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Area Deaths And Funerals HENRY A. DAVIS Funeral services for Henry Allen Davis, 71, were held today I Wednesday ) at 1 p.m. in Green wood Baptist Church by the Rev. Moore Bynum. Burial was in the church cemetery. Mr. Davis was the former operator of the Peacock Grill in Manhattan, N. Y. He also served as chef for the Knickerbocker Yacht Club in New York and the Carriage House restaurant in Warrenton. He died Friday, Feb. 3 at his home in the Liberia community. Survivors include three sisters, Miss Mary Davis of Winston Salem, Mrs. Helen Pinkney of Warrenton and Mrs. Carrie McCoy of Corona, Long Island, N. Y. ; two brothers, Joseph Davis of Newport News, Va., and Woodrow Davis of New York. Pallbearers were be Enoch Green, Thomas Hargrove, Willie Hopkins, Miles Hall, Charles Alston and Arthur Coleman. Arrangements were by R. H. Greene Funeral Home of Warrenton. 1KV WITH A DIFFERENCE. Getting your money out of an IRA is as important as getting it ?n A Nationwide IRA guarantees an income at retirement tha' you can t outlive The longer you live the greater the return O. L -BUTCH- MEEK N MAIN ST. WARRENTON. N.C 257 1333 NATIONWIDE INSURANCE Nationw.de is on your s.de Nationwide Life Insurance Company Home Office Columbus. Ohio LYLE W. SMITH A graveside service for Lyle William Smith, U, was held Saturday, Feb. 4, at 11 a.m. in the Wise Cemetery by the Rev. Tony Wade. A native of Triangle, N.Y., he was born March 22, 1920 and was the son of the late Elias Merton Smith and Mrs. Murl Pauline Greenman Smith. A resident of Wise, he was a retired carpenter. A World War II veteran, he par ticipated in the Normandy Inva sion and was awarded two Battle Stars for his service there. He died Wednesday, Feb. 1, in the Veterans Administration Hos pital in Durham. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Eleanor Leonard Smith of the home; one daughter, Mrs. Deborah Morris of the home; one son, James Lyle Smith of Las Vegas, Nev.; one sister, Mrs. Doris S. Bush of Chenango Forks, N.Y.; and four grandchildren. Arrangements were made by Blaylock Funeral Home. MARION C. SHORT Funeral services for Marion Chamber Short, 60, of the Afton Elberon community, were held Monday, Feb. 6 in the Blaylock Funeral Home Chapel by the Rev. Mike Lawning. Burial was in the Elmwood Cemetery in Henderson. Mr. Short was a farmer. He died Friday, Feb. 3 at his home. Survivors include four sisters, Mrs. Clara Barker of Henderson, Mrs. Helen Forner of Klamath Falls, Ore., Mrs. Edna Neal of Norlina and Mrs. Alma Short of Warrenton; and four brothers, Boyd C. Short of Humboldt, Iowa, Luther Short of Reidsville, and Harold T. Short and Willard Short, both of Warrenton. EDWARD L. MABRY Edward L. Mabry, 91, a native of Norlina, died Wednesday, Feb. 1, at his residence in Litchfield, ct. After graduation from a high school in Greensboro, he joined the staff of the Vick Company, manufacturers of Vick's Vapo Rub, where he became president in 1948 and remained in that capacity until retirement. He was also the author of 18 books. No information concerning the funeral or his survivors was available at press time. HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT Training Available At Vance-Granville Community College Warren County Campus ^ Classes Offered ^ Feb. 13 - Mar. 9 Monday-Thursday ^ iO a.m. - 2 p.m. , Main Topics: Job Applications Resume Preparation Job Interviewing 210 W. Ridgeway Street, Warrenton, N.C. 620 Ridgeway St., Warrenton, N. C. ? 257-1048 Monday & Tuesday 2 piece (dark) 99$ 8 piece (dark) w/4 biscuits $4.99 Wednesday & Thursday 8 piece Dinner $7.99 including 1 pt. potatoes, Vti pt. gravy, 4 biscuits Friday Fish Dinner $2.99 Saturday & Sunday 12 piece bucket. $9.99 J ROBERT A. SOUTHERLAND Funeral services for Robert Alston "Buster" Southerland, 80, at XI Gholson Ave., Henderson, were held Tuesday, Feb. 7 in First United Methodist Church by the Rev. J. B. Parvin. Burial was in the Elm wood Cemetery. Mr. Southerland was a Vance County native and the son of the late Solon and Mattie Alston Southerland. For 38 years, he was associated with the former Clements Motor Co. and was also engaged in farm operations and real estate. He was a director of the N. C. State Forestry Club and was a member of First United Methodist Church where he was a member of the Men's Bible Class. He died Sunday, Feb. 5 at his home. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Tempe Davis Southerland; a son, Robert Alston Southerland, Jr. of Henderson; a daughter, Mrs. Tempe S. Parham of Kin ston; a brother, Melville D. Southerland of Henderson ; three sisters, Mrs. Pattie S. Alston of Warrenton, Mrs. Sue S. Law rence of Raleigh and Mrs. Mary S. Vaughan of Rocky Mount; and five grandchildren. Pallbearers were Joseph L. Southerland, Richard Jordan Southerland, Charles P. Souther land, John T. Church, Jr., Samuel D. Jones, Richard A. Davis, IV, Henry Peyton Fort and John L. Hitch. Honorary pallbearers were members of the Men's Bible Class of First United Methodist Church. MRS. IRENE B. CARROLL Funeral services for Mrs. Irene Bullock Carroll, SO, were held Monday, Feb. 6, at 3 p.m. at Oak Level United Church of Christ in Drewry by the Rev. Leon White, pastor. Burial was in the church cemetery. Mrs. Carroll was born on July 2, 1938 and was the daughter of the late Thomas Bullock and Mrs. Emma Moss Bullock and the sister of Mrs. Dollie Burwell, register of deeds in Warren Coun ty . She was educated in the Vance County