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THE
Northampton
County
TIMES-NEWS
THE ROANOKE-CHOWAN TIMES — Established 1892
A Combination of ^
☆ THE NORTHAMPTON COUNTY NEWS -
Established 1926
Volume LXXIV, No.
Rich Square and Jackson, North Carolina, Thursday, August 19, 1965
ABC Board To Be Named On 30th; Beer
Sales Likely By 9th; Meeting Monday
JACKSON - Northampton sales in last Saturday’s referen- to take applications for beer and system. on how quickly the board appoint-
County moved into highgearear- dum. wine sale permits andthefollow- Prediction was made Tuesday ed August 30 can get stores es-
ly this week with immediate plans At a special meeting of county ing Monday, August 30, as date that Wednesday, Septembers, tablished.
for getting under way as result comrhissioners Tuesday, next for selecting an ABC board to would be the earliest beer sales A state record was recently
of approval of ABC-beer-wine Monday, August 23 was set as day supervise the county liquor store are likely. ABC sales will depend set in nearby Hertford County
when first ABC store was open-
IN PARADE COSTUME—Youngsters attending
the Rich Square-Woodland kindergarten spon
sored by Operation Head Start, are shown in
costumes they lashioned from dry cleaner bags
and newspapers for a parade on the Rich
Square Elementary School grounds on Tuesday
morning. The youngsters, all whom will enter
first grade this school term, played toy band
instruments as they paraded. The costumes
were the outcome of a “community helpers"
project of the kindergarten. The group, with
their teachers. Mrs. Amorette B. Bolton of
Woodland and Mrs. Hazel M. Long of Severn,
visited a Rich Square dry cleaning establish
ment where they were given the cleaner bags.
Marching in the parade were: left to right,
front row—Ruth Staton, Jo Ann Barmer, Jane
Miles, Lori Babb, Ricky Cooke: second row—
Ricky Robbins, Joe Perry, Kyle Pope. Manning
Parks, Gary Drake: third row—Yvonne Futrell,
Timmy Lassiter, Randy Bryant, Johnny Hall.
Perry Lee Collier: fourth row—Johnny Brown,
Sue Duke, and helpers Nancy Bryant and Mar
garet Anne Long.
To Try Again
For Industry
JACKSON — A meeting to or
ganize Northampton County for
industrial development aborted
here Tuesday when onlyfivepeo
ple — including four mayors —
turned out to liacuss the matter
with the county commissioners.
Because of lack of attendance
no formal action on an Industrial
organization was taken. Instead
a committee to drum up attend
ance for a future meeting was ap
pointed.
Rich Square mayor Charles E.
Myers and Woodland town com
missioner S, R. Motzno were
asked to serve as a committee to
contact two or three people in
each community—to include may
ors of Incorporated towns - to
attend another meeting to dis
cuss industrial development or
ganization.
Tuesday’s meeting was the out
growth of a dinner last Tuesday
night at which chief of the Com
merce and Industry Division of
state C&D, Tom Broughton, told
a county group, “Things are
building up to benefit this area,
but without initial work and' co
operation it cannot be done, and
unless you have some kind of or
ganization you are not going to get
anywhere.”
Referring to the ABC refer
endum passing, Myers told the
commissioners, “Since we are
going to have a new source of
revenue, I wouid like to see some
of it used for an industrial com
mittee. I think my people (in
Rich Square) would go along with
it.”
Motzno said, “I think we are
definitely going to need it (indus
trial development) from now on.
I think Woodland would support
(See INDUSTRY, Page 6)
Dental Office
Opens In
Rich Square
RICH SQUARE - A native of
Rich Square has opened an office
here for the practice of dentistry.
Dr. Robert B. Outland, Jr., the
son of a local physician, has his
office's located in a'^new buildiiW
just completed.
Dr. Outland is a graduate of
Rich Square High School and
Wake Forest College. He re
ceived his doctor of dentistry
degree from the University of
North Carolina Dental School in
1963, In July, 1965 he completed
two years of duty with the U.S.
Army, stationed at Fort Bragg.
He is a member of the Rich
Square Baptist Church.
His parents are Dr. and Mrs.
R. B. Outland of Rich Square and
he is grandson of R. w. Outland,
also of here.
He and his wife, the former
Vera Britt of Murfreesboro, are
residing in Myers Park.
