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inesday, May 25, 1988 9 Wednesday, May 25, 1988
Mother Nature Huffs And Puffs
Her Way Through Warren County
Marshals for the Warren County High School 1388
Commencement Exercises are shown above. They
are, left to right, Opherral Eaton, Kim Fuller,
Leigh Anne Perkinson, Terry Light, Michael Sink
and Angela Bailance, chief marshal.
(Staff Photo by Howard Jones)
Top 2 Grads
Named Here
Karen Lynn Harris has been
named valedictorian and Helen
Barnes Pierce named saluta
torian of the class of 1988 by
James T. Wilkerson, principal of
Warren County High School.
Karen plans to attend the
University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill and major in ac
counting. She plans to become a
certified public accountant.
Presently, Karen is vice
president of the National Honor
Society, assistant secretary of
Youth Interaction Club, copy
editor of the annual staff and a
member of the Senior Council.
Karen served as Chief Marshal at
the 1987 commencement exer
cises and has received many
academic awards. She is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James
C. Harris, Jr. of Warrenton.
Helen plans to attend Ap
palachian State University in
Boone.
While at Warren County High
School, Helen has been an active
member of the annual staff, serv
ing as a photographer, a member
of the National Honor Society
and serves as scorekeeper for the
baseball team. She is also very
active in the Junior Rescue
Squad. Helen is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Pierce of
Vaughan.
Board To Meet
The Warren County Board of
County Commissioners will con
vene in open sesion on Wednes
day, May 25, at 6:30 p.m. for a
work session on the preliminary
budget for the county for the
1988-89 fiscal year.
The meeting will be held in the
conference room of the Warren
County Economic Development
Commission, which is located in
the Taylor Building on Main
Street.
Term Cancelled
The May 31st criminal term of
Warren County Criminal Supe
rior Court has been cancelled.
The criminal term of Warren
County Superior Court will con
vene again on August 8 in the
Warren County Courthouse.
Judge Henry Barnett of Ral
eigh will preside.
Karen Lynn Harris, left, and Helen Barnes Pierce, have been
named valedictorian and salutatorian of the class of 1988 at Warren
County High School by Principal James T. Wilkerson. Karen is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Harris, Jr. of Warrenton. She
plans to attend the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the
fall. Helen is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gene Pierce of Vaughan.
She plans to attend Appalachian State University.
(Staff Photo by Howard Jones)
Warren Finishes Third
In Regional Track Meet
By GAREY BALLANCE
Sports Writer
Four members of Warren
County High's track team par
ticipated in the eastern 3-A
regional meet held at Apex High
School last weekend. Randy Jor
dan, Alfatir Crawford, Grady
Sessoms and Daniel Williams
combined to give Warren County
an outstanding third place overall
finish.
Jordan was the star of the day,
dominating his customary trade
mark events? 100-meter dash,
200-meter dash and the long
jump. Randy's times of 10.2 in the
100 and 21.3 in the 200 were both
records for the Apex track. In the
long jump, he took first place
with a jump of 23 feet 2% inches.
Now Randy has to defend
his titles at the state meet on Fri
day. He won the same three
events on the state level last year
as a junior. Last year the com
petition was fierce, but this time
around there doesn't seem to be
anyone who can challenge him.
The other Eagle who qualified
for the state meet is Alfatir
Crawford. Crawford is a talented
sophomore who runs the
300-meter hurdles and does the
long jump. He qualified for the
state in the long jump with a
fourth place mark of 21 feet, 4V?
inches.
We wish these two all the best
as they compete with the finest in
the state.
Warren County High School's
annual Athletic Banquet will be
held on Thursday night at 7 p.m.
in the school's cafeteria. All
athletes may attend free and
bring up to two guests at $5 extra
apiece.
Poppy Sale Set
American Legion Auxiliary
volunteers will distribute the
familiar red handcrafted poppies
honoring America's war dead on
May 27, designated as Poppy Day
by Auxiliary Limer Unit No. 25 in
Warrenton.
Planned to coincide with the
Memorial Day holiday, the an
nual event pays tribute to those
veterans who have died in the last
70 years. It also honors the
millions of Americans who have
willingly served their country in
seven decades.
