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Volume 90 25* Per Copy Warrenton, County Of Warren, North Caro.mn Wednesday, April 22, 1987 Number 16
Glenn Woolard, Warren County 4-H extension agent, holds the
Distinguished Service Award presented to him last week by the War
ren County Jaycees during their awards banquet at the Lions Den.
Shown with Woolard is Jaycee Walter Gardner who made the presen
tation. (See Other Photos on Page 8B.)
16-Year-Old Charged
A Norlina youth faces three
counts of breaking and entering
and larceny as officials move
closer to solving the three recent
thefts involving two county
School Festival
Plans Announced
Warren County Schools will
sponsor its annual "Schoolarts
Festival" on Saturday, May 2, ac
cording to Mrs. Mary Hunter,
Community Schools director.
The festival will be held on the
Courthouse Square from 11 a.m.
until 4 p.m. and will feature
displays of artwork completed by
students during the school year,
as well as performances by the
band, under the direction of
Stanley Baird, and the choruses,
under the direction of Mrs. Glen
dora Powell and Howard Stultz.
"We will also feature displays
by the various vocational classes
at the high school," said Mrs.
Hunter, "as well as 'hands-on'
arts activities for children, face
painting and balloon and bake
sales."
"We are particularly excited
about our professional groups
who will be included in this year's
festival," said Mrs. Hunter.
Scheduled for the day are the
Newold String Trio, the Apple
Chill Cloggers and the North
Carolina Jazz Ensemble, a 17
piece jazz band.
Admission to the festival is
free.
schools, Sheriff Theodore Wil
liams announced yesterday.
Samuel LaWarren Downey, 16,
was arrested Friday, April 17. He
has been charged with the April
6 break-ins at North Warren Mid
dle and Northside Elementary
schools, during which a VCR and
microwave oven were taken, and
the March 27 break-in at North
side Elementary, during which
another VCR was stolen.
Downey has been housed in the
Warren County Jail under a
$5,000 bond. His first court ap
pearance was scheduled for to
day (Wednesday).
According to Chief Deputy Bob
by Dean Bolton, investigating of
ficer, another suspect remains
under investigation.
Pow-Wow Is Held
Despite Rainfall
In spite of mud and rainy
weather, hundreds of native
Americans participated in the
Haliwa Indian Pow-Wow held
last weekend.
Highlighting the event was the
tribal election of "Miss Haliwa
Saponi," Miss Erika Shawna
Hedgepeth. She is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Donzell Mills of
Hollister and Mr. Chester
Hedgepeth of Virginia Beach, Va.
According to Masager Rich
ardson, who holds membership
on the Council, the Commission of
Indian Affairs and the Indian
(Continued on page 2B)
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State Will Erect New Signs
Directing Traffic To Lake
Littleton Road
Work Approved
By KAY HORNER
Feature Editor
Visitors to I^ake Gaston and
prospective propertyowners have
in the past often been frustrated
in their attempts to make their
way from Interstate 95 to "the
lake," with its 350 miles of
shoreline bordering three coun
ties in North Carolina as well as
two in Virginia.
Thanks to a Lake Gaston real
estate firm and a development
company, that frustration will be
alleviated in the near future.
According to Jack Bishop of
Rocky Mount, member of the
N.C. Board of Transportation, ap
proval has been granted for erec
tion of signs directing both north
bound and southbound traffic on
the interstate to Lake Gaston.
Signs will be erected south of
Roanoke Rapids directing north
bound travelers to Eaton's Ferry
Bridge and ultimately VA 903 via
U.S. 158.
Southbound travelers will be
directed to the bridge via VA 46
north of Roanoke Rapids near
Gaston.
Eaton's Ferry Bridge is the on
ly bridge across the main lake.
New signs will also be erected
on primary and secondary roads
directing travelers to area
municipalities and to Interstate
85, which already has directional
signs for Lake Gaston.
The request for additional signs
was made late last year by John
and Marilyn Nelson of Nelson and
Harris, Inc., a Lake Gaston
development firm, and Caroline
S. Corwin, sales manager for
Century 21/Lake Gaston
Properties.
Ms. Corwin conducted an ex
tensive survey of sites around the
lake where signs would be
beneficial, Bishop said, and her
study led to DOT'S consideration
of the matter.
Because development on the
lake is primarily private with few
public access points and no areas
on the lake are incorporated,
directional signs have been
minimal, according to one DOT
official.
