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THE NORTHAMPTON COUNTY NEWS — Esublished 1926
Vol. LXXIV, No. 41
Rich Square and Jackson, N. C., Thursday, October 14, 19$5
Airport Issue In Question
Git'S t
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Northampton Registration Heavy;
November Vote Predicted
By DOT WAGONER 296 were Negroes, Heaviest reg-
Area News Editor istration was in Seaboard, Garys-
CONWAY - Voter registration burg and Jackson. Prior to the
in Northampton County on Satur- current registration, Northamp-
day, first day of the current reg- ton County had 8,950 voters on
istration period, was the heaviest the books, of which 2,500 were
among the 26 North Carolina Negroes. Total vote in the 1964
counties under the Voting Rights presidential election was 6,200.
Bill signed August 6 by Presi- Russell Johnson, elections board
dent Johnson.
voter registration and are pos
sible targets for federal regis
trars.
The law states that any county
which did not have 50 per cent of
its eligible voters registered on
November 1, 1964, or which did
not have 50 per cent of its eli
gible voters to vote in the 1964
chairman, said Tuesday that Ne- presidential election, will have
On Saturday 303 new voters gro leaders in the county esti- to eliminate literacy tests for
were registered. Of this number mate that 4,000 Negroes of vot- registration; and that federal to Johnson’s knowledge. “1 have
ing age are not registered, but
sure that every person is treated been a complaint, It was before
the same. that time,” Johnson added.
County Fortunate He did say, however, that two
Johnson said, ‘'Northampton unofficial complaints were
County is blessed because there brought before him Saturday by
has been no friction between Ne- Jack Faison, president of the
gro citizens and election of- Northampton County chapter
ficials.” No official complaints NAACP. Both were immediately
concerning registration or elec- registered by the elections chair-
tions have ever been filed from man and were quickly resolved.
Northampton County, according One concerned absence of a reg-
IT’S TRUE—Your eyes do not deceive you. Pic
tured is the starting lineup for Northampton
County High School football team—Ramettes,
that is—when they meet the Scotties of Scot
land Neck on Thursday night, October 21, as
kickoff activity for NCHS’s first homecoming
event. They are (front, from left) Brenda Joy
ner, right end; Judy Lassiter, right tackle;
Donna Spence, right guard; June Bracy, cen
ter; Celeste Spence, left guard; Brenda Draper,
right tackle, and Brenda Wheeler, right end.
(Back from left) Gayle Williams, right half
back; Shamra Daniels, quarterback; Ethlene
Hatcher, fullback; Barbara Ricks, left half
back.
Powder Puff
Kicks Off
Football Game
NCHS Homecoming
that the estimate of the Board of
Elections is more conservative
at 2,500.
Northampton is under the Vot
ing Rights Bill because one half
of voting age persons are not
registered. Johnson said accord
ing to the 4,000 estimate, 3,275
Negroes would have to be reg
istered for the county to get out
from under the act.
Johnson expects the North-
meet at 7 o'clock on Tuesday 1=5"=^“=-
nlgU, October 19 at the Quaker “ Washington D. C.
.. . to get out from under the act
registrars may be sent to coun
ties listed under the bill to in-
C Of C Sets
First Meet
For Oct. 19
JACKSON - The Board of Di
rectors oftheNorthamptonCoun- ^ , ,, .. , . ‘Wk “‘C X‘k“>v 1/1 ui/a
ty Chamber of Commerce will totaled more than $10,000.
_ . netitinn with the Fpiinral Dis- _ ... _ ’ . _
been chairman of the local board
for 10 years and ifthere has ever
Northampton ABC Receipts
Exceed $10,000 First Week
JACKSON - Gross receipts
from the four county ABC stores
for the first week of operation
Board chairman Bart Burgwyn
declined to reveal the exact
at that time. A fifth store is al
ready under construction, but its
proposed location has not been
announced.
Employment of an ABC offi
cer has not been considered un-
House in Woodland, according to r ouc liom unaer cue act amount of receipts, explaining til now as thestateboardinform-
Charles E. Myers, president. suspenas literacy tests ii snr.h a release has nni been ed the local board thev coulc
that such a release has not been
Supper will be served prior to fhis registration enough cleared with the board member-
^ names are added to the books to
By DOT WAGONER
Area News Editor
CONWAY -Friday, October 22,
will be a big day at Northampton
County High School although
school will not be in session.
Students will be preparing for
the school’s first homecoming
celebration on Friday night, but
homecoming activities will ac
tually begin Thursday night, Oc
tober 21, with a Powder Puff
football game at the school.
“Stlon has been eKlended
‘We
ra Daniels, quarterback; Ethe- the County Commissioners not, I am sure, attempt to
1........ - p-pt out from iiniiAr fho
run eight minutes.
