Volume 88 25* Per Copy Warrenton, County Of Warren, North Carolina Wednesday, March 27, 1985 Number 13
A year ago this dining hall at Camp Willow Run
on Lake Gaston was almost completely gutted by
fire, requiring extensive renovation. Today, the
facility, a non-denominational Christian camp, is
in top-notch shape and ready for the influx of more
than 1,000 campers expected this summer. The
r
camp, which hosts church-related as well as private
groups, is noted for its unusual camping accommo
dations — a line of railroad cars which have been
transformed into barrack-type living quarters.
(Staff Photo)
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Man Credited With Saving Dad
A Warren County man saved his father from
their burning home in Areola last week, but
both were hospitalized with bums and were
still undergoing treatment this week.
Ed Boone arrived about 12:18 p. m. last
Friday at the home he shares with his father,
Luther, only to find the dwelling on fire and his
father still inside.
According to reports, the younger Boone
suffered burns on his hands, face and back
while rescuing his father, who suffered back
bums.
Luther Boone was undergoing treatment
and his son was a patient at the Jaycee Burn
Center at N. C. Memorial Hospital in Chapel
Hill Tuesday, where he was transferred from
Nash General.
Twenty firemen from the Warrenton, Ar
eola, and Inez department responded to the
call at the two-story frame dwelling on Rural
Paved Road 1513 about three miles north of
Areola.
The house, owned by Bravid Watson, was
completely destroyed.
lost7 Gas Tank Is Discovered
A 10,000 - gallon gas
oline tank at the War
ren County landfill has
been untapped for
several years despite the
fact that its use could
mean a savings to the
county, Warren County
commissioners were told
last Wednesday night at
their mid-monthly
meeting.
The tank was installed
during the gasoline shor
tage of the 1970*s to fuel
county-owned vehicles
but County Manager
Charles Worth told the
board last week that the
meter and control device
on the tank were not
operative and the tank
had been unused for
sometime.
The board authorized
Worth to purchase gas
for the tank and to imple
ment a system for
monitoring its use.
Unleaded gasoline will
be purchased on a
wholesale basis for use in
county vehicles, primari
ly throe assigned to the
Warren County Sheriffs
Department and Ambu
lance Service.
Currently, gasoline for
county-owned vehicles is
purchased at area ser
vice stations.
"We're spending mon
ey for gas that we
shouldn't be," Vice
Chairman George Shear
in, who presided over the
meeting in the absence of
Chairwoman Eva M.
Clayton, told the board.
"We've got to look at
every way to cut ex
penses, and this is one."
In other business, the
board voted to support in
principal a housing pro
ject of the N.C. Senior
Citixens' Federation,
Inc., headquartered in
Henderson, but was forc
ed by state statute to
deny a request for
funding.
The federation re
quested start-up capital
of $500 for a housing pro
ject for the elderly and
handicapped, slated for
construction in Manson.
Because the county
has no Housing Authori
ty, it is prohibited from
making such a contribu
tion to a private
organization for con
struetion purposes,
Worth said this week.
The board also took the
following action:
—Appointed to the
newly formed Warren
County Recreation Com
mission Robert Kirk,
Tom Traylor and Curtis
Palmer for three-year
terms, Rebecca Dilliard,
Maurice Crump, and
Victor Hunt for two-year
terms, and Dickie
Williams, John Hawkins
and Dr. L. B. Henderson,
Jr. for one-year terms.
Delton Green, Tecumseh
Brayboy, Tasker Flem
ing, Sherman Hargrove,
Sonny Peoples, and
Mary Hunter were ap
pointed as alternates.
—Heard a request
from the Littleton Civic
and Planning Associa
tion for funding in the
county's 1985-86 budget.
Warrenton Lions Jack Groves, left, and G. B. Hull arrange furniture in
preparation for the chicken barbecue dinner planned by the Warren County
Lions for Wednesday, April 3, to raise funds for the annual White Cane project
Plates will be served from 11 a. m. until 7:30 p. m. at a cost of $3.50 and may be
eaten at the Lions Den or taken out (Staff Photo)
Lions Planning Big Feed Here
The Warrenton Lions
Club will sponsor an
"All-Day Feed" of bar
becue chicken dinners
next Wednesday, April
3, to raise funds for its
annual White Cane pro
ject
Through White Cane
projects, funds are rais
ed by Lions Clubs nation
wide for purchase of
aides for the blind and
sight impaired, accor
ding to David Gardner,
local project chairman.
"This is a vehicle
through which we are
able to help with the pur
chase not only of canes,
but leader dogs, phone
dialers, braille writers,
and other aides needed
by those who are visual
ly handicapped," Gard
ner said.
One-hundred percent
of the proceeds from the
drive are used for the
blind and visually
handicapped.
Tickets are available
from any one of the 66
members of the local
Lions Club at a cost of
$3.50 each. Serving will
begin at 11 a.m. and con
tinue until 7:30 p.m. and
orders can be eaten at
the lions Den or taken
out.
Both Sides Heard
At Zoning Meet
Pros, Cons
Discussed
By KAY HORNER
News Editor
Countywide zoning
may be viewed by some
as a means to ensure
orderly growth and
development, but for
others, it represents one
more encroachment of
government on the rights
of landowners.
Both views were rep
resented at a public
hearing last Wednesday
night attended by about
50 citizens.
