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FOR SALE—One large, used good Siegler Heater. See Mr». J. J. Parker, Murfreesboro, or Phone 396-4575. Hap 11-17 Mrs. Parker’s want ad ran in two issues and was canceled because the heater was sold. You get fast results when you use “Your Home Newspaper” classifieds. THE "-STr- TIMES-NEWS A Combination of THE ROANOKE-CHOWAN TIMES — EstabUshed 1892 ☆ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ THE NORTHAMPTON COUNTY NEWS — Established 1926 Volume LXXV, No. 45 Rich Square and Jackson, N. C„ Thursday, November 10, 1966 SPACES Northampton County Voters Stay With Democrats By More Than 2 To 1 Margin J. Raynor Woodard Raynor Woodard Named To State Highway Job SOLICITCR W. Ho So Burgwyn Jr. STATE SENATE J. J. Harrington George M. Wood HOUSE OF RETRESHfrATIVES Emmett W. Burden Roberts H. Jcrnigan John R, Moore, Jr. CLERK SUPERIOR COURT R. Jennings White SHERIFF E. Frank Outland JUDGE RECCRDERS COIRT Ballard S. Gay SOLICITCR RECCRDERS COIRT J. Buxton Weaver 1ST DISTRICT COUNTY COMMISSIONER CONWAY - John Raynor Wood ard of Conway, a veteran state legislator, has been chosen by Chairman Joe Hunt of the State Highway Commission to serve as the commission’s new personnel officer, Woodard succeeds Withers Davis, who resigned last Tues day because of ill health. The se lection of Woodard represents a change in the nature of the personnel ixjsition - considered non-political while Davis held it. Woodard, 60, was a strong supporter of Governor Moore in the 1964 gubernatorial cam paigns. A businessman, farmer and merchant, he served as state representative from Northamp- tOT) .«T4 f'-’-n-js '"'f General Assembly from 1949 to 1965, and chose not to run again this year. The new personnel officer’s salary has not been set, but hi^- way spokesmen said Friday he will earn as much or more than Davis, whose annual salary was approximately $14,500. Cloyce Alford, assistant per sonnel officer, is serving as act ing head of the personnel division until Woodard takes office No vember 15. Native of Pendleton Woodard, a Pendleton native, is a former member oftheNorth- ampton Board of County Com missioners, County Board of Ed ucation and board of trustees of Chowan C olle ge at Murfrees boro. During his legislative career he served as chairman of vari ous committees in the House of Representatives, including agri- health, an:’, conservaticii and development and wildlife re sources. He is married to the former Bernice Norris. The Woodards have two sons, John Raynor Jr. and James Anderson Woodard. John H. Liverraan DISTRICT COUNTY CCHMISSIONER J. Guy Revelle 3RD DISTRICT COUNTY COMMISSIONER Jasper Eley liTH DISTRICT COUNTY COMMISSIGNER 5TH DISTRICT COlWTY COMMISSIONER H. C. 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Only four races had Re publican candidates and in the closest race between 1st District Congressman Walter Jones and Republican John East, Jones poll ed 2,764 to East's 1,199 for 70% to 3C% margin. Veteran United States Senator B. Everett Jordan turned back a challenge by Republican John Shallcross by a vote of 3,013 to 823. Justice Joe Branch was re elected to the State Supreme Court over Hugh Montelth by a vote of 2,934 to 710. In the only local contest for two House seats from the Sixth District of the state legislature in the three county district com posed of Northampton, Bertie and Hertford Counties, Roberts H. Jernlgan Jr. from Ahoskie and Emmett Burden of Aulander easily topped Republican John R. Moore Jr. of Powellsvllle with a count of 3,302 and 3,299 to407. District SoUcltor W. H. S. Bur gwyn of the 3rd district led the entire slate with a total of 3,450. He had no opposition. All other Democratic county office seekers were elected wiUi their office and vote count shown: Clerk of Superior Court, R. Jen nings White, 3,411; Sheriff E. Frank Outland, 3,380; Judge of Recorder’s Court, B a Hard S, Gay, 3,405; Solicitor J. Buxton Weaver, 3,350; Commissioners John H. Llverman Jr., 3,362, J. Guy Revelle, 3,369; David E. Gay, 3,346, H. C. Guthrie, 3,334, all re-elected and Jasper Eley, 3,306, elected to replace John E. Boone vJio did not run for re-election. Constables elected were Kir by, G. O. Burgess, 803; Wlcca- canee, J. Clyde Britton, 338; Roanoke, Andrew J. Duke, 262; Gaston, H. L. Martin, 323; Pleas ant Hill, Thomas W. Grigg, 88; Rich Square, Raymonds. Branch, 616; Seaboard, James T, Long, 360. Strong support lor congres sional candidate John East didnot come up to the expectedlevel.H6 had campaigned against Jones on a ticket calling lor a vote against President Johnson. Joneshadap parently recorded a strong enough independent record in the six months he served In Congress to offset any reaction to LBJ. East had implied that LBJ and Martin Luther King were out to see that he did not get elected. County Board Of Education Plans Use Of $704,392.61 State Bond Funds JACKSON - The Northampton conversion of the present dining School, the rewiring of or Im- Conway School, and adminlstra- County Board of Education at its room to a library, the use of proving the wiring in five school tive offices of the County Board Monday meeting adopted and ap- the present library as space to