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THE "“Szr TIMES-NEWS student, farmer, housewife, salesman, truck driver, teen-ager, niu-se, singer, office work er, bank president, golden ager, custodian, butcher, baker, candlestick maker . . . everyboidy reads and USES want ads. A Combination of THE ROANOKE-CHOWAN TIMES — Established 1892 ☆ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ THE NORTHAMPTON COUNTY NEWS — Established 1926 Volume LXXVI, No. 11 Rich Square LE 9-2859 Jackson LE 4-2658 Rich Square and Jackson, N. C., Thursday, March 9, 1967 Covers All of Northampton’s Towns and Communities 10 PAGES Industrial Development, ABC Issues Are Postponed SCOUTMASTER HOSTS — Scoutmasters of Boy Scout Troop 196 of Jackson were hosts to the Moratock Boy Scout District's Court of Honor, held at the Jackson School auditorium Sunday at 3 p.m. Presiding official for the court of honor wos Chairman Wiley Connell of Roa noke Rapids. Pictures above are (left to right): "Titr' Grant, Jasper Eley, David Eley, Tommy Stephenson ond Joe Brown, Moratock District executive. Not shown is as sistant Scoutmaster "Teenie" Mortin. JACKSON - Northampton County Commissioners Monday failed to vote on recommenda tions that “crown tax” funds be used for industrial development purposes and a proposal to ask legislation to increase the per centage of ABC funds earmark ed for law enforcement. The proposal to use “crown tax” money (beer sales returns to the county) for industrial de velopment purposes, was intro duced by S. J* Motzno, chairman of the County*s Industrial Devel- oDment Committee, Motzno told comissioners he believed the people of the county would authorize expenditure of the funds ‘for development if it was made clear there would be no additional tax hike, Motzno said much progress has $5,500 Bid Submitted On County Home JACKSON - County Attorney Angus McKellar reported Monday a high bid of $5,500 was sub mitted by P. E. Kees at a pub lic auction conducted at the County Courthouse in Jackson for the former Northampton County Home. McKellar said Kees* bid would remain open for 10 days and could be raised during that time. Sale of the building is subject to acceptance of the bid by North ampton Commissioners. Property sold included the county home building and 215 by 650 foot lot on Highway 305 north of Jackson. Roanoke-Chowan Scout District Honors Looders At Awords Dinner AHOSKIE - Over 150 scout leaders and their wives attend ed the Roanoke-Chowan District Recognition Dinner at Trader*s Steak House on Wednesday night, March 8. District chairman, Dr. W, H, Wynns of Powellsville, told the leaders that they were the life blood of scouting and welcomed them to what is to be an annual event. District Commissioner John Stallings presented certificates to those Scouters oftheRoanoke- Chowan District who were cited for exceptional service, Stallings said, “In every or ganization there are those per sons who work behind the scenes and make a tremendous contribu tion to the success of their under taking, We have many such people in the Scouting organization and tonight we want to publicly recog nize a few of them who have made many contributions to the Roa noke-Chowan District of the East Carolina Council, Boy Scouts of America,** Dr. George Clark of Conway: Dr, Clark has been registered wltii the Troop in Conwayandhas Preliminary Plans For School Projects Approved By Board given help toward obtaining a meeting place for the troop. He Is instltutlonalrepresentatlvefor the Troop and has for the past two years conducted the finance drive In Conway. Richard W, Baker Jr. of Har- rellsvllle: Mr. Baker Is the In stitutional representative for the Scout unit in Harrellsvllle and has been the finance drive chair man in Harrellsvllle for the past two years, John Paige Revelle of Mur freesboro: John Paige is the in stitutional r e p r e sentative for Troop 125 in Murfreesboro and has been very active in the Scout ing program in Murfreesboro for the past few years. This past year he was the finance drive chairman for Murfreesboro. Harry T, Jones ofRichSquare: Mr. Jones has been registered with the Rich Square Troop for many years as a committeeman and then as the institutional rep- resentatve. For the past two years he has headed the finance campaign In Rich Square. Charles B. Griffin Jr. of Lew iston and Woodvllle: Mr. Griffin has been active in the Scouting program primarily withtheLew- iston Troop #198. He has helped recruit Scoutmasters for the Troop and has also been the finance drive chairman for Lew iston for several years. This past year he was the chairman of the East Carolina Council (See DINNER, Page 10) JACKSON - Architect William J, Boney of Wilmington present ed and discussed drawings of pro posed school building projects in Gaston, Gumberry, Garysburg and WllUs Hare Schools at the Monday meeting of the North ampton County Board of Educa tion,. Board members approved pre liminary plans on the buildings, subject to their final approval and the approval of the Division of School Planning, Proposed projects include lunchroom and administrative space at Willis Hare, construc tion of a new lunchroom at Gum- berry and conversion ofthe pres ent lunchroom into a library, and DRAWING THE JURY—Ellen Faye Reardon reaches into the jury box to drow the names of persons to serve on the jury tor the March 27 term of Superior Court as Sheriff Frank Outland looks on. Ellen Faye is the daugh ter of Mrs. Phyllis