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Volume 89 25c Per Copy Warrenton, County Of Warren, North Carolina Wednesday, December 17, 1986 Number 51
Mrs. Hazel Harris (left) and Mrs. Bessie Bartholomew, dressed
as Minnie Pearl, (center) were among those who provided entertain
ment at the Kick-Off festivities for the new inter-generational pro
gram held Thursday, Dec. 11, at the Warren County Senior Citizens
Center. Attended by over 100 senior citizens and children from Mrs.
Barbara Wess' fourth grade class, the event provided an opportuni
tv for young and old to learn about one another. The occasion, spon
sored jointly by the Division of Aging and the Coordinating Council
of Senior Citizens of Warren County, received coverage on the Fri
day, Dec. 12, evening news broadcast by WTVD-11.
(Staff Photo by Howard Jones)
Farm
Program Sign-Up Under Way
Provisions of the 1987 wheat,
feed grain and cotton programs
have been announced. Program
sign-up has begun and will con
tinue through Mar. 30, 1987.
Basic provisions of the pro
gram are listed below:
?The acreage reduction re
quirements are 27.5 percent for
Warren Suspect
Is Being Sought
Sheriff Theodore Williams an
nounced Tuesday that a breaking
and entering and attempted safe
robbery had occurred Wednes
day, Dec. 3, between 9 p.m. and
6 a.m. at Mama's Country Kit
chen. Milton Ayscue is the owner
of the Oine-based establishment.
According to B. D. Bolton, in
vestigating officer, a juvenile
was arrested Monday with a peti
tion for breaking and entering
and attempted safe robbery.
"There is also a warrant for John
Edward Plummer of Rt. 1, Nor
lina," Bolton added. "The
20-year-old black male is wanted
for felonious breaking and enter
ing and safecracking," he
reported.
Plummer was still at large as
of Tuesday morning.
wheat, 20 percent for feed grains
(with an optional paid land diver
sion of 15 percent) and 25 percent
for cotton.
?Price support loan rates for
enrolled crops are $2.38 per
bushel for wheat, $1.82 for corn,
$1.74 for grain sorghum, $1.49 for
barley, $.94 for oats and 52.25
cents per pound for cotton.
?The target price per bushel of
wheat and grains is $4.38 for
wheat, $3.03 for corn, $2.88 for
sorghum, $2.60 for barley and
$1.60 for oats. The target price for
cotton is 79.4 cents per pound.
Comprehensive Course
Is Under Way Locally
The Warren County Court
Room has been the site of a com
prehensive course on radiological
monitors. Taught by Ralton Har
ris (North Carolina State Univer
sity radiological protection of
ficer), Dr. A1 Coots (North
Carolina State University
chemistry department) and Lin
wood Dunn (N. C. Division of
Emergency Management), the
12-hour course will result in
C.E.U. credit through Vance
Granville Community College for
those who pass the required
examination.
Those firemen, law enforce
ment officials, rescue workers
and health professionals devoting
their Thursday evenings from 7
until 10 in the two-week period,
Dec. 9-18, have received instruc
tion in the use of radiological
monitors. According to Gary
Robenolt, emergency manage
ment coordinator, knowledge of
the devices becomes crucial in
the event of transportation ac
cidents involving radioactive
materials or in times of nuclear
war. "Federal and state laws re
quire that counties have these
classes, and participation is to
our advantage since it is very
likely that hazardous and
radioactive materials are
transported through the county
along 1-85 and U.S. 1," Robenolt
said.
?Projected deficiency pay
ment rates will be the difference
between loan rates and target
prices. These rates are $2.10 for
wheat, $1.21 for corn, $1.14 for
sorghum, $1.11 for barley, $.55 for
oats and 27.15 cents per pound for
cotton.
?Optional 15 percent diversion
payment rates for feed grains are
$2.00 per bushel for corn, $1.90 for
sorghum, $1.60 for barley and $.80
for oats.
?Producers may request ad
vance payment rates at the time
of sign-up. Advance payments
will be 50 percent of feed grain
diversion payments, 40 percent of
projected deficiency payments
for wheat and feed grains and 30
percent of the projected deficien
cy payment for cotton. These
payments will be paid one-half in
cash and one-half in generic com
modity certificates.
