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Volume 87 25* Per Copy Warrenton, County Of Warren, North Carolina Wednesday, September 19, 1984 Number 38
Like the statue on this canoe ride at the Warren
County Fair, the Warrenton Lions are looking for
hundreds of fair-goers to take advantage of the en
tertainment offered by the week-long event which
they sponsor annually. The fair will ran through
Saturday, Sept 22, at the Warren County Fair
grounds, with entertainment by Inners Amusement
Company on the midway. (Staff Photo)
Rice, Enriched Flour Among Items
To Be Distributed Free In Warren
Surplus food from the
U. S. Department of
Agriculture will be
distributed to low in
come families in
Warren County by the
County Social Services
Department on Wednes
day, Sept. 26, according
to Julian Farrar, direc
tor.
Two items not pre
viously available, rice
and enriched flour, will
be distributed along
with cheese, milk, corn
meal and honey.
Distribution will begin
at 8:30 a. m. at the
National Guard Armory
in Warrenton and will
continue until 3 p. m. or
until all food items are
distributed.
The following scale
for family size and
monthly income,
respectively, will be
used to determine eligi
bility for the food items:
one, $540; two $728;
three, $917; four, $1,105.
Those now receiving
food stamps or their
representatives will
have to show their Food
Stamp ID Card and their
name must appear on
the current Food Stamp
Printout, Farrar said.
Those not receiving
food stamps will have to
sign a form at the
distribution site
declaring the amount of
monthly income, which
cannot exceed the
amounts indicated
above.
Anyone picking up
food items for an invalid
or house bound indivi
dual must bring a signed
statement from the in
dividual showing in
come level and approval
of the food to be
received by their
representative.
Volunteers are again
requested to help with
the distribution, Farrar
said. To volunteer, call
257-3242.
Ordinances Discussed At Session
Members of the War
rantor Planning Board
and town commission
ers met with Bob Chand
ler, chief of planning of
the N. C. Department of
Natural Resources and
Community Develop
ment, in an hour and a
half meeting in the
Town Hall at 7:30
o'clock on Tuesday
night. Mayor B. G.
White presided over the
meeting.
The purpose of the
meeting was to review
Planning Board and
Board of Adjustment
Ordinances. The or
dinances were read item
by item by Mayor
White, and discussed by
him, Chandler and plan
ning board members,
with suggestions for
changes offered by
each, and noted on the
ordinance pages. A copy
of these changes was
taken by Chandler for
further study and re
writing by Chandler's
department.
Chandler's re-writing
will have to be first ap
proved by the Planning
Board before adoption
by the Board of Com
missioners after a
public hearing.
Commissioners pre
sent at the Tuesday1"*
night meeting were
Gordon Haithcock, W.
A. Miles and Charles M.
White, III. Planning
Board members present
were Mrs. Herman S.
Andersen, McCarroll
Alston, Lee Cheek, Jeff
Palmer, Ann Harris and
Lawrence Boyd.
Balloon Brings Long Distance Friendship
By MARY C. HARRIS
Staff Writer
Twelve-year-old Kerry Harris of the Afton
Elberon community has learned that friendships
can be Initiated with unseen persons without tearing
grandmother's front yard.
On the September 3 birthday of her grandmother,
Mrs. Katie Joyner, also of Afton-Elberon, Kerry
launched a helium-filled balloon which her grand
mother had received as a birthday remembrance.
OB the outside of the balloon she attached a paper on
which was written her name and address, with the
hope that someone would discover the balloon and
notify her.
Ber hopes were realized on September 10, when ■
three-year-old girl, Bethany Gayle Reynolds of
Manchester, N. H., found the balloon during a visit
to her grandfather's farm in Callandi, Va., a small
farming community outside Chatham, Va. Kerry
recently received a letter written by the child's
mother, explaining that Bethany and her family
discovered the birthday balloon as they walked
along a dirt road leading to a pood on the farm.
Ironically, Bethany and her mother had celebrat
ed their birthdays on September 8, making the
balloon discovery a belated birthday surprise.
Kerry's mother, Mrs. Cecile Renn, related her
daughter's excitement at hearing from the finder of
the balloon. Kerry has written a letter to Bethany
and hopes to 'earn more about her new young
friend.
Kerry is also ik daughter of David Harris of
Warranto.
Warren Schools Have
Change In Principals
Three Posts
Are Affected
By MARY C. HARRIS
Staff Writer
At a special called
meeting of the Warren
County Board of Educa
tion on Friday, Sept. 14,
board members accept
ed the resignation of
Ben Howard, principal
of John Graham Middle
School, thereby prompt
ing additional changes
within the school
system. W. T. Ramey,
principal of North
Warren Elementary
School, was appointed to
fill the position vacated
by Howard, and Costel
Evans, assistant prin
cipal at Warren County
High School, was elect
ed to replace Ramey.
In announcing the
changes, which are ef
fective September 25,
Superintendent Mike
Williams expressed
regret at losing Howard
who he said "has been a
good principal and has
rendered fine service"
to the system. He added,
"However, we feel for
tunate to have two good
men to step in and fill
the vacancies."
