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sssarr ®ije barren ®tec0rfc Volume 88 25* Per Copy Warrenton, County Of Warren, North Carolina Wednesday, April 10, 1985 Number 15 Firemen Battle Currin's Warehouse Blaze Saturday Night (Staff Photo) Warren Guardsmen To Take Part In May Mobilization Exercise The 87 National Guardsmen of Warren ton's Company C (-) 505th Engineer Batal lion will join most of the state's 13,000 Guards men in a statewide mobilization training exercise in early May. "Hickory Response 85" scheduled for May 3-5, is the first statewide exer cise of its kind in North Carolina Guard history. Military convoys will move Army guardsmen to Fort Bragg on Friday, May 3, for the three-day exercise. They will undergo processing for overseas replacement conducted by active duty personnel at Fort Bragg. Air guardsmen will move to the main Air Guard Base at Char lotte's Douglas Interna tional Airport for com bat loading on C-130 air craft. Governor James G. Martin will be among the officials observing the National Guard in action. Governor Martin will visit Fort Bragg on Saturday, May 4, to ob serve guardsmen being processed for overseas replacement. Several Department of Defense observers will also be present. The exercise is designed to test the ability of the Guard to respond quickly and ef fectively in the event of an actual call to federal duty. The 80th Division Maneuver Training Command, an Army Reserve unit headquar tered in Richmond, Va., will evaluate and critique the exercise. "Hickory Response 85" is believed to be the largest peacetime mobilization of reserve forces ever staged in the nation. Station Owner Is Recovering Warrenton service station owner Forrest Richard Knisely is recovering from an in jury sustained late Saturday afternoon when the bar on a tire changer came off and hit him in the face. Knisely was back at his R&H Service Center Tuesday afternoon but emphasized that his work was confined to supervision due to the skull fracture, cuts, and bruises resulting from the accident. Knisely was taken to Veterans' Hospital in Durham on Saturday when the accident oc curred. He was treated there and released on Sunday afternoon. Knisely noted that he will not resume his normal work routine for several more days. Warren Sales Tax Exceeded $39,000 A recrnt report trom the State Department of Revenue showed net collections totalling *39 142.15 from the one and one-half percent sales tax in Warren County for the month of February. Similar collections in neighboring counties were as follows: Frank lin, I90.61I.M; Gran ville, ^ Halifax, $228,225.73; and Vance, $182,400.63. Two Chosen Here For Girls' State Two high school juniors from Warren County have been selected to attend Girls' State at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro June 9-12. Miss Amy Lynn Whit more of Warren Academy and Miss Jen nifer Paige Burton of Warren County High School are sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary for the week long exercise in state government. Miss Whitmore is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon N. Whitmore of Manson. At Warren Academy, she is a member of the cheer leading squad, softbail team, Monogram Club and newspaper staff and is editor of the school an nual. She is a member of the Young Memorial Presbyterian Church in Drewry. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Burton of Norlina, Miss Burton is a member of the Eagle Chorus and National Honor Society at Warren County High School. She is a member of the Zion United Methodist Church. MBS WHITMORE MISS BURTON Clark Promoted To Major's Rank Secretary Joseph W. Dean of the North Carolina Department of Crime Control and Public Safety and Col. Jack F. Cardwell, commander of the State Highway Patrol, have announced the pro motion of Robert A. (Bobby) Clark from the rank of captain to that of major. Clark was promoted in ceremonies on April 3. He started his career with the Highway Patrol with a 17-year stint as a trooper in Warren Coun ty beginning in March, 1950. At the time of his promotion he was com mander of Troop C in Raleigh and is now with zone operations in the patrol headquarters in Raleigh. Other duty stations have been in Hertford, Alamance, Buncombe, Catawba and Wake counties. Clark is married to the former Rebecca Hundley, the daughter of Mrs. A. J. Hundley and the late Mr. Hund ley of Norlina. Nominees Sought For Wildlife Post The term of office for District 3 Wildlife Com missioner David Alls brook of Scotland Neck expires on June 30, and a public meeting will be held to choose nominees for the port. The meeting will take place on Tuesday, April 16, at 7:30 p. to. «t the (Continued on page 13) Annual Pow-Wow Plans Outlined The Haliwa-Saponi In dian Tribe has scheduled the 20th an nual Pow-Wow for Friday and Saturday, April 19-20, at the tjaliwa Indian School at the Old Bethlehem Crossroad in Warren County, according to Chief W. R. Richardson. Guest speaker for the event will be Ruth Dial Woods, assistant superintendent of the Robeson County Board of Education. Registration for the two-day event will be held