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Volume 88 25c Per Copy Warrenton, County Of Warren, North Carolina Wednesday, December 11, 1985 Number 51
Mayor B. G. White looks on as Clerk of Court Richard E. Hunter,
Jr. administers the oath of office to Warrenton's six returning town
commissioners and to first-time commissioner, Ray Shearin, dur
ing the regular December meeting Monday night in the Town Hall.
Pictured from left to right are: Commissioners A. A. Wood, Bob
by Edmonds, Ray Shearin, Eddie Clayton, W. A. Miles, Phil Daniel
and Charles White; Clerk of Court Hunter and Mayor White.
(Staff Photo by Howard Jones)
Surplus Food
Is Available
The National Guard
Armory will be the
distribution point on
Wednesday, Dec. 18, for
the winter quarterly
distribution of USDA
surplus foods, Julian
Farrar, Social Services
director stated this
week.
This distribution will
include six food items:
rice, flour, cheese, milk,
corn meal and honey.
All active food stamp
households have
received a computer
printed authorization
card that will serve as
application and certifi
cation. This card must
be presented at the ar
mory by food stamp
households who plan to
participate in the com
modity program,
Farrar said.
Low income families
who wish to participate
in the distribution with
income at or below the
following gross income
levels will qualify.
Family
Size Income
1 $569
2 764
3 959
4 1,154
5 1,349
Distribution is expect
ed to begin about 7:30 a.
m. and end around 4 p.
m.
Anyone picking up for
an invalid or house
bound individual must
bring a signed state
ment from the in
dividual showing in
come and their approval
of the food to be
received by the
representative, Farrar
added.
Food Stamp house
holds needing someone
to pick up food for them
will need to write the
name of the person to
pick up the food on the
back of the card and
sign their own name on
the right hand side of the
card before giving the
card to the person who is
to receive the food, ac
cording to the guide
lines.
Tax Collections Given
Warren County receiv
ed $184,694.39 from the
county sales and use tax
levies for the quarter en
ding Sept. 30, according
to a report from the State
Department of Revenue.
Tax proceeds
distributed among
municipalities in the
county were: Warrenton,
$11,485.21; Norlina,
$10,161.72; and Macon,
$1,738.49. Distributions to
the county and the three
municipalities, which
totalled $206,079.81, are
figured on a per capita
Total proceeds for
nearby counties were:
Franklin, $412,395.81;
Granville, $530,589.95;
Halifax, $1,030,194.93;
and Vance, $738,583.68.
Clerk of Superior Court Richard E. Hunter, Jr., left, conducts the swearing*
in ceremony for Mayor B. G. White, who Monday night began his fourth term
as Warrenton's mayor. (Staff Photo by Howard Jones)
Town Government Officials
Receive Oaths Of Office
By MARY C. HARRIS
Staff Writer
Wheels were set in mo
tion Monday night for the
beginning of a new term
of office for the Warren
ton Town Board as
Mayor B. G. White and
seven commissioners
were sworn in by Clerk
of Superior Court
Richard E. Hunter, Jr.
Taking the oath of of
fice along with the six
returning commis
sioners was new com
missioner, Ray Shearin,
who ran unopposed in the
November election for
the seat vacated some
months ago by the death
of Commissioner Gordon
Haithcock. Councilmen
resuming their places on
the board included Eddie
Clayton, Phil Daniel,
Bobby Edmonds, W. A.
Miles, Charles White and
A. A. Wood.
The board made the
following appointments
of town personnel: V. R.
(Pete) Vaughan, town
administrator; Freddie
Robinson, chief of
police; Bill Neal, water
superintendent; W. C.
Williams, street
superintendent; Carolyn
Robertson, bookkeeper
and deputy tax collector;
and Leon Cheek, fire
chief. The appointees
were designated to serve
at the pleasure of the
board and not for a
specified period of time.
In another personnel
matter, the board voted
to offer Debbie For
myduval, assistant town
clerk, who recently
tendered her resigna
tion, a salary increase of
$125 per month if she
would consider remain
ing in the town's employ
until July 1. The recent
transfer of the police
department to the Town
Hall necessitated new
responsibilities for Mrs.
Formyduval, according
to Town Administrator
Vaughan.
