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Volume 89 25c Per Copy Warrenton, County Of Warren, North Carolina Wednesday, December 31, 1986 Number 53
Progress at Perdue Farms' primary breeder hatchery now under
construction at Manson is approximately two weeks behind schedule
because of inclement weather, but a company spokesman said com
plction is expected in April. Weather should not be a factor in con
struction from this point on, the spokesman said, because most of the
outside work is completed. (Staff Photo by Howard Jones)
Report Of Grove Hill Plane Crash
Proves To Be Without Foundation
A number of Warren County's
emergency personnel responded
early Sunday morning to a report
of a possible plane crash in the
Grove Hill community.
Emergency Management
Coordinator Gary Robenolt said
a resident of the Grove Hill com
munity reportedly heard a small
airplane pass at low altitude over
his home about 1:45 a.m. and a
short time later heard a noise
which he surmised could have
been a plane crash.
Robenolt said he received a call
regarding the incident from the
Enforcement Upcoming
For Law On Seat Belts
New Year's Day will signal the
end of another year, and it will
herald the beginning of active en
forcement of the state's "Seat
Belt Law."
This portion of the N. C. Gover
nor's Highway Safety Program
came into effect Oct. 1, 1985.
Among its requirements are the
stipulations that all front-seat oc
cupants of cars manufactured
after 1966 wear lap/shoulder
seatbelts; that all children under
three years of age be placed in
safety seats or booster seats; and
that all children between the ages
of three and six ride in a safety
seat or booster seat, or be pro
tected by lap/shoulder belts.
Although in effect for well over
one year, tickets and violations
will be issued effective Jan. 1,
1987.
According toSgt. A. Z. Wright,
Henderson-based highway
patrolman, infractions will result
in a $25 fine. "There will be no
wholesale arrests, but we plan to
be fair and issue citations," he
said. "This is a very- good law and
it will save some lives," he con
tinued. According to Patrolman
W. P. Blanks, tickets have been
issued already for violators of the
child-protection portion of the
law.
According to Sgt. Henderson,
points will not be applied toward
driver's licenses. "It remains to
be seen what insurance com
panies will do," he added.
sheriff's department and upon ar
riving at Grove Hill was met by
two firemen from the Areola
rural department and one from
the Warrenton rural company,
along with a policemen from
Warrenton. A sheriff's deputy ar
rived later, he said.
A search of the area turned up
nothing out of the ordinary,
Robenolt reported.
"We called the Federal
Aeronautics Administration to in
quire of missing or overdue air
craft," he said. "They had no
knowledge of anything."
Other residents of the
neighborhood were questioned
and no one else reported having
heard anything unusual.
Robenolt said he and the sheriff
went back on Monday to look
around the area but were unable
to find anything suggestive of a
plane crash. "We'll be ready to
go back if anything indicates we
should," he added.
Fires Reported
Firemen from the Warrenton
Rural Fire Department respond
ed to five minor fires in three
days this week, according to Cap
tain Walter Gardner.
(Continued on page 11)
Members of the In Service Club at the Warren
County unit of the N.C. Department of Correction,
Bennie Glenn, president, (left) and Tim Stroud,
vice-president, are pictured as they prepare toys
for distribution among unfortunate children in War
ren County. The clnb raised funds to purchase the
toys. (Staff Photo by Mary C. Harris)
Committee
Spots Are
Filled Here
Regulations have changed the
structure of the committee
system beginning in 1987. The
county is now divided into three
Local Administrative Areas.
Community committeemen will
be elected for a three-year term.
Consequently, a county commit
tee member from each respec
tive area will be elected for the
same term.
Since the present county com
mittee is represented by one
member from each ad
ministrative area, an initial ad
justment period must be
established to coordinate the
election of the community com
mittee with the county committee
from each area.
Listed below are the committee
persons and alternates by
chairperson, vice chairperson,
regular member, first alternate
and second alternate who have
been elected to serve:
?In Local Administrative
Area I (Nutbush, Smith Creek
and Warrenton communities), A.
P. Holtzman, Jr., Calvin Seaman,
Charles W. Lynch, James 0.
Green and Franklin Rivers (two
year term).
?In Local Administrative
Area II (Hawtree, Judkins, River
and Sixpound communities),
Dennis H. Stegall, Harry M.
