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SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY Classified Want Ads work for everybody— farmers, housewives, used car dealers, real estate agents or what have you — they’ll find users for baby cribs, cemetery lots, used wedding rings, apartments or electric blankets and rent apartments or formal clothes. Read ’em — use ’em. THE County TIMES-NEWS TEIE ROANOKE-CHOWAN TIMES — Established 1892 A Combination of-^-^-^-^ ☆ THE NORTHAMPTON COUNTY NEWS — Established 1926 Rich Square and Jackson, N. C., Thursday, March 24, ■Spring ^oriLampton i^uddlna ount omance6»»* ■i ■m'M mmr fit loAiomim eand, ^reed... 'm And Blooming Work ¥ ii’p\ m. ms day and brought with it weather Lnditions that enable spr1ng°Latte"^emets°thT“cl!,r°Abol'*M°^^^ activities being undertaken by most coun^ one to do the things one likes and expects to do in the I^ams" ri°and LoTrv Shoeke^fTrd uTk“'''h°°L' 'v'^ich'they bathed. The ty farmers this week as he breaks ground for planting in _ • n r, I I , I Cl s, ID, and Lorry bhockeltord, 14, take a break from center photo is a familiar scene around the countv os is the neor future springtime. Romance, flower blooms, blossoming trees, studies to rest a bit oh the grassy lawn at Northampton the scene on the right. Lee Flythe is engaging in some- 'Choice^ Forms Set To Be Mailed Friday _Tamrc/-,xT , ... JACKSON-Parents of North ampton County school students s scheduled to receive infor' matton and a choice form for se- the courts lection of the school their child will attend next year. The forms will be mailed Friday. Both the notice of the school desegregation plan and the text of the annual letter to parents were drawn by the U.S. Office of Education, Department ofHealth, Education and Welfare. Superintendent Roy L. Lowry and Northampton County Board of Education Chairman W. c. Conner were in Raleigh on Fri day for an explanation of guide lines by David Barus, acting dep uty director of equal educational opportunities of the U.S. Office of Education. “Substantial progress” was the term used to outline require ments for all school systems but just what the term means is not certain. Freedom of choice plans such as the one used last year byNorthamptonCounty were described as “a way of undertak ing desegregation,” but Barus added that he believed the plan 169 school units submitted volun- would be held unconstitutional by taxy plans last year. They must in a year or two. Incumbents Seeking Re-Election CONWAY _ Two incumbents have filed for re-election to Northampton County offices according to Russell Johnson, Jr., county board of elections chairman. Buxton Weaver, who has served as solicitor for the past eight years, filed Tues day for anothertwo year term. G. O. Burgess, constable of Kirby Township, also filed Tuesday to succeed himself. Thus far the two have no challengers for the positions. ■will be promptly notified inwrit- promptly notified and given a ing of their school assignments, choice among all other schools Any student denied his choice in the system where space is because of overcrowding will oe available. sign a form assuring the USOE that the unit will, abide by the new guidelines as tnby apply to the plan. The signing of this document will automatically amend the plan as it now stands to put it in line with the revised requirements. This means that no school units will draw their own new plans. Explanatory Letters The text of the notice being sent with choice forms and other wise available to the public be- Living Alone? Pay Less For Water A choice of soli^iol for any stu dent who will be new to the school system may be made during the spring 30-day choice period or at any other time before he enrolls in school. The parent of a child entering the first grade Is re quired to choose the school his child will attend under the same process. A schedule of preschool con ferences Is being worked out by signed to under the plan will not be made public by school offi cials. . Staff Changes ’ Subvtantiri faculij»de3cgr^-ga-' tion also must be accomplished ed and no staff member will lose his position because of race, color or national origin. This includes any case where less staff is needed because schools are closed or enrollment Is re- thls fall but again tlie extent of duced,” according to the explana- desegregatlon under the word tory text. “substantial” Is not clear. All transportation furnished “Faculties will be desegregat- by the school system will also operate on a desegregated basis and all school-connected serv ices, facilities, athletics, activ ities and programs are open to ail^« mmw - - - — fn his two state appear ances before school officials at Hickory and in Raleigh, was quite emphatic in answer to questions fSee ‘-CHOICE,” Page 6; /KiiHiiie. rn riit^ iiiiniif-no- RICH SQUARE - One person ,, _ ... „ Tho *. households are getting a break superintendent’s office and The Northanipton County ,,,3 t,3gi„ Aorll. and sewer billing. At the regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners on Choice Form The school choice form lists - Despite Warnings - Northamptonians Keep On