The commissioners
further voted to compen
sate former policeman
Eugene Mustian for the
unpaid overtime hours
during his tenure on the
police force at the rate of
pay in force during the
year involved.
County Parks and
Recreation Director
Dickie Williams ap
peared before the board
to request a lease agree
ment for use of one acre
of land owned by the
town at the Warrenton
Railroad property. Com
missioners Edmonds,
Wood and Clayton were
appointed to meet with
county officials and the
town attorney to work
out arrangements for the
kmuy Williams indicated
that the land would be
used for recreational
activities.
Commissioner Wood,
reporting for a commit
tee on which he served
with Commissioners Ed
monds and Daniel,
stated their recommen
dation that the Veterans
Day holiday be added to
the list of official
holidays to be observed
by town employees. At
the November meeting
Mayor White had ap
pointed the committee to
study the personnel
policy and report their
recommendation.
Police Commissioner
Wood reported that the
new policemen who had
for several weeks been
enrolled in school were
now on full-time duty
with the police force. The
department is now one
officer short of a full
force since the resigna
tion of Policeman Mus
tian to accept the posi
tion of magistrate.
Mayor White was
designated by the com
missioners to serve as
the town's represen
tative to the Region K
Council of Governments
and Commissioner Miles
was selected to serve as
alternate.
Rent on the office oc
cupied by the license
agency, operated by
Mrs. Carolyn Robertson,
was increased from $400
to $600 per year on a
decision by the
commissioners.
Committee assign
ments for the commis
sioners were announced
by Mayor White as
follows, with the chair
man's name listed
first: Finance, Eddie
Clayton, Charles White
and A. A. Wood; Water,
W. A. Miles, A. A. Wood
(Continued on page 14)
Campaign H
Is Planned
The Warren County
Board of Health gave its
endorsement Monday
night to a campaign
which Health Director
Dennis Retzlaff hopes
will give new meaning to
the term "public health"
in Warren County.
"Partnership for the
Public's Health" is a
"broad-based campaign
to help the general
population understand
what it means to pro
mote public health,"
Retzlaff said yesterday.
In the past 10 years,
Retzlaff commented, the
department has become
more geared to pro
viding direct services,
such as family planning,
to county residents.
With those services
has come the notion that
the health department
exists primarily to pro
vide health care services
for those who can't af
ford to go to a private
physician.
"We aren't going to
neglect those who need
those services," Retzlaff
said, "but we need to get
back to the basic ser
vices of public health."
Public health includes
an emphasis on how to
prevent illness and how
to maintain a healthful
lifestyle.
"Too many of us don't
think about our health
untfl we're sick and need
a doctor," Retzlaff said.
The need for education
in areas such as nutrition
and child care is
especially acute in War
ren County where so
many live below the
poverty level.
While the challenge is
formidable, Retzlaff is
encouraged by the pro
spects for success.
"We hear so many
negative things about
Warren County," he
noted. "What en
courages me and gives
me reason to hope is that
because we are a small
community, people with
determination and en
thusiasm can make a
difference."
Further details of the
campaign will be
presented to the Board of
Health at its Jan. 7
meeting.
Suffers Stroke
The Rev. John Gill,
former pastor of War
renton Baptist Church, is
a patient at Wake
Medical Center in
Raleigh, where he was
hospitalized following a
stroke last Thursday.
Christmas Parade
Is Scheduled For
Sunday Afternoon
Two Roanoke Rapids
radio personalities will
share honors Sunday as
grand marshalls of the
Warrenton Christmas
Parade.
"Cousin Slick" Gray,
Jr. and George "Deac
on" Campbell, Jr., who
broadcast over country
music station WPTM,
102.3 FM will part with
tradition for the Warren
ton parade. Instead of
riding as most grand
marshalls do in a conver
tible with the top down,
they will travel the
parade route in a wagon
drawn by Inez resident
Earl Williams' mule
team.
Gray hosts a nightly
radio show of country,
bluegrass, and gospel
music from 7 to 11 p.m.
on WPTM and Campbell
hosts a gospel music
show on the same
station.
Campbell is chairman
of Hairologists, Inc. and
president of Roanoke
Beauty Systems in
Roanoke Rapids.
