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Warren tUesi. Library X 117 S.Mkn St. ?arrentq, N.C. 27589 Hamn lecnrii Volume 1b 25* Per Copy Warrenton, County Of Warren, North Carolina Wednesday, October 2, 1985 Number 41 ASC Elation ThrougHMail Is BeingSet it "Farmers areVsked to nominate canajates of their choice by (5. 28 to be on the ASC im munity commi ballot," says T. E. son, executive direct The ASC commi committee election , be conducted from N 22 to Dec. 2 by ballot. The eleven communities in Warre.. county are: Fishing Creek, Fork, Hawtree, Judkins, Nutbush, River, Sandy Creek, Sixpound, Smith Creek, Warrenton and Shocco. ASC committees are responsible for managing federal farm programs on the local level. To meet the needs of individual producers, ASC committee mem bers must be concerned and responsible in dividuals, Watson said. Warren County farmers have the opportunity to nominate persons they feel would best serve the farm community. Far mers have received petition forms by mail and are now submitting them to the county ASCS office. A few basic considera tions should be kept in mind when circulating petitions, Watson said. In order to be valid, petitions must be limited to one nominee each, must include writ ten certification that the nominee is willing to serve if elected and must be received in the county ASCS office by the Oct. 28 deadline. Farmers may cir culate or sign nom inating petitions for as many candidates as they choose. Anyone wishing to nominate a farmer for the ASC committee election may contact the county ASCS office for full details, in cluding eligibility requirements for office holders. "Farmers should petition for and elect those individuals they feel would do a good job as a member of the ASC committee. The election of concerned farmers to position on ASC commit tees is essential in the administration of farm programs," Watson said. Watson further ex plained that the county ASCS office welcomes all valid petitions. The opportunity to nom inate, vote and be elected to office is guaranteed to all far mers regardless of race, religion, sex, age, color, handicap or national origin. Grand Opening Begins Wednesday Warrenton's newest grocery store, Food Wile, was scheduled to open this morning with a grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony at 10 a.m. Located on 237 South Main Street, the store, a Red k White super market, will be managed by owner C. M. Mason, who also has a Food-VQle store in South Hill, Va. Hours are Monday Thursday from 8 a.m. until 10 pjn., Friday and Saturday from 8 a.m. un til 11 pjn.; and Sunday from 8 a.m. until 8 p.m. In a related matter, Durwood Johnson, owner of J&R Grocery in Warrenton said this week that he would not be Joining the staff of Food-Ville as reported last week, but would con tinue operation of JfcR. : f' ' lepresentatives of the Roanoke-Wildwood Volun tea Fire Department ride atop their Best Tanker entt/ in the Third Annual Firemen's Day Parade Satvday. The department iho took top honors at competitive events among nine fire departments at the Warren County Fairgrounds Saturday after noon. (Staff Photo by Howard Jones) Marijuana Smuggling Ends At Jail; Flim Flam Charges Pressed Locally A Warren County man was arrested Sunday af ternoon in an apparent attempt to smuggle marijuana into the Warren County Jail, ac cording to Deputy Thomas McCaffity, in vestigating offic<r. Steve A. Holtzrian of Ridgeway was charged with simple pos^ssion of marijuana ' and possession of drug para phernalia, McCaffity said. Both charges are misdemeanors. Jail officials reported some two weeks ago that they had detected the odor of marijuana among the prisoners but were unable to pinpoint the user, McCaffity said. They suspected visitors were responsi ble for bringing the sub stance into the jail. A tip led to the arrest of Holtzman, a recent regular Sunday visitor, the deputy reported. When Holtzman arrived the the usual visit last Sunday the jailer con tacted the sheriff's department and deputies found two marijuana cigarettes and a pack of paper for rolling the reefers. Holtzman was sche duled to appear in War ren County District Court today (Wed nesday). In other reports from the sheriff's depart ment, Chief Deputy Bobby Dean Bolton stated that three men from outside the county were arrested Friday and charged with fraud. Wallace Ray Taylor, 53, and Willie Alton Robinson, 56, both of Rocky Mount and Tommy Steele Ramsey, 41, of Sharpsburg, were arrested at the Vaughan residence of Ms. Virgil Brown, where they had been doing general repair work periodically since March, Bolton said. The flimflam artists had submitted bills totalling $8,000 to Ms. Brown for work valued at considerably less than that amount, Bolton stated. Shortly before the arrests Friday, one of the men had taken the homeowner to the bank to make a $2,200 with drawal for the next pay ment, Bolton said. The men were arrested before the money was delivered to them. Bolton and Deputy Lawrence E. Harrison investigated because of suspicion that flimflam ery was involved in the repair work. In another report, Deputy Bolton said a juvenile was arrested in connection with two recent break-ins in the community of Areola. A 15-year-old boy was charged Sept. 26 with a breaking and entering earlier that day at the residence of Sallie Warrick on Route 3, Warrenton. Reports stated that the daytime entry was made through a broken windowpane. The suspect left im mediately through the same window when he realized the home was occupied. The same juvenile was charged with a Sept 23 break-in at the home of Iris Evans in the same community, Bolton stated. The suspect had gained en try through a back bedroom window and was inside the house when Ms. Evans arrived home, Bolton said. The suspect fled and the sheriff's department was contacted. The juvenile is being kept in a detention home in Durham County until his first court appear ance, scheduled for Oct. 10, the deputy reported. In a final report from the Warren County Stainback Schedules Second Restaurant Maurice Stainback, owner of Stainback's Barbecue in Norlina, is scheduled to open a