According to Mrs. Anna Fuller,
chairman of this year's event, the
poppy program has been a part
of Auxiliary programming for
more than 65 years. It has been
estimated that approximately 25
million Americans wear the pop
py to honor America's war dead
and her veterans, contributing to
nearly $2 million for rehabilita
tion and welfare programs.
Member* of the Warren Academy Kindergarten
mmSh alMv!
?Mtaa. ?ow? above are, fraat row, left to right,
Shannon flight, Matthew Gardner nnd Kelly Gard
aer. On the back row, standing and fitting, left to
right, arc Daley Rom, Austin Blalock, Dan Mm
tlaa, Rebecca Rivers, 8haae Harris, Lacy WAllam*
and Dong Lewis. (Photo by Becky Rooker)
No Injuries
Are Reported
By DIANE P. DAVIS
Staff Writer
A surge of heavy rain and gus
ty winds kept local power com
panies busy Monday night and
early Tuesday morning as War
ren County residents were in the
dark for several hours.
Gary Robenolt, Warren Coun
ty emergency management coor
dinator, said that the heaviest
wind and rain came in the heart
of Warrenton. "That is where
most of the damage was re
ported."
Carolina Power and Light
Company Local Manager James
Parnell said that the storm was
"worse than we had anticipated."
According to Parnell, CP&L
customers in the Littleton area
were the hardest hit by the power
outages caused by the storm. A
tree fell down and damaged a
large section of the major line
there, causing over 1,400
customers to be without service.
It was four hours before the
first section of the line was
restored. The balance of the Lit
tleton customers without power
had their service restored by 7 : 30
a.m. Tuesday.
Several customers in the cen
tral Warrenton area were without
current due to a power line on the
Baltimore Road that had been
damaged. A large tree had fallen
on the line, and the Department
of Transportation had to be
called to remove the tree before
any work could be done by
power company personnel.
A spokesman from the Depart
ment of Transportation's main
tenance division reported that not
only was the department called to
the Baltimore Road area, but
also to an area on U.S. 1 in War
ren County. Several tree limbs
were cleared from roads through
out the county between the hours
of 11:30 p.m. and 2:30 a.m.
Tuesday.
Warrenton residents who had
been without power had their
service reconnected by 1:30
a.m., said Parnell.
Some Norlina residents were
without power for as long as two
hours. A large pole on Connell
Road had been blown down by the
strong winds.
According to Parnell, there
were approximately 3,000 CP&L
customers in Warren County who
had power outages during the
storm.
According to David Proctor,
district supervisor with Halifax
Electric Membership Corpora
tion, there were a total of 546
Halifax Electric customers
without current during the night.
The first call came from the Inez
area at 11:15 p.m. Monday, and
all the lines were reconnected by
3 a.m., said Proctor.
"There were very, very high
winds, and it was a short and
swift storm," said Proctor. He
also said that most of the outages
were from winds blowing trees
onto the lines.
Gary Robenolt said of the
storm, "There were no tornadoes
responsible for taking trees
down. Downburst winds or
straight winds ranging anywhere
from 75 to 85 miles per hour swept
a very narrow path through the
county." Robenolt believes that it
was the initial gusts of wind that
did most of the damage.
Although no injuries or signifi
cant personal property damage
were reported by residents, trees
were damaged and blown over on
the Courthouse Square, on the
grounds in front of the Warren
Health Plan and behind the War
ren County Jail.
Robenholt advised that Warren
County residents who live in
mobile homes or old houses
should attempt to get to a "more
stable structure" during a storm
watch or warning period. He also
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MISS WELDON
STALLINGS
Commencement Set
At Warren Academy
The fifteenth annual high
school commencement will be
held Friday, May 27 at 8 p.m. in
the Warren Academy Gym
nasium. The public is invited to
attend.
Lucille Lee Weldon, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Nat B. Weldon,
has been named valedictorian of
the class of 1988. She will attend
Peace College in the fall.
Christopher Robert Stallings,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert P.
Stallings, has been named
salutatorian. He will attend
Chowan College.
The other members of the
senior class and the schools they
plan to attend are Dean Lamar
King, son of Mr. and Mrs. C.C.
King, Jr., Chowan College;
Kimberly Dawn O'Neal, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Lucius
O'Neal, Vance-Granville Com
munity College; and Rhonda
Ellen Pendergrass, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Pender
grass, Chowan College.
