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Vote Saturday In County ABC Referendum TAKE OUR WORD There is no sample Want Ad that got results this week. But you can take our word for it: Classified Want Ads in "Your Home Newspaper” are real re sult-getters. They are read in the homes of all of the 10,000 subscribers in the Roa- noke-Cbowan area, THE Northampton County TIMES-NEWS A Combination of THE ROANOKE-CHOWAN TIMES — Established 1892 ☆ THE NORTHAMPTON COUNTY NEWS — Established 1926 Volume LXXIV, No. 20 Rich Square and Jackson, N. C., Thursday, August 12, Dunn Gets Life Plus For 7962 Shooting JACKSON - Frank Dunn re ceived a life sentence plus 12 years Thursday morning in Northampton Superior Court for the 1962 slaying of James Mass ey, Garysburg garage operator and two other charges associat ed with the slaying. Dunn’s case was heard Wed nesday. Following a finding of guilty by the jury Judge Elbert S. Peel, Jr., of Williams ton, passed sentence Thursday morn ing. In addition to the life sentence Dunn received 10 years for theft of an automobile and two years for theft of a gun in connection with the shooting. Dunn was convicted of shooting Massey with a 16-gauge shotgun at Massey’s Garysburg garage. Trial had been delayed for more than three years while Dunn un derwent mental testing and treat ment. The shooting took place on Jan uary 2, 1962. Evidence was being taken suspended for five years, after accident on April 7, 1964 which conviction of assault on a female, resulted in death of three pas- Also during the day Benjamin sengers of Pope's vehicle. Pope was fined $50 and costs for Judge Peel heard evidence that reckless driving. Pope had orig- a rain-soaked road and slicktire inally been charged with man- were the probable causes rather slaughter in connection with an (See DUNN, Page 4) Grand Jury Drawn; Eleven Are Negro R. L. Moore New Principal At New School GARYSBURG - Robert L. Moore, former teacher at W. S. Creecy High School in Rich Square, will be principal of Old moderately heavy vote was made Garysburg Elementary School this week by Board of Elections this fall as it be^ns its first Chairman Russell Johnson, Jr., year as a separate school. for Saturday’s ABC and beer and Announcement of Moore’s se- wine referendum, lection was annoraced this week Campaign activity has been by county school superintendent heavy throughout the county dur- Roy L. Lowry. ing the past two weeks as the first Moore is professionally one of vote on legal sales of any alco- the best known teachers in the hollc beverages in Northampton Northampton school system hav- County since 1948 draws near. Moderately Heavy In Saturday’s ABC Vote Likely Referendum CONWAY - A prediction of a JACKSON - A grand jury, com- Their report to Judge Peele prised of 18 men, including 11 included the following; Negroes, was drawn for 1965-66 Visits to the county jail, Odom duty during Monday’s session of Prison Farm, • - the August term of court. Home. Foreman of the jury is Jack At the jail they reported cells, Britt. Others chosen to serve kitchen, food storage and rest a-re: rooms in good order. Herbert Jordan, Eugene Bur- Living quarters, mess halls, gess, Hubert Brewer, McCoy rest rooms were found in good Harrell, Robert Lee Peebles, condition at Odom Prison. Alvin S. Davis, Mary Deloatch, Leaks in two rooms, one out- w... Thursday morning on a charge Hudson T. Askew, Johnnie Wal- side door glass broken were found eradps ihr^; fTvP ^nd a of hit and run driving against den, Herman Pearson, Johnny at County Home, with a request ^ nve ana a George Thomas Harrell of Mur- W. Vinson, Otha J. Hewitt, Earn- that the leaks and glass be re- freesboro. est Faison, William Henry Brid- paired. The Home’s living quar- Tuesday’s session ofcourtwas gers, John Lewis Edwards, Mary ters were found to be in good con- slowed by the necessity for draw- Moody, and Gladys Powell. dition. ing 25 additional jurors. Only In presenting their report to Justice of Peace reports are three cases were heard during toe presiding Judge Elbert S. being sent to the Clerk’s office. ing taught courses for television presentation over the state edu cational TV network. At Creecy Moore taught math and history. . _ - ^ Principal at Garysburg Ele- and the County mentary will be S. S. Moore, long-time elementary principal in Garysburg. Garysburg Elementary will oc cupy the new building opening here this fall and contain grades one and two and six through eight. At Old Garysburg, new prin cipal R. L. Moore will have '‘Wet” or “For” forces have tion explaining the issues from opened a headquarters on Main the wet viewpoint. Street in Jackson whlchhasserv- Meanwhile, the “Dry” or “No” ed as focal point for the campaign campaign will reach its climax for those favoring sales of alco- Thursday night with what has holic beverages, been described as a‘‘mammoth The wet campaign, headed by meeting to be held at the Court- Jackson businessman