school system. A native of Warren County, she was a member of Oak Level UCC. Mrs. Carroll was a former employee of the City of Oxford and prior to her illness, had also been employed by Granville Medical Center. She died on Friday, Feb. 3, in Gran ville County Medical Center. Survivors include her husband, Benjamin Carroll of Oxford; three daughters, Miss Carolyn Carroll, Mrs. Brenda Roberts and Miss Arlene Carroll, all of Oxford; four sons, Benjamin Car roll, Jr. of Durham, and Robert Carroll, Michael Carroll and John Carroll, all of Oxford; Eve sisters, Mrs. Clara Hargrove of Newark, N.J., Mrs. Dollie Bur well of Warrenton, and Mrs. Mary White, Mrs. Anna Holton and Mrs. Mary B. Evans, all of Henderson; three brothers, Con ell Bullock of Warrenton, and John Bullock and Thomas Bul lock, both of Henderson; and 13 grandchildren. Arrangements were made by Wright Funeral Home of Oxford. Aacicnl Artifacts The oldest undisputed artifacts (mainly fluted points) ever found in the New World were made by Paleo Indian hunters known as Clovis peo ple, who pursued Ice Age mammoths, camels, bison, and horses nearly 12,000 years ago, says National Geo graphic. r NEWSOM ^ STONEWORKS Wise, N.C. 456-3592 See Us For Your Monuments & Markers Serving This Area Since 1939 Sympathy Flowers ...when you uish to express sympathy ? Call? , ? HUNDLEY'S Howcn & Fram?? Hwy 158 Nortn. | 456 2430 JACKSON Littleton Bank Post Is Filled Edward A. Jackson has been promoted to city executive and assistant vice president at First Citizens Bank in Littleton, where he has full management respon sibilities, Terry Hawley, of the bank's communications depart ment, announced recently. A native of Roanoke Rapids, Jackson holds a bachelor's degree in business administra tion from East Carolina Univer sity in Greenville and is a member of the East Carolina Education Foundation. He joined the First Citizens staff in 1988. Jackson has been transferred to Littleton from the Roanoke Rapids branch, where he was a commercial loan officer. He replaces Winston Reese, who has been transferred to the Roanoke Rapids branch as city executive. Officers Are Named For New Corporation A new non-profit corporation for the purpose of supplying hous ing and housing projects, revital izing existing homes and supply ing jobs for America's homeless was formed on Dec. 14, 1988 in Warren County. O'Neal Brothers, Inc., Rt. 2, Box 153-1A, Norlina, also has as its purpose the introduction of America's homeless into rural agricultural communities, where they may be given a "second chance" with the provision of an extensive training program in clusive of marketable skills. The goals of the corporation also include decreasing the de mand for migrant labor and enlarging the American work force. O'Neal Brothers, Inc. nas planned to place its first opera tion in the piedmont region of North Carolina. Sixteen persons comprise the initial board of directors: Ricky O'Neal (president), Scott O'Neal (first vice president), Charles Ayscue (second vice president), Jack Gardin (third vice presi dent), Vera Paynter (secretary), Charlotte Haithcock (treasurer), Nick Williams (chaplain and liai son to the religious community) , Eddie Clayton, Frank Clark, Covese Hawkins, Catherine Car ter, Howard Short, Helen Walker, Tracy Thompson, Sam Groves and Herbert Carter. The board held its first meet ing, after having been declared a corporation, on Tuesday, Jan. 24. Also attending the meeting as a guest was Evelyn Parker, occu pancy specialist for the Depart ment of Housing and Urban Development in Greensboro. "We realize that we have a lot of hard work ahead to accomplish all of the goals we have set," cor poration president O'Neal said recently, adding that work has begun already. Committees have been named, officers have been elected and fund raising events are being planned. "The thought of hard work does not bother us because we all believe that our cause is a noble and very needed one," he said. No Jury Trials Held This Week No jury trials were held during the first two days of the February criminal session of Warren Coun ty Superior Court, according to Clerk of Court Richard E. Hunter, Jr. Hunter said that only pleas had been taken during the term which began here Monday morning. Veteran court officials gave no indication of when the term would end. Judge Robert H. Hobgood of Louisburg is presiding this week. Papers Are Lost In Mail Bundles of The Warren Record mailed at Warrenton on Wednesday afternoon of last week and destined for sub scribers in the Town of Macon and on the Macon rural routes disappeared for four days. The missing newspapers, lost en route to Macon via Raleigh, turned up at the Macon Post Office on Monday morning. Post master Wayne Long of the Macon facility said he had not been able to determine where the missing bundles were found. Norlina Schools Targets Of More Vandalism Norlina area schools have con tinued to be the sites of van dalism and unauthorized entry, Sheriff Theodore Williams said this week. On Thursday, Feb. 2, Northside Elementary School was found to have been entered by persons who had thrown a rock through a classroom. Although no items of property were reported missing in the initial report taken by Deputy W. T. Winston, an estimate of $50 was reported as damage done to the classroom window, the sheriff said. NOTICE OF SPECIAL BOND REFERENDUM IN THE TOWN OF NORLINA, NORTH CAROLINA A special bond referendum will be held between 6:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m., on