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THE WEST CRAVEN MiSHLIGHT O 8 Pages Volume 2 No. 31 Vanceboro, N.C. - Thursday. August 9, 1979 Price: 20 Hudgins named temporary Chief By Connie Bryan G. Melvin “Slim” Hudgins, part-time Vance- jboro police officer, was elevated to the position of temporary chief at the Monday night meeting of the Vanceboro Board of Al dermen. Police Commis sioner Alton Whitley, who recommended Hudgins for the position, state that Hudgins was not inter ested in the job on a perma nent basis, but he was willing to fill in while the board looks for a replace ment for Harley Ringer. The vote to advance Hudgins came after Commissioner Whitley informed the board that Chief Ringer had resigned his position. Mayor Jimmie Morris pointed out that Chief Ringer had been gone during the month of June and that Hudgins had been in charge, adding that he did a good job. The board then voted to send a letter to Ringer commending him for his service during the past two years. Mayor Morris commented that he thought that Ringer had done a good job, but that he was ready to move on. Chief Ringer echoed these same feelings in a phone interview on Tuesday. He stated, “My job is over. I feel that I am no longer useful. I think it is time to move on.” In other action, the board agreed to consider a proposal for 50 housing units to be built in the town under the direction of the East Carolina Regional Housing Authority. Mr. Joe Dudley, who represent ed the Housing Authority, informed the board that his office had received an allo cation from HUD for 60 housing units to be built in Craven County. He remarked that a town must have water and sewage before it can be considered as a location for these houses. He added that Vanceboro was the only town in Craven County to quality, with the exception of Havelock, and Havelock did not have as much of a need as V'anceboro. In answering the questions of the board, Mr. Dudley explained that his office would be responsible for building and maintain ing the housing units at no costs to the town. He added that the town would have to furnish sewer and water lines to the property, which is the same as for any new lots. When asked what kind of tax revenue the town could expect from such a housing development, Mr. Dudley responded that the tax rate would be a certain percentage of the net amount of monthly rent amount monthly rent charged less the water and sewer. Mr. Dudley informed the board that a cooperation agreement would have to be signed before the project could go any further. The board then voted to take the issue under advise ment and to meet again on Thursday, August 9, at 8:00 p.m. at the Town Hall. The meeting was recessed until that time. BOARD MEETING— Mayor Jimmie Morris and Police Commissioner Alton Whitley discuss town business during last Monday night’s Board of Alderman meeting. Inside This Issue: New Directors Welcomed Two new members of the Board of Directors of the Craven Evaluation and Training Center tour the facility and participate in a special presentation. See details in a story by Rick Cannon on Page 2. HIGHWAY STATUS UPDATE T Aurora Road To Be Closed The Division of High ways of the North Carolina Department of Transpor tation (NCDOT) will close Aurora Road (Secondary Road 1003) in Craven County to through traffic for approximately three weeks, according to Divi sion Enginner C. W. Snell, Jr.. The road, located near Cayton, will be closed from Monday, August 13, to Monday, September 3. The temporary closing will allow NCDOT main tenance crews to replace the bridge over Pine Tree Swamp. Traffic will be detoured on Purifoy Road (Second ary road 1611) and Cayton Road (Secondary Road 1626). Lex, A. Kelly, district engineer, said that every effort is being made to complete the project as soon as possible to mini mize any inconvenience to the traveling public. Vanceboro Police Chief leaves Friday “What do you think of Ringer?” By Rick Cannon and Connie Bryan With the resignation of Vanceboro Police Chief Harley F. Ringer taking effect this weekend, the Highlights undertook a lerson-on-the-street sur- ey to get the reactions of ocal townspeople on that resignation. We inter viewed a variety of people from all walks of life, in the hopes of getting a fair sample. When asked to give their opinion of Chief Ringer and his resignation, they responded as follows: Ron Beaman: (who lives on Buck Lane) “I’m very disappointed. You couldn’t ask for a better policeman. I wish there was some way to come to an agreement so that he could stay. I wish the town could meet his demands. I feel like the town should be able to come up with the differ ence. He has cleaned up the town. We definitely need a decent officer, if we are going to promote the town.” John Lilly: (Stewart Park), “We are losing a very good law officer. I think they would be better off to give him a raise.” Mrs. B. L. Buffin:(Main Street), “I am sorry to see him go because I feel the town is more safe now than before he came.” AI Wade: “I think Harley Ringer did a good job cleaning up Vanceboro, but he went about it in the wrong way, such as harrassing people and trying to run people out of town. I feel sorry for the town of Bridgeton. That’s my honest opinion.” Helen Jones: Rt. 1, Vanceboro), “I think that he has done a good job of bring justice to the town of Vanceboro. Truly, I’ll be sorry. If we don’t get somebody half way like him, I am afraid that the town will turn back into what it was. I wish him good luck in Bridgeton.” William Gene Nobles: (Rt. 2, Vanceboro), “I think he did a fine thing for Vanceboro. He will be hard to replace. He made it safe for the ladies to walk down the street without being hollered at.’’ Those surveyed seem to think that Chief Ringer, whose last day is August 10, did a good job as police chief in cleaning up the town. This was mentioned in every case, regardless of the persons opinion of Chief Ringer. The possibility of Chief Ringer remaining as w'as proposed by some of those interviewed was respond ed to by Mayor Jimmie Morris at the Town Board meeting on Monday night. During the course of that meeting Mayor Morris stated that Ringer would not stay even if the board was in a position to raise his salary. He added that Ringer wanted a challenge and that he felt like he had done his job here and was ready to move on. Mayor Morris also mentioned the fact that Ringer had family living in Bridgeton. Ron Beamon Mrs. B. L. Buffkin AI Wade Helen Jones William Gene Nobles
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