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In Bertie County TlMES-NcWb, Thursday, August 1, 1968 Schools Here Move As Planned Total Desegregation Bertie Integration Order Ordered By 1969-70Not To Affect Hertford WINDSOR - Acting under court order issued orally Friday in the chambers of Judge John Larkins in Trenton, Bertie County school officials are putting into action a two-step integration program that will completely eliminate dual schools* in the county by 1969-70, • • The ..first phase of the order, which has not yet been signed by Judge Larkins and may be subject to further . revision^ involves grades eight through 12. Previously predominantly white Bertie High School will be the county’s lone high, school facility for students in grades 10.through 12. This action does away with all-Negro Southwestern High School and* all-Negro C. G. White High School at Powells- ville. It is expected that enrollment at Bertie High will, be approximately 1,350, , - . Former Southwestern High School v/ill be coijvertedintoa junior high school for grades eight and nine. These students are to be drawn from all the county’s schools with estimated enrollment being 1,200. . ' * . . Facilities are not sufficient to handle this enrollment and Superintendent J. L. Dupree said some -eighth grades will not be transferred until ‘the new eight-classroom addition is completed. This means, those eighth graders Involved will start their year at the school to which they were as signed undero the freedom of choice plan last spring. Dupree added that transfer of . these classes later-in the year will not disrupt their studios since the groups will be moved as'a unit with their teachers. An enrollment 011,350 at Bertie High-alhapst doubles the capacity for which *the school was built five years, ago. An eight-classroom- addition, also under -construction there, will riot be cbniplete in time for school ,openings Dupree said five mobile classropms now located "at Powellsvilie will, be moved to Bertie High but it may not be possible to'relocate all of them by the time school opens, ■ ' Elton Lee Newbern, Jr, is to continue as principal of Bertie High. j. S, . Singleton Jr. is to be principal of south western Junior High. There has b'een no assistant principal' named at either school. ; , •' School bus routes, some of'which were published in last week^s edition of the Ledger, are riow void and are to be completely reworked. Principal Newbern'asked that those who already read their’assignments disregard,those listed and watch for a new and complete list just prior to-school opening in late August. Pre-vious bus .routes also involved Windsor .Elementary School students and they will be changed in the new listing also.' * ' ' • . Faced with a multitude of problems and questions, teach ers, supervisors and principals already on the Job, are making every effort to make, the transition into one high school as smooth as possible. .... , . It will be nepe'ssary for student to. re-iTegiiSter for classes with re^strations completed in the spring no longer being valid* - SPORTS CONCERN Of a secondary concern, but nevertheless a concern for many, is what this will mean-to the athletic program. Deter-, mined by. the size of the school, Bertie would now be in 4A athletics. Not only does this involve problems about dis- - tance to games but this involves decisions about sports par ticipation due to pra.ctice problems in a rural area vs. tliat. of city areas which will.provide the competition, Bertie was already' eligible to'play in 3A sports but had dropped back to 2A because of being a' rural school. There alsoisthequestionofgirls* athletics since there are BO tATlB* IwiBlr^T taams in 4A comPBtttlocu It looks now as if Bertie will no longer be able to participate in Albe marle Conference competition, but it may be that the coaching staff, headed by athletic director Jerry smith, will know more about the situation when they return from a coaching clinic at Greensboro. They were to be there four days this week. An athletic program and other extra-curricular activities for the new junior high school will have to be planned and announced as they are developed. Under the proposed order all school programs, acti-vities and functions are to be on an integrated basis and the board' is to take such steps as may be necessary to see that such programs and functions are conducted and carried out without regard to race or color. ELEMENTARY PLAN On or before January 1, 1969, the Board of Education must prepare and file with the court a plan of school desegregation providing for the complete elimination of the dual school system with respect to pupil and faculty assignments, facilities, transportation and other school activities. This plan, when approved by the court, is to be effective with the commencement of the 1969-70 school year. The plan is to prescribe unitary, non-racial, geographic attendance zones or consolidation of grades or schools or some combination of these and pupil assignments may not depend upon a choice to be exercised by or on behalf of the . pupils. At this point emphasis Is being placed on preparation for the junior high and high school phase and no plans for elementary schools have been announced. Freedom of choice assignments for elementary