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?tje Uarren Record Volume 90 25e Per Copy Warrenton, County Of Warren, North Carolina Wednesday, April 1, 1987 Number 13 Rig Damage Hits $60,000 A Warren County woman was injured and damages estimated at $62,000 were the result of a wreck last Thursday morning on U.S. 158. According to Trooper R. G. Redmond, the vehicle being driven by Ms. Willie Mae Richardson Silver of Rt. 2, Macon, crossed the center line and struck the tractor-trailer rig driven by Calvin J. Wood of Rt. 3, Warrenton. The tractor-trailer went off the right side of the road and into a ditch. Before coming to rest, it struck the ditch bank and ran back across the road. Ms. Silver's car came to rest after the impact. Damages to the Silver vehicle are estimated at $2,000. She was treated for minor in juries at an area hospital. Damage to the truck is es timated at $60,000. "Hie impact of an accident Sun day night off S.R. 1636 (Bethlehem Road) near Hollister was sufficient to tear the colliding vehicle in half. According to Trooper Brenda Redd, Dwight M. Green of Rt. 1, Hollister, was driving the station wagon when it went off the right side of the road. Green lost con trol. The vehicle then went off the left side of the road and hit a tree. It uprooted a second tree and was severed in half. Reports indicate that Green was driving 95 miles per hour before the crash. Both Green and his passenger, Ms. Alma Johnson of Rt. 1, Nashville, were admitted to Franklin Memorial Hospital. Ms. Johnson is reported to be in satisfactory condition following surgery. Green has been charged with unpaired driving and careless and reckless driving. He was scheduled for discharge from the hospital yesterday (Tuesday). Ladies Clothing Store Will Open Shoppers for ladies' clothing will have a new place to trade in Warrenton beginning Saturday when Wecos is scheduled to open on the Main Street level of the Odom's Flower Shop building. Proprietors of the new business are Jill Coleman and Claudia Wemyss. Both are Warren Coun ty natives and teachers at War ren Academy. The shop, located at 102 S. Main Street, will feature brand-name lines of ladies' clothing initially and plans are to expand to in clude clothing for other members of the family as well as gift items. Operating hours will be 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday. The flower shop which has oc cupied the building for more than two dozen years will be relocated downstairs, where a back en trance is available at street level. Annual Pow-Wow Plans Are Made The 22nd annual pow-wow of the Haliwa-Saponi Indian Tribe has been calendared for April 17-18 at the tribal center in Hollister, according to Mrs. Kathy Harris-Wilson, executive director. Featuring the crowning of a new tribal princess, dance com petition with $2000 in prize money and an address by Lonnie Revels, chairman of the N.C. Commis sion of Indian Affairs board of directors, the event will also of fer Indian foods and arts and crafts as well as facilities for camping. The first dance is scheduled for Friday, the 17th, at 7 p.m., with the grand entry set for Saturday. The public is invited to attend the traditional event for which a small admission fee will be charged. The tribal center is located at the Haliwa Indian School at the Old Bethlehem Crossroads near Hollister. w* Members of the North Carolina State Highway Patrol, the Warren County Sheriff's Department, the Ambulance Service and the Afton Elberon Fire Department responded Monday afternoon to reports of an accident involving a bus transporting 23 South Warren Elemen tary School children home at the close of the school day. Reports in dicate that the adult bus driver ran into a ditch on R.R. 1144 near the Heck's Grove community. The inset shows school personnel and children who escaped serious injury in the incident. One child, who suffered minor injuries, was treated and released at Maria Parham Hospital. (Staff Photos by Howard Jones and Dianne T. Rod well) Historical Sites On Tour Planned Sunday An extra flurry of activity is ex pected on Warrenton's sidewalks and in a number of its historic places Sunday afternoon as local residents and visitors stroll along on a walking tour sponsored by the Warren County Historical Association. Seven sites in War renton and one in the Inez com munity will be open to tour par ticipants during the 1-6 p.m. event. Billed as "Warrenton in the Spring," the tour will feature a number