?Producers who underplant
their permitted program crop
acreage may, under some condi
tions, receive deficiency pay
ments on up to 92 percent of the
permitted acreage. To be eligi
ble, at least 50 percent of the per
mitted acreage of the applicable
crop(s) must be planted and at
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Valentine Elected
Congressional Whip
Congressman Tim Valentine
was unanimously elected Zone
Whip by the Democratic House
Members from North Carolina
and Virginia yesterday.
As Zone Whip, Valentine will
represent North Carolina and
Virginia members in meetings
with House leaders. He will act as
a liaison between the two delega
tions and the leadership officers
of the House. Valentine is among
20 Zone Whips who will represent
their states when the legislative
agenda is considered by the
leadership.
"I am gratified by the con
fidence that my colleagues have
shown in me," Valentine said. "I
hope to use this position to ensure
that the interests of eastern North
Carolina are represented and
considered carefully by House
leaders.1^
The "Christmas Star" was but one of the sym
bols depicted in the Christmas Joy Of Lights the
evening of Sunday, Dec. 14, at the Armory. Spon
sored by the Ladies Aoxilliary of the Warrenton
Rural Fire Department, the event was the result
of hears of painstaking arranging and re-arranging
of numerous candles. Shown here are preparations
made daring daylight hours to ensure that the Ar
mory grounds shone bright in the display to be
remembered by all who saw it.
(Staff Photo by Howard Jones)
No New Projects
Viewed In Latest
State Road Plan
No new projects have been
slated for Warren County in the
latest update on North Carolina's
Transportation Improvement
Program (TIP).
Included in the schedule of im
provements released last week
by the state Board of Transpor
tation were the replacement of
three bridges in Warren County
already under construction and
improvement of one potentially
hazardous local rail-highway
grade crossing. The projects and
their estimated value are:
replacement of bridge over
Fishing Creek on N.C. 58,
$501,000; replacement of bridge
over Fishing Creek on U.S. 401,
$632,000; replacement of bridge
over Shocco Creek on State Road
1133, $469,000; and revision of
automatic warning devices at
Seaboard Railroad crossing at
Wise, $8,000.
The railway crossing project
was added to TIP in October 1975
and the three bridge projects in
November 1983.
The improvement program
adopted last week by the Board
of Transportation is based, in
part, on Governor Jim Martin's
"Roads to the Future" program
adopted by the N.C. General
Assembly in July. Martin has
made the state's transportation
needs a top priority during his
administration.
The more than $3.1 billion
Transportation Improvement
Program is a non-binding plan
which sets statewide construction
and assistance priorities It in
eludes schedules for the highway
program, airport improvements,
assistance to rail lines, plans for
bicycle routes and public
transportation programs.
The update of the program ap
proved by the board shortens by
one year the period covered by
the TIP, scheduling work over
nine years, 1987-1995. The reduc
tion is the first step in the board's
plan to return to the seven-year
transportation program specified
by state law. It is condensing the
document because of difficulty in
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Lawmen Request
SBI Assistance
The State Bureau of Investiga
tion has been called to assist local
authorities in the investigation of
fire vandalism last week at
Northside Elementary School on
U.S. 1 near Norlina, according to
Warren County Sheriff Theodore
Williams.
Williams said a small fire was
discovered about 4:30 a.m. last
Wednesday in a storage room
near the kitchen of the school.
Lewis Beal, who was making a
regular delivery to the school for
Pine State Creamery, detected
smoke when he entered the kit
chen area and located the fire in
the storage room, the sheriff
stated. Beal extinguished the fire
with water from the kitchen and
then contacted the Norlina Police
Department.
Officer James Champion
received the report and calleid for
assistance from the sheriff's
department, Williams said.
Deputy Mack McGowan and
Chief Deputy Bobby Dean Bolton
responded and contacted the
State Bureau of Investigation for
assistance.
Entry to the building was made
by breaking a classroom window,
Williams reported.
Williams said it had not yet
been determined if the Northside
incident were related to a similar
recent break-in at Norlina Middle
School.
Car Wash Planned
Willoughby and Janet Harris of
Macon this week purchased the
corner property taken by
Municipal Parking Lot at the in
tersection of Bragg and E. Macon
streets and are making plans to
begin right away construction of
a car wash on the property.
The Harris couple purchased
the property from Branch Bank
ing and Trust Company.
Mrs. Harris said in an inter
view Tuesday that details re
garding the size of the facility
have not been decided.
Deputy Mack McGowan if the Warns County
dusta for prists during investigation of a
Wednesday morning at Northskl
Bureau of Investigation Is nook ting locnl
(Staff