Puffing Sc'i'chL^y^e^^rSeSr town omciai; fn begin April, segregated under a plan adopted in accordance with Title VI of the ^vil Rights Actofl964.Thepur- Thursday'"night** 'was * aereed names, locations and grades STo io bedu/e ."Sr 1 LwerTaSs “"-ed tor each schooI.Therea. system the racial segregation of households, ef- • • • fective with the March billing. The new rates will be: from one to 1,500 gallons, $2.50; 1,501 to 2,500 gallons, $3; from 2,501 to 3,500 gallons, $3.50, Prior to the board’s decision all one-person households were billed at the same rate as other Speeding-Fines: A Warning To Heavy-Footed Motorists students and all other forms of discrimination based on race, color or national origin.” The explanatory letter and choice forms must be sent by first-class mail to the parent or other adult person acting as par ent of each student who is expect ed to attend school the following *^he first year. This means a mail list of 3,000 gallons. Preschool Clinic Set RICH SQUARE-Thepreschool j j .r-u u - - w- ... ^ clinic tor children who will enter “dsd-. The choice is hindins for Your Home Newspapers Washington Bureau WASHINGTON, D. C. - Has the anti - smoking campaign, con ducted by the U.S. Surgeon Gen eral and others, reduced cigar ette smoking in Northampton County? What effect have the health warnings had on local smokers? How much are they smoking com pared with people in other areas? Judging from the latest re gional figures on cigarette sales, business is back to normal. The cutback in smoking in 1964, after release of the government report linking cigarettes with lung can cer, heart disease and other ail ments, was short-lived. Now, it appears, the public has decided to ignore the warnings and has gone back to cigarettes in earnest. Figures compiled by the Inter nal Revenue Service and by the Tobacco Tax Council give the rate of consumption in each sec tion of the country. A breakdown of these figures shows that no less than 2,862,000 packs of cigarettes were smoked in Northampton County in the past year. This was at the rate of 1?2 packs for every local resident over the age of 18. In some parts of the United States the rate of consumption was even higher than this and in some areas, lower. The average, naUonally, among persons over “srs day at tne scnool at a date some 8,000 for Northampton County. the superintendent must also be included. With the choice period begin ning in this county on March 28 parents or students have until April 25 to return the completed choice forms by hand to any school or by mail to the superin tendent’s office at any time dur ing the 30-day choice period. A 18, was 216 packs last year. In choice is required for each stu- the South Atlantic States it was dent and no assignment to a 214 packs. school can be made unless a In general, the per capita use choice is indicated, of cigarettes has again reached a choice form may be signed the record rate set in 1963. by a parent or other adult per- The recent rise is attributed son acting as parent. A student to the fact that most ofthepeople who is 15 years of age or will who had stopped smoking, or had enter the ninth or higher grade See WARNINGS, Page 8) may sign his own choice form. sons for any choice made are not required and are not to be stated. The form asks for the name, address and age of the student, the school and grade currently or last attended, the school chosen for the following year, the appro priate signature and whether the form has been signed by the stu dent or his parent. Names of students and the schools they choose or are as- By BOB FRINK JACKSON — The large number of speed-limit violators fined in Northampton County Recorder’s Court Wednesday should serve as ample warning to heavy-footed drivers who might tend to cruise a little too swiftly along county roads. Judge Ballard S. Gay handed :Speaking Out: The student’s choice will stand unless a different choice is ex ercised by his parent before the end of the period during which the student exercises his choice. Once a choice has been submit ted it may not be changed even though the choice period has not 4A\ y, JACK STOREY . accomplished a little L. E. DAVIS . . won’t be long the first grade at Rich Square Elementary School next Septem- the entire school year to which it applies except in the case of ber will be held at the Health bardship, change of Center in Jackson on Wednesday, Tdf^lPhM a Place whore an. . .. nlhpr ;phr->r>1 i.; thf-avail- On U.S. Space Program April 6, at 9 a.m. Mrs. Char lotte R, King, principal, has an nounced. “It is necessary that the en closed medical and personal his tory be completely filled in and returned to the principal’s of fice in Rich Square before that date,” said Mrs. King. “Please make arrangements to accompany your child to the clin ic. It is essential that both child other school is closer, the avail ability of a school designed to fit the special needs of a phys ically handicapped student or the availability at another school of a course of study required by the student which is not available at the school chosen. Denial Basis Did the Gemini 8 flight supply uation of the