Probable starting lineup for lene Hatcher, fullback; Barbara several other Tey'people in
To Exhibit
Art At ECC
get out from under the voting
rights act until we are certain
we have met requirements,” the
chairman told ‘‘Your Home
Newspaper.’
the NCHS RametteswillbeSham- Ricks, left halfback; Gayle Wil- the county to meet with the group
liams, right halfback; Glenda Myers said. *
Carroll, center; Donna and Ce- Finances and various needs of
leste Spence (sisters), guards; the county will be the main top-
Judy Lassiter and Brenda Dra- jq ^te discussed at the meet-
per, tackles; Brenda Wheeler and tug
Brenda Joyner, ends. Monday night’s raaellng wlllbe ’? J^kson attended the voting
Miss Barbara Edwards, Ram- the first meeting of the organlza- rightssem^lnarta wllsonln Sep-
ette coach, said the powder puff lion since It was formed on Sep-
game Is "jnst lor tun” and will temher 9. Plans for a meeting on ?
* bill and instructed officials from
ship and that receipts reported
have not yet been reviewed by
them. ‘‘We have been very pleas
ed with business so far,” he
said.
Wine will be available In all
stores Saturday, according to
the chairman. Wine was being
ChMrman Johnson of Conway , „„
and County Attorney E. B. Grant Tuesday.
... , , More Stores?
rights seminar in Wilson in Sep-
GREENVILLE - Senior exhib-
That’s right - the Rameltes of uio„s scheduled by senlorslnthe
NCHS will Invade the alhlollc East Carolina
be a one time event.
- - September 20 were thwarted due .. ^ ,
To add to the eKcltement of prior meeting commitments he 26 counties on procedures lor
homecoming activities, there of several director members, the October registration.
— ak.iiuUix/1/i.Xbai. idtapi. .,,, .- i — i- ...w........
field to match wits and feminine college during the remainder of be no school on Friday when fj-he organization was formed
...4XU tcachers will attend an annual to improve Northampton’s econ-
intuition with the Scotties of Scot- fall quarter include work by a
land Neck, all girls of course, j^ich Square boy.
The Powder Puff gamewillbe- exhibits are under thegen-
gin at 8 p.m. Thursday night and gj-ai supervisionof art Prof. Tran
be followed by a pep rally and oordley and are open to the pub-
bonfire to ignite school spirit Building dally from 8
for the homeccijning game. Nom- jq except So
inai adini-Sslor. of i
days wlien i.
> are 2 tj lOp.Tn.
be charged at Thursday night’s November 15 to November 20,
game to help defray expenses, gamuel Shelton Williams of Rich
The two girls teams will each square will exhibit work in Kate
have 11 players and follow reg- Lewis Gallery,
ular football rules, except that Williams is the son of the Rev.
the game will be two hand touch ajid Mrs. O. S. Williams, Rich
below the waist. Quarters will Square.
Court Session Is Routine
meeting.
Friday night’s varsity game
will pit the Northampton Rams
against the Scotland Neck Fight
ing Scots. During halftime ac
tivities, Miss NCHS 1965-66 will
ing queen.
omy.
Carolina counties are required
J. J. Heller of Severn Is vtce suspend the Uletioy test for
president. Serving on the Board
of Directors are: Ralph Askew,
Floyd Price, Sam Stephenson,
Marst^iH Grant. O B. Spaulding.
i-, i . TuoCo.
Motzno, and W. S.
Decision on establishment of
one or more additional stores In
the county will be delayed at least
until after the first month of op
eration. “Then wewillhavemore
ideas of facilities needed,” Bur-
,T k, ... i , /./. Li. gwyn said. If the board feels at
Under the recent law, 26 North 3^,^^
The Law
the local board they could
wait until stores had been in
operation long enough to deter
mine what salary can be offered
an officer. However, several sqj-
pllcations for the job have been
submitted to the board. Hiring of
a fulltime ABC officer is expect
ed to be delayed for at least
three months.
Assistant Managers
The local ABC Board will in
terview and designate persons
from each town where ABC stores
are located to serve as substi
tute store managers. Interview
ing will begin next week. Assist
ant managers will serve in the
event of illness, or other absence,
of managers. The jobs will not
istrar from the poll when a Ne
gro went to register and the oth
er was a misunderstanding on the
part of a registrar concerning
inability of applicant to sign his
name on a registration card. The
cards are used in conjunction
with thepermanent looseleaf reg
istration records.
Johnson said it was determined
that the registrar in question on
the first complaint had stepped
away from the poll momentarily,
was within 300 feet of the poll,
and did not know the applicant
had been to register and failed
to find him during his brief ab
sence. In the other complaint,
the registrar was instructed to
let the Negro man make his
mark on the card and be regis
tered.
