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K a :*r an ton Mia. Library X 17 3 .MiIn St. *arrjnton, N.C. 27589 Darren Hecorfc ' Volume 90 25c Per Copy Warrenton, County Of Warren, North Carolina Wednesday, December 2, 1987 Number 47 Just Hangin' Around All "tired out" after a summer of use by active friends. This reminder of warm days children who frolicked in three makeshift passed was seen on U.S. 101 in Warren County, swings, these inner tubes await the end of winter (Staff Photo by Dianne T. Hod well) and the return of both warm weather and their Accident On Thanksgiving Day Claims Life Of Littleton Man A Littleton man died on Sunday afternoon as the result of an ac cident that occurred Thanks giving Day. Other accidents were reported as well, keeping local state highway patrolmen busy over the long holiday weekend. The first accident occurred Thanksgiving afternoon. I^aw rence A. Shaw, 44, of Rt. 2, IJt tleton, was traveling east on State Road 1354, seven miles north of Littleton, in a 1980 Chevrolet. As he was rounding a curve, he lost control of the car, causing it to run off the left side of the road in to a stone monument which was located at the entrance of a hous ing development. The Warren County Rescue Squad transported Shaw to Halifax Memorial Hospital in Roanoke Rapids. He was later Options Are Few transferred to Pitt Memorial Hospital in Greenville, where he died on Sunday at 12:30 p.m. Trooper R. J. Hedgepeth was the investigating officer. The second accident occurred on U. S. 158, just south of Norlina. Ron Christopher Davis, 17, of Rt. 2, Warrenton, was driving his 1976 Chrysler south on the highway at approximately 5:50 p.m.. He lost control of the car, crossed the road and hit a tree on the left-hand side of the highway. Although Davis sustained minor injuries from the accident, he refused any medical treatment. According to R.J. Hedgepeth, the investigating officer, damages to the car were estimated at $1,000. Another accident reported in volved a Warren County woman and her son. Adalynne Faulkner Babb, 20, of 298 Warrenton St., Norlina, was traveling south bound on U. S. 1 with her one year-old son, Jonathan Davis Babb on Friday evening at ap proximately 5:15. As she was making a left turn onto SK 1501 (Allison Cooper ltoad), her vehi cle was struck in the rear by a 1974 AMC driven by Ronald Dale Hudgins, 18, of Rt. 2, Louisburg. The child was taken to Maria Parham Hospital by Vance Coun ty Ambulance service for swell ing around his right eye and scrapes on his forehead. He was later transferred to Duke Hospital, remained there Satur day and was released on Sunday. Hudgins was treated and re leased at a local facility. Trooper L.W. Holt was the in vestigating officer. Leftover Grease Poses 4 Problem For Schoolmen By DIANE DAVIS Staff Writer Grease is the word! Those familiar words from the popular song are descriptive of the topic of discussion among Warren County School maintenance workers recently. James Moss, maintenance supervisor for the Warren Coun ty school system, and his crew recently drained the grease trap in the cafeteria at Warren Coun ty High School. According to Moss, this was the first time that the grease trap had been cleaned since the high school opened in 1961. He and his men removed 150 gallons of the substance. Now Moss faces the hardest part of this project: what does one do with 150 gallons of used grease? The solution might be found right here in Warren County. The sanitary landfill was presented as an option, but the requirement that a sand bed be constructed and left to dry out before the grease could be disposed would have taken too long. Luckily, another solution to the problem was discovered. Paul Gower, a sanitarian at the War ren County Health Department, gave Moss the name of a com pany that uses the grease as a raw material in production. That company, Consolidated Hyde, is a rendering plant located in Golds boro. Moss stated that he had con tacted the company and left a message, hut at press time, no ,ne had ami net! his call. Less Than State Rate Warren's Population Rises By 2.9 Percent According to a report recently issued by the Census Bureau, the .number of people in Warren ' unity increased from 16,232 in I960 to an estimated 16,700 in Ju ly of 1086 or by 2.9 percent. This same report indicated that the nation's population increased from 226,545,805 in 1980 to an estimated 241,038,000 in July of 1986 or by 6.4 percent while the population of N.C. increased by 7.6 percent or from 5,881,766 in !980 to an estimated 6,331,000 in July of 1986, This would indicate that the population of Warren County in creased by 0.6 percent from 16,600 in 1985. The national population increased by slightly less than 1.0 percent during this