Howard's resignation
resulted from his recent
appointment to the prin
cipalship of Woodlawn
Middle School in the
Alamance County town
of Mebane. The school
serves the eastern zone
of the county.
At the time of his
resignation, Howard
was beginning his 15th
year in the Warren
County system. Before
joining the staff at John
Graham, he had served
as principal of Vaughan
Elementary School for
three years, and prior to
that tenure, had taught
at John Graham High
School.
A native of Washing
ton, he earned the
Bachelor of Science and
Master of Arts in educa
tion degrees at East
Carolina University in
Greenville. ' He is
currently working
toward an educational
specialist degree at the
university. He has done
additional graduate
work at N. C. State
University in Raleigh
and the University of
North Carolina at
Chapel Hill.
Howard and his wife
Helen, a native of
Warren County, and
their children, ft-year
old Beth and 12-year-old
Jeff, will move from
their home in Afton to
Mebane.
He indicated that he
has enjoyed his time of
service with the school
system and hopes that
he has made some con
tribution to the educa
tion of the county's
children. Howard said,
"I look forward to a new
place, a new challenge,
and a new situation."
In replacing Howard
as the principal of John
Graham Middle School,
W. T. Ramey, m brings
17 years of experience
as s professional educa
tor. The Henderson
(Continued on page SB)
HOWARD RAMEY EVANS
Bids Are Being Sought
First Step Is Being Taken
To Repair Hospital Roof
By KAY HORNER
News Editor
The first step toward
repair of a badly de
teriorating roof at
Warren General Hos
pital is being taken this
week with advertise
ment of bids for the
work, according to
Charles Worth, county
manager.
The project, which is
being supervised by the
Rocky Mount architec
tural firm of C. Robert
Shields, will be funded
from a $152,000 grant
awarded the county last
March and $60,000 in
matching funds from
the county.
All of those funds
must be used for struc
tural improvements at
the facility, according to
the terms of the grant.
Funds remaining af
ter roof repair will be
used for renovation of a
nurse's station, Worth
said.
Leaks in the roof have
caused severe damage
to the interior of the
facility and have limited
the number of rooms at
the hospital which can
be utilized.
Shields, who was
authorized by the county
commissioners last year
to formulate a master
plan for Warren County
health systems, in May
presented a proposal for
renovation of the hos
pital in conjunction with
construction of a new
Health Department at a
total estimated cost of
$3,482,000.
The commissioners
have taken no action on
the proposal, and in July
turned to the N. C. Of
fice of Rural Health for
assistance in a study to
determine how the
financially troubled
hospital could be con
verted into a viable
health care facility.
In a related matter,
Worth said the hospital
this week was com
mended by the Division
of Facility Services of
the N. C. Department of
Human Resources for
recent improvement! in
the delivery of health
The Facility Services
staff periodically In
spects health care facili
ties as a part of on-going
certification for federal
Medicare and Medicaid
programs, Mrs. Amy
Norwood, acting
hospital administrator
said yesterday.
The commendation
was for general overall
improvements in
hospital operation, she
said.
Victim Improving
Mrs. King Injured
In Saturday Wreck
Warren County
Deputy Finance Officer
Roberta W. King at Lit
tleton was reported im
proving this week in
Halifax Memorial
Hospital in Roanoke
Rapids following an
automobile accident in
which she was injured
Saturday night.
The accident occurred
about 8 p. m., according
to lst/Sgt. S. S. Bailey
with the Highway
Patrol, on U. S. 158 near
the intersection with R.
R. 1349.
Also injured in the ac
cident was Erving Jack
son Carter, driver of the
other car, of RL 1, Lit
tleton and John
Jackson, a passenger in
Carter's car. Both were
treated and released
from Halifax Memorial
Hospital.
Mrs. King, 63, was
traveling west on U. S.
158 in her 1981 Ford
when a 1971 Oldsmobile
driven by Carter at
tempted to pass another
vehicle and struck Mrs.
King's car head-on.
Mrs. King's car was
knocked backward, ac
cording to reports, and
onto the shoulder of the
road before overturn
ing. Carter's car skid
ded around and came to
rest facing north on the
shoulder of the road.
Carter, 44, was
charged with improper
passing, no operator's
license and hit-and-run
driving.
Damage to Mrs.
King's car was
estimated at $4,000 and
damage to Carter's
automobile was listed at
$1,000.
When the accident oc
curred, Mrs. King was
returning home after
visiting her husband,
Robert, a patient at
Halifax Memorial
Hospital. He is recover
ing from injuries
received recently in a
tractor accident
$5 Million Plateau
y i
Reached By Growers
The Warrenton Tobacco Market passed the $6
million dollar maik In tales Tuesday as growers
presented offerings on four warehouse floors.
Mrs. Alice R. Robertson, sales supervisor, said
farmers Tuesday sold 408,964 pounds for $746,183.14,
for an average of $1M.M per hundred pounds.
Stabilization got 17 percent of the leaf.
For the 19M season, the Warrenton market has
sold 1,810,104 pounds for *6,406,81.44, for an
average of $176.48 per hundred pounds. Thus far this
season Stabilisation has received 90 percent of the
Mrs. Robertaon said ths Warrenton Market will
mnjktM gaies on Mnwhy and Wedneeday of next