AWAITING RESULTS — As election returns came in Saturday
night following the county vote on alcoholic beverage sales a
large group of over 100 gathered in Conway to get the latest news
from elections board chairman Russell Johnson, Jr. A loudspeak
er system set up in Johnson's office kept the group outside in
formed as each precinct reported in. Other places in the county
where groups gathered and close check on returns was kepi in
cluded Bart Burgwyn's insurance office in Jackson and The
Times-News office in Rich Square. Polls closed at 6:30 p.m. All
returns were in by 8:00 p.m. Pendleton precinct reported first,
Rich Square last.
Northampton Votes
Opens Way Airport
Wet;
Money
AMPAC To Double Production
With $1.5 Miliion Expansion
CONWAY — American Pack
age C ompany, a division of Amer
ican Timber Products Company
of Murfreesboro, which recently
merged with Georgia - Pacific
Corporation, is now undergoing
a $1,500,000 plant expansion
here.
The new expansion which cov
ers 3,000 square feet will result
in an additional 100 workers with
an up in payroll of $35,000 a
month being added to the Conway
plant according to plant man
ager, John G. Robinson.
Additional new machinery will
include fiber producing equip
ment, a second forming and
pressing line and a second hu
midifier system.
The additional plant area will
step upproduction 230,000 square
feet a day. The present produc
tion Is 300,000 square feet aday.
The manufactured product is
called hardboard. Its prime use,
according to Robinson, is in the
furniture industry. It is also used
Summer Library
Closes Tuesday
RICH SQUARE - Tyesday, Au
gust 24, will mark the closing of
the summer elementary library
here and children are requested
by Mrs. C. A. Bolton, volunteer
librarian, to return all books on
that date.
The library, a volunteer sum
mer project, will be open on
Tuesday from 10 to 11 a.m. for
borrowed books to be returned,
according to Mrs. Bolton,
in mobile homes and other gen
eral building trades.
The finished product is shipped
out throughout the eastern part of
the United States by truck and by
rail.
This is the first production ex
pansion since the plant opened
five years ago In Conway, Rob
inson said. He said that more
warehouse space had been added
within the past years.
The plant works on a continu
ous basis, seven days a week, 24
hours a day. The plant is shut
down one week in the summer for
vacation and on several hol
idays. This is to allow the main
tenance crew to take care of re
pairs. The maintenance crew va
cation is staggered throughout
(See AMPAC, Page 6)
CONWAY —Northampton Coun
ty’s support of Tri-County Air
port improvements took a giant
step closer to becoming reality
Saturday as the county vcjted In
Alfc 'stores arid beeJ* ani wine
sales by a substantial margin.
ABC stores were approved by
a vote of 2,922 to 2,092; beer
sales by 2,917 to 2,123 and wine
sales approved by 2,844 to 2,-
131.
Heaviest wet votes were re-
Woodland
Policeman
Is Named
WOODLAND — A police officer
for the town of Woodland has been
named and will report for duty on
September 1.
E. E. Bowen has been named
by the towncommisslonerstore
place Raymond Branch, who re
signed in April. In addition to
Bowen’s police duties, he will
serve as maintenance superin
tendent.
Other matters discussed by
the board at their August meet
ing were:
To obtain bids for a sewer
line on Loblolly Lane.
To request merchants to clean
up areas at rear of stores.
Passed ordinance that no house
trailer shall be parked within the
corporate limits of the town un
less the land owner has cleared
with the Board of Commission
ers, approval of use of designat
ed area for such purpose.
Voted to pay expenses of a rep
resentative of the Fire Depart
ment to attend the Firemen’s
Convention to be held in Char
lotte.
To receive sealed bids at reg
ular meeting on September 3
for a one-gallon 116 motor grad
er and a 1955 dump truck.
corded in Gaston and Garysburg
while dry sentiment was centered
around Conway.
Conway precinct itsert -wqui
wet by a slight rqar^n but
nearby rural precincls-Creeks- It was one of the few times in
ville, Newtown, Lasker and Pote- memory of veteran Northampton
casl all voted dry. Largest per political observers that the Con
cent dry vote tor any precinct .
was in Newtown. . (See V(^ES, Page 8)
ed eight days after the board was
appointed.
Meeting to consider a county
Industrial committee, the com
missioners were urged by sev
eral mayors present for the ses
sion to proceed Immediately with
plan for an ABC board.
A three man board, the ABC
board has complete supervision
over operation of a county ABC
system to Include buying stock,
hiring personnel, renting or
building buildings and setting
hours of operation. It does not
supervise beer sales, but It does
have discretion to limit wine
sales to ABC sto’^es or authorize
(See ABC, Page 8)
Hear Variety
Of Cases At
County Court
JACKSON - Thirteen cases
ranging from speeding to break
ing and entering were acted upon
in Recorder’s Court Wednesday.
