Dismissed!
Federal Judge Throws
Rights Suit Against R-C
Out Civil
Hospital
ELIZABETH CITY _ The fed
eral suit charging the Roanoke-
Chowan Hospital in Ahoskie with
racial discrimination has been
dismissed in the United States
Court.
Filed last April 27 in the U.S.
District Court in the Eastern
District of North Carolina in
Elizabeth City by Douglas Hall,
minor, of Ahoskie by his father
and next best friend, George Hall,
and John L. Scott, Negroes, the
suit sought an injunction in a
four-count recital of grievances
in violation of the plaintiffs’
Civil Rights.
Dismissal with prejudice,
which prevents refiling of the
suit, was handed downSeptember
10 by Judge John D. Larkins, Jr.
However, the civil action in
the U.S. Court has delayed the
big hospital expansion project to
the place that Hospital Adminis
trator John Blanton admitted
Thursday that "unless everything
falls in line” in connection with
the project, "we will be lucky if
we are able to turn ground in
1966.”
Plans call for the first unit
of a three-unit expansion over
a 15 year period, tobecompleted
by 1969, which will mean the
project will have to get under
way in 1966 according to archi
tects.
The cost of the three-story
first unit initially was set at
$960,000 but suggested changes
and cost increase have added
another $122,000 to put the proj
ect well beyond a million dol
lars.
Hill-Burton funds from the
federal government are being
sought to provide 55 per cent of
the cost with the remainder to
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be raised by the community.
Recently announcement was
made of approval of government
money for several North Caro
lina hospitals whose projects
were inaugurated after that of
the Roanoke-Chowan Hospital.
Blanton said Thursday that
"we have been overlooked” with
the indication this resulted from
intrusion of the action for a fed
eral injunction last April.
He expressed the hope the
dismissal of the suit will result
in expediting granting of the nec
essary federal money.
The first project will add 64
beds to 110 bed hospital but the
hospital will lose 32 of the pres
ent beds, to give the institution
a 140 bed status.
The second project which will
see three stories added on top
of the first three will bring the
bed count to 200 and the third
unit to go on top of the second
unit to give the hospital a nine-
story structure will bringthebed
count to 270 - all in private
rooms.
The section ofthe hospital cur
rently in use will be converted
to service facilities.
Federal Judge Larkin’s de
cision on the civil rights suit
reads:
Douglas Hall, a minor, by his
father and next friend, George
Hall; George Hall, individual
ly, and John L. Scott.
Plaintiffs
vs.
The Roanoke - Chowan Hospi
tal, a body corporate; John
C. Blanton, Administrator of
the Roanoke-Chowan Hospi
tal: and E. P. Brown, Sr.,
President of the Board of
Trustees of the Roanoke-Cho
wan Hospital,
Defendants
JUDGMENT
This action having been
filed by Negro plaintiffs on
April 27, 1965 seeking an in
junction restraining defend
ants from denying, abridging,
conditioning, or limiting the
full use and enjoyment of the
facilities and services of the
Roanoke-Chowan Hospital on
account of race or color, and
counsel for all parties having
conferred and reviewed the
issues of law and fact consent
to the following judgment:
(1) That the Board of Trus
tees of the Roanoke-Chowan
Hospital, a body corporate,
has declared that the policy
and practice of the Roanoke-
Chowan Hospital is that all
admissions of all patients,
without regard to race or col
or, to the hospital, are
through applications from the
medical staff (none of whom
are employees of the hospi
tal) for their individual pa
tients. and all room assign
ments are made by the hospi
tal in keeping with medical,
surgical, treatment, and nurs
ing needs and requiremenls
of the patients, and in keep
ing with available rooms, and
that affirmative actions have
been taken by the Board of
Trustees, the Director of the
hospital, and the medical
staff, to the end that these
policies and practices have
been carried out so that the
services and facilities of the
hospital are and will continue
to be available to all patients,
eligible for admission, with
out regard to race or color
and without racial distinc
tions;
(2) That food services and
eating facilities, both for pa
tients and staff, are main
tained and will continue to be
maintained and operated with
out racial distinction or seg
regation;
(3) That the nurses’ home
and all other facilities for
staff and employees are main
tained and operated without
racial distinction or
tion.
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(4) That this action as to
the defendants John C. Blan
ton, Administrator of the Roa
noke - Chowan Hospital, and
E. P. Brown, Sr., President
of the Board of Trustees of
the Roanoke - Chowan Hospi
tal, be and the same is here
by dismissed with prejudice.
(5) This judgment shall be
interlocutory for the period
ending on the 1st day of Janu
ary, 1966, and shall thereafter
be final unless during said
interim further proceedings,
on motion for modification
thereof, for good cause shown,
shall be pending as of said
date.
(6) That the defendants pay
the cost incurred herein, in
the sum of $40.32.
This the 7th day of Septem
ber, 1965.
/s/ John D. Larkins, Jr.
Judge,
CONSENTED TO;
/s/ John H. Hall
/s/ J. A. Pritchett
Pritchett & Cooke
Attorneys for Defendants
/s/ Conrad 0. Pearson
/s/ J. LeVonne Chambers
Attorneys for Plaintiffs
Tractor Winners
Defend Titles
October 11-19
RALEIGH - District winners
in the 4-H tractor driving con
tests are once again getting set
to defend their titles at North
Carolina State Fair this year
when it opens for its annual run
October 11-16.
Norman Cox, Route 1, Four
Oaks; Eugene Blackwell, Route
4, Oxford; Larry Howell, Route
1, Como were first, second and
third place winners in the north
eastern district contest. They are
looking forward to competingwlth
the winners from each of the
state’s five other 4-H districts,
with an eye on the championship.