Leete, Robert H. Frazier, D. S.
Isles and Alex Henderson (one
year term).
?In local Administrative Area
III (Fishing Creek, Fork, Sandy
Creek and Shocco communities),
William L. Fuller, Jr., Gillis
Alston, Raeford Pernell, Edward
Conn and Otha L. Hayes, Jr.
(three-year term).
At the County Convention,
delegates from LAA III reelected
Charles Hobgood to a three-year
term on the County Committee.
Raeford Pernell and William L.
Fuller were also elected as first
alternate and second alternate,
respectively. LAA II delegates
elected Harry M. Leete as first
alternate and Dennis H. Stegall
as second alternate. LAA I
delegates elected A. P. Holtz
man, Jr. as first alternate and
Calvin Seaman as second alter
nate.
All local administrative area
committeemen and county com
mitteemen will begin new terms
Jan. 1, 1967.
Air Of Optimism
Expressed As '87
Awaits Growers
By MARY C. HARRIS
Staff Writer
There's an air of optimism
among the county's farmers as
plans take shape for the 1987 crop
year, County Extension Chair
man Russell King said this week.
At this time last year, there
was still a great degree of uncer
tainty, particularly in the tobac
co program. King noted, but
preparation is well under way
across the county for a new crop
year.
All things considered, King
said the cut in tobacco quota this
year will amount to approximate
ly three percent. "This figure is
confusing," he pointed out,
"because some growers sold
more or less than their quota last
year and some didn't plant at
all."
King sees the cessation of the
lease transfer program as the
biggest adjustment facing tobac
co farmers. Without the lease
transfer provision, six options are
available to tobacco growers, he
listed:
(1) The farmer may plant the
tobacco on his farm;
(2) The farmer may combine a
number of farms under one
number and farm as one unit
with one set equipment and with
one person as manager;
(3) The farmer may take no ac
tion this year and plant double in
1988;
(4) The farmer may do nothing
in 1987, plant his quota in 1988 and
then plant as little as one pound
in 1989;
(5) The farmer may sell his
quota;
(6) The fanner may do nothing
and lose his quota.
King said more management
will be required of farmers as
they attempt to combine farms
into one unit, but he is encour
aged by the apparent optimism
among tobacco growers.
"Last year at this time few
plant beds had been gassed." he
remembered, "but that is not the
case this year."
King predicted a decline in the
amount of timber to be marketed
in Warren County in 1987. There
was a flooding of the market with
timber and pulpwood in 1988,
King noted, mainly because peo
ple anticipated major changes in
the tax laws for 1987.
Soybean production will pro
bably not see any major change.
"There may be a few more soy
beans planted through double
cropping, but we do not expect
any significant difference," King
explained. The dry weather last
season caused cancellation of
double-cropping plans for a
number of growers.
King predicted a slight reduc
tion in dairying in the county.
Swine, he said, appears about the
same, with possibly a slight
decline, and beef production may
increase slightly.
Ix)cal poultry production show
ed a steady increase in 1986 and
the extension chairman said he
expects the trend to continue in
the new year. The increase he at
tributed to the location of Perdue
Farms in Warren County.
The forecast for cucumber and
cantaloupe production is about
the same as for last year. King
added.
All in all, farmers are beginn
ing work toward the new season
with an upbeat outlook, the exten
sion chairman observed.
Annual Event
Is Scheduled
The 122nd Celebration of the
Emancipation Proclamation will
be held Thursday, Jan. 1, at 1
p.m. at Warrenton Baptist
Church, the Rev. Paul G. Davis
announced last week. The Rev.
Walter Yarborough is pastor of
Warrenton Baptist Church.
The theme of the celebration
will be "Today's Challenges for
Tomorrow's World." he said. F.
Wellington Scott, co-ordinating
principal Yokosuka of Yoko
homa, Japan, will be guest
speaker. Mrs. Bernadine
Ballance, attorney, will discuss
opportunities for youth of today.
(Continued on page 11)
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Richard Holtxmann of Rldgeway has been growtaf street potatoes
for more than M yean bat he has never before frown one tfke the
one pictured above which be harvested this season.
(Staff Ft to by Howard Jonas)