of the places which Two Persons Are Arrested As Deputies Solve Cases The theft of a car and the arrest of two individuals have involved members of the Warren County Sheriff's Department. The 1974 Dodge Dart owned by Ms. Lucy G. Williams of Palmer Springs, Va. was reported stolen on Sunday, March 29, at 2:30 a.m. According to John A. George, dri ver of the vehicle, he parked in front of the Starlight Palace on S.R. 1001 and entered the club. When returned, the vehicle had been stolen. George reported that he had removed the keys from the automobile before leaving it. The car is described as having a yellow top and a black bottom. The license number is Virginia tag KSM181. Deputy Percell Williams is the investigating officer. Any infor mation regarding the theft should be communicated to the Sherrif's Department. In an unrelated case, items stolen May 1, 1986 from the residence of A1 Fleming were recovered following an investiga tion by Deputy Bobby Bolton and Sgt. Lawrence Harrison. Jesse Wayne Edmonds of Rt. 1, South Hill, Va., was arrested on Friday, March 20. Seven guns valued at $300 were recovered. Edmonds has been released on an unsecured bond of $1,000. His court date is April 1. A court date of April 1 has also been set for Ms. Tina Eversole Reese of Rt. 1, Broadnax, Va. She has been charged with larceny of drugs at the Warren Nursing Center. Because women may no longer be confined in the Warren ton jail, she has been released on her own recognizance. Deputy Bobby Bolton is the in vestigating officer. figured in the town's 19th century prominence. Tour patrons may choose to begin at the northernmost stop, the Warrenton Presbyterian Church on North Main Street. The church was organized in 1827 and located on the corner of Front and Fairview streets until money for a new church was donated in 1855 in the present locator*. Yfi?> "brick temple-form building is representative of War renton's blend of the Greek Revival with the bracket roofline of the Italianate style," explains the tour brochure. Also on North Main Street and nearer to the heart of town is a se cond church on the tour schedule, Emmanuel Episcopal Church. Built in the early 1820's, the church was remodeled in the 1850's and again in 1927. The se cond and more extensive remodeling resulted in the "pic turesque Gothic Revival form by noted New York Georgian Revival Architect William Lawrence Bottomley," states the brochure. Students of history will take note that Mary Turner, granddaughter of Gov. James Turner and also of "Star Span gled Banner" author Francis Scott Key, is buried here and that Mary Cheney, a schoolteacher living in Warrenton, here mar ried early American newspaper Timber by timber, workmen dismantle ooe of the town's booses of the 1800*8, this one on the Ridgeway Street parcel purchased in 1084 by the Warrentoo Baptist Church whose parsonage ad Joins the property. This was not the first time the dwelling had fallen into Baptist hands, according to Usaie Wilson Montgomery's "Sketches of Old Warrenton." It was purchased by the chorch dur ing the pastorate of the Rev. James A. Mundy who begu his duties in 1X77 and remained for tlx years. It ia remembered by many Warrententam aa the loaf-time home of Dr. T. J. Taylor and his family. The church's plans for the property have not been finalised but a churcta spokesperson said It is like ly that at least a portion will be used for expansion of the grounds of the parsonage next door. (Staff Photo by Howard Jones) editor and presidential candidate Horace Greeley in 1836. One block west of Main Street and almost directly behind the Episcopal church is the Somerville-Graham House on Front Street. The Greek Revival house was built in the mid 1800's for planter John Somerville and was later owned by and used as a dormitory for educator John Graham. Visitors will be at tracted by the spacious lawn and intricate carvings of the porch and bay windows. Mrs. George W. Franklin makes her home in the Somerville-Graham House. Continuing south on Front Street, tour participants will pass the side of Wilson-Christmas Davis House on the corner of Front and West Macon streets. Another Greek Revival house built around 1850, the house is described as "among the best ex amples of the Warrenton style." The Doric columns of the porch and the classical treatment of the entrance are particularly notable. On the north part of the house is a ballroom which was added in the early 1900's. Known today as Traub's