with
the racial makeup of all
nine Warren County
schools based on second
day enrollment figures.
Northside School
reported 78 white and
274 black students.
North Warren reported
54 white students and 203
black students.
Vaughan reported 76
white students and 124
black students. Norlina
reported 61 white
students and 181 black
students. Mariam Boyd
reported 48 white stu
dents, 235 black students
and 56 Indian students.
Hawkins reported 30
white students, 186
black students and 43
Indian students. South
Warren reported 23
white students and 197
black students. John
Graham reported 31
white students, 168
black students and 32
Indian students. Warren
County High School
reported 1% white
students, 694 black stu
dents and 67 Indian stu
dents.
System-wide, accord
ing to figures supplied
by the superintendent,
the schools were com
posed of 20 percent
white students, 74 per
cent black students and
six percent Indian
students.
In other action Mon
day night, the Board of
Education:
—Approved a request
from Susie H. Bailey
that her son, Bryant,
grade four, be permitted
to attend school in
Warren County. The ap
proval was contingent
ort approval of the
student's release from
Vance County, where
the Baileys now reside.
—Heard a report from
Director Junell
Blaylock on the opera
tion of the program for
academically gifted
students in the school
system. She was accom
panied by Ardith Roddy,
one of two teacher* #
gifted students, whose
number now stands at
183.
—Nominated veteran
board member Henry
Bobbitt, who is stepping
down from the board
later this year, as a can
didate for the Raleigh
Dingman Award given
for outstanding boards
manship.
—Approved a request
from the North Carolina
School Boards Associa
tion that the Warren
County school system
contribute $880 toward
the purchase of a per
manent home in Raleigh
for the association,
which now rents office
space.
—Approved rental of
the former principal's
residence at North
Warren School to the
Joe L. Hunt family for a
monthly rented fee of
$55.
—Approved a school
calendar which calls for
the final day of classes
during the 1984-85 school
year to be on June 10.
Survey Is Planned
By Census Bureau
The U. S. Bureau of
the Census will conduct
its regular survey on
employment and unem
ployment in this area
during the week of Sept.
17-22, according to
Joseph S. Harris, direc
tor of the Bureau's
Regional Office in
Charlotte.
In September, addi
tional survey questions
will provide information
on incidence of and im
munization against cer
tain, primarily child
hood, diseases.
The survey is conduct
ed for the U. S. Depart
ment of Labor in a
scientifically designed
sample of ap
proximately 71,000
households throughout
the United States. Em
ployment and unem
ployment statistics
based on results of this
survey are used to
provide a continuing
measure of the
economic health of the
nation.
For example, in July
1984 the survey in
dicated that of the 113.9
million men and women
in the civilian labor
force, 105.4 million were
employed. The nation's
unemployment rate rose
to 7.5 percent.
Information supplied
by individuals par
ticipating in the survey
is kept strictly confiden
tial by law and the
results are used only to
compile statistical
totals.
DRAFFIN
Draffin Given
Hospital Award
Pat Draffin, 13, of Rt.
1, Warrenton, has been
awarded a Certificate of
Appreciation from
Maria Parham Hospital
for volunteer services
he performed at the
hospital during the
summer.
Pat performed his
volunteer service in the
operating room. He
helped transport pat
ients to and from
surgery, picked up sup
plies for the surgery
suite, and did other
tasks as requested by
operating room person
nel.
One of nine junior
volunteers who served
at the hospital, Draffin
was the only one
working in the operating
room area. He is the son
of Pam Draffin, a regis
tered nurse who is the
unit supervisor of the
operating room and
Doug (Dee) Draffin, the
hospital's admissions
supervisor.
Pat is an eighth
grader at Norlina Mid
dle School where he is a
member of the football
and baseball teams.
Special Course
Slated At VGCC
To help train persons
interested in the metal
working trade as it
relates to machinery
operations, Vance
Granville Community
College will offer an
evening course on
Machine Shop Theory
and Practice beginning
in September.
The course will be
divided into two sec
tions, with Part I
scheduled Sept. 17-Nov.
28. Classes are to be of
fered Mondays and
Wednesdays from 6 to 10
p. m. on campus. Three
and one-half credit
hours will be given those
completing Part I of the
curriculum.
Students will be orien
ted to the machine shop,
safety, basic hand tools,
and shop measuring in
struments. Operations
on engine lathes,
drilling machines,
metal cutting saws,
milling machines and
bench grinders also will
be covered. Larry
Koshada of Durham will
serve as instructor.
Persons interested in
enrolling are asked to
contact the Office of Ad
missions. Registration
is slated Sept. 11 and 12
from5:30to8p. m.
Auction Termed Success
An auction last Satur
day of surplus property
belonging to Warren
County grossed $1,400,
according to County
Manager Charles
Worth.
A total of 77 items,
predominately office
equipment and furnish
ings, were auctioned.
Worth said most of the
items were old and out
dated and had been
stored after being
replaced.
It will be up to the
county commissioners
to determine how the
proceeds from the auc
tion, the first of its kind
Applications Sought
For Next HRD Class
Applications are now
being received for the
next Human Resources
Development (HRD)
class scheduled in Octo
ber at Vance-Granville
Community College.
Registration dates for
the session, to run Oct. 1
through Nov. 22, will be
Sept. 20 and 21.
HRD seeks to assist
unemployed persons ob
tain gainful employ
ment at local businesses
and industries. The
program also helps per
sons to gain further
training in specialized
occuptional areas, ac
cording to Terry E.
Garrison, director.
HRD classes focus
upon development work
ethics and attitudes,
provide insight and
techniques for effective
job interviewing, allow
opportunities for
students to meet or
review high school com
pletion competencies,
and serve to assist
students in securing and
maintaining employ
ment.
Garrison added that
HRD should be of great
value to short- or long
term unemployed per
sons. For additional in
formation, interested
persons should contact
the HRD Office in room
1105 on campus or call
492-2061 or 693-4088.
"How can it be such a big project to budget the
piddling amount you make?"
conducted by the coun
ty, will be dispersed.
Worth said.
LOOT: 1983 WARREN
County High School
class ring with green
stone at John Graham
Football Field, Friday
night. Call 456^3179 -
Reward. s«p« 'H>