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Volume 91 25c Per Copy Warrenton, County Of Warren, North Carolina Wednesday, March 16, 1988 Number 11
Aftermath Of Crash
Warren County Emergency Service person
nel provide assistance to one of the three per
sons injured in a two-vehicle accident that oc
curred last Friday morning near Macon. One
of the victims remains in serious, but stable
condition in intensive care at Duke Medical
Center in Durham. The 1970 Ford and 1975
Buick involved in the accident sustained
damages estimated at $800 for each vehicle.
Charges are pending following further investi
gation of the accident. See Story on Page 16.
Wide Range Of Charges Slated
To Be Heard During Court Term
Cases involving burning of a
school house, kidnapping, traf
ficking marijuana, taking inde
cent liberties with children and
first-degree rape will be heard
next week when Presiding Judge
Henry W. Hight, Jr. of Henderson
convenes the March 21st session
of Warren County Criminal
Superior Court.
Robert Edward "Eddie" Nor
ris, 16-year-old from Norlina, will
face charges of burning a school
house and larceny of a motor
vehicle. Already sentenced to 20
years in prison during a recent
session of Johnston County
Superior Court for crimes associ
ated with the fire that left $1.2
million in damages at the Four
Oaks Elementary School, the
youth will face charges here con
cerning the Nov. 19, 1986 fire at
Norlina Middle School that
resulted in $7,000 in damages.
The auto larceny charge relates
to the theft of a vehicle on Dec. 24,
1987 from East Street in Norlina.
The youth was arrested on Dec.
26,1987 by Northampton County
deputies, who found him asleep in
a stolen vehicle parked on In
terstate 95, near the Virginia
border. Prior to the trial in
Johnston County, Norris had
been housed in the Warren Coun
ty Jail under bonds totaling about
$149,000.
Ronald Edward Price of Roa
noke Rapids will face charges of
second-degree kidnapping and
discharge of a weapon on oc
cupied property. Price, who was
arrested on Nov. 16, 1987 after
holding his estranged wife hos
tage at Camp Willow Run near
Littleton, had been placed under
$30,000 bond before being trans
ferred to John Umstead Hospital
in Butner for psychiatric eval
uation.
Four defendants will stand trial
on charges associated with the $3
million marijuana bust that oc
curred Sept. 29 of last year.
Robert Paul Drewyore of Vir
ginia Beach, Va.; Dean D.
Foland of Naples, Fla. and Mat
thew Edward Purdy of Mara
thon, Fla. will each face charges
of trafficking marijuana and con
spiracy to traffic marijuana.
Kimberly Kay Drewyore will
face one count of trafficking
marijuana.
The four defendants were ar
rested in a bust that seized about
900 pounds of marijuana, $52,000
in cash and various weapons and
were confined to the Halifax
County Jail on bonds of $200,000
each. Although arrested in Hali
fax County, the defendants had
rented a cottage in Warren Coun
ty in which 250 pounds of mari
juana, $1,000 in cash, two AK-47
rifles, an M-l carbine for a ,3!?7
calibre Magnum and a .44 calibre
revolver were found.
Thomas Austin Woodard, S'-.,
35, of the Afton community, will
face charges of taking indecent
liberties with children, first
degree rape and incest. Follow
ing arrest, he was placed in the
Warren County Jail under a
$35,000 secured bond.
Chairman Named
The Leukemia Society ol
America, North Carolina Chaptei
has announced that the 1981
Spring Bike-A-Thon Chairpersor
for the town of Warrenton will b<
Dr. Jim Holt.
The funds from sponsors in the
upcoming Bike-A-Thon will be
used in North Carolina for the
Society's research and patient
aid programs. Anyone wanting
additional information should
contact Dr. Jim Holt at 257-1106.
Unknown Men Are Credited
With Saving Trucker's Life
Two unidentified persons with
values akin to those emulated by
the "Lone Ranger" assisted in
the rescue yesterday of a Warren
County man in nearby Halifax
County.
Albert Tuck of Rt. 2, Warren
ton, was pulled to safety by the
two strangers following an acci
dent about two miles south of Ita,
a crossroads in Halifax County.
After rescuing Tuck from the
scene of the accident, they sum
moned rescue and fire depart
ment personnel.
Tuck had been driving an
18-wheeler belonging to Taylor
Mustian. The vehicle, which had
been loaded with logs, went out of
control as it rounded a curve.
Following impact, the vehicle
caught on fire and was complete
ly consumed before the flames
could be extinguished.
The driver was transported to
Halifax Memorial Hospital in
Roanoke Rapids by the Enfield
Ambulance Squad, where he was
treated for bruises in the ab
domen and hip and head lacera
tions before being released.
The identity of the two "un
masked men" remains unknown.
Superintendent Asserts
Property Tax Hike
Not Tied To Schools
By THURLETTA M. BROWN
News Editor
"The needs of Warren County's
schools will not figure into any in
crease in property taxes," Super
intendent Michael Williams said.
"What remains is for the citizens
to approve the sale of bonds and
we need to be optimistic that will
happen."
Those statements were made
Monday night as the Warren
County Board of Education held
its regular monthly meeting and
heard an update on the school
bond issue and the critical needs
funding request.
"The County Commissioners
have made it very clear they
cannot?and will not?raise taxes
to pay back the bonds for school
construction " Superintendent
Williams said. "The county will
sell only those bonds that can be
repaid with the revenues set in
place by the School Facilities
Finance Act of 1987 and ex
tended over a 20-year period," he
explained.
