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Volume 89 25c Per Copy Warrenton, County Of Warren, North Carolina Wednesday, October 8, 1986 Number 41
Eleven-year-old Samantha Ann Thompson of Henderson was
killed Friday night when this 1978 AMC Concord station wagon in
which she was riding collided with another vehicle on U.S. 1 north
of Wise. Miss Thompson's mother, who was driving the above vehi
cle, and eight other persons were injured in the accident. Five re
main hospitalized. (Staff Photo by Howard Jones)
Board Approves State Funds
For Use In Quick City Area
By THURLETTA M. BROWN
Staff Writer
Warren County Commissioners
in their meeting Monday morning
approved the resolution that the
$139,705 appropriation for 1985-86
under Senate Bill 2 by the North
Carolina General Assembly be
used for the construction of water
and sewer improvements for the
Quick City area. Of this amount,
$48,898 will be used to replace
water lines and the remaining
$90,807 will be used to provide
wastewater collection and treat
ment facilities for 38 families.
The Warren County appropria
tion is part of the $60 million
disbursed each year of the 1965-87
biennium to support up to fifty
percent of the non-federal cost for
water and sewer improvement
for city and county governments,
Cathy Wilson, economic develop
ment director, reported.
The total cost of the project is
estimated to be $407,791. To sup
plement the monies received
from Senate Bill 2, $268,086 of the
1986 Community Development
Block Grant will be used. Of this
amount, $40,845 has been ear
marked for water facilities;
$227,241 for sewer facilites.
The board also approved, sub
ject to legal review, a legally bin
ding commitment between Per
due Farms, Inc. and the county.
Once implemented, the project
will utilize the $110,480 pre
liminary Community Develop
Department of Natural Re
Forester Talks
Joe Armstrong of Champion In
ternational Corporation gave a
slide presentation at the Sept. 30
meeting of the Warrenton Rotary
Club.
Presented by the program
chairman for the meeting, Lester
Capps, Armstrong is a procure
ment forester for Champion out
of the Roanoke Rapids district.
He received a B.S. degree in
Forest Management at Penn
sylvania State University in 1969
and was a helicopter pilot in
Vietnam.
Topics covered in the presenta
tion were site preparation, pine
release, nursery, road building,
thinning, harvesting and the new
long wood system.
sources and Community Develop
ment. For the award to become
final, the county must submit to
the department evidence that the
necessary permits to construct
and operate a wastewater treat
ment facility have been obtained,
and an approvable legally bin
ding commitment.
Commissioners received from
David Mazo of David M. Griffith
and Associates a report of the
cost allocation plan that had been
done. A cost allocation plan
allows counties to charge
overhead costs to the Depart
ment of Social Services. The
Raleigh-based firm services 39
counties and provides 90 percent
of all cost allocation plans. The
analysis done for 1984 on which
tie FY '86 budget was based
resulted in $14,186 in additional
collections. "This is an especial
ly attractive means of revenue as
counties evaluate whether to
develop needed funds by increas
ing the ad valorem tax or by
charging for services provided,"
Mazo noted.
Four additions to the county's
Disaster Relief and Assistance
Plan and a hazard analysis were
adopted. Presented by Gary
Robenolt, emergency manage
ment coordinator, the addenda
represent an effort to enhance
county readiness by advance
planning.
The Emergency Shelter Plan
establishes shelters in the nine
public schools. The Disaster
Relief and Assistance Program
describes Federal programs
available in disasters whether
deemed such by local or by
Presidential degree. The Winter
Storm Plan provides a system to
minimize the effects of a severe
winter storm. The Plane Crash
Plan outlines actions to be taken
in the event of crashes of schedul
ed passenger airlines, cargo air
craft or military equipment.
In related business, the board
earmarked a grant from the con
tingency fund to permit the pur
chase and maintenance of a
hazardous materials response
vehicle.
In other business, the board:
?Accepted the tax collections
report: $343,829.43 collected In
September consisting of
$380,063.53 regular collection
$32,354.22 in delinquent taxes and
penalties; and $5,167.02 in partial
payments.
?Adopted a formal policy for
employee travel advances.
?Approved property tax
releases totaling $849.75 and a re
fund of $14.20.
?Suggested a meeting among
officials of the Town of Warren
ton, Town of Norlina and the
county to discuss the Police Infor
mation Network (PIN) System.
?Adopted the proposed adjust
ment in the commercial fee
schedule for building inspections.
?Set for Oct. 15 at 9 a.m.
before its next meeting a Public
Hearing concerning the franchise
for the county requested by War
ren CATV.
?Tabled until its next meeting
the following agenda items: (1)
Minority, Physically handicap
ped and Women Business Enter
prise Plan. (2) Agreement for
protection, development and im
provement of forest lands. (3)
Request to pave a portion of S.R.
1225 and (4) Warren General
Hospital heating and cooling
system.
4-H Leaders
Have Session
By MARY K. JEFFERSON
The Warren County 4-H
Leader's Association met Sept. 29
at 7 p.m. at Mariam Boyd School.
The meeting was called to order
with a prayer led by Mrs. Vernice
Ayscue.
Mrs. Margaret Foster,
member of the Vance-Warren
Health Plan, presented an educa
tional program entitled "Ride
Against Childhood Cancer!"