"We are hoping for a lot of new
signs around the lake," Ms. Cor
win said this week, "but this is a
start, and we are really pleased
with the state's initial response."
Bishop estimated the cost of the
signs at $6,658, to include $5,000
for interstate signs, $1,442 for
green and white guide signs on
primary and secondary roads,
(Continued on page 2B)
The attention of early-morning travelers along
N.C. 58 just east of Warrenton last ITiursday morn
ing was taken by this deluge of water pouring from
the drainage tile underneath John Riggan's
driveway. The county's rivers and streams became
glutted in last week's rainfall, heaviest during a
28-hour period on Wednesday and Thursday when
5.2 inches fell, according to Clinton Capps, official
weather observer for the county.
(Staff Photo by Dianne T. Rod well)
Women May Again Be Jailed Here
Sheriff Williams Is Informed
By THURLETTA M. BROWN
Staff Writer
With certain limitations,
women may again be housed in
the Warren County Jail.
A letter rescinding the original
ban on the housing of women in
the Warren County Jail sent to
Sheriff Theodore Williams by
Thomas A. Ritter, head of the
Jail and Detention Branch of the
North Carolina Department of
Human Resources Division of
Facility Services was acknowl
edged by Warren County Com
missioners in their Thursday
night meeting.
The correspondence to Wil
liams followed an on-site inspec
tion of the two upstairs cells
whose use had been restricted by
Byrd in late February.
Although the detention of
women is now permitted in the
county facility, Ritter's letter
cited the following restrictions
and confirmed the expectation
that:
(1) No adult females be sen
tenced to the Warren County Jail
(i.e. no weekend sentences,
180-day sentences, etc.) Only
pretrial detainees incarcerated.
(2) No adult females be con
fined longer than their first ap
pearance in court. If prior to their
first appearance they 6hnnot
make bond or are not released at
their first appearance, then they
must at that point be transferred
to an adjoining county to be con
fined until their final release
from court.
(3) The restriction to only War
ren County female residents be
ing confined in the jail would still
apply in this case.
Both Ritter and Chairperson
Eva Clayton complimented the
county on its quick response to
correct the leakage problem that
had been the basis of the original
ban on use of the cells.
Warren County commissioners
also approved the plan submitted
by Ms. Katherine B. Hilliard,
Warren County Community
Based Alternatives Task Force
head, and approved, subject to
budget restraints, the use of
$9,270 in local funds for 1987-88. Of
this amount, $2,760 will be in-kind
funds rather than actual dollars.
( Continued on page 4B)
Local Girl Is Selected
For Governor's School
ivuaa rtiui nuwdiu ociii/.ih,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Julius
Edmond Banzet, III of Warren
ton, has been selected to par
ticipate in the Governor's Schools
of North Carolina at Governor's
School West from June 21-Aug. 1
on the campus of Salem College
in Winston-Salem. Miss Banzet
will attend daily classes in
Spanish, philosophy, and self and
society.
The North Carolina Governor's
School is the oldest statewide
summer residency program in
the nation for academically
gifted rising junior and senior
high school students. It is
operated by the Division for Ex
ceptional Programs in the State
Department of Public Instruc
tion.
Miss Banzet, a junior at Salem
Academy in Winston-Salem, the
oldest girls' preparatory
boarding school in the nation still
in operation, has compiled an im
pressive academic record and
has participated in numerous ex
tracurricular activities. She is a
member of The National Spanish
Honor Society, an honor guide,
hall representative, and a
member of the House Council. In
addition, Miss Banzet will be a
co-editor of "Grassroots,"
Salem's school
which she is
features editor,
of Scribblers'
duces "Acad
literary magazine and a member
of the Fellowship Council, Debate
Club, Glee Club and Pepper Spirit
Club. As a member of the Math
Club, Miss Banzet serves as a
math tutor. She played on the
1985-86 Salem Academy basket
ball team. For the past two sum
mers, she served as a governor's
page in the office of Governor
James Martin.
Having been named to the
Honor Roll each grading period,
Miss Banzet has attained the
highest academic honor for
Salem Academy juniors, that of
commencement marshal.
Lynn Henry, left, chairman of the Warm County Jaycees' awards
banquet held last Thursday, presented plaques to: (left to right)
William Cox, Outstanding Young Firefighter; Daaylu Hundley,
Outstanding Young Educator; Jeffrey Bender, Outstanding Young
;* and Curtis Creed of Business Equipment Company of
Henderson, Boos of the Year. Not pictured is Brian Judklns who\
Outstanding Young Correctional Officer.