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Ordinance Needed
The towns of Warrenton
and Spring Hope have a
valuable community trea
sure in common. Trees in
both towns are considered an
asset by many, and there is
now an attempt in Spring
Hope to go a step further by
protecting these trees
through legislation.
In the belief that many of
the factors involved in the
Spring Hope effort are
present in Warrenton, we are
reprinting in its entirety an
editorial from the most
recent issue of The Spring
Hope Enterprise:
"The Spring Hope Board of
Commissioners will once again
consider a proposed tree ordi
nance next Monday night. After
months of working and re
working the ordinance, com
missioners should go ahead and
pass it instead of acting like
they're going out on a limb.
"The tree ordinance, drafted
by forester Reid Hildreth and
based on model tree ordinances
used by othe' sound
pretentious i... n, but
it his 2 dov?n-i<>t func
tion?the protection; reser
vation of the town's pu^c trees.
The final form to be submitted
Monday has taken into account
all the revisions and questions
raised by commissioners, the
town attorney, and the in
terested public, and to delay its
approval any more would be
stalling without purpose.
"The ordinance establishes a
committee of five town residents
who act as advisors to the town
board to prepare and administer
an annual written plan for 'the
care, preservation, pruning,
planting, replanting, removal or
disposition of trees and shrubs in
parks, along position of trees
and shrubs in parks, along
streets, and in other public
areas.' The ordinance does not
affect any trees on private
property except, reasonably,
those that 'constitute a hazard to
life and property, harbor insects
or disease which constitute a
potential threat to other trees
within the town.'
"Trees are an important
natural resource for Spring
Hope, not only for their simple
beauty which itself enhances the
town but as an integral part of
the town's downtown revitaliza
tion project. The architectural
redesign of the downtown's
physical appearance, drafted
three years ago by Peter Lassen,
depended heavily on trees for ef
fect. That's what prompted the
planting of street trees down
town and led to a specific recom
mendation by the Revitalization
Commission, accepted by the
town board at the time, that the
town adopt the kind of tree or
dinance now being proposed.
"The importance of the tree
ordinance is that it ensures the
town will take care of its trees
coordinating their planting and
maintenance for best effect and
protecting them from neglect,
disease, improper topping, or ill
considered removal. It also
gives the town a way to identify
and remove those trees that
need removing, and an active
tree board will take a lot of
supervisory burden off the town
board and maintenance depart
ment without costing anything
extra. Anyone who likes the
grand old trees in Spring Hope,
or wants to see the smaller trees
along the downtown streets grow
up healthy and properly main
tained, should support the tree
ordinance.
"In a way the tree ordinance is
a simple service contract for
keeping up the major invest
ment Spring Hope has made in
its trees over the years. After
months of study, the town board
has had enough time to do its
homework and should pass the
revised ordinance without fur
ther delay. Failure to adopt a
tree ordinance now will be a fail
ure of commitment to Spring
Hope's beautification and revita
lization."
Looking Back Into The Record
November 15, 1946
Bob Bright, manager of the
Warrenton Supply Company and
former county agent of Warren
County, was elected president of
the Warren County Farm Bureau
at the last meeting of the
organization for this year.
The following hard-surfaced
roads have been completed in
Warren County: from slightly
east of the Warrenton golf course
to Embro?a distance of three
miles; from the city limits to the
prison camp; from Oine to the
Va. line and a road in the
Vicksboro section.
Effective Sunday night, mail
will be sent out of the Warrenton
Post Office at 8 p.m. The new
schedule was given approval by
the Post Office Department after
a large number of persons here
signed a petition which was cir
culated for the benefit of the mail
messenger.
November 17, 1M1
Harold G. (Pete) Vaughan of
Warrenton is stationed at Fort
Gordon, Ga.
Roy Pat Robertson of Macon
left last week for Chapel Hill
where he is enrolled in the State
Highway Patrol Clerk School.
A highly appreciative and en
thusiastic audience listened in
almost stunned silence on Tues
day night as Tasker Polk, winner
of the International Bach Festi
val, presented a brilliant piano
concert sponsored by the John
Graham-Mariam Boyd P.T.A. to
raise funds for the local schools.
November 11, 1976
Shareholders of Branch Bank
ing and Trust Company at a spe
cial meeting in Wilson on Thurs
day voted to approve the pro
posed merger between B B ant
T and the Citizens Bank.
A high wind, a creeping fire, i
trash bin and stored LP gas a?
fuel oil were the ingredients tha
might have destroyed much o
the business section of Warranto
late Monday afternoon had it no
been for the quick thinking of A
A. Wood and Jimmie Roberts.
To help celebrate Children';
Book Week, the third grad<
children at Northside Elemen
tary School will use their magi
markers, crayons and water col
ors to decorate a skirt and blous
donated by the librarian. Oi
Thursday, the librarian will wea
the skirt and blouse all day.