Reardon, o clerk in the county audi tor's office. additions and up-grading at the Gaston High School and at Garys burg School, In other action, the contracts of Catherine L, Colbert and Rich ard L. Reid to teach at Garys burg School were approved. Ap proval also was granted to John W, Richardson to teach at the W, S, Creecy School. A low bid of $2,423, submitted by Seegars Hardware and Supply Co, of Greensboro to supply and deliver a chain link fence for in stallation around the Gaston High School athletic field, was approv ed by the board. Board members also passed a resolution requesting the Board of County Commissioners to raise Code 667 Lunchrooms by $75,000, According to Superin tendent of Schools R, F. Lowry, this is the amount by which fed eral funds expected to be re ceived will exceed the amount estimated when the budget was prepared last spring. Lowry says no county funds are involved in the request. The board approved the 1967- 68 Local Plan for Vocational Edu cation as presented by principals of the county*s high schools. Members also approved a re quest from Willie Chamblee, rep resenting the N.C. State Highway Commission, granting an ease ment to widen and straighten the road In front of the Jonesboro School campus. Independents Club Meeting Is Set Mar. 13 JACKSON - The Northampton County Independents Club will meet Monday, March 13, at 7:30 p.m. in the Jackson Fire House, according to J. R. Pruden, pres ident. All members are urged to at tend. Jury Panel For March Term Of Superior Court JACKSON — Jurors for the March 27 term of Northampton Superior Court are as follows; First Week GASTON — S, M, Copeland, Johnnie Lee Jr,, Willie Porch, Robert L. Shaw, Marjorie Jor dan, John B. Whitley, W. W, Grant, Ernest Dunlow and B, L. Cannon. SEABOARD - Wilkins T. Bar rett, M, R. Howell, E. T. Glover, Lloyd F. Maddrey Sr. > WICCACANEE - Wilson C, Ricks, Douglas Ray Garrlss, H, C. Martin, Rommle Floyd Davis, W, E. Vaughan and C. R. Parks, ROANOKE - J. K. Barnes, J. R. Daughtry, S. L. Daughtry and Mrs. Grady Collier. OCCONEECHEE - O. J. Ste phenson and Floyd Kee, JACKSON - Willard Jenkins, Goldie DeLoatch and H, A, Brit ton. KIRBY - E. E. Parker, Staf ford Ricks, Bobby R, Warren, Otis Spence, Margaret Vann, Eu clid Britt, Stanley Parker and R. C. Ricks. PLEASANT HILL - Elmo Fai son. Second Week KIRBY — Charlie Lee John son, Judson Lassiter, Iris F, Liverman, Wayland E. Long, Shirley W, Woodard, Laurie (See JURY, Page 10) Commissioners Vote To Join Regional Library JACKSON - Northampton County’s library facilities will be integrated into the Albemarle Regional Library as soon as the present three member counties approve its application and the merger is approved by the re gional library board. County Commissioners Mon day authorized application by the county library to join the re gional group on a split three- two vote. Commission Chairman J. Guy Revelle told library board mem bers attending the meeting he wanted the committee that rec ommended the merger to bear “full responsibility - loss or gain” for the action. Revelle, who broke a tie vote on the issue, said he cast his vote to join the regional “with been made in forming community committees for industrial de velopment and he believed the people of the county were will ing to work to get Industry. Commissioners took the mat ter under advisement. In other action, Bart Burgwyn, chairman of the Northampton County Alcoholic Beverage Con trol (ABC) Board, asked com missioners to adopt a resolu tion asking that Northampton County be excluded from a “blanket*’ law requiring ABC boards to limit expenditures for law enforcement to 10 per cent. Burgwyn siad the ori^nal leg islation was passed without con sideration of the fact that some of the state’s smaller counties would not be able to raise enough money to employ a qualified agent with 10 per cent of its funds. He said the county now rea lizes a profit of $30,000 from ABC sales. At 10 per cent, this would authorize only $3,000 for law enforcement, he said. Burgwyn indicated that profits would be larger In the future when the initial cost of settingup the stores has been absorbed, but a prospective employee couldn*t be expected to work un less he was sure money was available to pay him. Burgwyn said an increase in (See INDUSTRIAL, Page 9) Commissioners: No Authority To Abolish ’Rich Square Tax’ JACKSON — County Attorney Angus McKellar told Northamp ton County Commissioners Mon day they had no authority to abol ish the Rich Square special school district tax but had to continue to levy the tax until the people of the district voted to abolish it. McKellar made his remarks to the board following the appear ance of Dr. B, E, Stephenson, chairman of the special commit tee to oversee the 15 cents per $100 valuation tax, who had ask ed commissioners for an opinion on whether or not the tax should be continued. Stephenson described a “fu ror** In his home town of Rich Square over the tax and said ru mors were being circulated In the town which were “inaccurate,** In a telephone conversation, last week, Stephenson told a “Your Home Newspaper** re porter reports of a mistake made in bookkeeping regarding the tax were being exaggerated. He said a mistake was made, but the mistake was made in the county office, not by him. Investigation showed that no withdrawals had been made from the special account in The Farm er’s Bank of Woodland slnceApril of' the prevlc’is year although monthly withdrawals