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VtrrtntonMea . Library Z 117 S .lain St. firrtnton, H.C. 27589 31 je fflarren Hecnri Volume 91 25* Per Copy Warrenton, County Of Warren, North Carolina Wednesday, July 13, 1988 Number 28 Four persons were hospitalized Tuesday follow ing the head-on collision of a Toyota and a Chrysler New Yorker that occurred on RPR 1112 in Warren County. N.C. Highway Patrol Trooper N. D. Satter field is shown surveying the accident site and assessing the damage sustained by the two vehicles, which were both declared a total loss. (Photo by Brenda Clarke) Four Persons Are Hospitalized Following Head-On Warren Crash By THURLETTA M. BROWN News Editor The wheels of Warren County's emergency response team were set in motion Tuesday and re mained that way well into the night, following a 4 : 12 p.m. report of a two-car collision that resulted in life-threatening in juries for three of the six persons involved and declarations of total loss for both vehicles. According to N.C. Highway Patrol Trooper N. D. Satterfield, the late-70's-model Toyota being driven by Mrs. Felicia Thames, 19, of Norlina had been traveling toward US 1 on RPR 1112, when it crossed left of center and collided head-on with the 1985 Chrysler New Yorker being driven by Mrs. Debra Carter Davis, 32, of Rt. 2, Manson. Both vehicles remained in the roadway and there were no skid marks, the trooper said. Following impact, smoke was seen coming from the hood of the Toyota and the Ridgeway Fire Department was summoned to One Automobile Stoned, Two Vehicles Recovered Alleged theft of vehicles and damage to another have been the bane of three Warren County residents this week. The damage report was filed by Calvin Alston, 25, of Rt. 1, Warrenton, after his 1988 Honda Accord had been pelted by rocks in the lot of the Starlight night club on SR 1001. An estimated $1,000 in damage had been done by an unidentified person or persons, who had thrown a rock through the win dow on the driver's side of the vehicle and had caused addi tional injury to the hood of the car. There are no suspects in the case under investigation by Chief Deputy Bobby D. Bolton. Early Sunday morning the 1971 Pontiac belonging to Cynthia Louise Turner of Rt. 1, Manson was reported missing from the parking lot at the Roseland night club. Also reported missing were a checkbook and purse that had been left in the vehicle. Later on Sunday, the Pontiac was recovered undamaged by the Vance County Sheriff's Depart ment, a Warren County sheriff's spokesperson said. Deputy W. S. Bissette was the Warren County investigating officer. A second vehicle was also reported missing early Sunday morning, when the 1977 Chevrolet Monte Carlo belonging to Joe Nathan Fields of Rt. 2, Hender son, in the Hecks Grove com munity, was found to be missing from its parking place at a neighbor's residence. The car had no license tags or insurance coverage. Prior to receipt of the report, the vehicle had been found aban doned in Warren County by N.C. Highway Patrol Trooper R. A. Ennis, who requested that the Monte Carlo be towed and stored. License tags registered to another individual had been placed on the car, but to the department's knowledge, in surance coverage had not been purchased by the borrower of the vehicle. Roanoke Rapids Woman Hurt In Wreck West Of Littleton A Roanoke Rapids woman was injured and went into insulin ?hock when her car ran off U. S. 158 west of Littleton at 7:54 a.m. last Thursday. According to Trooper A1 Ben nett of the State Highway Patrol, Sonya Deaett Jenkins, 21, of 130 Carmichael Street in Roanoke Rapids, was traveling west on U. S. 198 Just 4.2 miles from Lit tleton when she loet control of the 1983 Oldsmobile Omega she was driving. Reports indicate that Ms. Jenkins entered a curve too fast, causing her car to go across the center line. She pulled the car back into the right lane and onto the shoulder. The automobile then rolled into the ditch area where it skidded 1,452 feet before striking a concrete culvert. After the left front of the vehi cle struck the concrete drain, the automobile became airborne and spun around until it became wedged eight feet off the ground between two trees. The Warren County Ambu lance Service transported Ms. Jenkins to Halifax Memorial Hospital where she was treated for a mild concussion and minor cuts. She was kept overnight for observation and released Friday. Trooper Bennett charged Ms. Jenkins for failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident. TTie vehicle was declared a total loss with damages estimated at ??,000. the scene, but were sent back to their station after spraying water at the site as a precautionary measure, an EMS spokesperson said. Both available ambulances of the Warren County Emergency Medical Service (EMS) were summoned for transport of the six persons involved in the accident. Mrs. Debra Davis, interim di rector for the Vance-Warren Comprehensive Health Plan since April of this year, refused EMS transport after sustaining minor leg injuries, the trooper said, but was advised to seek medical evaluation on her own. According to