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THE
Northampton
County
TIMES-NEWS
THE ROANOKE-CHOWAN TIMES
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Established 1892
THE NORTHAMPTON COUNTY NEWS ■
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Volume LXXIV, No. 15
Rich Square and Jackson, N. C., Thursday, April 22, 1965
In Northampton County
’64 Social Security
Totals $1.5 Million
ROCKY MOUNT - One of the widow or widower, 234, $12,721;
largest ‘.‘payrolls” inNorthamp- mothers and children, 551, $17,-.
ton County is the million-and- 468; disabled workers and de-
a-half plus which comes in an- pendents, 283, $12,435.
nually as social security pay-
ments.
An average of one out of each
10 persons InNorthamptonCoun-
ty shared in what last year to
talled $1,537,968 paid out in so
cial security according to fig
ures released by N. A. Avera,
district manager of social se
curity.
Monthly old age, survivors and
disability insurance benefits are
topping $128,164, Avera said.
This represents a 5.5 Increase
over the corresponding period
last year, he added.
Avera reported 2,795 persons
collecting social security bene
fits as of December 31, which
averages $514 per person per
year on the basis of figures re
leased.
Monthly benefits became pay
able January 1940 and have con
tinued with a steady growth in
persons covered and benefiting.
In January 19 million Amer
icans were receiving $1.3 bil
lion a month, the social security
spokesman added.
He listed the average monthly
old age retirement benefit for
January in the United States as
$77.57 and in North Carolina,
$65.38.
The following table shows the
number and amount of each type
of monthly benefit paid in North
ampton County, as of December
31, 1964;
Beneficiary group, number of
beneficiaries, and total of pay
ments follow respectively:
Retired worker, 1288, $72,748;
wife or husband, 429, $12,188;
'Seniorama'
At NCHS On
Friday Night
CONWAY - The senior class
of Northampton County High
School is announcing the produc-
Industrial Engineer Is Key
To Northampton Development
WOODLAND - A group of In presenting Jackson, Chair- Carolina fund grant.
Northampton County officials and man j. Guy Revelle said.
benefits first became payable in of "Seniorama,” a benefit committee chairmen of Choanoke cause we are one of the poverty
January 1940. The number of
monthly benefits currently being
paid will reach the 20 million
The year 1965 marks several mark in 1965. In addition, August
milestones in the history of so- is the 30th anniversary of the
cial security. The January 1965 signing of the social security act
benefit payment marked the 300th by President Franklin D, Roose-
month of payment since monthly velt, Avera said.
Commissioners See
Signed Petitions
JACKSON - Northampton was instructed to investigate the
County’s Board of Commission- manner in which jurors are drawn
ers in meeting Wednesday after- and make recommendations for
noon examined the signed peti- any necessary changes,
tions for an ABC referendum cir- Touching on industrialization,
culated by Bart Burgwyn before Commissioner John HenryLiv-
they were presented to Russell erman pointed out that the last
Johnson, chairman of the Board census showed that Northarap-
of Elections.
ton County lost in population,
but that three towns in the coun-
Conway
Square - all three towns have
brought in Industry within the
last few years.
Following discussions con-
The commissioners advised , . , l,
Burgwyn that In the event the y samed In population. They are
Board ot Elections corlUled the Woodland, Conway and Rich
names on the petitions to be the
15 per cent of the qualified vot
ers in the last gubernatorial elec
tion necessary to call for an ABC . ^ ....
referendum, they will ask that 'f "‘"S °2‘“"
the voters be given the oppor- ed the county t h r o u g h the Eco-
tunlly to vote on beer and wine uomic Opportunltyprogram, J. H.
at the same time. The commis- Llverman md J. Guy Revelle
sloners will ask J. Raynor Wood-
ard for legislation enabling the board at a meeting m Will.ams-
Board of Elections to call for a
referendum allowing the people “f “ Poverty counties,
to vote on both Issues on the "a meeting has been called by
same ballot. James L. White, stale co-ordlna.
