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Volume 91 25* Per Copy Warrenton, County Of Warren, North Carolina Wednesday, December 14, 1988 Number 50
Warren County's Dogwoods Now Appear Out Of Danger
Warren County dogwood trees ap
pear to be safe from a deadly fungus
disease? for the time being, at least.
Warren County Forest Ranger Allen
Norwood thinks there is a good chance
the disease may be brought under
control before it reaches this far east.
Norwood said he has received
numerous inquiries about the disease
since the outbreak in western counties
was publicized in November.
But so far the good news is that
there are no damaged dogwood trees
in Warren County, or, if there is
damage, it cannot be blamed on dog
wood anthracnose.
The bad news is that the disease has
caused serious damage in those areas
where it has already struck. Since the
disease was first identified in New
York and Washington states in 1977, it
has spread eastward and southward
into the Appalachian Mountains and
piedmont areas.
It has been estimated that 95 per
cent of the dogwoods in Ca toe tin Park
near Washington, D. C. have been
killed.
Norwood said a chemical has been
developed to combat the disease and
this fungicide is regarded as success
ful.
"We're keeping tabs on it. We've
already come up with a chemical, a
fungicide, to deal with the problem,"
he said.
So far the disease has not been
detected east of Cleveland County in
North Carolina. Norwood is hopeful
that the spread of the disease can be
contained before it reaches this far
east.
Foresters have estimated that as
many as one million acres of forests of
North Carolina and four neighboring
states are afflicted by dogwood an
thracnose. The most serious outbreak
has been found in the Great Smoky
Mountains National Park, which
straddles the borders of North
Carolina and Tennessee.
The disease is more prevalent in
forests, probably tecause of the
higher humidity, shade and moisture.
Infected trees develop small, pur
ple-rimmed leaf spots with dead cen
ters. As the disease spreads, it infects
twigs which die, and eventually it
reaches the main stem, killing the en
tire tree.
Anyone concerned about this type of
disease appearing on trees is advised
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Warren County residents were surprised by the
season's first snowfall Friday morning. By noon a
one- Inch-blanket covered the trees and landscape
and forced the early closing of schools. Warming
temperatures later in the day made this brief land
scape transformation only a passing scene.
(Staff Photo by Phyllis H. King)
New Board Officers Named
Henderson Family YMCA To Aid
In After-School Student Care
By THURLETTA M. BROWN
News Editor
By unanimous vote, veteran
board-member Yarborough Wil
liams and newly-elected member
Dr. Doris Terry Williams have
been named chairman and vice
chairman, respectively, for the
Warren County Board of Educa
tion. The nominations were made
by Mrs. Barbara Brayboy, and
seconded by vacating-chairman
Henry T. Pitchford in Monday
night's board meeting. In accept
ing the position of chairman,
Williams expressed his apprecia
tion to the board for the apparent
confidence shown by their vote
and said he hoped to fulfill the ex
pectations of his new role.
Prior to vacating his position as
chairman of the board, Pitchford
had recognized the three mem
bers who had been recently
sworn in: Dr. Williams, Mrs.
Brayboy and Richard Roddy,
who had been re-elected to serve
a second term.
The first order of business to
follow the selection of new of
ficers was the awarding of a con
tract to the Henderson Family
YMCA for the provision of after
school care for students in grades
K-6. Superintendent Michael
Williams had explained to the
board that the school system had
begun last year to explore the
possibility of an after-school care
service in the county. Vendors of
similar services were contacted
and surveys were sent locally to
ascertain the level of potential
use for the service.
Over the summer, in the final
session of the General Assembly,
funding was awarded to schools
wishing to provide the service.
Warren County has received a
$30,000 grant to be used over a
three-year period to begin its
program.
"This fall, we became aware
that the YMCA in Henderson had
operated a program for Vance
County for a number of years and
had expressed an interest in per
Skull Is Still Unidentified
Warren County law enforcement officers are still awaiting
word from the state's medical examiner in Chapel Hill as to
whether Identification has been made of a human skull found
Nov. 98 in the Vaughan area of the county.
Sheriff T. R. Williams said the skull was taken to the medical
examiner's office for identification. "At this point, we don't
know whether it's the skull of a man or woman," the sheriff
said.
Sheriff's deputies learned of the skull's discovery after a dog
brought it to a home located several hundred yards off U. S.
Highway 198. "We have no idea where the dog found the skull,"
Sheriff Williams said.
He said his office received a report in 1864 of a woman
missing in the Vaughan area. Her body was never found,
Sheriff Williams added.
forming the same service for
Warren County," Williams said.
Two members of the YMCA
staff, Mrs. Ann Hughes, ex
ecutive director, and Mrs. Caro
lyn Ellington, child care coordi
nator, made presentations to the
board. Mrs. Hughes explained
that the program was very struc
tured with activities and nutri
tious meals. In addition, assist
ance with homework will be
available to the participants.
"Time spent at home can be
prime time," Mrs. Hughes said.