an EMS spokesper son, she was more concerned about ensuring that treatment was received by the passengers of the Toyota than with her own condition. Including Mrs. Thames, there were five passengers in the Toyota: Shantia R. Howard of Norlina, a four-month-old infant; Ernest L. Howard, Jr. of Warren ton, a 19-month-old youth; Love lace P. Edwards of Warrenton, age 11; and Alfreda L. Edwards of Norlina, age 14. Mrs. Thames and her four pas sengers were transported to Maria Parham Hospital in Hen derson for treatment and eval uation. Alfreda L. Edwards was ad mitted to Maria Parham for frac tures to the lower leg and ankle, an emergency room spokesper son there said. Ernest L. Howard, Jr. was released after treatment for soft-tissue injuries to the foot. Mrs. Thames and the infant Shantia at 7:15 p.m. Tuesday were transported by the Warren County Emergency Medical Service to Duke University Medical Center in Durham. Both Mrs. Thames and the in fant sustained skull fractures in the crash, a Maria Parham emergency room spokesperson said. Mrs. Thames repeatedly lapsed in and out of conscious ness. The infant Shantia was described as alert, but weak. At press time, Mrs. Thames was said to be in serious, but stable condition after having been admitted to Duke Univer sity Medical Center. The infant Shantia was still being held for evaluation in the Duke emergen cy room, a spokesperson there said. Lovelace P. Edwards also sus tained a skull fracture, a spokes person at the Maria Parham emergency room said. After treatment and stabilization there, he was transported at 9: 15 p.m. to Duke University Medical Cen ter by Warren County EMS Di rector Dennis Paschall and was admitted. At press time, he was said to be in serious condition by (Continued on page * ) Warren Board Is Informed Middle School Occupancy Seen By Spring Of 1990 By THURLETTA M. BROWN News Editor A shortfall of funds may delay work oil all components of the proposed building plan for War ren County Schools, but the con struction of a new middle school and additions to Warren County High School and Northside Ele mentary School is expected to proceed, with occupancy of the middle and high school buildings anticipated by the spring of 1990 and the Northside addition by the spring of 1992. Superintendent Michael Wil liams Monday night presented to the Warren County Board of Edu cation a tentative building sched ule make use of the $10.5 million available for construction. The decisions to be made now, he said, were to (1) schedule the middle school, high school addi tion and Northside projects; (2) delay other elementary school projects indefinitely; and (3) re quest that the board of county commissioners sell $7 million in bonds in August of this year, with another $1.5 million to be sched uled for sale in March, 1991. Last year, the board of educa tion had outlined an $11,351,735 building plan: a new middle school ($6,955,000), an addition to Northside ($1,388,475), an addi tion to Warren County High School ($1,958,010) and projects at certain elementary schools ($1,050,250). Because funds available from Warren County's recent bond issue, even when coupled with the $2 million allocation received from the Commission on Critical School Facility needs, leave a $1 million gap, the board agreed to postpone the additions that had been planned at certain elemen tary schools. According to the superintend ent, $2 million in critical need monies and the sale of $5 million in bonds next month will yield the $7 million needed for a new mid dle school. Completion of that project will permit the closing of Hawkins, John Graham and Nor lina, and allow reorganization of the Mariam Boyd, South Warren and Vaughan school districts. The sale of $5 million in bonds will also permit funding for the $2 million addition proposed at the WCHS campus, he explained, giving second priority to that project since an athletic field and three vocational classes are cur rently located at middle school campuses destined for abandon ment as school sites. With a second sale of $1.5 mil lion in bonds, an addition at Northside may begin, permitting the closing of North Warren, the elementary school reort anization and the transfer of grade-six students to the middle school level. Although no action was taken on the adoption of the tentative schedule, the board supported the postponment of the projects that had been proposed for the ele mentary schools, with the excep tion of Northside, and vowed to move aggressively in its deter initiation of architects, a build ing site and the advisability of employing a construction man agement firm. A series of tours will be scheduled for board members, who wish to see first-hand several recently-constructed middle schools. "And we want to be sure that the architect hired can design a positive-drain roof," Board Member Yarborough Williams said. "We've spent enough money on roofs in Warren Coun ty to build a new school!" he concluded. Following the site visits to mid dle schools in the state, a special meeting will be scheduled to hammer out the specifications for the three building projects. Negotiations