time while the population of N. C. increased by 1.2 percent. While the Census Bureau only makes a comprehensive count of the national population every ten years, it issues periodic estimates that update these totals. These estimates are im portant for reasons beyond their statistical significance. A number of federal agencies base grant funding for localities upon these reports. Additionally, many national corporations take these reports into consideration when planning future activities. On several occasions, interim population reports by the Census Bureau have distressed local of ficials so much that they have gone to court to prevent the federal government from making use of these figures for funding projections. To obtain preliminary popula tion figures, the Census Bureau makes use of federal tax data to determine the number of persons whose county of residence has changed. The Bureau uses data on Medicare enrollees as well as independent studies to estimate the population over 65 years of age. Additionally, the Census Bureau's data includes birth and death statistics to estimate natural (as opposed to migratory) net population changes. Other factors including resident students, military per sonnel, and immigration from abroad are also taken into con sideration in preparing interim population reports. These reports are estimates, but it is generally agreed that these are the most reliable population estimates available. Information released in the current population report in dicates that the population of Population Changes 1980-1986 Percentage 8 J 76 H United States SI No 'th Carolina O Warren County United States North Carolina Warren County Warren County is increasing at a less rapid pace than it increased from 1970 to 1976. During that period, the Census Bureau estimated that the population of Warren County increased by 4.4 percent. If the current rate of population increase in Warren County continues through 1990, the population of Warren County will have increased by 4.8 percent. However, there are so many factors that affect local popula tion changes that it is highly unusual for the rate of change for a county's population to remain constant over a ten year period. If the rate of population growth in Warren County had continued as it did from 1970 through 1976 un til 1980, Warren County's popula tion would have increased to 16,960 by 1980 or by 1.5 percent. In fact, the population of Warren County increased to 16,232 in 1980 or by 2.7 percent. Changes in the national popula tion as well as changes in state population also seldom remain constant over a ten year period. For example, if the national rate of population growth were to con tinue at its current rate, the number of persons living in the United States would increase by 10.8 percent or to 251,013,000 by 1990. Whether or not this will oc cur remains to be seen. From 1970 through 1976, the national population increased by five per cent. If this rate had remained level throughout the decade, the country's population would have increased by 8.3 percent from 1970 through 1980. Actually, the national population increased by 11.4 percent from 1970 through 1980. These same factors affect state population changes. If current demographic trends remain level, the population of N. C. would increase by 12.7 percent by 1990. However, from 1970 through 1976 the population of N. C in creased by 7.4 percent. If this rate of growth had been main tained, the state's population would have increased to 5,713,706 or by 12.4 percent in 1980. In fact, the population of N. C. had in creased to 5,881,766 by 1980 or by 15.7 percent. However, the population estimates for 1986 do indicate cer tain general demographic trends. It appears that the national rate of population growth has de clined slightly. The Census Bureau had predicted that this would take place. The Census Bureau had projected that the na tional population would be be tween 245,743.000 and 254,122,000 by 1990. Postponed The Warren Education Fund-sponsored "Night for Public Edueation in Warren County," whieh had been scheduled for Friday, Dec. 4, at the Warren County High school Theatre, has been postponed until a later date. Work is under way on Vance Granville Community College's War ren County satellite facility being built on the John Graham Middle School campus here. Warren Countv Commissioners appropriated $<0,000 to supplement the $400,000 in state funds for the project. Bids for construction of an access road to the site, funded In the i of |25,ON by the Department of transportation, were to have haw received last month. Shown here is equipment In the lot which leads off Spring Street to the site. (Staff Photo by Howard Janes)
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