According to a news release
received recently from the N C.
General Assembly Legislative
Services Office, the bill passed in
July is expected to generate
across North Carolina a total of
$1.36 billion in new funds for
public education over the next ten
vears. The bill also rededieated
an additional $1.87 billion from
state tax revenues to local public
school construction needs. In ad
dition, the General Assembly will
invest across the state $740
million to assume full finding of
vocational education and of
school secretaries, which will
allow the counties to invest their
share of those costs into other
educational needs. Already,
about $35 million has been poured
into the Public School Building
Capital Fund and has been dis
tributed to each county's account
on a per-pupil or average-daily
membership (ADM) basis.
Warren County's share of the
ADM funds is $97,463. Allocations
received by neighboring counties
are: Franklin ($194,334), Halifax
($348,689), Vance ($244,312) and
Northampton ($133,032).
The General Assembly also in
itiated with an additional $95.5
million a critical school facility
needs fund. "Our application for
these funds has been filed well
prior to the March 15 deadline,"
the superintendent said. "At this
point, we cannot expect a deci
sion from the Commission on
Critical School Facility Needs un
til sometime in May...(and)...it is
almost certain this decision will
come after the May 3 vote."
The superintendent explained
that he had. in consultation with
the staff of the state's Division of
School Planning, developed a set
of "what ifs" to ensure thorough
analysis of how the county might
best proceed.
Quick Usage of Critical Needs
Funds Received:
With the $3 million received
from the fund, Warren County
could quickly sell $4 million in
bonds and construct a $7 million
middle school. An additional $4.2
million in bonds could be sold in
1989-90 to complete the additions
at Northside and Warren County
High School and the multipurpose
facilities at the remaining ele
mentary schools.
Slower Usage of Critical Needs
Funds Received:
With the $3 million received
from the fund, Warren County
could quickly sell $4 million in
(Continued on page 10)
Local Man Arrested
After Another Shot
A Warrer County man was ar
rested last weekend and will face
charges of assault with a deadly
weapon with intent to inflict
serious injury in the March 23rd
session of Warren County District
Criminal Court.
Brent Clemon Perry, 45, of Rt.
1, Warrenton was arrested on
Saturday, March 12, following in
vestigations that disclosed in
cidents preceding the shooting of
Wesley C. Perry, 25, of Rt. 3,
Warrenton.
When Warren County Deputy
R. A. Coleman responded to the
call for assistance, he found that
Wesley C Perry had been shot
once with a .22 calibre pistol In
the right side of his shoulder.
According to the report. Brent
Perry allegedly shot Wesley
Perry after having been at
tacked by the victim. Brent
Perry had stopped the vehicle he
was driving to give Wesley Perry
a ride.
Brent Perry was released
under a $500 secured bond, a
sheriff's spokesperson said.
Wesley Perry was taken by
Warren County Ambulance Serv
ices personnel to Maria Parham
Hospital where he was admitted.
(Continued on page 10)
Garage, Mobile Home
Are Lost In Blazes
By DIANE DAVIS
Staff Writer
Several oxygen and acetylene
tanks gave Macon firefighters
something to worry about early
Monday morning as they fought
a fire which completely
destroyed a garage in Macon.
The fire was spotted by a pass
ing motorist who noticed flames
coming from the roof of the
building. After stopping to wake
the owner, Victor Vaughan, of
Vaughan's Backhoe Service,
Macon Volunteer Fire Depart
ment was called to fight the
flames.
As firefighters arrived on the
scene, the building was fully
engulfed in flames. They called
for help from the Warrenton
Rural Fire Department.
"We became concerned about
some acetylene tanks located in
side the garage," reported
William Cox of the Macon depart
ment. Acetylene is a highly flam
mable gas which is used for
metal welding and cutting.
Although flames spewed from
one of the tanks, none of them ex
ploded, as firemen successfully
removed the flammable gas
tanks from the building.
Vaughan was said to have been
cutting and welding a few hours
before the fire started, possibly
causing the flames.
One heavy work truck was lost
in the fire, along with other per
sonal items. Damages to the
building and its contents have
been estimated at $20,000.
Another fire on Monday even
ing gutted Raymond Yancey's
mobile home on Plainview Road,
located off the Baltimore Road.
Chief Kenny Clayton of the
Warrenton Rural Fire Depart
ment reported that the fire
started due to some hot ashes
from a wood stove that had been
placed on the back porch. Winds
apparently fanned the ashes back
to life and scattered them over
the porch.
Mrs. Yancey heard a noise, and
when she opened the back door to
investigate, flames were drawn
into the house.
By the time firemen arrived on
the scene, fire was coming out of
every door and every window of
the structure.
The mobile home was com
pletely destroyed by the flames
and damages to the trailer and
the contents have been estimated
at $15,000.
In another fire investigation, a
house fire last Thursday at the
old Weston cottage on Bragg
Street was determined to have
been started by arsonists, ac
cording to a State Bureau of In
vestigation agent.
Warm ton Rural firemen are shown battling a
Jlaie Monday night which gutted the mobile home
if Raymond Yancey, canstag approximately
115,Ml In damage. IV fire Is believed to have
started from some hot ashes that were placed as
the back porch Just before the fire started.
(Photo by Breads Clarke)