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*?rrentonJJa?. Library x - I7 S.Ma in St. barren ton, N.C. 275 Uarren Hecorii Volume 94 25? Per Copy Warrenton, County Of Warren, North Carolina Wednesday, August 30, 1989 Number 35 No Reduction In CP8.L Force Seen In Warren The Carolina Power & light Warrenton office has survived the massive staff reductions an nounced this week by company officials, but other CP&L employees have not been as fortunate. About 500 CP&L employees were laid off this week and that number may grow, as the fate of an additional 226 employees is determined. But no CP&L employees in Warren County have lost their jobs and the Warrenton office will remain open. Although two positions in the Warrenton office which were lost earlier this year due to employee attrition will not be filled, local service will not be affected by CP&L's reorganization. "Carolina Power & Light Com pany will continue to provide reliable and quality service to our Warren County customers," said James Parnell, local CP&L man ager, on Tuesday. Warrenton area customers may still apply for electric service, ask questions about their bills and pay their bills at the Warrenton site. Under the reorganization, Parnell will continue to be manager and coordinate the ac tivities in the Warrenton area, while reporting to the district manager in the Henderson office. He will also have additional responsibilities, which will be an nounced at a later date. Though the Warrenton office has remained unscathed in CP&L's massive staff reduction, other areas have not fared as well. The Hazelwood office will be closed, causing CP&L cus tomers there to be served by the Canton office. In addition to eliminating posi tions held by CP&L employees in the two Carolinas, the company is also reducing?by about 1,000? the number of contract personnel used for building maintenance, security, tree trimming, engi neering projects, equipment maintenance/installation, and other specific jobs. "The work force reduction will benefit the company and our customers over the long run by helping to offset increasing costs in the company's operations," Sherwood H. Smith, Jr., CP&L chairman/president, said Mon day. "While there are some addi tional current costs associated with the reduction, we estimate the future savings from the re duction and related changes in operations to grow to a minimum of $70 million annually (and) these cost-savings will help the (Continued on page 12) A new leal collector/shredder, complete with holding box, early Tuesday morning was received from Old Dominion Brush Company in Richmond, Va. by the Town of Norlina. Operated by a four cylinder, Ford diesel engine, the machine will be placed in locked storage until needed in the fall for leaf collection and sanitation. Secured through a lease/purchase agreement, the cost of the machine and receptacle is $17,535. Shown with the unit, left to right, are: James Boyd, Norlina public works director; Mayor Bill Delbridge; and Carl Bruster, of Old Dominion. (Staff Photo by Diane Davis) Multiple Projects Are Under Way As Water-Supply Update Launched By THURLETTA M. BROWN News Editor Multiple projects are under way in Norlina, as the town begins the arduous task of up dating its water-supply system. On Monday of last week, two work crews arrived from Green ville's Hendrix-Barnhill to begin installation of parallel water lines. All of the bids received by the town earlier this summer were higher than anticipated, but negotiations with Hendrix-Barn hill in July resulted in a more ac ceptable $290,785 bid. Added to that cost will be Wooten's engi neering fees, legal and admin istrative fees and a contingency amount for a total of $344,000. The new lines will replace the old asbestos-laced transite pipe which has carried the town's water supply. A third crew arrived on Tues day of this week to continue the work begun on US 1, between US 158 and Hyco Street. Completion of the work along US 1 will per mit W. T. Wooten to begin its curbing/guttering and storm drain project along that route. The Hendrix-Barnhill crews will begin work soon to install new water pipes along other Norlina streets. When the condi tions of their contract have been satisfied, over 1,000 linear feet of new water pipes will have been installed. Funding for the $344,000 project has come from the $275,000 in water bonds approved by Nor lina's citizens in a referendum. The balance will be paid by a combination of state legislative discretionary funds combined with an allocation from the town's operational budget. According to Mayor Delbridge, the project will be completed within 90 days. And while the water lines are being installed, a separate proj ect is also under way at the Northside pumping station, lo cated off King Drive. An unexpected breakdown at the Northside pumping station has necessitated repairs by Syd nor Hydrodynamics, Inc. of Rich mond, Va. Currently, Sydnor workmen are installing two (Continued on page 12) Labor Day Closings Slated The Labor Day holiday on Monday, Sept. 4, will affect the hours of operation of a number of Warren County businesses and offices. Because the schedules of individual stores will vary, citizens are encouraged to make direct contact with the manage ment of the establishments not listed below. ? All Warren County departments, with the exception of the Emergency Medical Sendee (EMS) and the Sheriff's office, will be closed. The county commissioners' meeting has been postponed until Tuesday, Sept. 5, at 9:30 a.m. ? Norlina Town Hall will be closed. The board of town com missioners' meeting has been postponeduntil Monday, Sept. 11, at 7:30 p.m. ? Warrenton Town Hall will be closed. ? HealthCo and the Warren Health Plan will be closed. Emergencies should be referred to Maria Parham Hospital. On Tuesday, HealthCo will be open from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. The Warren Health Plan will be open Tuesday from 11 a.m. until 7 p.m., and will remain in its current location in the old Warren General Hospital building until the end of September. ? The Warren Record office will be open 8:30-5:30, and everyone is reminded to get their new articles to us on Monday. All advertisements must be received by Saturday, Sept. 2 at 1 p.m. Byrd's Planning Enlargement Of Shopping Center By DIANE DAVIS Staff Writer Tentative plans to build an ad ditional seven business spaces onto Hall Springs Shopping Center are under way by its owner, Byrd's