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THE NORTHAMPTON COUNTY NEWS — Established 1926
Volume LXXV, No. 47
Rich Square and Jackson, N. C., Thursday, November 24, 1966
Bank Of Rich Square Upheld;
Cooke To Appeal Jury Decision
MISS LONG HONORED—Miss Rebecca Long (left)/ who
has been employed in the county clerk of court's office
for 24 years, the past eight as clerk, was honored last
Thursday night at a dinner in Jackson. Miss Reba, as she
is affectionately known, was honored by fellow "court
house" employees. Mrs. Jonet B. Brown, county welfare
director, presented her with a silver service. Miss Long,
who did not seek re-election, is retiring on Monday, De
cember 5.
'Miss Reba Long’ Is Retiring;
Honored At Dinner Banquet
JACKSON - Northampton’s
“Miss Reba,” soon to retire
from her position as clerk of
court, was honored last Thurs
day evening at a dinner here.
The affair, a “complete sur
prise,” was given at the Lions
Club building by other courthouse
employees. The “courthouse la
dies” made plans for the affair
in hushed tones, much conspir
acy and told many untruths, so
that the dinner would be a com
plete surprise.
Miss Reba, more formally
known as Miss Rebecca Long,
has served Northampton for 24
years in the clerk of court’s of-
hce. The past eig^ltyears she has
been clerk of court, elected to
the post vben George P. Bur-
W’land Board
Seats New
Commissioner
WOODLAND - A new commis
sioner was seated and collection
of taxes, Christmas lighting, dis
posal station, condition of streets
and town maintenance were items
of discussion at the November
meeting of the Woodland Board
of Commissioners.
Perry Lee Collins was present
for the meeting, his first since
being sworn in as Commissioner
to replace Robert Littrell, who
resigned to serve on the county
(See BOARD, Page 7)
gwyn retired. She did not seek
re-election this year and is re
tiring on Monday, December 5.
At Thursday night’s dinner,
Mrs. Janet B. Brown, another
long-time county employeeasdl-
rector of the county welfare de
partment, made a brief farewell
speech for Miss Long and pre
sented her with a gift - a large,
silver tea service -from her fel
low employees.
Mrs. Brown said, “We couldn’t
let you go without an esqjresslon of
our love for you.”
Miss Long Is held in esteem
and respect and is loved by both
men and women in Northampton
who have had daily contact with
her in the performance of her or
their duties.
This was the second honor and
second dinner banquet for Miss
Reba in the past two weeks. She
was honoree at the area Bar As
sociation’s district meeting two
weeks ago. At that affair she was
given a gold watchandacheckfor
$110 by members of the County
Bar Association.
Her plans for the future in
clude “taking it easy and maybe
doing a little traveling.”
Miss Long is a lifelong resi
dent of Northampton County, the
daughter of Paul J. Long, who
served as superintendent of the
county schools for 40-odd years.
She has one brother, John P.
Long, who resides at Virginia
Beach.
Car Ownership High
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Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, D. C. - Resi
dents ofNorthampton County have
been buying new cars at a record
rate in the last few years, a
national survey shows.
Bearing witness to this fact
are the number of snappy, late-
model cars to be seen on local
roads and the disappearance of
many vintage models.
As a result, car ownership
locally is at a high level. So is
the proportion of families with
two or more cars in their drive
ways.
The details are reported in a
consumer market study releas
ed by the Standard Rate and Data
Service. It covers every part
of the country.
The size ofNorthampton Coun
ty’s auto population is indicated
by the figures, which show, as of
the beginning of this year, a ratio
of 101 cars for every 100 local
families.
It is a larger proportion than
was found in 1963, when the
average was 93 per 100 families.
The steady growth in car own
ership reflects the economic
gains chalked up in the last few
years, locally and in most other
areas, and the attendant rise in
living standards that these gains
have made possible.
In Northampton County, the net
effect of the automobile boom has
been an increase of 7.8 per cent
in passenger car registrations
since 1963.
The general upsurge in auto
mobile sales is attributed
chiefly, in a study made by the
Chase Manhattan Bank here, to
multiple car families.
At the present time, more than
(See OWNERSHIP, Page 8)
Mighty Fine
JACKSON - The hotly contest
ed Manning P. Cooke - Bank of
Rich Square case, heard here
last week in Superior Court, is
now apparently headed for atrial
in the State Supreme Court again.
Cooke, the Rich Square area
farmer - businessman who has
been seeking permission as a
stockholder in the bank to exam
ine records and accoimts, appeal
ed the jury’s decision here Fri
day not to allow him access to the
records.
