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I.e. 2758? Mfafruti StcorJi Volume 94 25* Per Copy Warrenton, County Of Warren, North Carolina Wednesday, March 22, 1989 Number 12 Warren County Employment Shows Gain Of 20.8 Percent Private employment in Warren Coun ty increased from 1,727 jobs in 1980 to 2,087 jobs in 1986? an increase of 20.8 percent? while the county's population increased by only 2.9 percent, Depart ment of Commerce statistics have shown. According to the report, private employment in Warren County has in creased much more rapidly than population growth since 1980. In the report, private employment refers on ly to those individuals working for salaries or wages in the private sector of the economy. It does not include self employed persons or government em ployees. Because most American farmers are self-employed, the report includes relatively few farmers. Warren's Increased More Private employment in Warren Coun ty, when compared to population, in creased more rapidly than private employment nationally. Ix)cal private employment also in creased more rapidly than state private employment relative to population. By contrast, private employment in the United States increased from 74.8 million jobs in 1980 to 83.4 million jobs in 1986, or by 11.5 percent. The national population increased by 6.4 percent dur ing the same period. Private employ ment in North Carolina increased from 1,972,725 jobs in 1980 to 2.297,1:55 jobs in 1986, a rate of 16.4 percent. During the same period, the state's population in creased by 7.7 percent. Services vs. Goods The Department of Conunerce divides private employment into two general categories: goods-producing and ser vice-producing. Jobs in agriculture, mining I which includes gas and oil ex traction), construction and manufactur ing are classified as goods-producing. Service-producing jobs include employ ment in transportation and utilities, wholesale trade, retail trade, finance occupations i banking, insurance and real estate), service occupations (jobs involved in providing specific services, such as accounting, legal, health, hotels, laundries and other business and per sonal services), and otherwise un classified occupations. While the number of jobs provided by the private sector of the economy has in creased, there have been definite changes in patterns of employment since 1980. Increasingly, more Ameri can jobs provide services, while fewer provide goods. The most recent information provided by the Department of Commerce has in dicated that this trend has continued to be the case from 1980 until 1986. but that has not been apparent in Warren County. In Warren County, the number of goods-producing jobs increased from 862 in 1980 to 1.077 by 1986, a net gain of 24.9 percent. Goods-producing jobs ac counted for 51.6 percent of private employment in Warren County in 1986. An analysis of these goods-producing jobs has shown that there were two agricultural jobs; five mining jobs, 160 (Continued oil |M.',r I > Eva Clayton, chairwoman of the Warren County Board of Commis sioners, and White G. Watkins, assistant secretary for Traditional Industries, turn the first spade of earth at last Friday afternoon's groundbreaking ceremony at Cochrane Furniture Company. (Staff Photo by Howard Jones) Ground Broken On Friday For Ultra-Modern Plant Last Friday's ground-breaking ceremony has officially set the wheels in motion for the construc tion of a $4.5 million rough mill expected to be one of the most modern, high-tech facilities of its kind? for Warrenton's Eastern Division plant of Cochrane Fur niture Company. When completed, the 35,000 square-foot rough mill will enable the Eastern Division to process on site hardwood which will be used in construction of tables, cabinets and other furniture. Because the current rough mill is sufficient to process only 20 per cent of the wood used, most of Cochrane's oak, cherry and maple stock has been purchased from vendors in the northeast. The expanded facility will allow Cochrane to purchase hardwood from North Carolina producers and prepare that stock in its War renton plant and about 50 new jobs are expected to be created here in the next five years. "Every time Cochrane Fur niture puts on a new employee, that rolls over and creates seven, eight or nine more jobs," White G. Watkins, N.C. Assistant Secretary of Commerce, said last Friday. "We get about 70 to 75 percent of the new jobs in North Carolina each year from firms like Cochrane (and) this is the locomotive that pulls the rest of the train." (Continued on page 4 ) Areola Fire Company Is Funded, Board Balks At Macon's Request Funding Of Both Is Urged Earlier By THURLETTA M. BROWN News Editor The fine line between an urgent expenditure and one which can be deferred was one of the deciding factors last Wednesday night, when the Warren County Board of County Commissioners okayed the request of one of the county's volunteer fire departments, but denied the request of another. David Proctor, Warren County Fire Commission secretary, had appeared before the board to ask that two fire commission-ap proved requests for allocations from the group's contingency fund be approved by the board. Unanimous approval of a $4,000 allocation to the Areola depart ment was granted by the board. Although the Areola department had requested $5,000, the alloca tion was whittled down by $1,000 to come into line with the board imposed ceiling of annual fire commission contingency alloca tions to departments. According to Proctor, the Ar eola department had been given the opportunity to "buy back" its $63,000 FmHA loan, which had been used to purchase a pumper truck, at a "buy back" cost of $44,000. With the department's "on-hand" funds of $12,000 and a $32,000 loan through a local bank, total savings to be realized would approach $43,000, he said. Fire Commission contingency funds in the amount of $19,500 have been set aside by the coun ty for use by departments in emergency situations. According to Commissioners' Chairman Mrs. Eva N. Clayton, the funds are to be used for urgent pur poses, such as a situation in which a department's equipment is out of service because repairs are