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.i.'i'a n tan.'J a.n. Library X 7 S.Main St. -irrentan, N.C. 27589 Stye Ularren Eetori Volume 91 25* Per Copy Warrenton, County Of Warren, North Carolina Wednesday, December 7, 1988 Number 49 ? ? -SSSSSSSSSSSSS^^? ' ? ? 5BB ? ? ? Smoke billows from a storage shed and well house owned by Antonio D. Rose during a Monday afternoon blaze. Flames spread from a burning trash barrel to nearby leaves and caught the two buildings on fire. No one was home when the fire erupted shortly after 4:30 p.m. on the Rldgeway Road east of the Snow Hill intersection. The pump house contained no machinery and nothing of value was stored in the shed, Warrenton rural fire men reported. ( Photo by Brenda Clarke) Quick Response Is Credited With Limiting Fire Damage Blaze Burns Beans, Trees Quick response by three Warren County fire units has been credited with preventing considerable destruction during a Tuesday fire which scortched cropland and timberland a short distance north of Warrenton. Kenny Clayton, chief of the Warrenton Rural Fire Depart ment, said firemen from Warrenton, Norlina and Macon were quick to arrive at the fire scene off the Warren Plains Road east of Terry's Feed Mill when alarms sounded Tuesday morning. The fire, which consumed 25 acres before being brought un der control, began when wind whipped flames from a trash barrel into a nearby soybean field. "When the fire reached the bean field, it was as if someone had thrown gasoline on the flames," Clayton observed. "Later fire balls leaped into the tops of nearby trees." Firemen placed trucks in the path of the blaze to protect two houses and two mobile homes, while attempting to get to the head of the fire. Members of the N. C. Forestry Service who had been helping the Areola Fire Department fight a fire near the Bethlehem community which charred 45 acres, sent a fire plow to the A fire truck from Norlina is placed in operation as firemen from three Warren County units battled a fire which consumed some 25 acres of woodland and bean fields Tuesday morning near Terry's Feed Mill between Warrenton and Warren Plains. The fire broke out as Areola firemen and Forestry Service personnel were battling flames that charred 45 acres in southern Warren County. ( Photo by Brenda Clarke) scene. The fire occurred on land owned by Mrs. Anne Rodwell of Warrenton. While Warrenton firemen were fighting this place, another woods fire was reported, this one at the home of Thomas Woodrow Wilson in the Embro com munity. Units from Warrenton and Macon were dispatched to protect structures adjacent to the fire which burned over three acres. The Warren Plains fire caused problems for one Warrenton fireman? Pete Stevenson of Ridgeway Street? who suffered dehydration and smoke inhala tion. He was taken to Maria Parham Hospital in Henderson Tuesday night by Chief Clayton for observation. Veterans, Ladies Planning Session The regular meeting of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4096 of Norlina and its ladies auxiliary will be held at the post hall on Monday, Dec. 12, at 7:30 p.m. All members are urged to attend. Lack Of Bond Stirs Activity As Work Begins For Newcomers The wheels of Warren County's deed registration operation were back in motion Tuesday after noon?after being shut down for a full day? due to an administra tive mix-up that on Monday had left the county without a bonded register of deeds. Hie administrative oversight was corrected on Tuesday at noon in an open, public, emergen cy meeting called by the Warren County Board of County Commis sioners in which newly-elected Register of Deeds Mrs. Dollie B. BurweU was bonded. "There is nothing irregular about bonding, but this board is required to approve the bond? and that is why we are here to day," Mrs. Eva Clayton, com missioners' chairperson, said in the emergency meeting. "Now, we, as a board, must vote our approval," she said. The amount of the bond, for which United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company in Maryland is the surety, is $10,000. Walter M. Gardner, Jr. acted as attorney-in fact for the transaction, which spans Dec. S of this year and expires on Dec. S, 1992. Upon motion of Commissioner Patsy T. Hargrove, seconded by Commissioner Francis Alston, the board gave its unanimous approval to the $10,000 bond. Tuesday's action gave final sanction to the ceremony that had been held in the county court house Monday morning and began officially the retirement status of Jim Hundley, former register of deeds. Monday's ceremony had drawn an almost-capacity crowd to the Warren County Courthouse. Among those present was Repre sentative Thomas Hardaway. The officials who took their oaths? in addition to Mrs. Bur well? were Commissioner Wil liam Skinner, who has been re elected each year since his initial term in 1970; Commissioner Patsy T. Hargrove; Board of Education members Mrs. Bar bara L. Brayboy (the first American Indian to be elected to the post in Warren County's history) and Dr. Doris Terry Williams; and Travis Pulley, Soil and Water Conservation super visor. Not present for Monday's ceremonies was Richard Roddy, who had been re-elected to the board of education. N. C. Court of Appeals Judge Clifton E. Johnson said