The Warren County Scene
Warm November temperatures Sunday afternoon sent these
cattle to the cool waters and tempting forage of a pasture on
the Ridgeway Road.
(Staff Photo by Dianne T. Rodwell)
Carolina Commentary **
Jenkins
A Used Book Sale
Have you ever been hit in the
small of the back by John
Steinbeck, had Wiliiam Faulkner
taken from your hand, or a
knuckle bruised by John Dos
Passos?
If the answer is no, you prob
ably have never been to a big
used book sale.
Mature males generally dislike
shopping of any kind. If they need
a certain item they like to go to
the appropriate counter, without
looking to the right or left, buy the
item and make a quick getaway.
Their wives, on the other hand,
like leisurely trips along the
aisles as they test the fabric,
compare prices and wander into
every nook and cranny in search
of bargains.
At a recent book sale, the
women still outnumbered the
men, but by a smaller margin
than that found in department
stores. And when it comes to ag
gressiveness, males are catching
up.
Perhaps a hundred people,
lined up two abreast, were pa
tiently waiting for the doors to
open so they could get at the
books. Some had been there for
an hour.
A guy with gray hair peeking
out from his beret, looking pur
poseful, walked to the head of the
line, mumuring something about
being "a sponsor," and would
have gotten away with it if a
neighbor hadn't spotted him.
"No bucking the line, Mark,"
said the neighbor, a burly dude,
and the beret sheepishly fell in at
the rear.
Once inside, the first female
wave headed for the table
labeled "Children's Books", but
the other tables soon were ringed
by shoppers carrying plastic gro
cery bags and large cardboard
boxes.
Some definite types always
seem to appear at book sales.
Herewith some examples:
THE HOG. He seemed intent
on wiping out "History." He sat
his big box atop the table, block
ing the view, and scooped up
books two at the time. Then he
dragged the box across the table,
leaving a mess. Thirty minutes
later, he was dumping most of his
cache from "History" on the
"Classics" table.
THE RELENTLESS GRAND
MOTHER. Skinny, and with a
fixed smile, she edged along the
table, wedging her bony frame
between it and whoever was in
her path. As she forced one male
to retreat, he said, "Beg your
pardon," and she said, "It's all
right." She tore up the "Fax
East" table.
THE BREATHLESS COM
MANDO. This bird plowed
straight ahead, his breathing
labored, bouncing off other shop
pers. His hands were a blur, pick
ing up and then replacing
volumes. At the end of a table,
blowing hard, he'd take inventory
of his knapsack, crouching as if
in prayer.
THE LOVERS. This couple
used a pincher movement. They
stood back to back at "Poetry,"
then moved around the table in
opposite directions, until they
met again. After the first circuit,
they had one book between them.
Goodby, again, Rudyard Kipling.
THE SCHOLAR. Pipe and
tweed. He'd move an inch at
"Classics," pick up a book and
begin flipping through it,
oblivious to the traffic jam he
caused. Someone trying to get to
a book jostled him. He peered
over his bifocal rims with obvious
irritation. That time he moved
two inches.
THE HIT-AND-RUN ARTIST.
This fellow got his jollies from
paperbacks, which were there by
the thousands in big boxes. He'd
begin scanning one box, then ner
vously move to the next box, and
the next. Then he'd retrace his
steps. The path of indecision...
One shopper's tab came to $20.80
Letters To Editor
Best Wishes
TO THE EDITOR:
Please renew my subscription
to the best weekly newspaper in
North Carolina. My check is
enclosed.
Best wishes for another suc
cessful year at the Record.
DAVID A. SMITH
Charlotte
Good Story Idea
To The Editor:
I am a handicapped person who
likes very much to read your
paper.
Would it be possible for you to
get the name of the lady who
preaches for the sick and shut-in
every Sunday morning on the
Warren ton radio station? Hers
would be a good story for the
feature section that often
spotlights people of interest. I
think that the Warren Record is
doing a good Job on covering the
work done by the Sheriff's
department on liquor stills in the
county. We need some more hap
py stories, too, and reading about
this lady would mean a lot to us.
BERTHAL RICHARDSON
Hollister
Mary
Catherine
Harris
A 50th Anniversary
There's a half-inch-thick volume at center stage of the newsstands
this season. The muted gold photographic cover frames other snap
shots in living color and gives a random overview of what has
claimed America's attention for the past half century.
The publication is the special anniversary issue of "Life" magazine.
Life is 50 years old this month.
Many Americans, myself included, cannot remember a time when
Life did not beckon from the news racks and coffee tables. Five
decades have made it almost a household staple and if not that, at
least one of the old reliables.