"You've got a whole
lot of zones in good work
ing order...and I don't
see that you need any
thing added," Gus
Daeke, a Ridgeway
farmer, told commis
sioners. "We can hardly
go out the back door
without permission any
more. We've got enough
zoning. We don't need a
lot of red tape and
rigamarole."
But Eatons Ferry resi
dent Jim Brooks, rep
resenting the 180-plus
members of the Eatons
Ferry Homeowners As
sociation, commended
the Planning Board for
its efforts and endorsed
the proposed ordi
nance with only minor
revisions suggested.
Currently, only the
Lake Gaston and Ken
Lake areas of the county
are zoned, primarily for
single-family residential
development.
Under the proposed or
dinance, presented to the
commissioners in
January by the Planning
Board, most of the coun
ty would be zoned
agricultural/residential.
Zoning categories on
lakeside property would
be expanded to address
anticipated develop
ment, including multi
family dwellings. The or
dinance also calls for
zoning for light industry
in certain areas.
"We are recommend
ing countywide zoning
for future industrial
development, to pre
serve the agricultural
stability of the county
and to provide for order
ly growth on the lake,"
Planning Board Secre
tary 0. L. "Butch" Meek
told the commissioners
last week. "The only
areas which would be
zoned industrial are
those on which the In
dustrial Board has an op
tion or those which are
already industrial."
While no one express
ed opposition to zoning
revisions to address
lakeside development,
zoning of farmland was
solidly opposed by all but
one fanner who spoke.
William Brauer, a
dairy fanner and a
member of the Planning
Board, cited a recent ex
ample in the Town of
Warrenton where rann
Ing for construction of an
apartment complex had
been denied because of
citizen protest to the
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Warrenton Rotary President Sam Padgett enjoys the distinction of being the
only Warrenton Rotarian to be named a Paul Harris Fellow, an honor given to
members in whose name $1,000 has been contributed to the Rotarian Founda
tion International within a 12-month period. The contribution on behalf of Pad
gett was made by his wife and father. Although the official presentation of a
medallion and letter of recognition was made to Padgett at a recent Rotary
District 771 meeting in Pinehurst, Padgett (left) is shown above with Warren
ton Rotary Vice President George (Pepi) Perkinson at a ceremonial presenta
tion li~;t week at the club meeting. The work of the Rotary Foundation includes
a scholarship program for foreign and American scholars and a hunger relief
fund.
Health Director Lennon
Will Leave Warren Post
Warren County Health
Director Joe Lennon
last week submitted to
the County Board of
Health his resignation
from the post he has
held for the past six-and
one-half years.
Lennon, a native of
Columbus County, came
to Warrenton after
retirement from a 30
year career in the health
care field with the State
of North Carolina.
His last post there was
assistant state health
director for hospitals.
Lennon said his retire
ment from his current
post was simply a move
"whose time had
come."
A part-owner, along
with N. L. "Red
Williams of Norlina, in
Warren Nursing Center,
Lennon said he will be
involved with Williams
in development of a
proposed complex ad
jacent to the nursing
center.
Plans for that
development, an
nounced earlier this
month, call for a shop
ping center flanked by
an office complex and
residential area.
Lennon said this week
that the complex might
include residential ac
commodations for
retirees in conjunction
with services offered at
the nursing center.
Lennon and his wife,
Marguerite, will con
tinue to live in their
Warrenton home after
his retirement, effective
Mayl.
A member of Warren
ton Baptist Church,
Lennon has been active
in the religious and civic
life of the community.
According to County
Manager Charles
Worth, who is assisting
the board of health in
finding a replacement
for Lennon, the position
will be advertised within
the next few days and
applications will be
received until April 25.
The tentative sche
dule calls for interviews
to begin April 29, with
selection of a new direc
tor by June 3 to be on
board by July 1.
The state's regional
personnel director is
assisting the county
board with application
reviews, Worth said.
The Health Board will
fill the post after con
sultation with county
commissioners, Worth
added.
Baltimore Road Area
Targeted For Funds
An informal meeting
between the Warren
ton Town Board and
representatives of L. E.
Wooten Company of
Raleigh last Thursday
evening resulted in a
decision to apply for
funds for the Town of
Warrenton through the
Community Develop
ment Block Grant
program for revitaliza
tion and sewer improve
ments in the Baltimore
Road section of town.
Town Administrator
V. R. (Pete) Vaughan
reported Tuesday that
the planning grant
received last October
had funded the study
conducted by L. E.
Wooten and the town is
ready now to proceed
with application for
funding to carry out the
proposals. The section
of town under con
sideration extends to the
Warren County Landfill.
Board members
scheduled a hearing for
April 11 to hear public
comment on the plans
and to listen to any
suggested changes. The
hearing will be
preparatory to ap
plication for funds,
which must be submit
ted by April 15.
Murder Trial Is Slated
An Inez man is
scheduled to stand trial
next week in Warren
County Superior Court
for the 1979 murder of
Inez merchant Kearney
Thompson.
Jeffrey Perry, S, elud
ed law enforcement of
ficers until last May
when he was arrested in
Bronx, N.Y., culminat
ing a six-year investiga
tion that involved the
FBI, North Carolina SBI,
and the Warren County
Sheriffs Department
A warrant far Perry's
arrest had been lamed an
Sept SB, 1979, two days
after Thompson's badly
beaten body was found in
the storage room of his
store.
Perry was extradited
to North Carolina last
October and is being held
in Warren County JaU
pending his trial.
A total of 31 caaea are
on the docket for the
April ssasinn of Superior
Court, to begin Monday
at 10 a.m.