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THE ROANOKE-CHOWAN TIMES — Established 1892
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THE NORTHAMPTON COUNTY NEWS — Established 1926
Volume LXXrV, No. 27
Rich Square and Jackson. N. C., Thursday, July 22, 1965
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Roanoke Rapids Hospital Seeks
Part Of Northampton In District
ROANOKE RAPIDS - The Ro
anoke Rapids Hospital’s Board of
Trustees approved actions that
were intended to lay the ground
work for the proposed $3 million
expansion program.
Meeting here last night, they
approved two courses of action
cojjterning the program to in
crease the hospital’s capacity
to 170 beds. At present, the ca
pacity is 117.
Trustees directed A. E, Akers
and his Long-Range Study Com
mittee to proceed with contacting
county commissioner boards in
Halifax and Northampton coun
ties to determine their feelings
on setting up a hospital district
encompassing a majority of both
counties.
Previous requests to form a
district with Northampton County
had not been approved due to re
sistance in the county. Two rea
sons have usually been given for
this attitude: that the county
would lose its rights to federal
matching funds to form Its own
hospital and the association of
most of the eastern part of the
county with the Roanoke-Chowan
Hospital in Ahoskie.
There have been other sug
gestions that the county be split
based on hospital admissions for
the past five years so that federal
funds available could be used by
both hospitals in forming dis
tricts.
If such a district is set up, it
would then be possible for the
district, through the two boards,
to call for a bond issue in each
county to finance the expansion
work and the yearly maintenance
required. The elections would
be concurrent, so one county
would not be influenced by the
vote In the other.
The district would include only
those townships in the two coun
ties considered within the hos
pital radius. Such a district al
ready is in Scotland Neck and
is tax-supported bythose who re
side in that area.
If a bond issue is called, it
would be for the $1,500,000 need
ed here to match that amount of
federal capital outlay funds. The
bonds would be repayable over a
20 year period.
In 1959, a district hospital
election was held to levy special
tax to liquidate $65,000 in open
account deficits. That was held
only in Halifax County and was
defeated 2,417 to 1.403. There
never has been a capital outlay
election for the hospital.
Board members at the same
time last night expressed a de
sire to keep the hospital at the
same site, rather than move to a
new site as suggested by the
Medical Care Commission. It
was determined a new site would
bring additional cost for land
plus be abandoning the $700,000
wing constructed in 1955.
In other business, the Trus
tees:
(1) Approved a recommenda
tion from the Finance Committee
to adjust hospital employees sal
aries, effective August 1, for a
total cost annually of $24,080.
(2) Approved a recommenda
tion that vacation time now be
seven working days for one year’s
employment and 12 working days
for five or more years. The only
change from the existlngperson-
nel policy was from calendar days
(8 and 14) to working days; the
time is the same.
(3) Heard a report from Ad
ministrator Spotswood Bow
ers that the desegregation poli
cies adopted by the board, at
the Health, Welfare and Educa-
(See HOSPITAL, Page 3)
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R-C Area Nets 11 Million
NC Tourist Business Passes
Billion Dollar 1964 Total
LIKE 42ND AND BROADWAY—If you stick around long enough,
you are likely to meet everyone you know at the Tuscarora Beach
where the swimming is great, there are speed'-'.^s and water
and shallow water for the tiny tots. The jbw the
the ^ crowatd
. • ' feminine sex in this picture can be explained by the fact they
Jackson P.O. Contract Let
WASHINGTON, D. C. - Post- Department,
master General John A. Gro- The announcement oftheaward
nouski has announced that a con- to the successful bidder advances
tract has been awarded to Wade the newbuildingclosertothecon-
Davis, Jamestown, N. C., tobuild struction stage. When fully op-
the new post office in Jackson, erational, the Postmaster Gen-
and lease it to the Post Office eral said, the additional space
Planning Board Sets
Organizational Meet
were either sunbathing or out on the river in the many speedboats
which were cruising up and down the Chowan with and without
skiers. It was one mighty enjoyable way to keep cool. Standing
at left, Jesse Hoggard, David Joyner Steve Joyner and Dennis
RALEIGH — The tourist industry inNorth
Carolina during 1964 reached the billion
dollar mark, according to the seventh an
nual survey of the state’s travel industry.