Bart Bur- house in Jackson at 7:30 p.m. gwyn, reached its high point with Keynote address at the Thurs- a mass mailing throughout the day meeting will be by Raymond county this week of a four-page J. Jeffreys of Raleigh, a vice special newspaper-type publica- president of the Carolina Chris- special education class under his supervision. Peele, Jr., they passed true bills on all indictments presented. the day. Judge Peel, however, did pass sentence on two escapees who had entered no contest to the charges of escaping. Both were already serving lengthy sentences from other counties. The pair, Teddy R. Horton and Warner Grafton was given an additional six months at the expiration of their present terms. On a case of drunk driving iche-lulecj for trial Tuesday ajl- u. t\e jury was .'..ud a not guilty plea heard Monday; the plea was changed to a reck less driving guilty plea by the attorney for the defendant. Charged with driving drunk was .... John T. Little. Judge Peel fined who will serve a one-year term the man $50 and the costs of took place at toe Association’s ^ohrt. annual convention held hereAug- In a jury trial, the first of the ust 5 through 7 at Battery Park session, Norman Royce Vann, Hotel. charged with drunk driving, was Sheriff Carl H. Axson of Rock- found not guilty. ingham County was elected first The only other action by toe vice-president; Sheriff Arthur j. court for Tuesday was a case Shuping of Rowan County was against David Lee Belle, charg- elected second vice - president ed with drunk driving. A guilty and Wake County Sheriff Robert plea to reckless driving was ac- Pleasants was elected secretary- cepted by the court and the fol- treasurer, lowing judgment Issued; fined Sheriff Outland, who served the $100 and the court costs upon a Association last year as first 12 months suspended sentence vice president, recently complet- Guardian Accounts are in good shape. Sheriff Outland Elected State Association President ASHEVILLE - E. Frank Out land, sheriff of Northampton County,has. been elected state PiC'siuur.ft uf toe Noi'Ui CaroUn'^ Sheriff’s Association. He is toe first sheriff from the Roanoke- Chowan area ever elected to toe post. The election of new officers. enforcement, and his duties have (See SHERIFF. Page 4) Tax Notices Being Mailed JACKSON — Many a county tax payer is getting the word this week on how much his taxes un der toe county’s 1965-66 budget will be. Tax notices are being mailed this week by tax collector W. Turner Bradley. Bradley estimated about 10,- 000 tax bills in all will go out. M*;^sald a“considerableamount” that about half would be in the mail before the week Is over. tlan Union. Organizer of the Thursday meeting and president of the Ca rolina and Northampton Christian Unions is Jesse Seaver of Mar- garettsville. Seaver is one of the most active “dry” leaders in the state. He has been very active in efforts to defeat Saturday’s ref erendum. Polls Saturday will open at 6:30 a.m. and remain open until 6;30 p.m. according to elections chairman Johnson. Johnson has asked registrars to call his of fice in Conway as soon as returns are counted. “The Times-News” office In Rich Square will be open to re ceive election returns. Those interested can obtain referendum results by dialing Rich Square LE 9-2859. The office will be open until all precincts have re ported. Johnson in his vote prediction said he expected a turnout of “between 4,500 and 5,000 onSat- urday.” Total registration in the coun ty Is now 9,241, Total registra tion for last November’s presi dential election was 8,972. During toe three weeks poll books were open prior to Satur day’s vote 269 new voters regis tered. In November 6,233 voted In the presidential election, 5,046 for President Johnson and 1,187 for Sen. Goldwater. Johnson’s prediction of up wards of 5,000 to vote Saturday , would indicate a fairly heavy vote for a single issue election . since traditionally many voters so to the flails when oply Reasons for Johnson’s predie- Smith's Cabbage Gets Big Ideas SUB-STATION SITE—Construction on one of the largest sub-stations to be built by Roanoke Electric Membership Ccrp. was under way this RICH SQUARE — Cabbage get week. The sub-station is located near Faison’s big ideas around this section of Old Tavern. A loan of $830,000 from the Rural the county. One was brought to Electrification Administration to Roanoke Elec- week trie has made possible the construction of two new sub-stations, the other one to be built at Windsor in Bertie County, and lor construction ol 40 miies ol new lines and system improve ments. When tnese new facilities are completed REMCO will be able to serve 500 new custom ers, bringing the total to 7,700 customers they* election last year when tlon of moderately heavy Is the great interest that has been stir red by the campaigns both for and against ABC stores and sales of beer and wine. Another reason Indicating a substantial vote is that