Inn, with bed and breakfast accommodations, the house is owned by newcomer to Warrenton, Monika Perry. On Plummer Street, turning east off South Main Street, is the Fitts-Mordecai-Plummer House, a Georgian house built in 1805 for Oliver Fitts who later served as state attorney general. Fitts sold the home in 1811 to Jacob Mordecai who operated a school there for seven years. In years which followed, Shiloh Institute and later Warrenton Male Academy were also housed here. Current owners are Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Hunter, Jr. A block and a half away is Whitsome (Coleman-White-Jones House) on Halifax Street. "The only house in Warrenton ar chitecturally related to Mont morenci," the house was pro bably built in the early 1820's, ac (Continued on page 2B) False Alarm Members of the Warrenton Rural Fire Department re sponded Saturday night to a call signaling blazes at the E. Macon Street office of Carolina Tele phone. Upon arrival, they discovered that the 10 p.m. summons had been a false alarm. According to Carolina Telephone officials, the automatic alarm sounded and re sulted in the dispatch of fire fighters, who stayed on the scene until telephone personnel arrived to evaluate the situation. A mlsfunction of the alarm is suspected. Joint Effort Is Sought In Abuse Cases By THURLETTA M. BROWN Staff Writer A wish to improve interagency ? coordination and teamwork was the impetus behind a recent meeting of health, social service, law enforcement, counseling and school administrative profes sionals on the topic of child abuse and neglect of children. According to Charles P. Hay wood, Warren County social ser vices director and moderator for the meeting, sexual abuse of children is simultaneously a crime and a mental health, medical and social problem in volving professionals in medi cine, law enforcement, mental health, educational and social services. "Today we have set forth the task of assessing our progress in the professional understanding of our roles with cases of sexual abuse of children as a step toward working to gether more effectively to im prove our team efforts for in tervention iri the interest of treat ment and prevention," Haywood said. Present to share their expertise and to respond to questions from those in attendance were Mrs. Robin S. Williams, protective ser vices social worker; Dr. Yana Banks, pediatrician with Health co and the Warren County Health Department; Sheriff Theodore Williams; Mrs. Lou Hayes, pedi atric coordinator for the Warren County Health Department, and Willie T. Ramey, principal of John Graham Middle School. Francis Alston, county commis sioner and chair of the county social services board, was also in attendance. According to Dr. Yana Banks, an estimated 1.5 to 2 million children are abused (nationally) each year. "The abuse is any ex ploitation of a child by an adult, whether that abuse is sexual, emotional or physical," she said. "Most cases are not reported, although they are suspected, without obvious injury," Mrs. Lou Hayes, RN, said. Partici pants indicated that approx imately 12 cases were reported in Warren County last year for chil dren in the five-to-seven age group. An additional six cases were reported in the junior-high to high school age group. Sheriff Williams reported that the in dividuals involved in the seven to ten cases he had handled last year had received extensive sentences. "In Warren County, there is more passive abuse?emotional (Continued on page 2B) Democrats Plan Convention Here Angie Elkins of Chapel Hill will be the keynote speaker at the Warren County Democratic Con vention on Saturday, April 4, at 1 p.m., County Chairman T. T. Clayton announced this week. The Convention will be held at the Warren County Courthouse, he said. Ms. Elkins serves on the Democraticc National Commit tee. She is a North Carolina aide to Senator Terry Sanford and is chairperson of the Delegate Se lection Committee for 1908. At the top of the Convention's agenda will be the election of a new County Democratic Chair man and County Executive Com mittee. Warren County's mem ber en the State Democratic Ex ecutive Committee will also be chosen. ? "County Conventions are im portant for all Democrats in North Caroilina," Chairman Clayton noted. "With Democrats from each county choosing Par ty leaders and looking to thnfcft ture, we will have a strong Party organization ready for victory in
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