The report, compiled by Dr. LewlsCope-
land of the University of Tennessee, reveals
that total receipts from firms engaged in
serving and transporting travelers were
$1.1 billion, up nine per cent from the $938
million in 1963.
s Travel, the state’s third largest indus
try, is growing faster than the growth of
all retail businesses in North Carolina,
according to the survey.
The report brea.ks the over-all figure
in •■'in,,- MisJ; f-'A bHU^.v'y
GASTON - An organizational
meeting for the Lake Gaston Re
gional Planning Commission will
be held Thursday (tonight) on the
lake.
Marvin Newsom of Littleton,
temporary chairman for the plan
ning group, said the meeting will
be held at 7 p.m. at Tom Tuck
er’s Park and Marina. It will be
a supper meeting.
Newsom said the organization
al meeting is one which is an out
growth of an April 29 meeting
between the county commission
ers and planning board members
of Halifax, Northampton andWar-
ren counties on the planning and
development of the Lake Gaston
Area.
He said at the meeting it was
determined a joint effort by the
three counties would be more ef
fective than individual county ef
forts.
Newsom said those who plan to
attend the meeting can go on a boat
tour of the Lake if they meet
him at 6 p.m. at Tucker’s land
ing.
Invited to attend from North
ampton County are Melvin
Holmes, county manager; Com
missioners J. Guy Revelle, John
E. Boone, John Henry Liver-
man, Horace Guthrie and David
Gay; and members of the Plan
ning Board, V. E. Taylor, H. R.
Harris, Macon Woodard, R. A.
Chappell, Mrs. E. J. Burgess
and Guthrie.
Woodland Adopts Budget
Of $37,952 For 1965-66
WOODLAND - The Woodland
Town Board on Fridaynight, July
9, adopted a town budget of $37,-
952 for the year and maintained
the tax rate at $1.50 per $100
valuation.
The town anticipates $16,527.-
24 in revenue from generaJ tax
es; $16,500 from water and sew
er; $1,500 from miscellaneous;
and $3,424.76 from the Powell
Bill.
Expenses are estimated as:
bonds, principal and interest,
$7,460; lights and power, $2,500;
administrative, $2,.500; water op
eration and maintenance, $8,500;
fire department, $2,800; general
town maintenance, $3,600; police
department, $2,000; streets, $5,-
000; truck operation, $1,000; and
miscellaneous, $2,592.
In other business the board:
Approved repairstoTownHall.
Were presented an easement
from property owners for
straightening drainage ditch back
of stores.
Requested new street light for
Magnolia Street.
Granted request for purchase
of masks for Fire Department.
Instructed Commissioner E. R.
Powell to continue seeking a
maintenance supervisor-police
man.
Decided to investigate matter
of surfacing Pinetop Street.
Heard Commissioner Robert
Littrell report street surfacing
completed and road machine has
been purchased, and transmis
sion for old road machine Is
purchased.
Heard report from Commis
sioner W. G. Wells, Jr., that
painting of water tank will be
started.
Decided to study deed and map
for clarification of property line
needed to erect fence around
pump house lot on Oak Street,
Decided poor drainage on pri
vate property was not town’s re
sponsibility, but that of individ
ual property owners.
and more modern equipment will,
in the long run, more than offset
the extra cost involved in produc
ing more efficient handling of the
mall, in accord with President
Johnson's directive to provide
the best possible postal service at
the least possible cost.
“This project is in accordance
with our policy of building new
post offices only where they are
urgently needed,” Mr. Gronouski
said. “We are constantly re-as
sessing our construction pro
gram to determinewhetherpres-
ent buildings can be altered or
remodeled to take care of our ex
panding mall volume.
“We now have about 45,000
postal locations throughout the
country handling an anticipated
volume of 72.2 billion pieces of
mail for the 1964-65 fiscal year.
By 1970 it is expected to rise to
90 billion.
“Our employees are doing a
great job of processing the mail.
But it is clear that if we are to
meet the demands of our growing
population we must make use of
the best mechanized equipment
available in areas where It is
economically justified.”
The new structure will con
tribute materially to the efforts
being made by Jackson, in co
operation with the new Federal
Area Redevelopment Adminis
tration, to revitalize the local
economy and help provide per
manent new job opportunities, the
Postmaster General pointed out.