A meeting of the commission- gram. Melvin Holmes was in-
ers has been called for Wednes- structed to write letters to may-
day, April 28 for the purpose of ors and other public officials
completing the referendum ac- urging them to attend the meet-
tion. , ing,
, E. B. Grant, county attorney, No further actions were taken.
nerformanre sonnsnrpd hv thA Development Association were counties the Board of Commis-
Shoofs first graduSag Class!' “ '“""er mealing here slcners fell we needed some sug-
It Will be presented Friday April Thursday night that volun- gestions as to what we could do
23 at 7:30 p.m. at the school t^ry work and the hiring of a pro- about it, and how we could bene-
bullding 'with Miss Lee Lovett f®ssional industrial engineer was fit from available funds. We are
an English teacher directing! bringing new life to not proud of this situation, so we
“Seniorama” will'feature the ‘he county, are asking for your help.”
varied talents of the senior boys "^he meeting was called by the Also present for the meeting
and girls. Auditions have been Board of County Commissioners was Choanoke Area Chairman
held to find the best of talent with a special invitation to Roger Fred L. Cooper of Roanoke Rap-
and music has been heard con- B. Jackson, Jr., Economic Op- ids. He gave a brief account of
tinuously as the “stars” warm Portunity Coordinator, to make the formation of the Choanoke
up. suggestions for coordinating Area Development Association
Among the stars-to-be re- and work in county devel- four years ago and reviewed the
hearsing for the performance are opment. area’s application for a North
Cleve Bowen and Darrell Mor
ris on quitars; Janice Daugh
try, Vickie Askew and Joy Tim-
berlake, soloists; Stewart La
nier and Patsey Cox, pantomim
ing parts of “My F^r Lady”;
and Sallye Spivey and Betsy Brad
ley singing folk songs.
Proceeds from the benefit per
formance will go toward expens
es of commencement and grad
uation.
Admission will be 60 cents for
adults .and 35 cents for students.
in the last two or three years.
He said that the Choanoke Area If we have it we can make this
Association was the eleventh the outstanding area in North
group to recelveaNorthCarollna Carolina.’’’
fund grant and it gaveNorthamp- in his opening remarks. Jack-
ton, Halifax, Bertie and Hertford son said, “Surely, of all areas
a head start in the EconomicOp- in North Carolina, Northampton
portunities Act program. County needs industry. However,
Cooper said that the Choanoke industry in any one of the Choa-
Development had a six - phase noke counties helps the entire
program - industrial, agricul- area economically. The jointly
tural, travel and recreation, edu- owned Tri-County Airport is an
cation, economic development asset to the whole area.”
and community development. He said that North Carolina ls
He said, “The Choanoke area not a poverty state, but “we do
has a wonderfulpotentlal.ittakes have poverty and we need to do
a lot of cooperation, a much clos- something about it.’’
er cooperation than we have had
Revival For
Baptists
Begins May 2
RICH SQUARE - Revival serv
ices will begin at the Rich
tor of Economic Opportunity Pro- square Baptist Church with the
ASCS PfiBparing-
Tobacco Figures
11:00 a.m. service on Sunday,
May 2, and continue each evening
at 8 p.m. through May 7, the
Rev. Fred King, pastor, has an
nounced.
Guest pastor for the services
will be tfie Rev. Harold White of
Raleigh, fThe Rev, Mr. White is
secretary! of Stewardship Pro
motion od the Baptist State Con- YOUNGEST BIDD^
. ---'fc yo'-n£Gcprj|.-
S children too young to attend the oldsters for Taylor Ward’s, of Conway, steer,
services. ^9% cents. The animal, weighing 880 pounds
... trr. ,
A life cK,c&sn . was
Area 4-H Fat Cattle Show at
in Rich Square.
. the lightweight class, .—
it R] ' ■
7.EMCO Pole Barn
Jackson pointed out that he was
the Economic Opportunity Co
ordinator of the Economic Op
portunity Division of the Choa
noke Area Development Associa
tion and that his assistance in
this work was limited by the reg
ulations of EOA.
The EOA program includes, in
one phase, training for youth
groups. There is a job corps for
youths 16 through 21 yearsof age
for the purpose of increasing the
employability of young men and
women. It includes work-training
and work-study programs.
An additional phase of the EOA
is the urban and rural commun
ity action programs which is
generally educational In nature,
including preschool kindergar
ten, day-care centers and adult
education. The program is com
prehensive enough that it includes
development of recreational fa
cilities, to the correction of stag
nant ditches and the building of
privies.
A third phase Is special pro
grams to combat poverty in rural
areas which includes small loans
to assist farmers, conservation
and assistance to mlrgrants.
To receive such benefits, Jack-
son said a community action pan
el, composed of county officials,
volunteer citizens and Choanoke
committeemen should write pro
posals to be presented to the
chairman of the CcoM||||tt^r M
the proposal to the chairman of
See INDUSTRY, Page 7
next month.
A two-thirds vote must ap
prove the referendum for pass
age.