buildings, an auditorium at the of Education, proved the submission of its long- enlarge the administrative of- Willis Hare School,amusicroom Mrs. Mildred McGee was ap- range plans for school Improve- Aces and guidance department and auditorium at the Gumberry proved as attendance counselor ment to the State Board of Edu- and the construction of a new High School, an addition at the The contract of Joseph b' cation. dining room adjoiningthe present Gaston School to replace the old Vaughan to teach at the North- Under the plan the Board pro- kitchen on the end opposite from elementary building at this ampton School and the contract poses that the $794,392.61, which where the present dining room is school, a new lunchroom at the (See FUNDS Page 6) is the county’s part of the “State located. ’ of North Carolina Public School At the Northampton County Facilities Bonds of 1963”, be High School it is tentatively spent to construct an addition to planned to use the present health the New Garysburg School to room as a guidance room and to house the students now at the construct another health room. Old Garysburg School, to add The Board approved other to and upgrade the Gumberry school construction and improve- High School, to construct a new ment projects needed by Sep- lunchroom and enlarge the ad- tember, 1970, vJiether or not ministrative offices at the Willis funds are now available as Hare School, to add additional follows: A new school bus garage, classrooms to the GastonSchool, covered concourses to connect construct a gymnasium, a music buildings at Conway, Jackson, room and enlarge the library and Rich Square, Seaboard and Wood- administrative offices at the W. land-Olney Schools, renovation S. Creecy School, and to build of the Jackson School kitchen and an auditorium, music room, the addition of a storage room, health room and additional class- gymnasium at Woodland-Olney, rooms at theNorthamptonCounty Woodland Graded and Eastside High School. Schools, a gymtorium, enlarge- The tenative Gumberry High ment of the lunchroom and ad- School proposals calls for the ministrative offices attheCoates Jones Overwhelms East Precincts Giving Heavy With Support Negro FARMVILLE - Congressman Dr. East’s strong bid gavehim Walter B. Jones won re-election the hipest total for aRepublican Tuesday by a 42,561 to 26,664 Congressional candidate in this margin over Republican Dr. John century. East in unofficial vote totals. The district vote went 62.5 per County In Good Financial Condition Says Board Of County Commissioners JACKSON-The Board of Coun- condition that he could remember furnish operating funds in this ment committee. He said he had ty Commissioners acceptedare- since he had come upon the board, budget; $5,000 allottedfor folding been visiting local civic clubs and port of funds on deposit from the Prepayment of taxes accountsfor bleachers; $3,000 set for new hadfoundtheminterestedlnflnd- Farmers Bank of Woodland atits the boost in funds at this time of electrial and heating projects; ing additional industry for the regular monthly meeting at the the year. $5,089 from furniture and fix- courthouse on Monday that show- The largest single account is tures. ed deposits of $389,158.23 as of that of the federal ESEAprogram Industry Hunter Apologizes October 31, 1966, and $200,500 which has $170,986.69 for this Sam Motzno of Woodland re- on certificates of deposit (draw- year’s program. ported to the board on the activ- ing Interest). CountyManagerMelvlnHolmes files of his Industrial develop- Chalrman J. Guy Revelle said pointed out to the board that he county. He read a statement that he called an apology. It read: “In my visits to the different towns and communities, if I have said (See COMMISSIONERS, Page 6) cent to Jones. This was slightly higher than the 60.4 per cent he polled In the February special election to fill the seat held by the late Herbert C. Bonner. Jones was opposedInFebruary by Dr. East also. In February when the vote was much smaller, Jones received 21,764 to Dr. East’s 14,308. In 1964, running In the Lyndon Johnson landslide presidential election, the veteran Bonner re ceived 82,5 per cent of the 1st District vote. In the four-county Roanoke- Chowan area Jones ran slightly behind the rest of the district, receiving 61.4 per cent of the total. Jones got 8j355 votes to 4,249 for Dr. East. Jones ran extremely well In largely Negro precincts in the area. He also carried precincts thought to be strongholds of Ku Klux Klan sentiment. In Bertie Coimty for example Jones carried overwhelmingly Indian Woods and Snakebite pre cincts, largely Negro. In Indian Woods the vote was 123 for Jones to only two for Dr. East. Jones also carried Lewiston, Roxobel and Kelford where Klan strength is thought to be center ed in the county. (See JONES, Page 6) Unofficial Congressional that the county was in the best was signing checks against this account without a detailed budg- 15 To Goldsboro In A Month JACKSON - An auait presented to the Board of County Commis sioners by the Northampton County ABC Board for the fourth quarter of operation In its first year showed a net income of $11,591.41 which when added to the net income for the first three quarters comes to a profit of $46,298.14. Sales for the three-month peri- et from the Board of Education, The board asked Superintendent Roy Lowry, who was present at the meeting, to see that Holmes had a breakdown of allotments within the account. Lowry said that his department processed the funds under the direction of the state ESEA program. 