too expensive to be borne on ly by departmental funds. The Areola situation? likened by the board to the county's recent op ( Continued on page 11 ) Jerry Cochrane, fourth from right, executive vice president of Cochrane Furniture, holds up the pewter North Carolina teal presented to him by Traditional Industries Assistant Secretary White G. Watkins, second from left, at Friday's ground breaking ceremony at Cochrane Furniture plant In Warrenton. Also shown are, left to right, Howard Daniel, chairman of the Warren County Industrial Facilities and Pollution Control Financing Author! ty, Cathy Wilson, director of the Warren County Economic Development Commission, Eva Clayton, chairwoman of the Warren County Board of Com missioners, Carolyn Green, a 15-year employee of the plant, T. E. Cochrane, president of Cochrane Furniture, Elnora Johnson, 16-year employee of the plant, and Lee Capps, manager of Region Five of the N. C. Department of Commerce. (Staff Photo by Howard Jones) Bringing home a first-place trophy in the Region III Quiz Bowl competition held on Saturday are Warren County High students, left to right, Paul Dickerson, Anthony McDonald. Kmmy l nu Cole man and Craig Sipe. (Community Schools Photo by Mary Hunter) Steps To Close Vaughan Postal Facility Scuttled Wheels set in motion recently to temporarily close the Vaughan Post Office have come to a screeching halt, as Uncle Sam has decreed that postal facilities enjoy a federal status and that those guidelines supersede coun ty authority. The Vaughan Post Office had been scheduled to close last Saturday and residents there had been given several options for continued delivery of their mail. But Ross A. Garulski, Raleigh postmaster with responsibility for operations in 209 of the post of fices located in the northeast por Norlina Project Is Fully Funded Norlina Mayor Bill Delbridgc was notified today by Jackie Murdock of the N. C. Department of Transportation that the town's curbing and guttering project along US 1 has been fully funded. The project has been estimated to cost in excess of $175,000, in cluding the cost of moving the water lines. "We are extremely appreci ative of Governor Jim Martin, through Commissioner Jim Pe den, for the initial funding, which has been followed by additional funding by Lt. Gov. Gardner and Speaker of the House Mavretic," Mayor Delbridge said today. "Representative James Craw ford notified us on March 9 that he had contacted and had re ceived a commitment from Speaker Mavretic to participate in this project," he added. According to Mayor Delbridge, Norlina 's curbing and guttering projects, along with the replace ment of 16,000 linear feet of tran site pipe, could start as early as May of this year. Norlina's $300,000 bond referendum for the water line project is to be held on March 28. tion of the state, said last week that because the postal service's federal status outweighs county authority, the Vaughan facility would remain open. Warren County Health Direc tor Dennis Retzlaff has ques tioned the legal basis of Garul ski's statement. "I applaud the action which will keep the office open until adequate consideration can be given to the options available, however, the impli cation th it t>- - Vaughan Post Of fice can n ain open because the postal seivice is not subject to county regulations is inaccu rate," he said. According to Retzlaff, the health department's willingness to be patient with the postal ser vice is due to the recognition that the public's health does not ap pear to be immediately threat ened. "We will, however, con tinue to expect compliance with applicable state laws." Retzlaff outlined the series of events which had led to his department's intervention. Ac cording to the health director, the Warren County Health Depart ment had become involved as a result of a citizen's complaint that restroom facilities were not available in the Vaughan Post Of fice. "The Vaughan Post Office was found to be in violation of North Carolina General Statute 10 NCAC 10A.1936 (a), which re quires that all places of business 'shall be provided with an ap proved sanitary system of sew age collection,' " Retzlaff said. A letter was written to postal authorities advising them of that violation and requesting that steps be taken to bring the post office into compliance with the law. Retzlaff said that postal offi cials responded to health depart ment actions by sending a letter to Vaughan residents indicating an intention to close the post of fice because of the action of the i Continue on page 3) Warren Team Takes First Place Honor In only its second yea r of com petition, the Warren County High School Quiz Bowl team has cap tured the District Quiz Bowl Championship. Sponsored by the Warren Coun ty Memorial Library, under the coordination of librarian Mary Louise Limer, the team battled Roanoke Rapids Senior High School in the first round and ad vanced to the second round of competition against Southern High School of Durham Team members Paul Dicker son, Emmy I/>u Coleman, An thony McDonald and Craig Sipe faced stiff competition from Ravenscroft School of Raleigh, after defeating Southern in the second round. Ravenscroft had previously won the Wake County local Quiz Bowl competition, after defeating all Wake County high schools. The Warren Coun ty team defeated Ravenscroft in the final competition 175 to 83. The WCHS team will now com pete against seven other district winners from across the state and the N. C. School for Science and Mathematics in the State Competition to be held April 29 at the N. C. State Library in Raleigh. The competition will be broadcast on PBS Channel 4. The team was coached this academic year by Kevin Clary, Mrs. Junell Blaylock, Miss Robin Holt and Miss Priscilla Johnson. Other team members included: Pat Draffin, Sean Meares, Ger ardo Salinas, Ebony Davis, Kathy Shearin, Tommy I.?wis, Jermaine Seward, Tonya Smiley, Lisa Harris, Kerry Harris, Amie Ridout, David Deines and Terry light. Other teams competing In the district finals last Saturday were: J. B. Webb of Oxford, Bunn High School, Vance Senior High School and Rocky Mount High School.
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