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Volume 89 25? Per Copy Warrenton, County Of Warren, North Carolina Wednesday, August 13, 1986 Number 33
An array of radio-controlled model airplanes was put on review Sun
day afternoon as a national champion?14-year-old Chip Hyde of
Yuma, Arizona?put on an exhibition of the skills which recently won
him recognition at the international radio-controlled airplane meet
at Lake Charles, La. The grandson of a Henderson resident, Hyde
was here to show the prowess which gave him the international cham
pionship in his age group and a second place finish in the interna
tlonal open competition. Shown before the demonstration at the War
renton Airstrip are, left to right, Robert West, John Pope, Cecil Baker,
Hyde, his father Merle Hyde, Ervin Manning, Jr., Eddie Q. Clayton,
Warren Deines, David Deines and Peter Lannon. All except the Hydes
are local model flying enthusiasts who can often be found at the
airstrip for summer weekend model flying.
(Staff Photo by Howard Jones)
Transportation Officials Provide
More Funds For Secondary Roads
Secondary road construction
in this area received a boost last
month when the State Board of
Transportation approved an ad
ditional $6.9 million for road
work during the next fiscal year.
The extra allocation is due, in
part, to the "Roads to the
Future" program initiated by
Governor Jim Martin last spring
and adopted by the General
Assembly in July.
At a meeting on July 11, the
results of which were publicized
this week, the board allocated
$47.9 million for use on the
state's secondary road system.
The total $54.8 million second
ary road allocation will be dis
tributed to each county by using
a formula based on the number
of miles of unpaved state-main
tained secondary roads in the
county as compared with the
total number of miles of un
paved state-maintained second
ary roads in the state.
Unpaved mileage in Warren
County as of Jan. 1 was listed at
189.77 miles. The 1986-87 alloca
tion is $594,582.
The money will be used for
construction, safety and stabili
zation work on secondary roads.
During its July meeting the
board also continued its priority
paving system for secondary
roads.
Under that system, each un
paved secondary road is rated
by assigning points for such
things as number of homes,
schools, churches, businesses or
industries on the road, along
with average daily traffic
volume and whether or not it is a
school bus route.
Points are tabulated and the
road assigned a priority in the
county. The priority list is then
submitted to the county board of
commissioners for review.
Last year the department
paved approximately 265 miles
of unpaved secondary roads.
Sidney Williams
Store Building
Gutted By Fire
An unoccupied store building in
the Essex community was
destroyed by fire early last
Thursday morning, according to
Wemyss Harris of the Areola
Rural Fire Department.
Harris said when his depart
ment arrived on the scene the
structure, the old Sidney
Williams Store building, was
completely engulfed in flames.
The origin of the fire could not be
determined, he said.
Close to 30 firefighters from the
Areola, Littleton and Warrenton
Rural departments fought the
blaze for over two hours, Harris
said.
The building was used only for
storage at the time of the fire and
the owner of the property had not
been determined.
Academy Students
To Report Aug. 27
Warren Academy students
will report to school on Wed
nesday, August 27, at 8:30 a. m.
to begin academic year 1906-87,
Headmaster B L. King an
nounced yesterday.
Students in kindergarten (K-4
and K-5) will be dismissed at 11
a. m. Students in grades 1-12 will
be dismissed at 11:15 a. m.
The school store will be open
to students to buy snacks and
school supplies, King said.
"All students planning to at
tend Warren Academy this year
should be enrolled in the school
office before August 25," he
Unnoticed Fund
Given Attention
Ey MARY C. HARRIS
Staff Writer
The recent resignation of
Howard Daniel as treasurer of
the Firemen's Relief Fund for
Warrenton focused the attention
of the town's commissioners on
the fund which goes generally
unnoticed.
During their regular monthly
meeting Monday night, the com
missioners heard a report on the
relief fund from newly appointed
treasurer Jack Harris. The
report showed a balance of a lit
tle more than $38,000 which may
be used to provide aid to town
firemen who become injured or
disabled in the line of duty, Har
ris informed the board. A claim
has never been made by the town
of Warrenton, he said.
The Firemen's Relief Fund
receives monies from insurance
premium taxes collected by the
state insurance department and
from investment income, Harris
s8"1- .., T-. i
Commissioner Phil Daniel,
chairman of the town s fire com
mittee, was appointed to fill the
vacancy on the fund's board of
trustees left by the resignation of
Howard Daniel. Other trustees
are Dick Miles, Hugh Holt and
Leon Cheek, who serves as
chairman.
Appearing before the board
Monday night was Mayor Vivian
Edwards of Middleburg who
sought the commissioners'
assistance in making water ser
vice available to her town. The
commissioners suggested that
Mrs. Edwards approach the
county governing body in view of
the fact that the water line in the
Middleburg area is owned by the
county. The board further
pledged their support of the
mayor's efforts and offered to
help within their jurisdiction.