No Trouble
“I do not anticipate any trou
ble in Northampton County,’'
Johnson said, “because the
Board of Elections agreed unani
mously to accept the Civil Rights
Act and comply completely with
the Voting Rights Bill.” For this
reason, the Board does not an
ticipate visits by federal regis
trars, as allowed under the bill.
A demand has been made to
Johnson, he said, to open books
fulltime in Northampton County.
The demand came from the Rev.
merit additional outlets, their'
tablishment will be considered
........cw....w J - Creecy of Rich Square,
offer h^Utime workoTsalary,but ^^t was denied following aspe-
will be on a part-tlmebasiswith, ^^^.1 meeting of the Board of
(See ABC, Page 4) (See Registration, Page 2)
JACKSON - Northampton Re
corder’s Court Judge Ballard S.
and the court costs.
Mary Beale Lewter of Wood-
Gay imposed no active sentences land, reckless driving, nol pros.
James Green, Jr., of Jackson,
failure to yield the right of way,
judgment suspended upon pay
ment of the court costs.
Bannson Weathers Deberry of
during last week’s session of
court.
The strongest sentence hand
ed out during the trials went
to Millard James Deloatch of
Conway, charged with driving aft
er his operator’s permit was Roanoke Rapids, driving too fast
suspended, and displaying a per- for conditions, found not guilty,
mit not his own. Harry Grey Crawley of Wel-
Judge Gay gave the man a six don, speeding 55 mph in a 45
months road term, suspended on zone and failure to comply with
payment of a $200 fine and the restriction on face of operator’s
cost of court on the first charge, permit. Judgment suspended on
and 30 days in jail, suspended on payment of the court costs,
payment of the costs, on the lat- Jesse Lee Draper of Jackson,
ter count. speeding 60 mph in a 45 zone,
Other routine matters heard judgment suspended upon pay-
by the court were as follows: ment of the court costs,
Thomas Wiggins of Rich
Square (1) possession of equip
ment to make non-taxpaid whis
key and, (2) manufacturing same.
He received a 12 months sus
pended roads term in each case.
The sentence in each charge
was suspended on grounds he pay
Stage Aerial
Bombing For
Forest Fires
$620,400 For Northampton
In State Road Bond Funds
JACKSON - R. L. Grant has
been named Northampton County
chairman oftheGovernor’sCom-
mittee for Better Roads to pro
mote the state’s $300 million
road bond issue. The announce
ment was made Monday by state
chairman, Robert?. Holding, Jr.,
of Smlthfield.
Allocation for Division I will be
$19,519,000 or which $620,400
will go to Northampton County
alone. Allocations In Northamp
ton are as follows: county, $395,-
lOO; Town of Conway, $26,000;
Garysburg, $7,100; Gaston, $44,-
600; Jackson, $30,000; Lasker,
$4,700; Rich Square, $44,500;
Waverly Joyner of Conway,
speeding 60 mph in a 50 zone,
judgment suspended upon pay
ment of the court costs.
James C. Holt of Garysburg,
carrying a concealed weapon,
found not guilty by the court,
, Willie Thomas Barrett, Jr., of tory early in World War II to be
a $125 fine and the court coasts Conway, making a movement remembered with nostalgia by
The four Roanoke - Chowan Seaboard, $23,500; Severn, $12,-
/i/-,TTivTmxr A TTXT-.^r>rTy A £ . tUi- couHtles wlll recclve almost $3 200; Woodland, $32,700.
TRI-COUNTY AIRPORT—Any forest fires m this sec- of the road bond issue All these funds - and no In-
tion of northeastern North Carolina will be fought by money that already is earmarked crease in taxesl The Legislature
an aerial fleet with headquarters at Tri-County Airport, for expenditure here. Of the sec- specified that, if approved, the
„v,j v,’i/A+ /,,,♦/, ondary road portion of the bond bonds would be financed by the
and pilots quite at home. issue, $1,745,300 is earmarked present one cent pergallongaso-
A simulated run was pul on luesday with a big iJL.-o £qj. secondary road construction line tax used to finance the 1949
and four light planes participating, the pilots coming in in the R-C alone. In addition to Scott road bond issue. In 1966,
from Kinston aerial headquarters for the flying fire this amount the municipalities in funds will be available to retire
. the four counties are slated to the 1949 bonds and until then the
lighters. receive a total of $953,000 for new bonds can be financed with
The trim yellow light planes resembled the cub tram- highway and street construction current highway revenues,
er at the first glance, save for heavy snub-nose. within their corporate limits. Grant said Wednesday, “The
But where a Cub isatwo-place
job powered with a horizontally-
opposed water-cooled engine of
from 150 to 250 horsepower, the
little yellow “water bombers”
carry a powerful Pratt andWhit-
ney 650 horsepower air-cooled
(Radial) engine that can lift the
equivalent of 19 men plus pilot,
an engine which made his-
highways and roads in Northamp- women’s clubs and all civic or-
ton County need improving and ganizations will be asked to join
the road bond issue Is the answer the drive to gain counfywide sup-
to our problems.” port for the issue.