Warren County's programs
will operate in the cafeterias at
Northside, Vaughan, South War
ren and Man am Boyd elemen
tary schools from 2:30-5:30 p.m.
each school day. The cost for par
ticipation will be $20 per five-day
week. "That cost will be sig
nificantly less should students
participate for less than five days
each week," Mrs. Hughes said.
According to Mrs. Hughes, the
second and third child in a fami
ly would qualify for a 10-percent
discount.
Hired from Warren County will
be a site director and a group
leader for each of the four pro
grams. If needed, a third in
dividual will be hired for each
program to ensure a l-to-10
staff/participant ratio.
Dr. Doris Terry Williams cast
the only dissenting vote, saying
that consideration should be
given to awarding the contract to
vendors in Warren County who
might be able to provide the ser
vice. She also asked that more
comprehensive information be
shared with her to supplement
the "skeleton outline" brought
before the board in Monday
night's meeting.
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502 Home Sites Created In 1988
Almost 500 Warren Acres
Carved Into Building Lots
By HOWARD JONES
Editor
Almost 500 acres of Warren
County land was subdivided into
building lots during 1988, with
the main activity coming in
three townships bordering Lake
Gaston.
This figure was among those
released Monday by Cathy
Wilson, secretary of the Warren
County Planning Board, who
turned over computer-generated
, subdivision statistics to Plan
ning Board Chairman Butch
Meek and County Manager
Charles Worth.
Planning board statistics for
the year nearing an end show
that 502 new building lots won
final approval by the planning
board during the group's 12
meetings of 1988.
By far, the most activity oc
curred in River Township,
where 230.6 acres were divided
into 268 lots. Roanoke Township
had 54.8 acres divided into 74 lots
and Sixpound had 72.08 acres
divided into 60 lots.
Fourth among townships in
the number of lots winning the
planning board's final approval
this year was Sandy Creek Town
ship, in the southwestern portion
of Warren County.
There, 87.9 acres of land was
carved into 54 building lots in
what Chairman Meek said
"represents a spillover of popu
lation from Vance County."
Other townships in which sub
division activity was reported
were Fishing Creek with four
lots, Judkins with six, Warrenton
witli 22, Nutbush with 11 and
Shocco with three.
Latest approval of a subdivi
sion came last week at the
December meeting of the War
ren County Planning Board, and,
as might be expected, it involved
land in Roanoke Township.
Mrs. Anne Hawfield of Little
ton and Gene Bobbitt of Louis
burg appeared before the board
to answer questions about East
Fork Plantation, a Boanoke
Township subdivision containing
43 lots of 25.8 acres.
Board members Meek, Fred
die Hargrove and Jim Elam,
who were considering final ap
proval of the subdivision plat,
were told that sewage disposal
for all lots was assured, and
that the subdivision would be
served by a central well already
in place and approved by the
state.
Developers told the board that
East Fork would be "a first
class development" containing
all water-front lots and that the
gravelled roads serving the sub
division would be entirely
paved.
Also given fineal approval at
the December meeting was a
113-acre tract from which eight
building lots? most in the two
acre range? were being carved
out. The subdivision, owned by
Lillie Hawkins, is located in the
Vicksboro community.
Chairman Meek said the sub
division was being done in
preparation of settling an estate.
The planning board, minus
members T. T. Clayton and Karl
Hehl for this meeting, gave its
stamp of approval to Section B
of Oakridge, a subdivision plan
ned on 7.5 acres in Hoanoke
Township.
While developer Gene Bobbitt
indicated that this portion of the
subdivision? situated on proper
ty formerly owned by Henry
Wall? would contain nine lots,
he only plans "to sell a lot or
two."
A request for final approval of
the Hill Top Acres Subdivision in
the Enterprise community of
River Township was tabled
because of an unfinished inspec
tion by health department per
sonnel. The subdivision calls for
nine lots created from 15 acres.
Planning Board members
agreed to ask one local develop
er, Charles Orr, a resident of the
Keats Peninsula Road in Nut
bush Township, to appear before
the board and provide the board
with combined plats of land sub
divided "in order to avoid future
right-of-way problems."
Meek told fellow board mem
bers that regulations had not
been followed along the way and
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A doable honor wai announced for Warren Coun
ty High School tenior Paul Dickerson, left, at a
Voice of Democracy awards program held at the
Nsrliia Veterans of Foreign Wars Post. Dickerson,
who will attend the University of North Carolina tn
Chanel Hill next year, wai named at winner of the
VFW-easay contest at both the county and district
levels. He received a 9M savings bond for his coun
ty first-place flalsh, and will receive a cash award
for fhdshh^ first at the sevsutoaaty district level.
His essay on "Preparing For America's Future"
will be entered in date competition. Dfckerson't
local (election was announced by Mn. Mary Ann
Hill, program chairman. HU district booor was aa
aaaacid by Jimmy Wnodsll el Rocky Mount,
center, VFW District m commander. At right to
Amie Rid out, tecood place county winner and re
c (pleat ot a $M savings bond. Christy Harmon,
thtrd-ptace county winner and recipient el ?H in
cash, was not pnauat. A reception was bold leDeu
tog the award ?Minnninmti far tocaiwtoMnnto.
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