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M7rs??0?"e"'Ubr,rir * 1' S.Ma in St. Narrenton, N.C. 27589 Ullje Uarren Eecorft Volume 89 25c Per Copy Warrenton, County Of Warren, North Carolina Wednesday, October 22, 1986 Number 43 Sylvan Sanctuary Morning mist and sun dance with boughs and branches in semblance of cathedralled ceilings and stained glass windows. The patterns of light and limbs cascade upon winding Fairview Road on the edge of Warrenton. (Staff Photo by Dianne T. Rod well) Warrenton's Warehouses Almost Sell Maximum Tobacco Poundage Warrenton's tobacco ware houses last Wednesday came close to selling the maximum poundage possible for this market, according to Sales Supervisor Alice R. Robertson. Hie 445,957 pounds auctioned Wednesday topped all local records in Mrs. Robertson's Awards Are Given By Cancer Society Awards were presented to American Cancer Society board members at their Oct. 14 meeting. Officers receiving ap preciation awards were: Ever lyna Norwood, president; Mary D. Williams, crusade chairman; Lucy Holtzmann, treasurer; Hazel Williams, reporter; Eva Holtzmann, public education chairman; Sallie Patillo, secretary and Connie Perkinson, past-president. Mrs. Mary D. Williams, cap tain of the crusade received a certificate of appreciation. Co captains receiving certificates were: Irene Alston (first place), A. C. McAuslen (second place), Mrs. Irene Moss (third place) and Mrs. Nannie H. Spruill (fourth place). Also, Belle Russell, Veila Solomon, Margaret Aycock, Mary Hargrove, Wilhelmenia Burnette, Toyie Alston, Mary Fitts, Lila Turner, Elizabeth Russell, Louise Burnette, Judy Carroll and Louise Riggan. A workshop has been planned for Nov. 22-23 at Camp Caraway Conference Center. Those wishing to attend should contact Mrs. Everlyna Norwood. The next regular meeting will be January 13. keeping, she said. The maximum for the three local warehouses is 450,000 pounds, she explained. With the season waning, prices have dropped somewhat from those of a couple of weeks ago, but Warrenton again boasted on Wednesday the higest average of any market in the Old and Mid dle belts for that day, the super visor reported. Sales on the lone sale day last week averaged $152.44 per hundred pounds. Mrs. Robertson attributed the increased poundage to the fact there was only one sale during the week. Also, with cooler weather coming, farmers are making every effort to get the tobacco out of the fields and on the warehouse floors, she added. Traditionally the amount of tobacco taken by Stabilization in creases later in the season and the last two sale days on the War renton market have been no ex ception. Fifteen percent last Wednesday and 14 percent on Monday of this week went into the federal stocks, the supervisor's figures showed. The average inched back up to $155.81 per hundred pounds Mon day, a fraction short of the season average of $155.85. Stabilization's average for the season stands at five percent. New Littleton Business Is Now In Operation Merchants in downtown Lit tleton welcomed a new business to South Main Street Friday with the grand opening of Vaughan Satellite, Inc.'s new quarters. The company, owned by Gerald and Veronica Mullins of Eaton's Ferry Estates on Lake (Continued on page 4B) Lawmen Destroy Still, Operators Elude Arrest Site North Of Drewry Warden County sheriff's deputies and area ABC agents destroyed a still and 700 gallons of mash near Drewry Tuesday morning. Chief Deputy Bobby D. Bolton said he and several otlier officers staked out the still and were waiting when the operators went to the site about 9 a.m. One of the violators apparently spotted an officer and fled, Bolton said. The authorities then moved in and destroyed the mash and the apparatus which had a capabili ty of processing 2,000 gallons of mash, he reported. located on State Road 1219 near its intersection with S.R. 1200, the still was not far from the site of another destroyed by of ficers a few weeks ago. Assisting Bolton were Sgt. Lawrence Harrison and Deputy Mack McGowan of the Warren County Sheriff's Department and ABC officers from Halifax, Wake and Vance counties. According to another sheriff's report, jewelry and other valuables were taken Sunday from the home of Ethel Overby of Rt. 2, Henderson. A sheriff's department spokesman said Mrs. Overby was away from her home in the Vicksboro community for a cou ple of hours Sunday and re turned to find the door of her mobile home unlocked and the bedroom window open. In vestigation indicated