Midyefte Services
Held On Saturday
Saddle Club To
Sponsor Show
JACKSON - Funeral services the past four years, Mr, Mid-
it the graveside were conducted yette gave to his important posi-
CONWAY - A horse and pony
show will be held at the North
ampton Saddle Club show grounds
on US 158 between here and Jack-
JACKSON -Every Northampton He will know how many pounds
County tobacco farmer is going of tobacco he will be permitted
to be in a position to know ex- P®!" acre, andthenumberofacres
actly what the tobacco acreage he can put in tobacco. .... ^ —
poundage referendum vote is go- Be already has the old allot- “This very well may be the fiere Saturday for Buxton Mid- tion his full measure of time and .............. _
ing to mean to him personally, ment which was set last year — most important tobacco meeting yette, 61, an attorney and chair- devotion over and beyond the son on Sunday, April 25.
before he goes to the polls, ‘he 1965allotmentundertheorig- you have ever attended,” Gov. man of the N. C. State Board of call of duty,” Loftin said. The stake money to be given
The Agricultural Stabilization inal program was mailed out to Moore warned. Law Examiners. He was a member of the Gen- totals $500, according to Mrs.
program is taking care of it. all Northampton County farmers He described the acreage - Mr. Midyette, who diedThurs- eral Statutes Commission of Kelly M. Davis, the club’s sec-
The program is this: last December. poundage measure as “good and jay, April 15, also was a mem- North Carolina from 1953 to retary.
Prior to the referendum and as The old figures will hold only needed to make the tobacco pro- ijer of the Second District More- 1959, and was a member of the
soon as the national factor has if ‘he referendum fails. If it gram more realistic.” head Scholarship Committee and Employment Security Commis-
been established, the Northamp- goes through the new figures Weaknesses inthecurrentpro- had served in various other state sion in 1948 and 1949.
ton County ASCS director, Ben will be applicable, Mann ex- gram, Moore said, are resulting offices. Midyette attended Porter Mil-
Mann, will send to each farmer plained Thursday. in ever-larger surpluses threat- The Rev. Max Evington, pas- itary Academy and the Univer-
the amount that his quota will be Meanwhile on the state andna- ening to destroy the program, for ofthe JacksonBaptistChurch, sity of North Carolina, where he
if the referendum is approved, tional front committees are being Calling upon the group for a crash conducted the services at 11 a.m. received his B.S. degree in 1924.
Mann said, “The farmers will organized to push for afavorable educational program, Moore Saturday in the Jackson Ceme- He attended Wake Forest Law
be notified on Tuesday, April 27, referendum vote. warned farmers must be made lery. School and was admitted to the
giving them an official notice of Thursday, N. C, Governor aware of the seriousness of the E. L. Loftin, president, N. C. bar in 1927.
their acreage and poundage Moore told 150 leaf - grower situation. State Bar, said the death of Mid- He was a member of the North-
quota. Soon after this date a .leaders from five states that the “If given the facts, the farm- yette “deals a severe blow to ampton County, North Carolina
county-wide meeting will be held tobacco acreage poundage con- ers will make the right decision,” the legal profession, to the courts and the American bar associa
te which all county tobacco pro- trols are “an alternative to los- he predicted, “and vote in favor to the entire State of North tions, the N. C. State Bar and
.. of the program.” Carolina. the American Trial Lawyers As-
Farmers can expect to receive ^ distinguished member sociation. »
more money for their crops un- of the Board of Law Examiners
See ASCS, Page 7 for 16 years, as chairman for
White, State Co-ordinator,
Calls Poverty County Meet
RALEIGH - James L. White, have representatives from the
State Coordinator of Economic following three groups at the
Opportunity Program, has called area meeting:
Classes will be offered for
gaited, roadster and quarter
horses and ponies.
The show will start at 2:00
p.m. Admission will be charged.
County WMU
Plans Meeting
ducers will be invited and full ing the entire tobacco program.”
detail of the program will be ex- The group met to make plans
plained in order that every farm- for a favorable vote in therefer-
er can vote intelligently.” endum expected to be held early
progress IN ACTION—Walls fall in the foreground and walls
rise in the background and the new post office building begins o
take shape in Rich Square. The old Kate Stephenson house is
torn down to make way for needed space to complete the
new building which was begun in late November. The one-story |
building will contain approximately 5,300 square feet at a cost of |
$95,893.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Frances Saunders Midyette; one
daughter, Margaret Midyette of
Lynchburg, Va.; one son, Saun
ders Midyette of Philadelphia,
Pa.; one sister, Mrs. Mildred
Turner of Winston-Salem; two
brothers, Garland and Thomas
Midyette, both of Raleigh; one
grandchild.
Memorial gifts may be made
to Pine Forest Rest Home at
Potecasi.
3 Nominees
Withdraw
RICH SQUARE - Three of the
thirteen nominees nominated for
the five-member board of town
commissioners have withdrawn
their names for the May 4 elec
tion.