Noah B. Barefoot, Jr., pastor of >
the Warrenton Pentecostal Holi- ,
ness Church and senior English ,
teacher at Warren Academy; ,
Bennie L. King, headmaster;
Frank Sossamon, pastor of South (
Henderson Pentecostal Holiness (
Church; and Mrs. Monroe Gard
ner, pianist, will participate in
the program.
Mascots for 1988 are Kelly Lee
Gardner, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Gardner; and Brax
ton Daley Ross, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert T. Ross of Littleton.
Kelly is a preschool student, and
Daley is a kindergarten student
at Warren Academy.
Chief Marshal for the com
mencement is Allison Louise
Crouch, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Marvin P. Rooker and Dr.
William Crouch.
Theft Of $17,000 Vehicle
Witnessed By Part-Owner
A vehicle valued at $17,000 was
reported stolen from a Lake
Gaston resort last Sunday and at
least one of the three joint-owners
of the car has reported having
seen the crime in progress.
The 1987 Nissan owned by Staf
ford, Va. residents Jean Shevlin,
Cynthia Shevlin and Mark Santos
was on May 22 at 7:17 p.m. re
ported stolen from the sales office
parking lot of Outdoor World. The
four-door vehicle is silver in col
or and carries the Virginia li
cense plate numbered SJL742.
Deputy R. A. Coleman is the in
vestigating officer.
Earlier last Sunday, three
unrelated crimes were reported.
Charlie K. Perry, Jr. of Rt. 2,
Norlina at 9:30 a.m. reported the
larceny of a riding-style lawn
mower from his residence. The
John Deere mower, which has
been valued at $800, was last
known to be secure on Friday.
Deputy W. S. Bissette is the in
vestigating officer.
At 10 a.m. on May 22, Rocky
Mount resident James Edward
Hales reported a break-in at his
vacation trailer at Lake Gaston
Estates Annex Lot No. 19. Last
known to be secure on March 1,
when Hales returned on Sunday,
he found the front door of the
trailer kicked in and the follow
ing items missing: a tool box with
tools ($175), a Fisher component
stereo ($319), and a 13-inch
Emerson television ($319). No
value has been reported for the
damage to the door or for the
other missing items? canned
foods and assorted liquors. Depu
ty J. M. Alston is the investi
gating officer.
At 1:15 a.m. on Sunday, Chris
Emmanuel Harrison of Roanoke
Rapids reported property dam
age to his vehicle that had been
parked at the Starlight Club on
S.R. 1001.
An area resident, who was
allegedly running from the back
of the club, crashed into the 1987
Nissan 300 ZX and caused dam
age with the weight of his body.
No warrant has been Issued In the
case under investigation by Dep
uty R. A. Coleman.
Crime involving a vehicle was
also reported on Friday, May 20
by Sam Gray of Park Avenue in
Henderson. Gray reported that a
Whistler 200 radar detector
valued at $100 had been removed
from the glove compartment of
his car that had been parked in
the employee parking lot of Coch
rane Furniture Company on
North Main Street. The theft was
discovered at 4 p.m. Sgt. Law-|
rence Harrison is the investi
gating officer.
Injury to livestock was re
ported on Friday, May 21, at 7
a.m. by James Macy Champion,
who found one calf dead and two
others injured on his Rt. 2,
Henderson farm. Three dogs
were sighted near the pasture
and the attacks are believed to
have been canine in nature. The
value for the livestock was
reported at $150. Deputy W. S.
Bissette is the investigating
officer.
Also on Saturday at 7 p.m.
Frank Jones of Rt. 1, Warrenton
summoned law enforcement of
ficers to his Airport Road
residence with a report of a
breaking and entering and lar
ceny. Unknown persons had
gained entry by using a knife-like
object to pry open a latch at the
rear door of the residence. Re
ported missing were a single
barrel 12-gauge shotgun valued
at $100 and a black and white
television. There are no suspects
in the case under investigation by
Deputy R. A. Coleman.
Window Smashed,
Small Amount Taken
An unidentified person or per
sons Sunday night entered John
Graham Middle School and r?
moved $12 in change from the
principal's office, Warrenton
Police Chief Freddie Robinson
said Tuesday.
Although the method of entrj
into the building Is unknown,
entry was gained into the prin
cipal's office by breaking a glaa
window in the door.
There are no suspects in On
case, Chief Robinson aaid.