Approved For Pipe Replacement Negotiations for the replace ment of 1,000 feet of asbestos lined transit pipe have been given the green light by the Norlina Board of Town Commissioners. By action taken Monday night, the board has authorized Mayor Bill Delbridge to negotiate speci fications for the project with the John Thomas Harris Construc tion Company. The initial approved phase of the replacement project has been Principal's Office Illegally Entered The principal's office at John Graham Middle School was the site of unauthorized entry last weekend, arriving employees discovered Monday. According to Warrenton Police Chief Freddie Robinson, the method of entry into the main administrative building is uncer tain, but various portals had been left unsecured. Entry into the principal's office was gained by breaking the glass in the door way, he said. Although desk drawers in the office were ransacked, no items have been reported missing. Four Persons Injured In Nightclub Fights Disturbances last weekend at area nightclubs have resulted in injuries to four persons and charges of misdemeanor of fenses, Deputy R. A. Coleman reported this week. Ms. Sarah Milam, 21, of Macon was allegedly stabbed with a sharp object last Friday night, following an altercation that witnesses said began inside the Starlight Palace and ended out side on the grounds. Ms. Milam was transported by private vehi cle to Maria Parham Hospital in Henderson, where she was re leased after treatment for a stab wound in the lower left neck area and right forehand, Deputy Cole man said. Charged in the incident was Ms. Clementine Judkins, 22, of Warren ton. Her court date, for one count each of assault with in tent to inflict serious injury and simple affray, has been sched uled for July 27. The victim, Ms. Milam, will also face one count of simple affray on July 27, Coleman said. In an unrelated incident that occurred last Sunday morning at Club 43, two men suffered knife wounds, Coleman reported. Lenny Lynch, 28, of Halifax County sustained cuts to the mouth, left facial area and left elbow, Coleman said. Stanford Segoye Daniel, 32, also of Halifax County, received injuries greater than those sus tained by Lynch, receiving wounds in the jaw and back. When Deputy Coleman arrived at Club 43 and saw the degree of the injuries sustained by the two men, the Warren County Emer gency Medical Service was summoned. According to Coleman, the men refused transport to a medical facility, but were treated at the site of the disturbance by the am bulance personnel. Lynch has been charged with one count of simple assault and one count of simple affray. Daniel has been charged with one count of assault, one count of simple assault and one count of simple affray. Both men, who were confined to the Warren County Jail under bonds of f400 each, have been scheduled to appear In court on July 27, Deputy Coleman said. Assisting Coleman in the In vestigation was Warrenton Police Officer Robbie Ayscue. estimated at $12,500 to $15,000. Eventually, more of the esti mated 10,000 feet of pipe will be replaced, the board agreed. In other business, the board: ?Heard a report on a $5,000 surplus that has been identified in pre-audit evaluations; ?Appointed Julian Farrar to fill the unexpired term of Ken neth Severance on the five member Norlina Zoning Board; ?Heard a report that liability insurance for the town now costs $18,300, if a $1,000 deductible is used, and agreed to forego a $1,500 savings available with a $10,000 deductible; and ?Approved the placement of four new street lights on Wash ington Street and Jerman Lane. The lights will be installed by Carolina Power & Light Com pany immediately, the mayor said. Norlina Native Killed In Wreck A Norlina native who was liv ing in Raleigh died Thursday from injuries she suffered when her car ran off a Raleigh street and hit a utility pole and a house late Wednesday night. Miss Mary Lou King, 27, died at Wake Medical Center in Raleigh where she had been taken follow ing the accident at 11 p.m. Wednesday. According to Raleigh police reports, Miss King was traveling alone in a 1983 Subaru when she ran off Lynne Road near Shel burne Drive and struck a pole and a house. Miss King was a certified public accountant with Touche Ross and Company in Raleigh. She was the daughter of Clarence C. King, Sr. and Dorothy Gray King of Norlina. Funeral services for Miss King were held on Saturday, July 9 at 2 p.m. at Jerusalem United Methodist Church by the Rev. Tim Russell. Burial was in the church cemetery. Survivors in addition to her parents include two sisters, Becky King Rooker and Cliffie King Burrows, both of Norlina; and one brother, Clarence C. "Red" King, Jr. of Norlina. Arrangements were by Blay lock Funeral Home of Warrenton. Voting Hours Residents of the CJiurchill-Five Forks community will voice their opinion* on the establish ment of a taxai fire district thare from 6:90 a.a. until T:M p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. B,iMte*d of from 6:30-7:30 p.m. aa was printed in last week's issue of The Warren Record.
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