were sup posed to have been made to pay the salary of an extra teacher In the Rich Square school. The tax was approved in a spe- Business And Professional Celebration Set WOODLAND — A golden an niversary business and profes sional celebration will be held at Woodland Graded School Thursday, April 13, at 7:30 p.m., according to P. C. Deloatch of Woodland, sponsor. According to Deloatch, the .meeting is being sponsored to de velop a “spirit of friendship connecting our business relations with our customs.” Deloatch, who is celebrating his 50th year in business in the community, says donations to help sponsor a luncheon are be ing solicited. The luncheon is to be held in the school’s lunchroom imme diately following the celebration. The public is cordially invited, he says. clal referendum in 1947 by the people of Rich Square. Superintendent of Schools, R. F. Lowry, explained the orl^nal lottery for teachers in the eighth grade school was seven. “The special tax was to pay the addi tional teacher,** he said. County Manager Melvin Holmes said the mistake was due to the fact that no checks had been marked to come out of the special account and the extra teacher had been paid from the regular school current expense budget. Holmes said his office had no way of knowing what account the salary was supposed to come out of un less it was specifically marked. He said the mistake could be corrected by drawing the funds from the special account to cover expenditures since last April and transferring them to the current expense account. Opponents of the tax, who have been circulating petitions in Rich Square, did not have a represent ative at the meeting. Interfering With Officer Brings Suspended Sentence JACKSON - Edmond Smith of Garysburg received three six- month suspended sentences In Northampton Recorder’s Court Wednesday after being found guil ty of interfering with an officer In performance of his duty, re sisting arrest and assault on an officer. Officers E. W, Ingram and An drew Lee Coleman testified that Smith interfered when they were attempting to make axi arrest In Gaston Saturday night, accord ing to Sheriff Frank Outland. Smith received $25 fines on each conviction. In other action, the following persons were tried for speed ing: Mae Francis Joyner, New port News, $10 and costs; Earl Ira Sopher, Charlotte, $10 and costs; Ronald Everett James, Robersonvllle, costs; Joseph W. Lancaster, Rocky Mount, $15 and costs; Robert Dean Campbell, Bradenton, Fla., $10 and costs; Troy Odell Hughes, Portsmouth, $10 and costs; Bennie Cary,Rich Square, costs; Joseph H. Perry, Hampton, $10 and costs; and Sherwood Ray Walker, Rich Square, $10 and costs. Ernest Lee Martin was found not guilty of breaking, entering and larceny. He was convicted on a lesser charge of larceny less than $100 and received a 12 month sentence, suspended on condition he be placed on proba tion for one year. Jeremiah Deloatch of Mar- garettsvllle received a six months suspended sentence for assault with a deadly weapon. Johnny Stukes of Skippers, Va., was sentenced to six months imprisonment for driving under Influence. Sentence suspended on payment of a fine of $100 and cost. He was taxed court costs on an additional charge of no valid operator’s license, Lethons Deloatch of Garys burg was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment for breaking, en tering and larceny. Johnnie Warren of Pendleton was taxed court costs for failing to comply with restrictions on his operator’s license and failure to have vehicle injpected. John Lewis Pair of Garysburg was fo'imd not guilty of carrying a concealed weapon, Donnell Mitchell of Pleasant Hill was fined $25 and costs for carrying a concealed weapon and discharging a firearm. J. C, Bishop of Halifax was fined $50 and taxed court costs for reckless driving. He was found not guilty of driving un der Influence. Llnwood Squire of Gaston was found not guilty of carrying a concealed weapon. In the March 1 session, the following cases were tried: Rice Deloatch of Conway was sentenced to six months impris onment for driving under Influ ence, Sentence was suspended on payment of a fine of $100 and court costs, Margie Baugham Cutchlns of Smithfield was fined$10 and costs for speeding, Herbert W, Futrell of Mur freesboro, Marlon H, Logan of Autry, Va., and Eddie T. De loatch of Conway were taxed court costs for speeding. Albert Fields of Henrico was sentenced to 30 days imprison ment for no valid operator’s li cense. Sentence was suspended on payment of court costs. a lot of reservations.” Just prior to the voting, Com missioners heard County Man ager Melvin Holmes explain why joining the regional would be economically advantageous to the county. Holmes said the estimated cost of operating the library as an independent unit would be about $15,789 per year. By Joining the regional group, he said, the cost of operating the library would be reduced to $13,089 - a savings of $2,750 per year -- providing Commissioners ap proved a $ 3,000 request for additional books. The merger, which gained the unanimous support of the library board, had twice been postponed (See VOTE, Page 10) NO, YOU'RE NOT SEEING THINGS — Several farmers in Northampton County have been taking good odvantage of the recent mild weather to get their "scrap" cotton out of the fields. This photo was token Wednesday on the Lester Neil form between Jackson and Rich Square.
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