Amos Smallwood, Severn,
charged with breaking and enter
ing and larceny, was found guilty
and given an 18 month road work
sentence suspended to two years
on good behavior. Kelly Futrell,
Rich Square, charged with de
stroying personal property, was
found not guilty; Robert Sever,
Severn, forcible trespass, 12
months; Leroy Odom, Garysburg,
assault on female, not guilty.
Henry Lewis Deloatch, Mar-
gar ettsville, nonsupport, 12
month Jail sentence suspended
upon payment of cost and $10per
week to wife and three minor
children; L. T. Warrick, Jack^*.,
Referendum Results—County ABC-Beer-Wine Vote
Jackson
Rich Square
Woodland
Seaboard
Conway
Gaston
Milwaukee
Creeksville
(South Wiccacanee)
Galatia
(North Wiccacanee)
Pleasant Hill
Garysburg
(Occoneechee)
Newtown
(South Kirby)
Severn
Rehobeth
(West Roanoke)
Potecasi
(East Roanoke)
Pendleton
Lasker
TOTALS
Burgwyn and Seaver Post-Vote Statements
MARGARETTSVILLE - “This
fight certainly Is not finished,”
said Jesse Seaver, president of
the Northampton and Carolina
Christian Unions, the county’s
most vocal dry in the referendum
of last Saturday.
Following passage of the refer
endum for establishment of ABC
stores and for countywide beer
and wine sales both Seaver and
wet campaign leader Bart Bur
gwyn of Jackson issued state
ments.
Seaver’s statement was a call
to continue the fight for a dry
Northampton County. Seaver
vowed to continue to fight legal
alcoholic beverage sales and to
plug for another referendum at
some future date.
In his statement, Burgwyn said:
“A great victory has been won
by the people of Northampton
County and they are to be con
gratulated. They faced the facts,
they did good thinking, as they
are capable, and came up with a
good margin of victory.
"We have finally gotten on the
lift pad of progress and all indi
cators are set at go. With help
from our Interested citizens we
can and will make progress.
“I personally and with the help
of the Control supporters and oth
ers who wish will work for and
insist on ABC law enforcement.
Decency is what we worked for
and It Is what we want.
“To those who contributed In
any way to the success of the
referendum theCitlzenscommit
tee and I personally wlshtothank
(See’STATEMENTS, Page 8)
t, worthless cheek, g’uiily^acv
f lion delayed upon payment of
amount of check by August 30;
Bennie N. Parks, Jr., assault
on female, nol pros; Charles A,
Britt, Milwaukee, speeding, $10
and cost.
Bob Harris, Garysburg, reck
less driving, $15,25 cost; Char
lie Harrison, Scotland Neck,
speeding, $10 and cost; Gene
Barrown Bridgers, speeding, $15
and cost; Willie Lee, Garysburg,
nonsupport, 12 month jail sen
tence suspended upon payment of
cost and $15 per week for sup
port of two children; Larry Ga
ble Futrell, Woodland, driving
while license suspended, $25 and
cost.
Five cases were continued.
Pendleton To
Get New P.O.
Facilities
PENDLETON - Word was re
ceived here this week from Con
gressman L. H. Fountain that
the Post Office Department will
advertise for bids on Wednesday,
August 25, for new postal facili
ties In Pendleton.
The Post Office Department is
requesting the site for the new
facility to be In the vicinity of
the present site.
The building will contain 900
square feet Interior, with a plat
form of 108 square feet. The
parking and maneuvering area
will contain 3,000 feet.
Bids will be opened on Sep
tember 26.
Bidders are requested to con
tact W, Earl Martin, Real Estate
Officer, Box 189, Greensboro,
N. C.
PLANT EXJPANSION—An additional 100 workers is expected to
be employed when the new expansion of the American Package
Company in Conway, a division of the American Timber Products
Company in Murfreesboro, who recently merged with Georgia-
Pacific Corporation, is completed. Work is well underway with
the cost of the expansion to be in the neighborhood of SI.5 million.
NEW .MACHINERY—These four machines are refiners, which
manufacture the fiber for the hardboard product at American
Package Company in Conway. The refiners are shown under a
portion of the roof of the new expansion going on at the plant.
Expansion is expected to be completed in June of 1966.