Mark Gott and Robert Stegall
of Public Service Propane Cor
poration of Warrenton Monday
night requested consideration of
their company as a vendor for
gasoline used by the town's
vehicles. Prior to Public Service
Propane's purchase of Bullock
Oil Company, the town rotated on
a yearly basis between Bullock
and Bowers and Burrows Oil
Company of Warrenton, it was
point*"! out. The commissioners
decided to continue the rotation
system between the two local
companies.
Peoples Bank Planning
To Close Local Office
Peoples Bank & Trust Co. has
applied to the State Banking
Commissioner to close its office
in Warrenton and serve Warren
ton customers at its larger office
in Norlina.
Marshall Tetterton, president
of the bank, said the Warrenton
office, which opened over two
years ago, failed to generate
enough business to justify
remaining open. Tetterton and
Peoples Bank Vice President
Del Jones were in Warrenton
Thursday to discuss the closing.
Tetterton said, "We knew it
would be a challenge for the
Warrenton office to meet the
financial requirements we have
for any new office. But we
opened the office here because
our bank has always had a
committment to serving smaller
communities in rural areas."
He added, "Our experience
has not been satisfactory, so we
have reluctantly requested the
Banking Commissioner for
permission to close this office."
Tetterton noted that the bank's
larger Norlina office is only four
miles from Warrenton and that
customers can be served there.
"Because the Warrenton of
fice has operated as a 'satellite'
branch of Norlina, our personnel
in Norlina are familiar with our
customers in Warrenton and
their needs," he said.
Tetterton said the bank has
notified its Warrenton custom
ers of the proposed closing. The
State Banking Commissioner
has published notice of the
change in the news media.
Warren Growers
Are Now Eligible
For Drought Help
Drought-stricken Warren
County has been declared a
disaster area by U. S. Agri
culture Secretary Richard E.
Lyng. The designation, made
earlier for a large number of
counties in North Carolina and
the Southeast, came about a
month after county officials had
requested aid.
Notification that the U. S.
government was extending
drought aid to Warren County
farmers was received Tuesday
morning, Thomas E. Watson,
executive director of the Warren
County ASCS Office. Watson
said that the declaration makes
Warren farmers eligible for
immediate assistance under
several new or expanded
programs of the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture (USDA).
Under the Feed Cost-Sharing
Program (formerly known as
the Emergency Feed Program),
USDA will share with livestock
producers the cost of purchasing
feed grains and hay. The cost
share will be up to 50 percent of
the cost of feed, not to exceed
five cents per pound?an in
crease from the previous level of
three cents per pound.
Watson said the cost-sharing
payments will be made in
generic certificates. Farmers
will have the flexibility to con
vert the certificates into cash or
redeem them for Commodity
Credit Corporation com
modities.
The declaration means that
Warren County farmers can now
buy CCC corn at 75 percent of the
loan rate?$1.58 per bushel for
corn.
Lyng also announced that un
der the Farmers Home Admin
istration's emergency loan
assistance program, family
farmers who cannot obtain
credit elsewhere are eligible for
low-interest loans. The interest
rate is five percent for loans up
to $100,000, and eight percent for
larger loans. Loan amounts are
limited to the governments
estimate of farmers' losses.
In addition to new and ex
panded government assistance
programs, Watson said the
following previously announced
measures continue in effect:
?Haying and grazing of all
crops is permitted on acreage
set aside under the Acreage
Conservation Reserve require
ment of the commodity pro
grams.
?Acres designated to be put to
a conservation use under
Acreage Conservation Reserve
requirements may be planted
for winter pasture with fast
growing grasses or small grains
for grazing.
?Producers participating in
federal farm programs will still
be eligible to receive deficiency
payments on planted acreage,
even though the crop is used for
forage or not harvested at all.
Participating producers who
harvest their crops for forage
will be permitted to retain their
acreage bases.
-Cost-sharing assistance un
der the Forestry Incentive Pro
gram is available to re-establish
stands of planted pine trees lost
due to droubht conditions.
The USDA is operating a
national toll-free hotline to
rspond to farmers' questions and
to facilitate drought relief effor
ts. The number is 1-800-433-0709.
Highly Erodible
Cropland Aid Seen
Warren farmers can now
volunteer highly erodible crop
land for entry into the 1987 Con
servation Reserve Program.
The third sign-up period for the
new USDA program, which
began August 4, will end August
15.
The Consen/ation Reserve
Program encourages farmers to
stop growing crops on highly
erodible cropland and plant it to
grass, wildlife habitat, or trees
through 10 year contracts with
USDA. Farmers will have an
opportunity during this sign-up
period to bid on a program con
tract for the 1987 crop year. Suc
cessful bidders will be allowed to
harvest their 1986 crop before
the contract becomes effective,
if necessary.
For retiring highly erodible
cropland from production, farm
ers will receive conservation
payments of up to 50 percent of
the eligible cost of establishing
trees, wildlife habitat, or grass
on the acres placed in the
program. They also will receive
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