The four women and eight men
on the jury received the case aft
er a week’s testimony earlyFrl-
4-H Member
Wins Trip
To Congress
JACKSON - A Northampton
County 4-H club member has been
awarded 2ui all-expense paid trip
to the National 4-H Club Con
gress which convenes in Chicago,
Ill., on Monday, November 28,
and continues for a week.
Miss Sandra Edwards, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ed
wards of Pendleton, is the re
cipient of the award and scholar
ship. She was selected for the
honor for her home economics
projects in the past eight years
of 4-H club work.
Announcement of the award
was made by Dr. T. C. Blalock,
state 4-H leader and assistant
director with the extension de
partment.
In commenting on the award,
Mrs. Mildred C. Jenkins, assist
ant home economics extension
£^ent, stated “Northampton
County 4-H has reached its ulti
mate goal with this scholarship
and award received by Sandra.
We are all terribly excited and
pleased.”
Miss Edwards will leave for
Chicago on Friday fromRaleigh-
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guest at the Conrad Hilton Hotel
during her week’s stay.
NCHS Class
To Present
Play Tuesday
CONWAY-Northampton County
High School’s speech class will
present a one - act play, “Bache
lor of the Year” on Tuesday at
8 p.m. in the school gym.
Lee Grant will play the bache
lor. Other students who have
parts in the play are Nan Garris,
Wallace Martin, Nan Underwood,
Ellen Stephenson, MarthaFIythe,
Mary Dean Bridgers, Richard
McDowell and Jackie Rose.
Mrs. Joan Horne, class teach
er, is directing the play.
day and returned a verdict short
ly before 3 p.m.
However, at lunch time, the ju
ry reported to Judge Albert Cow-'
per of Kinston, it was hopelessly
deadlocked 11-1. However, after
lunch it only took the jury 15
minutes to return a verdirt deny
ing Cooke’s petition to examine
the bank’s records.
Cooke’s attorney, Eugene
Boyce of Raleigh, immediately
noted an appeal to the State Su
preme Court and was given 40
days to get the necessary papers
in order. Bond ■was set at $200
for the appeal.
This is the sound “go ’round”
for the matter in the courts. In
January of 1965, Superior Court
Judge William Bundy heard the
matter and also ruled in favor of
the bank.
Cooke appealed the decision
and the Supreme Court reversed
the decision and ordered the trial
just ended here.
Cooke has been askingforper-
misslon to view “certain bank
records” for more than a dec
ade as a stockholder. He owns
six per cent of the bank’s com
mon stock - with a reported value
of approximately $12,800.
He told the jury while testify
ing on the witness stand, “I want
to examine the books to deter
mine if the bank is being managed
legally and efficiently.” He also
claimed he was more “qualified
to make an examination of the
bank than the banking commis
sion” because he was “local”
and knows the “local situation.”
The whole trial, according to
reports, was based on the Su
preme Court’s decision that un-
Sunday Fire
Destroys Barn
CONWAY-Flre of undetermin
ed orgin destroyed a large bam
belonging to E. J. and Randolph
Burgess on the outskirts of town
Sunday afternoon.
The Conway Fire Department
was called to the scene and kept
the adjoining buildings from
burning.
der certain conditions a stock
holder could be allowed to exam
ine a corporation’s records.
However, the Bank of Rich
Square’s attorney. Perry Martin
of Rich Square, contended from
the beginiUng Cooke “is only
trying to harass the bank, its of
ficials and in particular Robert
Outland,” the bank’s 85-year-old
president.
The jur3r’s verdict indicated
that the jury felt that Cooke’s re
quest to examine the bank’s rec
ords was “made with an improp
er motive.”
Had the jury ruled in favor of
Cooke, Judge Cowper would have
ordered the bank to open Its rec
ords to him and could have levied
a fine of $500 s^ainst the insti
tution.
I Cfettcttte j
“So your son is in college?
How is he making it?’
“He isn’t making it. I’m mak
ing it and he’s spending it.”
$16,000 State Funds Available
County Considers Regional Library
JACKSON - A joint meeting of
the county commissioners and the
library board didn’t materallze
on Monday night when only two
members of each board attend
ed the scheduled meeting at the
courthouse. A new date to con
sider future improvement plans
for the county library system
In addition, in a regulation
whereby additional funds can be
had for library systems serving
75,000 or more persons (about
the four county total), each of
the other three counUes would
get $2,000 more than they are
now receiving and the re^onal
administration would get $6,000
was set for December 3 at 3 p.m. in addition to funds now being
County Manager Melvin received. The total in additional
Holmes told those who did attend funds would come to $16,000.
that State Librarian Miss Gish Library board members at-
had informed him that $4,000 was tending were Mrs. T. J. Dr^ier
available for the county unit if it and Mrs. T. T. Stephenson. Com-
would affiliate Itself with the missioners attending were John
Albemarle Regional Library that e. Boone and John Henry Llver-
operates in Bertie, Gates and man Jr.