Among the entries in
the parade registered as
of Monday afternoon
were Northside Brownie
and Girl Scout Troop,
Jordan Hill Baptist
Church float; American
Legion Post 308 of Lit
tleton float; Warren
County High School Mar
ching Band, Up and
Coming 4-H Club with
car and truck and
Douglas Mustian with a
truck.
Parade sponsors, War
ren County Jaycees, will
also have a float in the
parade.
The parade will begin
at Mariam Boyd School
at 3 p.m. and continue
down Main Street, end
ing at Warren County
Fairgrounds on Ridge
way Street.
Those with float en
tries are asked to assem
ble at the school by 1:30.
Marching units are to
assemble at 2.
Mayors of Warren's
three municipalities and
county commissioners
have been invited to ride
in the parade, which will
also feature Santa Claus.
Anyone interested in
participating in the
parade should contact
Walter Gardner, at
257-3104 or 257-4307 no
later than Saturday
morning.
CAMPBELL
GRAY
Filing Start Set
For Next Month
The filing date for can
didates for the Nov
ember 1986 election will
begin Jan. 6 at noon and
end Feb. 3 at noon, ac
cording to Ruby Jones,
supervisor of elections
for Warren County.
The outcome of nine
local races will be deter
mined by Warren Coun
ty voters next year, in
cluding those for three
seats on the Board of
County Commission
ers.
Incumbents in those
positions are Eva M.
Clayton, representing
River, Roanoke and Six
pound townships;
George Shearin, rep
resenting Sandy Creek,
Shocco and Fork
townships; and Francis
Alston, representing
Nutbush, Smith Creek
and Hawtree townships.
Seats from District 1
and 4 on the Board of
Education are also up for
election. Henry Pitch
ford currently repre
sents District 1, Warren
ton Township; and Yar
borough Williams
represents District 4,
Sandy Creek, Shocco and
Fork townships.
Other races to be
determined locally are
for Warren County Clerk
of Court, a post now held
by Richard E. Hunter,
Jr., Warren County
Sheriff, now held by
Theodore R. Williams,
and two district super
visors for the Soil and
Water Conservation
Board, now held by Nat
B. White and John
Kilian.
Two other elections in
which Warren County
voters will participate
are those for N.C. House
and Senate seats.
Frank W. Ballance,
Jr., Seventh District
representative, has an
nounced that he will run
for the Second District
Senate Seat now held by
J- J- "Monk" Har
rington.
Enfield attorney
Thomas Hardaway has
announced his intention
to run for the seat being
vacated by Ballance.
Former Norlina
Minister Dies
Funeral services for
Millard W. Warren, Sr.,
retired United Methodist
Church minister, will be
conducted today (Wed
nesday) at 3 p.m. at
Lake wood United
Methodist Church in
Durham by the Rev.
William W. Snotherly,
Jr- and the Rev. Kelly
Wilson, m.
Burial will be in
Maplewood Cemetery
Annex B.
The Rev. Mr. Warren,
81, died Monday evening
at the Methodist Retire
ment Home.
A former pastor of
Norlina Methodist
Oiurch, he was a native
of Blount's Creek in
Beaufort County and at
tended the Washington
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Jobless Rate Here Rises
The unemployment
rate in Warren County,
as in most counties and
metropolitan areas of
North Carolina, rose
slightly during October,
according to a recent
report from the Employ
ment Security Commis
sion of North Carolina.
"We believe the in
crease, which is not
statistically significant,
is due to seasonal fac
tora,"stated Bob Camp
bell, ESC public informa
tion officer.
The October rate for
Warren County was 6.7
percent, up slightly from
the September rate of 6.0
percent.
Neighboring counties
followed the statewide
trend with the exception
of Franklin, which
registered S.8 percent in
October compared to 6.0
in September. Final Oc
tober figures for otber
adjoining counties wore:
Granville, 4.1 percent;
Halifax, 4.8 percent; and
Vance, 5.9 percent
The unemployment
rate represents the
number of persons
unemployed, expressed
as a percentage of the
civilian labor force, by
iWtnHkm *11)0 mm of all
employed and un
employed peruana II
years of age er oldsr in
the nonlnstitutional
population but not In the
Armed Forces."