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^ From the fdbbl* of the Charlotte
,!it bombings, wifi there come better
.... intei»cial cooperation in North
^C&rollna? Newspapers and new#*
casters aero® the nation have
praised the spirit Of North Caro
lina in deploring this wrong way
to settle rielal differences.
I attended Ppternor Moore’s
first meeting of the N. C. Good
k Neighbor Council' recently, the
. 65 fhembers, , about half of each
f race, exchanged fpank views. A
r 'Negro lectured the gloup on the
' resenment his bace feels over the
‘ slurring word "nigra”. A white
eastener told, Negro members that
they should wprk harder on civil
rights themselves and stop import
ing agitators from other states who
make us mad."'
One panel speaker was Dr. An
; drew Best of Greenville, the only
r Negro ppysician in Pitt County,
lie said he pad loqg been a mem
ber the staff of trie 250-bed
“V* •» vc — -H
Pitt Coupty Sfemorlai Hospital,
but that "only after things began
" " ifciiii ■’
was X
iy (jk wOUnty Medi*
<j5‘ Sociey" "Tie hoafftal was in
,‘Uly, without inci
te O'-oc. eiphbor Council de
cided to encourage v .al interra
cial committees in *■ n city and
county," to provide continuing
communication between tee rac
es”.’ As a Baptist preacher sgid,
“We lust can’t- legislate goodwill."
It must come from understanding
and mutual respect- 'j'
■FlftB FIRE . . . At the Good
Neighbor Council meeting in'Ra
leigh ’ J had the pleasure
' of introducing two well-known
North Carolinians, Dr. Nell Hir
schberg of North' Carolina College
at Durham and Henry Belt*. edi
tor of the Goldsboro Neys-Argus
Or. Hirschbprg is a professor of
biology, which for many students
is a tough subject. I was remind
ed of the biology teacher who one
day observed a pupil; writing a
note in the front of his textbook,
Looking over his shoulder the
teacher saw that he had printed
this in bold letters: "In case of
fire, throw this ip.”
In presenting Henry Belk I re
called the comment recently made
about another Tar Heel newspap
erman. It was, "That writer either
should put more fit* hi his frit
ings, pr vice versa.” But that’s not
true dt the wise editor from Golds
boro. Belk’s facile pen produces
newsy, challenging copy ranging
from comments on the Carolina
persimmon crop to an. urgent con
cern for human rights across our
state.
OUR ELECTRICAL PUTURE .
Use of electricity in the United
States has on the average dou
i bled eery decade since such serv
1 fee began fH>
separate American etectTte power
enterprises competing with each
other, but also cooperating in the
development of cheaper power, the
long-term trend of electric rates
has been down’v.rd despite infla
tion.
inis is part n e DacKgrouna
of the recent Toiwieast blackout
'fo prepare for the 400 million
Americans 50 years from now who
wil} demand incredible quantities
of ele powgr, qtility com
panies riow are hooking their huge
conventional and nuclear generat
ing plans to extra-high-voltage
transmission lines which can move
pqwer economically for hundreds
of miles.
This EHV transmission is great
ly enlarging the marketing area
for large blocks of tow cost power
and is creating the advantage of
intercoppecting pqwer systems to
cover broad geographical areas. V
Thus it was that a fluke at a
Canadian power station could have
blacked out New York City. With
powpr tq North Carolina at times
flowing here from distant generat
ing points. our utilities people are
now alert to be Watchful for si
milar scares.
SYMPHONY TROUBLES . . .
During "Culture Week" In Ra
leigh, trustees of the N. C. Sym
phony Society assembled and heqrd
Dr- Bengamin Swalin, the Sym
phony’s veteran director, tell the
woes of getting his 1366 season un
der way. The usual problem oj
Persuading good musicians to fore
go longer better-paying seasons
with big city symphonies is now
further complicated by. rising draft
quotas. At least a “dpaep of the
m mm
Barnett County
Monday ordered a
and dpcoratofos for ‘
house, agreed on -
ing , system for »
biulding. set Jafc -31 for tax list
ins, and.aereed'lo a tax refund.
OthFJSSlMadcd the tax list
ing suggestion that a refund' lj#
made to Leslie H.*l|cLamb of Dunn
for a;BnSchetitj*| etftr of $102.68,
Sur^fe>fdM«ewajwve increased
Hubbard, —
was also giVeh fcerm&Mpn! to cre
ate the job of assistant case work,
supervisor to begin as soon Us pos
sible. ">v.‘ ■ ' ‘ ‘
Tlie board was asked by the
State to raise the pay- of Director
of Public Health M, 'F. ’ Eyerm—
one gj-acje of $52 per month. Retro
active to July. 1965. The board de
cided after lull
was necessary.
Eyerman. In
State’s merit system and
County, is to receive pay two steps
below grade ip the initiation of the
merit progress system in Harnett
Henry Johnson
Dies At Age 80
Henry Wesley Johnson, 80, of Rt.
2, Four Oaks, a retired farmer,
died Wednesday.
He is survived by his wife; Mrs.
Annie M, Johnson; five daughters,
Mrs. Chester Barefoot erf Four Oaks,
Rt. 2, Mrs. Harry Thornberg of
Rt. 3, Raeford, Mrs. Leroy Weath
erly of Rt. 3, Yorktown, Va., Sirs.
Lynward Johnson of Rt. 2, Benson
and Mrs. John Ivey of Rt. 2, Dunn;
four sans, A. R. of Rt. 2, Dunn,
Henry T. of Rt. 2, Benson, J. W.
of Benson and George P. Johnson
of Orlando, Fla. ; throe sisters, Mrs.
Lessie J. Holiday of Four Oaks, Rt.
2, Mrs. Addie J. Jackson of Tucson,
Am., Mrs. L. K. Parker of Wil
mington; and 20 grandchildren.
MASSENGILL RITES
Walter D. Massengill, 55, of Dur
ham, brother of Mrs. Mabel Wig
gins and Mps. Mattie Stephenson
Of Rt. 1. Angier, and Mrs. Maude
Wiggins of Benson, died Wednes
day. Funeral services will be held
Friday at 4 p.m. at Fuller Memor
ial Presbyterian Church. Burial will
be in Woodlawn Memorial Park.
•» -
,N« C. Symphony’s good prospects
■m -recent- weeks. - ■> *-- • - •—
O ir state-wide Symphony is at
a crossroads. Many believe tha'
in order to attract good musicians
and serve all of tforth Carolina
it must replace its present short
spring season with a full-scale Oc
tober to May season. In turn, this
means adjusting the annual Sym
phony budget upward from $226.
000 to $400,000.
Money problems are old hat t°
Ben Swalin. Right now he wijl set
tle for two violinists and An oboe
player.
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