Tuesday, March 28, 1989, at which there will be submitted to the qualified voters of the Town of Norlina the following question : Shall the order adopted on February 6, 1989, authorizing not exceeding $300,000 Water Bonds of the Town of Norlina, North Carolina, for the purpose of providing funds, with any other available funds, for improving and repairing the water system of said Town, including the reconstruction or replacement of certain water mains and the construction, reconstruction or replacement of certain appurtenant facilities, and authorizing the levy of taxes in an amount sufficient to pay the principal of and the interest on said bonds, be approved? The question hereinabove set forth contains a statement of the purpose for which the bonds are authorized by the order referred to in such question. If said bonds are issued, taxes in an amount sufficient to pay the principal and interest thereof will be levied upon all taxable property in the Town of Norlina. For said referendum the regular registration books for elec tions in the Town of Norlina and Warren County will be used and the registration books, process or records will continue to be open for the acceptance of registration applications and the registration of qualified persons from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. on Monday to Friday, inclusive, of each week at the office of the Municipal Board of Elections of the Town of Norlina in the Municipal Building at 121 Hyco Street in Norlina, North Carolina, and from 9:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. on Monday, Wed nesday and Friday of each week at the Office of the Warren County Board of Elections at 103 Front Street in Warrenton, North Carolina. In addition, registration applications will be accepted by and qualified persons may register with special registration com missioner designated by the Municipal Board of Elections of thv' Town of Norlina, by appointment, and with the registrars and judges of elections designated by the Warren County Board of Elections for any of the precincts in Warren County, by appointment. Moreover, registration applications will be accepted and qualified persons may register at any Drivers License Examining Station located in the State of North Carolina during normal business hours when applying for, renewing or correcting driver licenses. Furthermore, certain persons in the armed forces and their spouses, certain veterans, certain civilians working with the armed forces, and members of the Peace Corps may register by mail at any time prior to said referendum in the manner provided in Article 21 of Chapter 163 of the General Statutes of North Carolina and in person at any time, including the day of said referendum. Those residents of the Town who are presently registered under the Town of Norlina's or Warren County's permanent registration system will be permitted to vote in the special bond referendum. Those residents of the Town who have not voted in either of one of the two most recent successive presidential elections or in any other election conducted in the period between said two elections will not be considered to be registered under the Town of Norlina's or Warren County's permanent registration system. The last day on which registered voters who have changed residence to the precinct in which the Town is located from another precinct may transfer registration is Monday, Febru ary 27, 1989, except that any person who has so changed residence more than 30 days prior to said referendum may ob tain a certificate of removal and record a change of address on the date of said referendum and vote in the office of the Municipal Board of Elections of the Town of Norlina or the Warren County Board of Elections mentioned above or at such other location as specified by the Municipal Board of Elections of the Town of Norlina or the Warren County Board of Elec tions. Except as provided above, the last day for new registration of those not now registered under the Town of Norlina's or Warren County's permanent registration system is Monday, February 27, 1989. Absentee voting shall not be permitted in said referendum. Persons who are not certain whether they are registered to vote or qualified to vote or who desire information concerning the registration process for said referendum should contact the Municipal Board of Elections of the Town of Norlina or the Warren County Board of Elections at the offices of said boards mentioned above. The registration books for elections in the Town of Norlina and Warren County will be open to inspection by any registered voter of the Town during the normal business hours of the Municipal Board of Elections of the Town of Norlina and the Warren County Board of Elections on the days when the of fices of said boards are open, and such days are challenge days. The registrars, judges and other officers of elections appoint ed by the Municipal Board of Elections of the Town of Norlina will serve as the election officers for said referendum. The Municipal Board of Elections of the Town of Norlina will conduct said referendum. The voting place for said referendum, subject to change as provided by law, is the Municipal Fire Station at 103 Center Street in Norlina, North Carolina. JAMES A. OVERBY Chairman of the Municipal Board of Elections of the Town of Norlina JEANR. FRAZIER Town Clerk and Finance Officer of the Town of Norlina, North Carolina
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