program but sides the United States with sufficient were divided on the money issue, information and knowledge to “I reckon we accomplished a classify the multi-million dollar little,” says Jack Storey, a Con- journev into space a success? way farmer, in commenting on Gemini 8. ‘They (NASA offici als) did something they never Should the United States con tinue its present pace in the race with Russia to be first to land a No choice may be denied for ^^n on the moon? any reason other than overcrowd ing. In cases where granting all And is the UnitedStates spend ing the taxpayers’ money wisely had done before but you couldn’t call it (the flight) a complete success,” added Storey. clocking by the North Carolina considerable commotion in his State Highway Department. place of business before pulling Fines ranged from $10 to $15 the knife and threatening him (Du- and court costs. berry). Three non-traffic cases were It 'was requested by Duberry also ruled on by Judge Gay. that Buffaloe not be allowed on George Buffaloe, 28, of Sea- liis premises, board received a 90-day suspend- Judge Gay granted Duberry’s ed jailtermafter JudgeGayheard request and stipulated in Buffa- testimony to the fact that Buffa- probation that he (Buffaloe) down guilty verdicts in 23 cases loe allegedly threatened Horn- not go to Duberry’s place of of speeding which, in most cases, ton Duberry with a switch-blade business for a period of 12 involved out of county and out of knife. months. state motorists who had posted Duberry, who operates a com- The judge also issued a warn- cash bonds. Most of the charges bination dry cleaning and bar, told to Duberry on the status of were lodged as a result of radar the court that Buffaloe create his (Duberry’s) license to sell beer. ‘You have had a lot of trouble at your place and if you are not careful you are goingto lose your beer license,” Judge Gay said in response to learning that Buffa loe had been drinking prior to entering Duberry’s business and had acquired beer at Duberry’s place. In a stiffen warning to Duber ry, Judge Gay added, “And if I hear of any more trouble out there (at Duberry’s business) I am going to see that they (Du berry’s beer license) are re voked.” Other cases ruled on by Gay included: Jeanniene Dreistroffer Fris co, 40, Charleston, S. C., speed ing 73 in a 60 mph zone; guilty, $10 and court costs. Shirley S. Farmer, Newport News, speeding 70 in 60 mph zone; guilty, $10 and court costs. Willie O. Johnson, 23, Fort Belvoir, Va., speeding 70 in 60 mph zone; guilty, $10 and court costs. William C. Morris, 20, Fort ' Belvoir, Va., speeding 70 in 60 mph zone; $10 and court costs. Max Alton Maness, 43, Hamp ton, speeding 70 in 60 mph zone; guilty, $ 10 and court costs. William E. Parrish, 26, New port News, speeding 75 in 60 mph zone; guilty, $15 and court costs. Willie W, Wiggins, 29, Virginia Beach, speeding 70 in 60 mph zone; guilty, $10 and court costs. Robert Steward, disposal of JOE NARRON . . partial success DON GLOVER . not that important space program. Opined Davis, “They will continue to progress Narron and then added, and it won’t be long before . . ' He stopped there but one gets the feeling Davis might have his mind on the moon, “A partial success” is the way Joe Narron of Rich Square ap praises the Gemini 8 flight. But to everyone, while offering adequate pride in the Gemini 8 exploits, Narron praise for Gemini successes as 1 don’t think we should put as much mon ey into it (the space program).” In concluding, Glover said, “It’s (the space program) not that important and the money could be used for something more helpful mortgaged property! norguntyV . . 0-———-o — liig ute laxpayeis itioiiey wisely /uieiiioi v^uuway laiinei, ij, a, ff f ^o- cf h' for any school would >^iien they shoot it into outer Davis, commented, “I don’t have beginner off to a good start in his cause overcrowding, the students - school career, ” she stated, choosing the school who live And Mrs. Bessie Hill, a cook, Another Conway farmer, L, E, said, ‘1 am inclined to believe thinks the space program ‘ds Children entering the first closest to it will be assigned to grade next fall will attend b^in- that school. All students and their parents space? too much time to read and don’t These were the questions pre- know too much about it but I guess sented several Northampton I agree with Jack (Storey).” Da- County persons this week. vis has his own opinion of what All voiced approval of contin- is in store in the future for the the money could be put to better use,*' nice.” Mrs. Hill also said she thought ‘^t was a good thing Rich Square service station and that we should go to the manager, Don Glover, is in Nar- ron’s opinion corner. Glover offered the same type camera shutter, moon” as she scrambled to the kitchen to avoid the snap of the Larry Lewis Duel, 18. Alex andria, Va., speeding 70 In 60 mph zone; guilty, $10 and court costs. Ruby Annette Price, 25, Cas tle Hayne, speeding 70 in 60 mph zone; guilty, $10 and court costs. Charles A, Colvin, 37, Brook lyn, N. Y..: speeding 70 in 60 (See SPEEDING, Page 6)
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