entry had been made by cutting the window screen and then prying the win dow open. Missing were various items of jewelry valued at $1,200, a small amount of coins, a Remington 1100 automatic shotgun valued at $430 and a set of silverplated flat ware of undetermined value. Deputy Harold Seaman was the investigating officer. The in vestigation is continuing. Man Seriously Injured When Struck By Vehicle Ronald Hunt, 24, of Rt. 1, War renton, remained in serious but stable condition early this week at Duke Medical Center in Durham where he is undergoing treatment for injuries suffered Friday evening when he was struck by an automobile near Wise. Trooper W. P. Blanks of the N.C. Highway Patrol said Hunt was run over by a station wagon driven by Willie D. Jiggetts of Norlina. Hunt was lying on State Road 1300 near S.R. 1305 east of Warrenton at the time of the 7:30 p.m. accident, the trooper said. The station wagon rolled over Hunt's legs. Jiggetts told the in vestigating officer he did not see Hunt in time to avoid running over him. Local American Cancer Society board memben (left to right), Mrs. Everiyna Norwood, Mrs. Sallie PatlUo, Mrs. Hasel Williams and Mrs. Eva Holtzmann, receive appreciation awarda la recognition of their dedication and service. (Staff Photo by Dianne T. RodweU) Vance County Sheriff Tommy McGhee and Warren County Sheriff Theo Williams inspect the remains of a still and 700 gallons of mash which were destroyed Tuesday morning at Drewry by officers from the two and other nearby counties. (Photo by Howard Jones) Minority Plan Adopted By County Commissioners County commissioners in their mid-monthly meeting held last Wednesday evening, Oct. 15, adopted the Minority, Physically Handicapped and Women Business Enterprise Plan for Warren County (M/PH/WBE). The plan ensures equal oppor tunity for participation in county construction, contracting and procurement programs. It pro vides procedures for monitoring the county's compliance with federal and state government regulations and means for re solving complaints. "Doing this makes a positive statement to the county and gives direction," Chairperson Eva Clayton said. "It represents leadership not reaction to federal and state regulations," she continued. In other business, commis sioners: (Continued on page 4B) Staggered Terms Ordered For ASC Committee Picks The Food Security Act of 1985 amended certain provisions of law concerning the election of community and county commit tees, according to a recent an nouncement by the local ASCS of fice. In the future, Warren Coun ty will be divided into three local administrative areas. The new election procedures call for ASC community commit tee persons in the three-area county to be elected to a stag gered three-year term. Thomas E. Watson, county ex ecutive director, said to ac complish this it is necessary to have a transition. Committee persons in local administrative area (LAA) three will be elected to a three-year term; committee persons in LAA one will be elected to a two-year term; and committee persons in LAA two will be elected to a one-year term. Each year hereafter, com munity committee persons from only one LAA will be elected, Watson said. A list of ASC communities, a boundary map and the number of farms within each community are available to the public at the county ASCS office. The ASC communities in Warren County are as follows: ?LAA 1?Nutbush, Smith Creek and Warrenton; ?LAA 2?Hawtree, Sixpound, River and Judkins; and ?LAA 3?Sandy Creek, Shoc co, Fork and Fishing Creek. Participation in ASC elections is open to all eligible farmers regardless of race, religion, sex, color, handicap or national origin. Board Endorses Plans By Peck Peck Manufacturing Company received last week unanimous support from county commis sioners of their plan to pursue in dustrial revenue bonds totaling up to $5.5 million dollars. Pending approval of the ap plication to be sent to the Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Commerce, the funds will be used for construc tion of an addition of approx imately 30,000-35,000 square feet to the existing facility and for new equipment. "When textiles are in turmoil, we are proud to have an organi zation that is moving forward," J. T. Fleming, commissioner, said. According to Bill Leary, plant manager, Peck Manufacturing Company was the first industry to come to Warren County open ing its doors in 1900. There are 145 employees. The will create 10-20 i
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