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Volume 94 25c Per Copy Warrenton, County Of Warren, North Carolina Wednesday, April 5, 1989 Number 14
He Went Thataway
"Just which way did that man go?" seems
to be the question being asked of one another
by these two cows who were seen looking over
their shoulders during a break from grazing in
a pasture in the heart of Macon.
(Staff Photo by Dianne T. Rod well)
Formalized Leave Policy Endorsed
For Norlina Municipal Employees
By THURLETTA M. BROWN
News Editor
Norlina's nine full-time em
ployees will be making vacation
plans soon, following the adoption
Monday night by the Board of
Town Commissioners of a for
malized leave policy.
Under the new guidelines, dur
ing their first five years of ser
vice to the town, employees will
receive one week of vacation.
Employees with six to 10 years of
service will receive two weeks of
vacation. Those employees at the
11th year mark and continuing
through retirement will receive
three weeks of vacation.
All annual leave (vacation) ac
cumulated must be taken in the
year earned, the board agreed.
A sick-leave policy was also
adopted. Sick leave will be ac
cumulated at the rate of eight
hours each month.
Lawmen Are Investigating
Number Of Local Crimes
Crimes have continued to
plague area residents and prop
erty owners, Sheriff Theodore
Williams said Tuesday.
MARCH 25
? Frank Patillo, of Rocky
Mount, reported the disappear
ance of a 14-foot Sunfish sailboat,
valued at $750, from his Laura
Woods summer residence. (Dep
uty Scott Bissette)
? David Munn, of Rt. 1, War
renton, reported the disappear
ance, over of period of one year,
of tools valued at $1,198 from a
chest in his carport. (Deputy
Scott Bissette)
MARCH 29
? Carolyn M. Long, of Ridge
way, reported $2,000 in damages
to personal property, which oc
curred near the intersection of
SR 1305 and SR 1323, after Ronald
Parker had allegedly thrown
himself onto the hood of her vehi
cle, broken the windshield wipers
and windshield of the vehicle, and
caused her to back into a tree.
(Deputy Scott Bissette)
MARCH 30
? Fleming B. Rodwell, of Rt. 3,
Warrenton, reported $30 in dam
ages to his mailbox. (Sgt. Harold
Seaman)
? Lillie Bush, of Henderson,
reported unauthorized entry into
her Starcraft camper trailer,
which had been parked on SR
1001 near the Vance County line,
and the disappearance of a color
television and household goods,
valued at $240. (Sgt. Harold
Seaman)
? Peter L. Wilson, Jr., of Rt. 2,
Norlina, reported that his Social
Security check had been removed
from his mailbox and had been
cashed at a Roanoke Rapids
establishment. (Sgt. Lawrence
Harrison)
? Robert Wilson, of Goldsboro,
reported that a landscape blade,
valued at $450 left at his Twin
Oak Shores summer residence,
had disappeared. (Sgt. Harold
Seaman)
? Cynthia Wiggins, of Rt. 2,
Warrenton, reported that an
eight-shot, .22-calibre pistol
valued at $100 had been removed
from an old purse in her bed
room. (Chief Deputy Bobby D.
Bolton)
APRIL 1
? Mrs. Carolyn Edwards, pro
prietor of Carol's Magic Comb
( Continued on page 8)
Officers Are Listed
For Nutbush Precinct
The names of the officers for
the Democratic Party in Nutbush
Precinct were omitted from last
week's edition of The Warren
Record.
Those officers elected in the re
cent precinct meeting were: Rex
F. Lue, Jr. (chairman), Mrs.
Johnie Johnson (first vice
chairman), the Rev. Luther
Brown (second vice-chairman)
and Mrs. Elvira Kirkland (sec
retary/treasurer).
Town employees will observe
nine paid holidays: New Year's,
Good Friday, Memorial Day, Ju
ly 4th and I^abor Day, and will
have two days each for the
Thanksgiving and Christmas
periods.
Following the successful pas
sage of Norlina's $300,000 bond
referendum in a 161-to-eight vote,
the board approved submission of
a resolution declaring the results
of the special election to the bond
attorney. According to Mayor
Bill Delbridge, Farmers Home
Administration will buy the
bonds at a rate of 6.375 percent.
Work on the replacement of as
bestos-laced transite pipe will be
coordinated with the town's curb
ing/guttering project along US 1.
Contracts are expected to be let
on April 20, Delbridge said.
In other business, the board:
? Learned that computer
generated plats had been sent to
the Bureau of the Census in
Charlotte and that if the bureau
opts to use the 2.64-members-per
household formula, and addi
tional 250 persons would be
added to the rolls, resulting in in
creased funding;
? Heard a report from Safety
Commissioner Walter Newman
concerning the safety conference
he had attended in Pittsboro;
? Resolved to follow up with
the proper authorities to secure
more traffic signals for congested
areas in the town, especially
along US 1, and to seek relief
from the parking congestion near
Roseland Nightclub; and
? Approved an expenditure of
$750 for roof repairs to the Town
Hall and Police Department.