New employment will be pro
vided during the construction
phase, he said, and the com
pleted building will help commu
nity efforts to sell Jackson as a
good place for business to grow.
This cooperation between the
Post Office Department and ARA,
Mr. Gronouski said, is designed
to implement President John
son’s broad program of Federal
assistance to areas of chronic
unemployment and underemploy
ment.
“We ar« also constantly seek
ing to develop new ideas and new
postal techniques, such as ZIP
Code, to help process the mall
more efficiently and economical
ly.”
The new building on the East
side of Atherton Street, north of
Main Street, will represent an
estimated total Investment of
$41,150 by the successful bidder.
It \^11 be leased to the Depart
ment for 10 years, with four five-
year renewal options, at an an
nual rental of $3,900 for the basis
term.
This represents the lowest re
sponsive bid of 10 received by
(See CONTRACT. Page 5)
Big Catch
EMERALD ISLE - Sue Ellen
Garrlss of Jackson caught the
largest sea mullet of the season
off the Emerald Isle Pier on
Bougue Sound, Miss Garrlss' fish
weighed one pound and six ounces;
the previous record catch was
one pound three pounces.
Miss Garriss and her father,
Garland R. Garriss, are spend
ing the month of July at Emerald
Isle.
Librarian Hurt
JACKSON — Mrs. Nancy M.
Froelich, county librarian, was
injured in the library here on
Wednesday, July 14. She stepped
in an opening in the floor that
was left uncovered by a worker.
Thirty stitches were required
to close a cut on her leg. She was
treated at Roanoke Rapids Hos
pital and released and is recu
perating at her home here.
Mrs. Lillian Pearce, library
assistant, is in charge of the
library in Mrs. Froelich’s ab
sence.
Homecoming
Services Set
GASTON - Annual Homecoming
Day will be observed at Spring
Methodist ChurchonSunday.This
will also mark the beginning of
a week of revival services.
The Rev. Vance Lewis, pas
tor, will conduct the homecoming
service at 11:15 a.m. Dinner will
be served at noon followed by
an afternoon service.
The Rev. J, Thomas Smith,
pastor of Tator and Hawkins
Chapel Churches In Halifax Coun
ty, will be guest minister at serv
ices beginning Sunday afternoon
and continuing each night at 7:30
through Friday, July 30.
Special music under the direc
tion of Mrs. James N. Massey
will be a feature at each service.
All former ministers, former
members and friends of the
church are invited to attend the |
services.
Ruritans Hear
Rep. Woodard
CONWAY — The Conway Rurl-
tan Club met in the Woman’s
Club building Monday night.
The Woman’s Club members
served the dinner.
Raynor Woodard, representa
tive to the General Assembly,
was the speaker of the evening.
Thirty members were present.
■ dtlrar^ Out-S-sfate and' iii-sc?re crav’^
elers spent $512 million last year. Of the
travelers, 29 million were non-residents
who spent $315 million and traveled more
than five billion passenger miles on high
ways, railways and airways. Travelers
were served by 19,890 businesses, which
is 17 per cent of the 118,300 active busi
ness firms in the state. Approximately
90,550 persons in the state earn their living
by serving tourists, according to the sur
vey. Travel-related firms paid out $346
million in personal Income to employees
last year, approximately one-third of their
receipts. Each $12,000 in total sales cre
ates another job for someone in the state,
reveals the report. The state coll6cted$170
million in gasoline and other taxes from
travelers last year, which Is 28 per cent
of all state revenue. Local governments
gained an additional $14 million fromprop-
erty and other business taxes. State taxes
on tourist purchases were approximately
Total sales and receipts of firms engag
ed in serving travelers in the four counties
ran slightly higher than travel expendi
tures. Bertie received $2,657,000; Gates,
$814,000; Hertford, $4,041,000; Northamp
ton, $3,670,000. These figures Include lodg
ing, eating, recreation and auto services.
Bertie County employed 196 people in 63
firms engaged In travel services; Gates,
49 people in 18 firms; Hertford, 253 people
in 83 firms; Northampton, 224 people in 82
firms.
The report also reveals the highway and
other traffic facilities in North Carolina
counties. Bertie has a total of 104 miles of
rural primary highways with 3.6 miles of
What did this mean to the Roanoke-Cho
wan area?