Local Campaign Grant emphasized that this will
A local committee will be set not be a crash construction pro-
up to coordinate all educational gram, but will provide needed
efforts In the county in behalf of road funds throughout the state,
the $300 million road bond issue
to be decided by vote of the peo
ple on November 2; however,
Grant has not had sufficient time
since his appointment to organize
the Northampton campaign.
Names of members of the local
committee are expected to be
announced next week.
Although the campaign is still
in theplanningstages,Northamp
Four Issues
Also Included on the state bal
lot in the November 2 election
will be a referendum to seek vot
er approval of the court reform
authorized by the last legislature
which calls for Appellate courts
to take over some of the burden
of appeals cases.
On the county ballot will be two
ton is already on its way with en- issues, tax levy for library funds
dorsement of the state road bond i®r Trl-County Air-
issue by theCountyCommission- port appropriation of Northamp-
ers. Town councils, mayors, ton’s share of the cost.
and be on good behavior for 12
months.
George Lassiter, also of Rich
Square, charged with identical
counts as Wiggins, received the
same sentences and suspensions.
Clarence Epps of Garysburg,
assault with a deadly weapon,
six months on the roads, sus
pended on payment of a $25 fine
without exercising due caution, any bomber pilot who lived
judgment suspended on payment through the experience,
of the court costs. Some 350 gallons of water and
Percy Lloyd, Jr., of Roanoke chemicals weighing 2,800 lbs are
Rapids, operating a motor ve- contained in a fuselage tank in
hide upon the public roads and each of those little planes,
streets of North Carolina with- On top of that, those flying
out an operator’s permit. Judg- fire fighters have to look to near-
ment suspended upon payment of by fields and that means short
the court costs.
Football Official
Completes 30 Years
WOODLAND —After 30 years of
football officiating as an umpire,
Robert (Bob) Littrell of Wood
land, has retired.
His last 20 years of officiating
have been intheSouthernConfer-
ence and upon his retirement last
year from this conference he was
awarded a life time pass to the
home games of any team in the
Southern Conference. His fellow
officials presented him with a
gold watch. Inscribed on the back
was “Southern Football Official
Association, 1964 to Bob Lit
trell,”
During his 30 years as a foot
ball official he worked 528 games
which took him in 25 states and
he covered 500,000 miles.
Littrell completed his 20 years
as a football umpire in the South
ern Conference at the end of the
1964 season.
A native of Rocky Mount, he is
a graduate of Vir^nia Military
Institute where he played football
and coached baseball.
He was football coach at Mid
dlesex and Fairfield High Schools
from 1934-40.
Littrell came to Woodland in
1956 and was employed by the
Northeastern Oil Company in
Murfreesboro as credit mana
ger. He has been with this com
pany ever since.
He Is married to the former
Mary G. Parker of George and
they have two children, a daugh
ter and a son.
Littrell said, “I hate togiveup
my job as an official but the
Southern Football Official Asso
ciation says I must make room
for some of the younger offi
cials.”
runways and getting off the ground
fast and with big loads.
So it takes and P & W Wasp.
Gasoline load is kept light -
after all, the fire fighting plane
needs only enough to get the
plane up and to the fire where
the fire fighting water and chem
icals are dropped, and backdown
safely again.
So fuel is kept light and the
big DC-3 carries the gas supply
for refueling the light planes as
often as necessary.
And the water?
Volunteer Fire Departments
from small rural communities
take care of that. They truck in
the water which is pumped into
big 1,000 gallon canvas'tanks
set up on the field which in turn
are used to fill the tanks in the
light planes.
If it’s a big fire, several of
the canvas tanks can be set up and
the fire trucks can keep busy go
ing back and forth to fill them.
Filling plane tanks requires
only about one minute.
All this requires special pump
ers of course, for Wh gasoline
(See BOMBING. Page 3)
nr /■
QUITE A PROJECT—Putting "Water Bomb" planes into the air to fight forest
fires at Tri-County Airport, Tuesday, meant need for plenty of equipment. No. 1.
shows target—two trees and above the lead plane has just signaled the target
and plane 2 is dropping 350 gallons of water. Below, left, the big DC-3 gas tanks
are fueling one of the planes with No. 2 pointing to the electrical equipment on
the ground which is pumping gas into plane at far right where at No. 3. the DC's
Pilot Chuck Runyion handles the hose. No. 4, marks- the 1,000 gallon canvas water
tank which has been filled from the fire truck and No. 5, indicates the location
of water tank under fuselage of fourth Forest Service Water Bomber.