Hertford Counties. in 1966 the county voters re
jected a referendum asking for
the rl^t to create a special two
cent per $100 valuation tax to
support Improvements to the
county system.
The county library is now lo
cated In over-crowed quarters in
the old register of deeds office
on the courthouse square.
Several plans have been sug
gested for improvements to the
building but all were contingent
upon not changing the historic
significance of the old building.
Other suggestions have been
to make the library into a his
toric museum and build a new '
library with modern facilities on
the rear ofttve courthouse square.
Country Club Drive
Passes 250 Quota
LASKER - The Valley Pine
Country Club, to be built on a
168 acre tract just easfof Lask
er, is readying plans and work
should start early next year, re
ports Charles E. Myers Sr.,
president of the corporation.
At a meeting Tuesday night,
at the Red Apple Restaurant in
Murfreesboro, the Board of Di
rectors and co-workers reported
over 250 members had already
paid their membership fee and
that they are still coming at a
fast pace. The latest count was
over 260.
The 18 hole golf course will be
designed by Leo Greene, con
sulting engineer from Wilson who
engineered and built ScotHeld in
Halifax County.
Scotfleld, according to golfers,
is a very fine course.
The facility will consist of the
18 hole course, club house, swim
ming pool, pro shop, driving
range, lake, playgroimd and pic
nic area.
Myers says he expects the
swimming pool and club house
to be completed by next summer.
Plans are being drawn up now.
The site is the farm of Walter
Britton which has been purchas
ed for the course and club site.
It is estimated that the facility
will cost $265,000.
Memberships will cost $250
with a ten dollar a month fee
after the club starts operation.
Memberships are family units.
The officers and directors
are: president, Charles E. My
ers; vice president, Garland
Barnes; secretary, Kenneth
Odum; treasurerCharlesW.Bass
and directors Marshall Grant,
R. H. Howell Jr., James F. Bar
den Jr., Jesse Wheeler, Josej*
L. Gay, P. A. Lewis, L. E.Pope,
William Edwards, Howard
Simmons and Ralph Askew,
F. T. Green and Associates
of Wilson will be the consulting
engineers.
Plans inculde a manager and
a golf pro.
Roanoke River Association Considers
Recreational And Flooding Problems
BUGGS ISLAND, Va., - Direc
tors of the Roanoke River Basin
Association, meeting here on No
vember 18 in their regular an
nual mid-winter session adopted
three resolutions dealing with
affairs of the association, ac
cepted an invitation for the an
nual meeting to be heldnextMay,
heard reports from several
standing committees and short
talks on water projects by a half
a dozen speakers.
The first resolution, which was
adopted after a report on the sub
ject by Eric W. Rodgers of Scot
land Neck, secretary - treasurer
of the association, dealt with riv
er basin planning on a national
basis under the auspices of the
Water Resources Council of
Washington, D. C. Henry Caul
field has been designated execu
tive director of this council and
the work is being carried on un
der authorization of an act of
Congress passed July 22, 1965,
which provided for coordinated
planning of water and related land
resources in the river basins of
the United States through the es
tablishment of River Basin Com
missions under state supervi
sion. The resolution urged that
the Roanoke River Basin in South
Side Virginia and Eastern North
Carolina be classified under the
regional supervision of the Re
sources Advisory Board for
Southeast River Basins at Atlan
ta, Ga. In preliminary planning
only a small section of North
Carolina in the western mountain
area is classified under the
southeastern division and the
remainder of North Carolina and
all of Virginia are put under the
supervision of the northeastern
office located at New York City.
The resolution pointed out that
the Roanoke River Basin Asso
ciation must work in cooperation
with the Corps of Engineers,
United States Army and its re
lationship has been with the Dis
trict Engineer’s office at Wil
mington and the Regional Engi
neer’s office at Atlanta, Ga. If
this connection is disrupted by
placing North Carolina and South
Side Virginia in the region con
trolled by New York it would be
necessary to make new contacts
and establish relationships with
a new group whereas an orderly
arrangement appeared to be to
provide that North Carolina
should be included along with
(See CONSIDERS, Page 8)