223,80 and depreciated fixtures one office and one warehouse. The board agreed to a request worth $5,926.61; liabilities of employment for six full-time from Lowry, approved by the $38,105.19 and a reserve for law persons, four substitutes and that Board of Education, to transfer enforcement of $3,747.08 leaving the policy was to buy everything funds within the capital outlay JACKSON - County Health Di- not get adequate treatment when the balance for net income. possible in Northampton County, accounts to cover the increased rector Dr, Raleigh Parker con- they returned to the county. He Board Chairman Bart Bur- In addition, Burgwyn listed cost of the new GarysburgSchool fimied for the County Commis- said aprimeneedwasapsychi- gwyn pointed out to “Your Home $9,448.45 as the county’s share Building, Costs have risen $16,- sioners that 15 people from atric nurse to see to their home NewsDaoer” that nnlnat rash nn tnr rahoKnUatinn oc «ioii n OOn sinp.p tha nrniaet was first . . .. i . l ... jjj , .. Northampton ABC System Shows $46,298.14 In First Audit County Mental Wants Health To Start Project Newspaper” that actual cash on for rehabilitation, as well as a hand came to $13,000 while un- contribution of $49,220.04 to the paid bills were $38,000 and that n. C. state sales tax fund, the value of the system was The county's ABC enforcement od showed $121,360 and the net mainly represented by stocks on officer listed 15 stills destroyed income on these sales came to hand. He said that he believed between July 15 and October 30, that some profits would beavail- 11,775 gallons of mash with aval- able for use by the County Com- ue of $8,800 destroyed, 200 gal- mi^ioners after the first of the Ions of whiskey with a value of for special purposes. $1,400 confiscated, and one car H6 announced that the county confiscated with the operator was; working on opening a fifUi convicted, store on U.S. highway 158 below Burgwyn offered the informa- Garysburg across from the site tion, he said, to let the people of the old Mac’s Truck Stop, of the county know why profits He said the system had provid- had not been available for use ed for the rental of four stores, in the county. 9,55 per cent of sales. Gross sales for the entire first year came to $475,759.53. The Gaston store led in sales with $34,326.10; Conway, $33,- 843.10; Rich Square, $31,261.55; and Jackson last with$22,289.65. The audit showed surplus, lia- 'bllltles and reserves of $88,- 150.41. On hand were inventory, prepaid items and cash of $82,- 000 since the Project was first Northampton were sent to the approved in 19W. Goldsboro State Hospital in the Accounts toat were cut to allow October for treatment the completion of tUs building observation of mental prob- project were: $3,727 from new jenis. buses where the state could not He pointed out that counties in the Roanoke-Chowan area had been unable to work out a joint program with Bertie County but that there was $8,000 to start a. mental health clinic because of appropriations of $3,300 from Northampton County, $3,300 from Hertford and $1,400 from Gates. He suggested that many ofthese people were repeaters who did HOLIDAYS SET County offices will be closed for a four-day weekend on No vember 24 and 25 to allow for the Thanksgiving holiday. To get the extended holiday, coun ty employees will give up their November 11 holiday. treatment. He did not know if one could be found at present to start the program. The commissioners yesterday signed a “Memorandum of Un derstanding.” That document’s execution was said to be one of director. Dr. Parker explained the purpose of the proposed au thority. He asked the board to name a three-member mental health au thority to serve with similar groups from the other two coun ties. After the board complied, Dr. Parker said, “It’s a start.” The commissioners namedDr, -.J . J. A. Fleetwood Jr. of Conway a* the first steps toward orgaula- chairman of the county group tion of a three-county mental / s health authority shared in by Northampton, Hertford and Gates Counties. Copies of the printed form with Mrs, Janet Brown, county welfere director, and J. H. Llv erman Jr., a member of the board, as the other members. The tri-county organization Is prepared by a state agency was expected to be completed soon presented to board members by under direction of the appropri- Pr. Raleigh Parker, county health ate state agency. Returns JCNES EAST HERTFCRD 2,299 966 BERTIE 2,872 1,686 NORTHAMPTON 2,768 1,199 OATES 820 838 BEAUFCRT 8,587 3,578 PASQUUOTANK 2,890 1,657 CRAVEN 8,331 8,203 WASHINGTON 1,775 1,818 MARTIN 3,207 1,585 CHOWAN 1,338 600 DARE 1,388 565 PERQU.^HP'JS 907 728 TYRRELL 688 300 HYDE 896 566 JCWES 893 806 CURRITUCK 933 885 PAMLICO 1,197 888 CAMDEN 692 801 PITT 8,976 8,527 DISTRICT TOTAL 8? .561, 26,668
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