he was pleased and delighted to be pre sent for the historic event. "It Is always a delight to see both new and old faces," he said. (Continued on Page S) Six Warren Men Arrested After Cocaine Bust Made Deputies, SBI Join Forces A late-night operation last Sun day by Warren County Sheriff's personnel and State Bureau of In vestigation agents has resulted in the arrest of six Warren County residents, Sheriff Theodore Wil liams announced Monday. According to Sheriff Williams, the arrests were made at the Lake Drive Motel, located north of Wise on US 1. The six persons arrested were : Frank Jonathan Alexander, 36, of Norlina; Milton Taylor, 31, of Norlina; Jacob Wallace Jiggetts, 23, of Rt. 1, Warrenton; Shirley Hargrove, 19, of Rt. 1, Warren ton; Adleen Hargrove, 18, of Rt. 2, Warrenton; and Leonard Clay ton Hargrove, 31, of Warrenton. In addition to the capture of the six suspects, small amounts of crack, cocaine and marijuana were siezed, along with $1,400 m cash. Holidays Are Approved The following holidays for the new year were approved Mon day for county employees by the Warren County Board of Coun ty Commissioners: New Year's Day Monday, Jan. 2, 1989 Martin L. King, Jr. Day Monday, Jan. 16, 1989 Good Friday Friday, March 24, 1989 Memorial Day Monday, May 29, 1989 Independence Day Tuesday, July 4, 1989 I^abor Day Monday, Sept. 4, 1989 Veteran's Day Friday, Nov. 10, 1989 Thanksgiving Thursday and Friday, Nov. 23-24, 1989 Christmas Monday and Tuesday, Dec. 25-26, 1989 The schedule is identical to that adopted by the State Person nel Office for state workers. County Nominee Named In UNC Scholarship Chase According to an SBI report, co caine was offered for sale at the motel to one of the agents. After the purchase, the agent sum moned other SBI agents, along with officers from the Enforce ment Section of the Division of Motor Vehicles, for the arrests. SBI officers said there was no indication that the management of the Lake Drive Motel was in volved in the sale of drugs. Frank Jonathan Alexander, alias Frankie Lane, has been charged with possession of crack, possession of marijuana, posses sion of a stolen gun, assault with a deadly weapon and maintaining a dwelling for the distribution of a controlled substance. He has been confined to the Warren County jail under a $20,000 secured bond to await trial in Warren County District Court on Dec. 21. Each of the other five suspects was placed under a $5,000 bond (Continued on page 10) Angela Bailance, a senior at Warren County High School, has been selected to represent Warren County in regional com petition this month for the John Motley Morehead Foundation Award. The Morehead provides a full academic scholarship for four years of attendance at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The Morehead nominee must show qualities of outstanding academic, leader ship, moral character and physical vigor during their years of high school. Miss Bailance, who is an A student, is a candidate for the North Carolina Scholars Diploma, a member of the National Honor Society and has received academic awards in English, math, science, history and typing. In addition, she was selected to attend Governor's School, the North Carolina School of Science and Math and Summer Ven tures. She has served on the news paper staff and is currently a member of the Student Council, MISS BALLANc'E Debate Club, National Honor Society, Future Business Lead ers of America, president of the French Club, vice president of the senior class, captain of the basketball team and semifinalist for the National Achievement Scholarship for Outstanding Negro Students. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ballance, Jr. of Warrenton. Schools Thieves Make Big Haul North Warren Elementary School in Wise was the site last week of theft of property esti mated in value at $3,000 to $5,000, Sheriff Theodore Williams said Monday. According to the report, entry appeared to have been gained by stretching a chain on a re ar door of the building. When the report was filed on Nov. 30, reported missing were one TRS-80 computer, a Radio Shack printer, two typewriters and one 25-inch color console style Magnavox television. True values of the missing items were not available at press time. In addition to the missing items, the report also indicated that doors had been kicked in and their frames broken in the teachers' lounge and secretary's office. The secretary's desk and office cabinets had also been entered. There are no suspects in the case under investigation by Deputy W. S. Bissette. Warren County'* duly-elected officials wait to take their oattti and be ?worn Into aervtce as they ate challenged to give their best to their constituent* by N. C. Court of Appeals Judge Clifton E. Johnson. Shown seated, left to right, are William Skinner, re-elected county com missioner; Travis Pulley, Soil and Water Con servation supervisor; Mrs. Patsy T. Hargrove, newly-elected county commissioner; Mrs. Bar bara L. Brayboy and Dr. Dorli Terry-Wllllams, both newly-elected board af education mem bers; and Mrs. DaDie B. Burwell. Absent from the tiwlf, which were held In the caoaty boartof'^^^^m^bCT^Iurt Roddy***'' (Staff Photo by Howard Jones)
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