the 269 new registrants Is slightly more than registered prior to toe pres and ordered to surrender his op erator’s license for six months. On Monday Donald Brewer re ceived a 12 months road sentence. ed his 30to year of law enforce ment in Northampton C 0 u n t y. During the three decades he has witnessed many changes in law SHERIFF OUTLAND Road Complaint Gets Notice; New Funds Set JACKSON — Dissatisfaction with highways in Northampton started around July 20, He said it County expressed by the county would not be finished before next commissioners last Monday to summer but that traffic will be district highway commis- maintained over the road at all chief highway needs are for re- that proved the statement, Oscar Smith found the cabbage in his patch that tippedthescales at exactly 13andone-halfpounds. And that is a lot of cabbage! Farmer Smith wasn’t sure what conditions produced such a mam moth vegetable. He did allow as to how it was the largest he had ever grown. Any cabbage growers around the county that can compete with Mr. Smith? Principals Meet To Plan Opening into hlsh sear next week with the serve in Northampton, Bertie, Hertford. Gates, Halilax, Martin, Chowan and Perquimans cuunlies. Loan For Mylecraft Expansion Approved RICH SQUARE - Loan for con- tion would be used forwarehouse struction of a 40,000 square foot addition for Mylecraft Manufac turing Company’s plant here has been approved In Washington, The expansion will mean an in- sioner Don Matthews, Jr. ceived publicity throughout the state during the past week. At the regular first Monday commissioners meeting Mat thews was told the county has been neglected by the highway department and that there is a “lack of cooperation” by toe di vision office in Ahoskie. News of the dispute was pub lished in the Raleigh column of William A. Shires by members of the N. C. Association of After noon Daily Newspapers. Commission chairman J. Guy Revelle, Sr., told Matthews dur ing the meeting last week that toe Ahoskie division highway office had not only failed to cooperate with the board but has apparent ly given Northampton County the “run around” whereverposslble. Asked this week for further comment, Revelle said, “I think Mr. Matthews is going to correct things and give Northampton County what’s due. I think part of the county has been neglected.” Part of the area Revelle re ferred to as being neglected was toe Creeksville area and the roads around Northampton High School. A state highway crew is now at work widening and resurfac ing 3.9 miles of the road which runs past the school. District Engineer D. W. Pat rick told “Your Home Newspa per” 3.9 miles of the road run ning by the school are beingwid- ened to 20 feet and being gen erally upgraded. Ditches are be ing recut in the process. times. Patrick declined -to comment ,. „ nrfn/«inf.ic 'I'., jl,. ' ^icnt Corporation was received '"“Shews'was told by the com- Most of the principals will be WashinSlII^asV F^rid^aT^The ..ss.o„ers .at .e coant,. LTZ?„'”.:r.L"oZt‘S Space and will be built on the north side ofthe present building. The SBA announcement said the loan would result In creation of 150 new jobs, Sumner said this report “is a little exag gerated but It will create new jobs.” The new warehouse space will allow Mylecraft to expand pro duction in the present building according to Sumner. The new building will be 200 sTflcinrof^Tl5rfr?mto; b^^ mirne to mv1L% for lease by by 200 feet in size and of mason- uriacing oi U^S. 258 from toe prenarations for thP Mylecraft.^^ ry block construction. Plans for (See ROAD, Page 4) make preparations for the open ing of school on August 30, Mylecraft manager Donald Sumner said this week the addi- Speaker Says Economic Growth Takes Giving WOODLAND - Seventeen per- accessible roads, with toe right sons, Including representatives price of land being most impor- of county government and may- tant ors of the towns, met here on -Towns and counties that are Tuesday night to discuss the best bull-headed and have not had way to organize for economic success industrially, will con- development in Northampton tlnue to lose Industry,” Mr. County. Broughton said. The group was told by'Tom “Do not appoint an Industrial Broughton, chief of the Com- engineer until you are ready to merce and Industry Division of roll up your sleeves and are the Department of Conservation ready to give, with personal and and Development that the county group sacrifices,” he said, is lacking in motels, restaurants "Things are building up to ben- and service facilities and toe efit this area, but without initial last census pointed out the coun- work and cooperation it cannot ty lost 1,621 people, with the be done, and unless you have some greatest loss in the Negro popu- kind of organization you are not going to get anywhere,” he con- Economlc development is a eluded, matter of pure sacrifice, ob- J. Guy Revelle, chairman ofthe talned by an attitude of giving