Food Stores of Burlington. Watson Byrd, co-chairman of Byrd's board of directors, said on Friday morning of last week that the company is planning to ex pand the local shopping facility which currently houses Byrd's Food Store, Rite Aid Pharmacy and Family Dollar. Byrd said seven additional shops are being planned, but no guidelines for their construction have been set. "The plans can vary at this point," Byrd said. "We've just started preparations to get (con struction) off the ground." He did say that there has been some interest from businesses which may lease the spaces, but nothing permanent has been discussed. Plans for the spaces may be changed to accommodate an interested leasor, Byrd said. New features to the shopping center other than the seven 2,000-2,500 sq. ft. stores include a 10,000-sq. ft. addition to Byrd's Food Store, with remodeling to be completed on the inside and out side; an expanded parking lot; and a new side entrance from Hall Street. Although Byrd deemed the start of construction as "tenta tive," he did say that the remodeling to Byrd's has already been scheduled to begin. Zoning Change Asked By Firm If an amendment to Warren ton's Zoning Ordinance is adopted Thursday, an unnamed button manufacturer will be allowed to set up operations on the Warren Academy site near Warrenton. The Warrenton Board of Com missioners and Planning Board will hold a public hearing on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in the town hall to considered a request to change the zoning of the site one mile east of Warrenton on N.C. (Continued on page 12) "The materials are on site, and Kenneth Copley, a local contrac tor, has been hired to upgrade the front roof area of the store," he said. Other renovations will include a deli and bakery and an enlarg ing of the present grocery aisles. REP. WATKINS Representative Dies In Oxford State Representative William T. "Billy" Watkins, D-Granville, has been remembered by an area official as a man who "didn't mind bucking the odds," follow ing his death Saturday at his Ox ford home. Watkins, 68, a lawyer and N. C. House of Representatives mem ber for 20 years, died of a heart attack Saturday. A report from Granville Medical Center in dicates that Watkins apparently collapsed while working in his yard about 8 p.m. He has been described by Rep. John T. Church, D-Vance, as a "yellow dog Democrat who was proud of it. He didn't mind buck ing the odds. He was very much aware of the person on Main Street." The State House of Represen tatives District Committee from District 22 will recommend a replacement for Watkins' seat. Part of that district includes the River, Sixpound, Hawtree, Smith Creek, Nutbush, Judkins, Roa noke and Norlina precincts in Warren County. (Continued on page 12) Market Value Of Farm Products Down In Warren By 18.3 Percent Second Of 3-Part Series In addition to the decline in the number of farmers from 1982 to 1967?while farm acreage increased during the same period?an advance report of the 1967 Census of Agriculture has shown that the market value of agricultural products sold in Warren County declined by 18.3 percent In 1962, agricultural products sold had a value of $20,887,000. But in 1967, the value was only 116,824,000. But while ova-all value decreased in Warren County, average sales of agricultural products per farm here increased from 843,803 in 1962 to 850,070 in 1967, or by 14.3 percent. Statewide the market value of agriculture products increased from 83,500,750,000 in 1982 to 83,541,419,000 in 1967 (1.2 percent), while average sales per farm increased from 848,093 to 859,737 for the same period. The average value-per-acre of Warren County farmland declined from 8756 in 1962 to 8717 in 1967, or by 5.2 percent At the same time, the average value of farm machinery and equip ment in the county declined from 834,078 in 1968 to 830,777 in 1987 (9.7 percent). Statewide, the average value-per-acre declined from 81,314 in 1982 to $1,263 in 1917 (3.9 percent). Declining values for farmland, combined with increasingly expensive farm equipment have caused increasing economic hardship for most American fanners in recent years. National ly, farm real estate values are estimated to have declined by MJSpercent from WM to 1987, according to preliminary Depart "otaf fSSfSSS uStote the extent of I Average 839,241 in 1967. In other farm sales and average farm expenses here was $10,642 that year. By comparison, average farm production expenses in North Carolina were $46,87$ in 1987, while the difference in average farm sales and oxpensoe was $12,856 for the same period. And Fewer Farmers See That As IMr Principal Occupation cant proportion of Warren County's tamers did not consider farming as their principal occupation, in 1817,21$ (63.4 percent) of local tamers listed fanning as their principal occupation, hi 1912, $7 J percent ($16) had done ao. Some ISO Warren Coun ty farmers ware employed off their farms for at least part of the year in 1917, while 91 (28.9 percent) of all Warren County farmers will employed off their (Aims for more than 200 days out of the year. , j The Department of Agriculture provides a local breakdown of farms by sise of sales. A substantial proportion of Warren or 46.7 percent?had total sales of lem than Of these, SI or 17 J percent had seen sake year. In 1162, however, there had of lees than $10,000. Oft The decline was even more noticeable across the state. Some 96.6 percent of all farmers in the state had sales of less than $10,000 in 1967, while 54.4 percent had seen sales of that magnitude in 1962. And nationwide, the trend was almost equally striking. A total of 54.7 percent of all farmers had seen gross sales of less than 610,000 in 1967. In 1962,41.9 percent of the farmers had seen sales of that size. Bat hi Warren, Things Were Net Always Bad In 1967, over half of the local farmers saw sales exceeding 6100,000 per year, a total of 179 fanners or SIS percent In 1962, there had been 247 farmers with sales of this sfate, who had ac counted for 52.6 percent of local farmers. But at the same time nationwide, 45 J percent had seen sales in excess of 610,000 in 1967. In 1962,40.0 percent of the nation's farmers had had sales of this sise. Across North Carolina, whOs 41.6 percent of the farmers had seen sales of more than 616,000 in 1062, only 4S.4 percent had sales at that level in 10K. During 1167,57 (17 percent) of all Wamn ( 1
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