se cond barbecue rest aurant in Warrenton on U.S. 158/401 today (Wednesday). Stainback's No. 2, which will operate in the building that until recently housed MidWay Grill, will feature Stain back's hickory smoked barbecue and brunswick stew, with other specialties of the day as well as desserts, in eluding banana pudding and cobblers. Stainback, who opened the Norlina location four years ago, said this week that he and his wife, Ruby, will manage the new restaurant. The restaurant has been renovated, with ex pansion of the dining area to seat about 70 peo ple and relocation of the kitchen. Stainback's No. 2 will be open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Monday through Saturday. Clinic Scheduled A clinic for vaccinating dogs and cats against rabies will be conducted on Saturday, Oct. 5, from 1-5 p. m. at the Warren County Landfill, according to the county's dog warden, Frank Twitty. There will be a charge of $4 per animal. This will be the final clinic of the year, Twitty said. Farrar, director of Ike Warm Coaaty Department of Social Services, presents Mrs. Laurie Tucker aa inscribed silver bow! oa behalf of her co workers and In hoasr of her rethnneatsfterM years of aervke to the department The presentation i Services county facility. Mr*. Ticker, aa Eligibility Specialist, begaa wsrk with the department m July 1,1SH sad her retirement was effective Sept ?. Alss pictured at right Is the heneree's husband, ADea Tucker. (Staff Phots by Howard Jones) During Special Day Here Warren Fire Units Compete For Honors Roanoke - Wild wood Volunteer Fire Depart ment took top honors at the Third Annual Firemen's Day Satur day, as it has each year since the event's incep tion, according to Cap tain Walter Gardner of the Warrenton Rural Fire Department, chair man of the activities. Departments from Drewry and South Hill kept the competition keen for first place, however, and the winner was not decided until the final event was com pleted. Nine depart ments competed. Winners of the com petitive events held at the Warren County Fair grounds Saturday after noon were as follows: One-Man Hose Coupling, Drewry; Four-Man Hose Coup ling, Drewry; Four-Man Command Post, Roa noke-Wild wood; Five Man Water Tug-of-War, Roanoke-Wildwood; and Five-Man Dressing, South Hill. Judging was done on a point system and wins in the final events were crucial to the Roanoke-Wildwood victory, Gardner said. The activities at the fairground followed the annual Firemen's Day Parade along Main Street in Warrenton. Thirty-one units repre senting 19 departments in addition to the Warren County Forestry Service parti cipated in the proces sion. Eleven depart ments from Warren County entered the parade. Units were judged just prior to the parade and winners were an nounced in the following categories: Best Brush Truck, Churchill Five Forks; Best Tank er, Roanoke-Wildwood; Best Pumper, Norlina; Pest Antique, Bear Pond; and Best Ap paratus, South Hill. Life Flight, a helicop ter ambulance service, also participated. Gardner rated this year's event as the best in the history of the three-year-old observ ance. The attendance was excellent, he said, a factor which he at tributed to relocation of the competitive events at the fairgrounds. "We're already making plans for next year," Gardner stated. To Ward Off Flu Health Officials Urge Vaccination State health officials are urging older adults and people with chronic illnesses to get their flu shots now, according to Warren County Health Director Dennis Retz laff. The influenza viruses usually arrive in late fall or early winter and immunization must be given well in advance in order for an immunity to develop, Retzlaff stated. The high-risk group for influenza generally includes persons over 65 and those with chronic illnesses such as dia betes and heart, lung and kidney diseases, Dr. J. N. McCormack, chief of the N. C. Department of Human Resources Epidemiology Section, reported. The infection is usually mild in children, young adults and mid dle-aged persons who are healthy, but it can be life-threatening for older adults and those with chronic illness. It lowers the body's resist ance, making the person more susceptible to secondary infections such as pneumonia, one of the five leading causes of death in per sons over 65, according to Dr. McCormack. Influenza is a viral in fection of the nose, throat and lungs which can be confused with the common cold. The flu virus is usually accom panied by significant fever, whereas the cold consists primarily of nasal congestion. Warren Unemployment Rates Up Slightly Warren County's un employment rate rose slightly during the month of August, ac cording to a recent re port by the Employment Security Commission of North Carolina. The figures, which reflected employment activity in all counties and metropolitan statis tical areas, showed the state's seasonally unad justed rates of unem ployment with a negligi ble increase, up to 5.8 percent from 5.6 percent in July. The largest single group of unem ployed represented in the 5.8 percent figure continued to be textile workers, said Bob Campbell, ESC public information officer. The August rate of un employment in Warren County was 8.4 percent, a small increase over the 8.3 percent of the previous month. Franklin County and Granville County followed the state trend with increases in un employment: Franklin, up to 7.7 percent from 5.7 percent in July and Granville, up to 5.9 per cent from 5.7 percent in July. Halifax County showed a decline in un employment figures, down to 8.8 percent from the 9.5 percent in July, as did Vance County, down to 7.7 percent from 8.5 percent the previous month. The unemployment rate, by definition of the Employment Security Commission, represents "the number of persons unemployed, expressed as a percentage of the civilian labor force. The civilian force is the "sum of all em ployed and unemployed persons 16 years of age or older in the non institutional population but not in the Armed Forces." Data released by the Commission represent estimates and relate to the mid-week of the month.
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