The big contest has been set
for Friday, October 15, at 10
a,m. in the State Fair Arena.
Winners will receive cash prizes
and trophies. Total prize money
is $150.
TThe standard obstacle course
will be used, according to J. C.
Ferguson, contest director, but
will be limited to two-wheel driv
ing events only. Entrants will be
required to wear standard 4-H
uniforms. Helmets and "Tractor
Contest” T-shirts will be fur
nished by State Fair.
Begin History
Class WUNC-TV
GREENSBORO ~ Dr. Richard
Bardolph, head of the history de
partment at the University of
North Carolina at Greensboro is
offering a credit course over
WUNC-TV on "Social History of
the U.S. to 1865,” which began
September 23.
The course, televised from the
UNC-G studio from 9:30 to 10:15
p.m, on Tuesdays and Thursdays
will carry two semester hours
graduate or advanced undergrad
uate credit.
Dr. Bardolph will discuss early
American life, with special atten
tion to the changing religious,
intellectual, aesthetic, literary,
social and economic currents,
and their influence upon the shap
ing of American traditions.
Registration may be complet
ed by mail or in person through
the extension division of UNC-G.
Teachers in the Tidewater sec
tion may see the course over
Channel 2.
Baptist Women
Meet Sept. 29
WINDSOR - The Woman's
Home and Foreign Missionary
Union of the West Roanoke As
sociation will sponsor Annual
Woman’s Night, Wednesday,Sep
tember 29 at 8 o’clock at Mt.
Araat Baptist Church near Wind
sor.
Featured numbers will include
a dramatization of the theme;
"Sharing the Light,” and special
music by an outstanding musical;
group. An invitation is extended
to the ministers of the West Roa
noke Association, and the public
Is cordially invited.
UTTER WAKMyC
NEW YORK lUPD—Skaters
beware' Don’t litter the skating
pond. Paper, candy wrappers
and larger items of litter care
lessly tossed on the ice can
easily trip skaters with result
ant personal injuries, warns
Keep America Beautiful.
‘"This is a case where every
litter bit really hurts,” ex
plained the national anti-litter
organization. Clearly marked
litter receptacles are urged for
every community skating pond
and rink.
RENT WITH A WANT AD-
Peace Corps
To Test On
October 9
WASHINGTON, D. C. - An op-
i portunity for Roanoke - Chowan
irea residents to offer their abil-
■ itles to the Peace Corps will
come at 9 a.m,, Saturday, Octo
ber 9, at the Post Office buildings
at Elizabeth City, Greensboro
and Rocky Mount.
The opportunity is the Peace
Corps Placement Test, which is
not passed or failed and you can’t
study for it. It measures general
aptitude and the ability to learn
a language. If, for example, test
scores indicate limited language
acquiring ability, the Peace
Corps tries to place the appli
cant in an English-speaking area.
The test is used by the Peace
Corps only as a tool In the
matching of volunteers and Jobs,
Foundation
Is Expanding
Its Progrom
CHAPEL HILL - Trustees of
the Morehead Foundation at the
University ofNorthCarolinahere
have announced expansion of the
Morehead Program in North Ca
rolina high schools and prepara
tory schools.
Three new districts have been
added. Previously, the state was
divided into seven districts. The
state is now divided into 10 dis
tricts. This expansion program
will send 60 award nominees to
the Central Committee in Chapel
Hill instead of 42.
John Motley Morehead, found
er of the Morehead Foundation,
made this expansion possible
when he left the major part of
his estate to the Foundation.
Chairman of the Morehead Se
lection Committee in the first
district is Thomas J. Pearsall
of Rocky Mount.
The First District counties
with their chairmen are: Bertie,
Jack H. Goldstein, Windsor;
Gates, Dr. L. C. Hand, Gates-
ville; Hertford, Ralph L. Bas-
night, Ahoskie; and Northamp
ton, Eric Norfleet, Jackson.
Nominations for Morehead
Awards are to be made to the
county committees by the individ
ual schools by October 15. Dis
trict interviews will be held in
January and the final awards
made on March 1, 1966.
“YOUR HOME NEWSPAPER”
The Peace Corps application is
the most important indicator of
suitability for PeaceCorps serv
ice. It must be filled out and
brought to the exam unless pre
viously submitted.
Applicants should plan on about
one and a half hours at the test
ing centers, unless they wish to
take the Spanish or French lan
guage achievement test, which
requires an additional hour.
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Wed., Oct. 6th
SCHOOL
CHILDREN'S DAY
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TOBACCO GRADING
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DISTRICT FAIR
CONTEST—12:30 P.M.
OTHER ATTRACTIONS
DAILY, INCLUDING
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OCT. 6th thru 8th
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So I’m a gourmet!’
George is proud of his truck-driving skill,
but he's more apt to brag about his tossed
salad. Good eating is one joy of living that
he and countless other wage earners now
share with well-to-do gourmets.
Why are we eating better—often paying
less? Scientific farming and low-cost elec
tricity, brought to farmers Ijy 1,000 locally-
owned electric systems financed by Rura
Electrification Administration loans, hav
revolutionized food production.
Visit a modern dairy farm for proof if
more a factory than a farm. .See how on
farm worker with the help of an electri
milker milks 40 more cows than he could by
hand. No wonder, milk costs little more
than it did ten years ago. Watch frothy,
white rivers of milk speed from cow to
cooler in a sanitary, sealeI-glass pipeline
that safeguards its good taste and health
ful purity.
Thi.s mechanized food production is one
of the reasons jiresent rural jiower needs
will douliie by lOfiH. Rural electrics, who
help Americans to eat better than kings
and iueens of old, point to a per
fect repayment record of principal plus in
terest as a qualification for additional HEA
loans to meet these growing needs.
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