Architect Selection
Committees Named
Two Projects
Are Involved
By THURLETTA M. BROWN
News Editor
Progress was made Monday
morning toward the county's
realization of the dream of a new
law enforcement center and ex
panded court facilities, when the
Board of County Commissioners
appointed two architectural
selection committees for the two
projects.
Financing for new construction
and expansion of existing facili
ties was made possible last year
by Warren's registered voters,
who approved the multi-million
dollar sale of bonds for numerous
building projects.
Appointed to the architectural
selection committee for the War
ren County Courthouse were
Commissioners Eva Clayton and
George Shearin, and Richard E.
Hunter, clerk of superior court.
Appointed to the architectural
selection committee for the coun
ty's new law enforcement cen
ter/jail were Commissioners
Patsy T. Hargrove, William Skin
ner and Francis Alston.
County Manager Charles J.
Worth will serve on both commit
tees, the board agreed.
Other action taken Monday
morning in the interest of public
safety came in the form of a
resolution to request that the
Federal Aviation Administration
(FAA) change the status of the
Warren County Airport, located
on Airport Road, from public use
to private use.
Currently, no lighting is avail
able on the 2,000-foot turf
airstrip. According to documents
submitted to FAA, no aircraft are
actually based at the site. The
estimated number of monthly
landings on the airstrip were one
propeller plane and one heli
copter.
If approval is received from
FAA to change the status of the
Warren County Airport to private
use, permission would be re
quired before landing occurs.
The board also approved grant
project ordinances for the $28,725
Department of Commerce grant
received for the renovation, prior
to occupancy, of the Towle Lace
Corporation plant and for the
county's $68,000 strategic plan
ning project. Revenues which are
expected to fund the strategic
planning project will come from
the following sources: N. C.
( Continued on page 8)
Warren County High School students selected to
attend the MM session of Governor's School are,
left to right, Richard Meador, Mateland Mayes
and Craig Slpe. Meador and Slpe will attend Gov
ernor's School East In Lanrlntarg where they will
stndy choral music and natural science, res pec
tively, while Minn Mayes will attend the we* tern
school In Winston-Salem and study English. The
N. C. Governor's School Is the state's oldest
residential academic summer school.
(Community Schools Photo by Mary Hunter)
Spring is jumping out all over the place now that warmer weather
has taken hold. Beauty is not confined to the home flower gardens
either, as this picture of a Warren woodland can attest.
(Staff Photo by Phyllis H. King)
Bethel Man Is Injured
As Equipment Hits Wire
A Bethel man was hospitalized
last Wednesday, following burns
sustained when the grain auger
he was operating struck a live
power line.
James Howell Brown, 37,
driver of a feed truck for Tri
County Feed Mills, of Bethel, had
been operating a grain auger
after making a delivery to a pig
farm belonging to John Acai,
located about two miles west of
Littleton, when the auger struck
a power line. Following contact
with the power line, four tires
were burned from the right rear
axles of the 10-wheel Tri-County
truck and a hole was seared in the
vehicle's grain bin.
According to David Proctor, of
Halifax Electric Membership
Corporation, the power surge is
believed to have triggered a cir
cuit and resulted in an outtage for
area customers which lasted
about one hour.
The Littleton Fire Department
used a pike pole to remove the
Locals Report
Three Blazes
Three calls for assistance have
been answered by the Warrenton
Rural Volunteer Fire Depart
ment, Chief Kenny Clayton said
Tuesday:
? On March 28 at 9:50 p.m., a
dumpster, located on the Balti
more Road in front of the Warren
County Landfill was reported to
be ablaze. The cause of the fire is
unknown and no damage was
done;
? On April 2 at 1:10 a.m., Mrs.
Georgia Harris, of 322 Hall
Street, believing that her oil
heater was on fire, summoned
firefighters. Upon their arrival,
the firemen found that a damper
on the unit had been closed, caus
ing fumes from the heater to
build up in the residence, and
used exhaust fans to aerate the
premises.
(Continued on page 8)
auger from the line and Brown
was transported to Halifax
Memorial Hospital in Roanoke
Rapids by the Warren County
Emergency Medical Service. He
was admitted there for treatment
of burns to his extremities.
Unemployment
Rate Is Down
Warren County recorded an
unemployment rate of 4.5 per
cent during February, the Em
ployment Security Commission
of North Carolina has reported.
Warren was one of 67 Tar Heel
counties with a jobless rate of
below five percent. ESC analysts
regard five percent as near full
employment.
While the number of jobless in
Warren County stood unchanged
from 360 in February 1988, the
labor force grew by almost 300
during the same period,
lowering the unemployment rate
from 4.7 percent.
The unemployment rate in
neighboring counties for Feb
ruary of this year was 6.1 per
cent in Vance, 3.6 percent in
Franklin, 5.7 percent in Halifax
and 4.2 percent in Northampton.
Retail Sales Here
Exceed $5 Million
Retail sales in Warren County
amounted to more than $5
million during the month of
January, the latest monthly re
port of state sales and use tax
made by the N. C. Department
of Revenue has revealed.
Retail sales during the first
month of this year stood at
$6,157,345 in Warren.
Figures for neighboring coun
ties showed Vance with
$26,065,617, Franklin with
$11,654,432, Halifax with
$36,336,138, and Northampton
with $4,766,873.