They are Ralph Thompson, Jr.,
C. J. Freeman and William B.
Ivey.
Nominees whose names will
appear on the ballot are Cola
Ashe, Howard Norville, Julian
Edwards, Jimmy Out land,
Charles Warmack, Joe Gordon
and incumbents Joseph Cole, Eu
gene Emory, Bill Williford, and
Mrs. W. L. Mason.
At the April 8 meeting for nom
inations Vernon E. Taylor and
Charles E. Myers were nominat
ed to run for mayor. Taylor is
currently serving his second
term as mayor.
Weather Wuz 1
Short Sleeve Weather
POTECASI - The annual coun
ty meeting of Woman’s Mission
ary Union will be held in the Pot
ecasi Baptist Church, Thursday,
April 29, at 10:00 a.m. accord
ing to an announcement by Mrs.
Maggie Bridgers, president.
The program will be present
ed by students from Northampton
County High School.
a series ofmeetings involving the
16 North Carolina counties eli
gible to apply for 100 per cent
aid under the Economic Oppor
tunity Act.
Representatives from North
ampton County are urged to at
tend a meeting in the Fellowship
Hall, Memorial Baptist Church,
in Williamston, April 30 from
9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
“The purpose of the meeting,”
said White, “is to assure you
that my st^f and I stand ready
to assist you and other officials
in your county to develop a strong
community action program to
help improve conditions in your
area.”
The chairman of the county
commissioners,and the chairman
of the community action commit
tee are requested to take leader
ship in seeing that their county
well represented at the area
meeting.
Every county should strive to
Public Officials (commission
ers, mayors, city and county
managers);
Public and private agencies
(health, welfare, education, agri
cultural, extension, employment,
recreation, etc.; civic and re
ligious groups);
Groups to be served (repre
sentatives of the poor).
If any one is planning to at
tend the meeting, please contact
the chairman of the county com
missioners or the chairman of
the community action committee.
April Is
Cancer Month
Give!
ed by students from Northampton meeting. '
County High School. Every county should strive to ' —
Conway Couple C
5-Year Probation
JACKSON - In Recorder’s bought a pint of taxpaid whiskey once each Sunday f(
JACKSON - In Recorder’s
Court Wednesday Judge Ballard
Gay placed a Conway couple on
five-year probation periods each
after being found guilty to charg
es of possession of taxpaid whis
key for sale and for the selling
of taxpaid whiskey.
Mrs. Dorothy Bridgers was
tried by jury Wednesday morn
ing and found guilty on two charg
es with two counts each of the
possession of taxpaid whiskey
for sale and for the selling ofthe
taxpaid whiskey. She was sen
tenced to 12 months in the Wom
an’s Prison in Raleigh, suspend
ed on payment of court costs and
placed on five years probation.
Bill Bridgers was tried on
Wednesday afternoon and found
guilty on four charges with two
counts each on the same offense.
He was sentenced to two years
on the roads, suspended on pay
ment of court costs and five
years probation.
L. 0. Gardner of Garner, an
ABC official, testified that, on
assignment by theNorth Carolina
Alcohol Board of Control and
Sheriff E. Frank Outland, he
bought a pint of taxpaid whiskey
on two occasions from Mrs.
Bridgers and on four occasions
from Bill Bridgers between the
dates of December 12, 1964 and
January 29, 1965.
The juries on both trials
brought in a unanimous verdict
of “guilty.” On each occasion
the jury was polled only to find
that the guilty verdict would
stand.
Judge Gay challenged both Mr.
and Mrs. Bridgers to "straighten
yourselves out” and to justify his
decision to place them on proba
tion. He said that he will have
done a just service if they take
advantage of the opportunity giv
en them.
Probation requires that they
consent in writing to their place
being searched at 'any time by
qualified law enforcement offi
cers; that Bridgers be gainfully
employed at all time and that
Mrs. Bridgers be gainfully em
ployed in the duties of her home;
that they not break any state or
federal laws and that they attend
church with their family at least
once each Sunday for the next
five years.
Mr. and Mrs. Bridgers have
three daughters, Dana, 16, Susie,
12, and Dorothy, 9.
Floyd Price
Files For
Mayor Post
JACKSON - Floyd W. Price,
manager of Leggett’s store here,
has filed to run for mayor in the
town’s May 4 election. Austin
Lewis, nominated to run for the
office has withdrawn his name.
Incumbent commissioners who
have filed are W. P. Morris and
J. S. Cocke.
J. M. Beasley has filed to run
on the ticket for commissioner.
James W. Boone was nominated
but had not filed on Tuesday.
The deadline for the filing
period is Friday, April 23.