In travel expenditures by all travelers
Bertie County received $1,027,000; Gates
County, $241,000; Hertford County, $2,000,-
000; Northampton County, $1,108,000.
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aircitjl; oolfes, nuiej 0i . Uiai-pi4ni«ivj'
highways with no four-lane highways; Hert
ford, 79 miles of nral primary highways,
no four-lane highways and six active civil
aircraft; Northampton, 127 miles of rural
primary highways, no four-lane highways
and three active civil aircraft.
Hospital Remodels
To Meet HEW Rules
AHOSKIE - Physical changes
to Ahoskie’s Roanoke-Chowan
Hospital necessitated to meet
compliance with the Civil Rights
Act is costing around $2,500
Hospital Administrator John
Blanton said Monday. All are of
a temporary measure.
A building permit has been
secured for a $600 enlargement
to the hospital dining room
requiring enclosure of an alcove
which will increase seating ca
pacity from 40 to 60.
What had been used as a wait
ing room at the end of first
floor south wing, formerly occu
pied by Negro ward patients, has
been remodeled and is being
used as a classroom by the
school of nursing.
An outside entrance to the
wing has been converted to an
exit only and cannot be used
to enter the hospital.
All this will become obsolete.
however, Blanton said, when the
proposed $900,000 hospital ex
pansion calling for a new build
ing, is completed.
Construction is expected to
get under way next year.
The HEW compliance and the
pending federal court case were
discussed at a meeting of the
Hospital’s Board of Directors
with legal counsel Thursday
at noon, when the suit filed by
the Health, Education and Wel
fare department of the govern
ment charging non-compliance
was studied.
A U. S. Marshal served Ad
ministrator Blanton with the fed
eral complaint late May 8 with
the suit charging that the hos
pital had failed to comply with
the Civil Rights Act so that
Negro Plaintiffs Douglas Hall,
16, and his father, George Hall,
and John L. Scott, minister, all
of Ahoskie, were “threatened
with Irreparable injury.” They
seek hospital compliance plus
counsel fees for their attorneys,
Conrad O. Pearson of Durham,
J. LeVonne Chambers of Char
lotte, and Jack Greenberg and
Michael Meltsner of New York
City.
Roanoke-Chowan Hospital has
integrated all ward rooms and
ail two-bed rooms as required
by the HEW.
It also has Integrated all other
facilities, according to the re
port made to the HEW when rep
resentatives visited the hospital
for an inspection recently, Blan
ton indicated.
Hospital legal council and a
board representative will meet
with the Plaintiff’s Council
Chambers within the next few
days to discuss the charges, it
was said.
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Legion Post
Installs
New Officers
JACKSON — Melvin Holmes
was Installed last week as com
mander of American Legion Post
III.
He succeeds George Shoulars
of Rich Square.
Reese Bullock of Seaboard was
named adjutant and M. R. Conner
of Rich Square was named first
vice commander.
The officers will serve a one-
year term.
Jaycees Hear
District
Vice Prexy
RICH SQUARE - The vice
president of the first district
of Jaycees, Jack Habit, was guest
speaker at the July 13 meeting
of the Rich Square Jaycees. He
spoke on the national convention
held in Buffaloe, N. Y.
Special guests at the dinner
meeting were seven members
and the president, Sammy Cox,
of the Edenton Jaycees.
Presiding at the meeting was
Raiiord Futrell, president. He
named the following committee
chairmen: Billy Ivey, visitation;
Howard Norvllle and Lonnie
Best, trash cans; Pete Clark
and Claxton Autry, famllypicnic;
Joe Flythe, membership.
It was decided to hold the
annual family picnic In August,
time and place to be decided
later.
The next meeting of the Jay
cees will be on July 27 at 7:30
p.m. at Charles E. Myers Com
munity Building.
CLASSROOM ADDED — Roanoke-Chowan Hos
pital got another classroom for the nurses with
certain remodeling just completed and here,
from left. Mary Ann Cowan—as patient—and
Mrs. Betty Walker, at right, both registered
nurses and hospital instructors in the school of
nursing, show Earnesteen Weaver, nurses aid,
how to make up a bed with a patient in the bed.
I Chuckle
THE REASON
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