county commissioners, who pre- by municipalities, and healthy financial contributions from toe addition have already been drawn and include air condition ing and a sprinkler system. Mylecraft president, V. D. and 60 In its Scotland Neck divi sion. My 1 ecraft manufactures sleepwear to include cutting, stitching and shipping from or ders received from its New York sales office. Shipments are made from the Rich Square plant direct to stores through out the nation. Customers include J. C. Penny, Sears and other large chain stores. Sumner said he was happy to receive news that the loan had been approved so that the plant expansion could be built. “We need the space and can put it to good use as soon as it is ready,” Sumner said. The Mylecraft loan brings to a Strickland says it is hoped to total 61 SBA loans within the state of North Carolina under the program since its inception in 1958. Total amount loaned is reported at $11,373,750, this has created some 5,235 new jobs within the state according to SBA figures. Fountain said “this program affords an excellent opportunity for local development companies to acquire capital funds for qon- structlon of small business plants and facilities.” have construction started within about two weeks. It Is expected to take about three to four months to complete the new addition. The present Mylecraft build ing here is 62,000 square feet in all. It consists of an original building which has been expanded twice. Present employment by the ladles sleepwear manufacturing concern is 310 in Rich Square 267 new names were entered on the poll books. Voters Saturday will have one ballot to cast with threequesttons to be decided - legal whiskey sales, legal beer sales and legal wine sales. Beer sales are now legal in Gaston, Should the vote Satur day turn down legal beer sales on a countywide basis this will not affect beer sales in Gaston. There has never been an ABC referendum In the county since the beginning of the state ABC system following repeal of the Volstead Act and federal prohibi tion in toe 1930’s. Prior to 1948 beer sales In the county were authorized. By ref erendum In that year beer sales were voted out and since then the county has been completely dry as far as legal sales of alcohol is concerned except for beer In Gaston, Impetus for the present refer endum is thought to have been given a big boost by the vote In Gates County in March author izing ABC stores there. This caused a renewed interest in ABC stores in Hertford County which resulted in a favorable vote on July 10, Since the Hertford County vote stores have been opened in Mur freesboro and Ahoskie, both eas ily accessible to Northampton purchasers. Prior to the Hertford County vote Northampton buyers of ABC whiskey have been served pri marily by the Roxobel store in Bertie and the Scotland Neck, Weldon and Roanoke Rapids stores In Halifax. Georgia-Pacific Buying AMPAC NEAR HIGH SCHOOL—Amid reports circulating around the state this week of dissatisfaction by Northampton County Board of Commissioners with its relation with the division highway office, work continued on resurfacing of 3.9 miles of roadway running by Northampton High School. The work began about July 20. It is expected to be next summer before the project is completed. business and professional peo. pie, Broughton stated. He told the group that a real istic attitude has to be taken on what land is worth In enticing outside industry to locate in the will and bring something into county. Industrial sites have to the county,” he said, be just that, with water and sewer available, good drainage, good (See SPEAKER, Page 4) By RONALD CLARK MURFREESBORO-The Amer- slded at the dutch dinner, said it ican Timber Products Company was time for the peopleofNorth- 'with 10 plants and headquarters ampton County to take stock of in Murfreesboro, hasbeenbought the county and start doing for the by Georgia - Pacific Corporation county. with headquarters in Augusta, “We need promotion, we need Ga., it was announced Wednes- help, we need to promote good day by E. P. Brown, Sr. Murfreesboro, president of American Timber Products who will continue In the same capac ity. The purchase Includes Ameri can Package Company plant at Conway, currently under expan sion, and the Riverside Manu facturing Company in Murfrees boro and eight other plants. The American Timber Prod ucts purchase is expected to pro vide a new source of hardwoods for the expanded operation of the Georgia-Pacific lumber mill at Enfield, it was said. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Georgia - Pacific also has pur chased Jeffreys-Spauldlng Man ufacturing Co., Inc., and Spauld ing Lumber Company, Chase City, Va., with the three proper ties consisting primarily of 63,- 000 acres oftlmberlandslnNorth Carolina and Virginia. In making Wednesday’s an nouncement, Brown commented (See AMPAC. Page 7)
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