Identifying herself as a former
4-H'er from the Hecks Grove
community, Mrs. Foster en
couraged members to participate
in the Bike-A-Thon scheduled for
Oct.ll at 9 a.m. "Wheels for Life"
is sponsored by the St. Jude
Children's Hospital in Nashville
Tenn. in support of research on
catastrophic childhood illnesses.
The Bike-A-Thon will originate
from Norlina Middle School.
George W. Koonce, extension
agent, requested that all
members respond immediately
to incoming mail concerning the
North Central District Retreat on
Nov. 8.
The next executive board
meeting will be held on Nov. 10 in
the Agricultural Building.
Pictured together daring a "Meet the Can
didates" evening Monday at Mariam Boyd School
are, left to right, Lelaad Gottschalk, Second
District Congressman Candidate Bud McElhaney,
N.C. House Candidate Jesse Shearia and
Republican Chairman John Hawkins.
(Staff Photo by Howard
Child Is Killed
As Cars Collide
On Warren Road
By MARY C. HARRIS
Staff Writer
One person was killed and nine
others injured, five seriously, in
a two-car accident on U. S. 1
north of Wise Friday night.
Charges are still pending in the
accident which claimed the life of
11-year-old Samantha Ann
Thompson of Henderson.
Miss Thompson was traveling
in the front passenger's seat of a
1978 AMO Concord station wagon
driven by her mother, Bernice
Rebecca Thompson, 29, of the
same address, Trooper W. P.
Blanks of the State Highway
Patrol reported.
The officer said the Thompson
vehicle was traveling north about
two miles outside Wise when the
driver crossed the center line and
came into the path of a south
bound 1978 Oldsmobile Toronado
driven by Rufus Henderson, Jr.,
19, of Rt. 3, Warrenton.
Upon seeing the oncoming
vehicle in his lane, Henderson
crossed to the northbound side of
the highway, Blanks said, anu the
two cars collided when Mrs.
Thompson attempted to get back
in her original lane, then oc
cupied by Henderson. Contact
was made at the front right of
both vehicles, the officer noted.
The accident victim was seated
in the front right passenger's seat
at the time of the collision, he
said.
Mrs. Thompson was taken by
rescue personnel to Community
Memorial Hospital in South Hill,
Va. and later transferred to Duke
Medical Center in Durham where
she remained in satisfactory con
dition Tuesday afternoon.
Also taken to Duke from Maria
Parham Hospital in Henderson
were three of her children,
Tyrone, 12, who was discharged
Monday; and seven-year-old
Gwendolyn and five-year-old
Sammy, whose conditions had
not been released Tuesday after
noon, according to a hospital
spokesperson. Six-year-old
Sharal Thompson, a passenger in
the rear part of the station
wagon, was treated and released
Friday night at Maria Parham.
Rufus Henderson was also
hospitalized at the Durham
hospital where he was taken
Saturday morning from Com
munity Memorial. A hospital
spokesman reported Henderson's
condition had not been released
by attending physicians Tuesday.
Traveling with Henderson
were Daphne Michelle Taylor, 19,
of Rt. 1, Palmer Springs, Va. and
her two-month-old son, Dejon
Shawn Taylor, both of whom
were treated at Community
Memorial Hospital and released,
and 17-year-old Darcell Wright,
also of Rt. 1, Palmer Springs,
who was treated at Maria
Parham and released.
Trooper Blanks said he ex
pected charges to be filed by the
end of the week.
He expressed appreciation to
the Warren County Sheriff's
Department, to Warren County
and South Hill, Va. rescue per
sonnel and to area firemen who
assisted following the accident.
Tobacco Sales
In Warrenton
Hit New High
Tobacco sales Monday on the
Warrenton market recorded an
average of $167.87 per hundred
pounds, the highest average of
the 1906 season, Sales Supervisor
Alice R. Robertson has reported.
A second favorable factor of
the most recent sale day was the
meager one percent of floor offer
ings which went into the
Stabilization stocks, the super
visor said.
t Thursday s sales aver
aged $162.76 per hundred and sent
two percent to Stabilisation, the
figures indicated.
"The season is still in full
swing, but farmers are not hav
ing a problem getting their tobac
co on the warehouse floors," Mrs.
Robertson said. Some of the
larger farmers who used irriga
tion have almost finished selling
and growers who did not water
extensively and who thereby
have later crops are now occupy
ing much of the warehouse space,
she noted.
The local market's season
average to this date is $156.12 per
hundred pounds, she said, and an
average of three percent has
been claimed by Stabilization.
The Warrenton market has sold
just under four million pounds
this season.
The one sale day next week is
set for Wednesday, Mrs. Robert
son added.
Health Department
Giving Vaccines
The Warren County Health
Department is administering in
fluenza vaccine on Tuesdays
from 8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. The
fee for vaccination is $5 per
person.
Persons at high risk are en
couraged to come during October
and November since vaccination
in these months yields the beck
results. High risk groups Include:
adults of children with long-term
heart or lung problems; residents
of nursing homes or other institu
tions who have serious long-term
health problems; healthy people
over age 65; persons in con
tinuous treatment for kidney
disease, cystic fibrosis, diabetes,
anemia or severe asthma; per
sons having types of cancer or
immunological disorders that
lower the body's normal
resistance to infections; and
children on a long-term regimin
of aspirin.
Hurt On Tractor
Marshall Johnson, 44, of the
Inez community was injured
Tuesday morning when the trac
Parham Hospital in
and admitted ft
condition was i
day afternoon.