at 4 p. m. and 9 p. m. on Friday. The first dance is planned for that day at 7 p. m., and the Grand Entry will begin on Saturday at 11 a. m. Trader booth space, available to Indians by invitation only, will be offered at a cost of $40 for both days. Prizes totalling $700 will be awarded in dance competition. Camping space will also be available. Warren Warehouse Destroyed By Fire; Firemen Are Injured By KAY HORNER News Editor In the aftermath of one of Warren ton's worst fires in recent years, War ren Qounty fire officials yesterday began to assess the damage from a fire Saturday that completely destroyed Currin's Warehouse, injuring six firemen, one seriously. The injuries all occurred when a wall of the 60,000-square-foot building, own ed by W. J. Renn of Epsom, collapsed, trapping the firemen. W. Dennis Harris, Jr. with the War renton Rural Fire Department yester day was listed in stable condition in the intensive care unit of Wake Medical Center in Raleigh with burns, broken bones, and a punctured lung, according to Walter Gardner with the depart ment. Also injured, but treated and releas ed from Warren Immediate Care Center, were Ronald Rivers, David Proctor, and Roy Pat Robertson, all with the Warrenton Rural Department, and Danny Bland and Samuel Ross with the Churchill/Five Forks Department. Firefighters from the county's 13 departments, along with tv,ose from Littleton and Cokesbury, and depart ments from Vance County, and South Hill, Va. fought for more than eight hours to control the blaze, which pos ed an imminent threat to neighboring homes, the Doug Cockrell Mobile Home lot and stores in Hall's Spring Shopping Center. Because the town's water system could not simultaneously supply hydrants the amount of water needed to keep a fleet of 11 tankers operating, water had to be brought in from the Hal Connell pond on the eastern outskirts of Warrenton and from hydrants at Cochrane Furniture Company north of town. According to Gardner, the tankers, some making as many as 20 trips, haul ed at least 275,000 gallons of water to the site. A "quick dump system" in which trucks relayed water into holding tanks provided a ready supply of water for firefighters on the scene. Firemen at first hoped to contain the blaze to the original portion of the building, used as a tobacco warehouse, but flames quickly spread to a newer addition where between 20,000 and 30,000 used tires and tire casings were being stored by Tar Heel Tire of Warrenton. "That still depresses me," Gardner commented. "I thought we had the fire stopped, but then it broke through." By the time the fire got to the tires, the original part of the building had been leveled by the fire, Gardner said. Gardner said arson is suspected in the fire, which started in the southeast corner of the building, and the SBI was in Warrenton yesterday afternoon investigating. Considerable time and effort were spent to prevent the fire from spreading to an abandoned building nearby that at one time housed War renton Cotton and Fertilizer Co. The N.C. Forestry Service brought in equipment to plow a border on the southern side of the warehouse to pro tect woods leading to residences on Halifax Street. The losses from the fire were being compiled this week by 0. L. "Butch" Meek with the County Fire Commission. "Some of the departments are almost disabled as a result of equip ment loss and injuries," he said. "Some of the departments did a year's worth of firefighting in one night. They were really pushed to the limit." Warrenton Rural Department lost an estimated $3,000 in equipment when a wall collapsed and other departments are reporting trucks with malfunction ing clutches and brakes and flat tires. While area gas suppliers opened credit lines to supply trucks with gas, Meek said several departments were expecting gas bills between $200 and $300. The coordination of firefighting ac tivities among the estimated 250 firemen on the scene has been credited with containing the fire to the warehouse. Several local firemen this week said the Warren County Fire Association had been instrumental in providing training that led to the order ly and efficient use of men and equipment. "The association has brought about unity in the departments in the county and a closer working relationship which includes countywide training," Gardner said. In addition, local merchants and community volunteers banded together to provide food and beverages for firefighters. "We are indebted to the stores which provided food and to those who took the time to prepare sandwiches for the firemen," Warren County Commis sioner George Shearin, also chairman of the Fire Commission, said Tuesday. "So many citizens helped in various ways. It was truly a community effort." Estimates of total damage to the building and its contents were (Continued on page 14) Membera of Ridgeway Volunteer Fire Department are abowa above with mm of several boMtag tanks set np on the lot of Dong CockreD Mobile Hornet to (tare water far flghttag the warekoue ffere that begaa shortly after 7 p. m. Saturday. (Staff Pbato)
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