The 50-year span which the anniversary issue describes as a
"tumultous era" has seen Life cover in unprecedented fashion the
big events from the Spanish Civil War to the Challenger explosion;
winner personalities from Charlie Chaplin to Corazon Aquino; firsts
from a surrealist show at New York's Museum of Modern Art to
Senate sessions on television; couples from Edward, Prince of Wales
and Mrs. Simpson to Sarah Ferguson and Prince Andrew; bad news
from 1936 drought and dust storms to the Chernobyl nuclear plant
explosion; heroes from Jesse Owens to Christa McAuliffe; and trends
from permanent waves to a refurbished 100-year-old Statue of Liberty.
These news waves and those of 48 years besides have been
presented by Life in a style which itself may be described safely as
history-making.
Volume one, dated Nov. 23, 1936 and offered by news dealers for
a thin dime, barely got settled on the stands before all 466,000 copies
were snapped up. In those first % pages were photographs unlike the
posed and static shots which characterized earlier publications and
subject matter ranging from no less than the wide miles of the world
to no more than the confines of the American backyard.
Offering then what may have compared to live television coverage
today and continuing to inform and entertain all ages on every topic
imaginable, Life has made a solid mark on American journalism.
The 1,980th issue now on the stands is different from the first
volume. More than four times the number of pages and close to 40
times the cost, it holds the more memorable photographs and stories
from earlier issues. It is 416 pages chock full of history.
Some things have not changed?among them the bold red and white
block-style logo, the general format and the attractive and open style.
There is just one thing about the latest issue which makes me a
tad uncomfortable. I remember much more of what it records than
i I care to admit.
Kay
Horner
Country Shoppe Open
Folks in these parts who have followed the career of local crafts
woman Phyllis Hicks King will be pleased to know that she has, at
long last, reclaimed her kitchen.
Five years ago, Phyllis set up "The Country Shoppe" in her home
in a kitchen corner. It was to be a place to display her wares and fill
orders as they trickled in.
The trickle, however, soon turned into a steady flow and customers
visiting her "shoppe" found themselves following the diminutive
Phyllis as she traipsed from room to room where her craft items were
tucked in every nook and cranny.
Thanks to the energetic efforts of family and friends, The Country
Shoppe is now housed adjacent to the King home in a 1917-vintage
tobacco barn rescued from an Embro farm and transformed last year
into a log cabin to display Phyllis' crafts.
The cabin tells a story all its own with its heart pine floors sal
vaged from the demolition of an old home on Lake Gaston, under
pinning of rocks gathered from the Hicks farm, tin roof lifted from
a nearby tobacco barn, door from a grist mill in Wise and the per
sonal notations made in the mortar chinking between the logs by
Phyllis' aunts, who helped with the project.
The cabin stands strong and sturdy, despite having been dismantled
log by log and rebuilt in two different locations (a topic for another
column).
Inside a Felt country ham bag curtains the cabin window and sales
transactions are completed at a wooden counter taken from the Shell
Service Station operated for more than 35 years on the Warrenton
Norlina Road by Phyllis' Dad, the late Levy Hicks.
On display in the cabin are wreaths, handwoven baskets, hand
painted pottery and ceramic items, wooden duck decoys, carousel
horses and folk art crafted by Phyllis and duly dated and signed.
Many items are one-of-a-kind, including a basket woven in a her
ringbone pattern. "That's one-of-a-kind because I don't ever intend
to tackle another one," Phyllis laughed.
A small selection of framed prints and watercolors as well as fabric
dolls, coverlet accent pillows and tole-painted items are also
available.
In the primitive department are gifts guaranteed to catch the fan
cy of the collector?a black willow high chair from South Carolina,
a West Virginia school desk, quilts, farm implements, and the letter
"0" that helped complete the "ROSES" sign that hung over the War
renton variety store before its closing several years ago.
Phyllis hopes to have handpainted wooden and glass Christmas tree
ornaments ready for sale the first week in December.
"Be sure to say 'hopes to have ready,' " Phyllis cautioned.
The availability of the ornaments seems assured to those who know
Phyllis and her motto: "Things may come to those who wait, but on
ly those things left by those who hustle."
The Country Shoppe is located 1.5 miles west of Warrenton on S.R.
1118. It is open most days, according to Phyllis, from noon to 9 p.m.
That includes weekends and holidays. However, those traveling some
distance are urged to call ahead, 257-3962, just to be sure the artist
is "in residence."
from HISTORY'S SCRAPBOOK
DATES AND EVENTS FROM YESTERYEARS
13,1942?Sullivan brothers killed on U.S.S. Juneau.
14,1979?Plains, Georgia, Baptist Church dropped ban on
blacks.
IS, 1104?Pike's Peak discovered.
14,1995?First dugong exhibited in America, San Francisco.
17,1944?Italians driven from Greece.
IS, 1941?British began offensive in Libya.
19,1930?First telephone installed in Vatican.