students will remain as they have been made for this year. Judge Larkins has freed school officials from terms of an oral agreement arising from a request by . the United States Justice Department for a temporary injunction concerning faculty integration, ‘•The federal suit was first filed in July of last year and in early fall there was filed the request for a temporary injunction concerning faculty desegregation. Judge Larkins allowed the Bertie Board of Education to make as many transfers across racial lines as possible on a voluntary basis and there was a stipulation that all replacement teach ers hired had to be across the color line, superintendent Dupree said the board is now free to hire the most qualified teachers available regardless of race. He feels this will relieve to some degree the difficulty in finding qualified teachers. Nevertheless the order stipulates that principals, teach ers and other professional staff members shall not be discriminatorily assigned, dismissed, demoted or passed over for retention, promotion or rehiring on the ground of race or color. In any instance where a staff member is to be displaced as a result of desegregation, no vacancy shall be filled through recruitment from outside of the system unless no such displaced staff member is qualified to fill the vacancy. If, as a result of desegregation, there is to be a reduction in the total professional staff of the school system, t^ quali fications of all the staff members in the system shall be evaluated in selecting the staff member to be released without consideration of race or color. The Bertie Board of Educationhasbeen representedin the court case by attorney;^ W. L. Cooke of Windsor and Ed Rodman of Washington, N. C. Francis H. Kennedy is the Justice Department attorney. WINTON - It is not expected hiake it ineligible to compete that a federal court order out- year in the Albemarle Con- lined last Friday for Bertie ference. County which will result in total Other than the efiect on ath- integration of Bertie high schools letics there was no feeling in the this fall will have any immediate Hertford ^County superintendent effect onplansforHertfordCoun- schools’ office Tuesday that ty schools this fall, it was learned Bertie decision means Hert- here Tuesday. One change the court order will bring about that will be noted this fall in Hertford County, al though a minor one, is that the Ahoskie High School versus Ber tie High School football game will not affect the outcome of the Albemarle Conference ,champi-» onship. Under terms of the court order being required of Bertie County by federal District Judge John D. Larkins of Trenton,- all lOth, 1.1th and I2th grade students in Bertie County will attend Bertie High this fall. Total enrollment of BertieHigh will be in the neighborhood of 1,350. This is enough to make the" ford County will be required to abandon the freedom of choice school .assignment program which has* already been planned for the coming-schooTyear. ’Representatives’ of the federal Department- pf Health,' Education' and Welfaire. (HEW) sometime ago aririo.tinced' target dates for desegregation whiA„.will require total eliminafidn ,of ’dual school systems ,-by. the l969‘i-70 school. year.' •’ One exception to ttie 1969-70 date is that:school systems.with building programs underway are to be granted until the .1970-7.1 school term to, effect transition, to unitary (single race)-schools. The.'$2 million school con struction bond issue approved by. Hertford County^ot'drs July 13 pared with the previous year. Presumably, if the progress is not felt sufficient,. other changes might be required after ,school begins in the fall. Unless any such changes would preclude it, as of now plans for Hertford County schools are to operate on the basis of the freedom of choice requests students made last spring when county schools open in early September. The Bertie court order is not expected to effect these plans so far as Hertford County school officials know now. school eligible to cqmpete in is fexpected id'^ve the county ah 4-A athletics. The Conference IS a 2-A league, operation tpfal desegregation. It Is anticipated, the enlarger' . When; xliieried Tuesday about ment of Bertie High School wlU the possible effects, on Hertford County of the Bertie court order, school effipials pointed out that althou^ ^^e county has not been subjected to, any, court cases ' brought; .by -federal government representatives ^‘Hertford County is. not invulnef^able to a court order” and the possibility of a.suit being'brou^t'by an in-' dividual could 'not be ruled- out. For- the. past several years HEW rules-.have .required a pre liminary report prior, to the end of 'school one year .on what a county’s-.plans Tor civil rights complian.ee the following, year were to pe. If this was riobdeemed satisfactory progress t ow a r d further integration, school ad- ministrators-would be told so and further changes would be made prior to the opening of schools. As matters now stand for ttie coming school year the prelimi-. nary report has been dropped this year, The Hertford County school system must file a report with HEW after the end of the first month of school -next falL This report will indicate ..what progress- has been made in further dese^egation as com- Mrs. K. B. Scull Funeral Monday CONWAY — Mrs. Lillie Mann- Scull, 82, the widow of K. B. Scull, died Saturday in Roanoke Rapids Hospital. A native of Northampton Coun ty, she was a daughter of John and Mrs. Jane Martin Mann. She was a member ofRenoPoth Methodist Church. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs, Jane Lane of Conway and Mrs. Elsie Jackson ofRichmond; a son, K. B. Scull Jr. of Tampa,' Fla.; a brother, Aubrey Mann of Suffolk; four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Funeral services were Monday at 3 p.m. in Conway Methodist Church by the Rev, Robert Bald ridge and the Rev. Russell Wim- mer. Burial was inConway.Cem- etery with Bridgers Funeral Home in charge. ^^URINA NG-PLUS . MEDlEATEn Martin Comes Home His Roots Go Deep Judge Rolwrt McKinney Mortin Congratulations. Your cotton is coming along nicely. Just the way migrating boll weevils like it. Time to useTiUTHION M-E insecticide ... the proved boll weevil control. During the heavy fruiting period your cotton is especially attractive to migrating boll weevils. It’s the time when these destructive pests start flights that can take them 20 to 50 miles. So the fact that you protected your cotton earlier in the season does not prevent damage by these invaders. The outstanding insecticide control for mi grating boll weevils is -GUTHION M-E. It con tains Methyl GUTHION. long-famous for its excellent control of insects in a variety of crops, p/us Ethyl GUTHION which provides the added strength to control cotton pests . . . even heaviest infestations. GUTHION M-E used alone will stop, outbreaks of cotton pests in cluding the chlorinated hydrocarbon resistant strains. Because of its killing power and long residual, fewer treatments are required . . . giving you low cost-per-acre control throughout the growing season. By controlling boll weevils now, you not only protect your current cotton crop but also help to eliminate diapause boll weevils which can come out next spring to play havoc with your early cotton. GUTHION M E also is effective in controlling brown cotton leafworm, lygus bugs, rapid plant bugs, cotton leafworms and several other de structive pests when used at the economical recommended dosages. Stop these damaging cotton insects now . . . with GUTHION M-E. 376.* CHEMAGRO CORPORATION KANSA^ ClTV, MISSOURI 64.30 WINTON - His roots deep in Hertford and Northampton Coun ty soil, Robert McKinney Mar*? tin came back to Hertford Coun ty last week as presiding judge for the July session of Superior - Court. Born and reared in Conway, Martin was appointed to the Su perior Court bench in July and has been sitting as ‘a special judge where needed. His mother wasrearedinMur- freesboro,. educated at Chowan College and taught at Milwaukee in Northampton County, where his father met her. The father was Robert Me- • Kinney Martin Sr., native of Mar tins Crossroads, no longer shown on Northampton County maps, with the family tract one that had been handed down through the family after coming as a grant. Judge Martin, his father and his grandfather were reared on the land, now part of Conway. Judge Martin’s mother was S adie. Katherine P arker, daughter of John Parker of the area of where Ahoskie now stands, and whose wife was Catherine Lane, daughter of George W. Lane. Judge Martin attended North ampton County schools and re ceived his law education at Wake Forest and went into practice at High Point in 1938 where he spent the next 30 years. His parents are dead and three sisters live in Maryland, sp that the judge, who was the only boy, recently has had very little per-- sonal contact with the area fiiat he once knew as home.. Last Easter, he reminisced,, he was through the area where he has numerous cousins and oth-- er relatives for the first time in recent years. It was pleasantcomingbackfor' the court session and he was wel comed by old friends and the Hertford County Bar Assbeia-, tion took special cognizance of his return as a circuit judge. Thursday, the Bar Association passed a resolution praising the “outstanding judici^ tempera ment and skill” exercised by Judge Martin. Too, the resolution commended. Judge Martin for “his courtesy to members of the bar and those ap pearing .in court.” The resolution was concluded: - NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Hertford County Bar highly commends Robert M. Martin for his judi cious dispatch of cases coming before him at this term of Hert ford County Superior Court and for the fairness, justice and mercy of his judgments pro nounced at said term; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a copy of this resolution be made a part of the minutes of this term of Superior Court, and that a copy be ..mailed to His Excel lency, Dan, K, Moore, Governor of NorthiCarolina., andthata copy be m^led to^The Hi&h Point M- terprize, Hi^ Point, North Car olina... ■■ - V This 25th' day of July, 1968. • Carter. W. Jones Ch'alrmsm of the . Hertford County Bar . It was rea'd. in open>court and spread on the court record. ; Judge M'art.in will sit the next three weeks in Winston-Salem. 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His comparison of his home state and home press is made on the basis of personal observations during a year’s travel throughout the United States, “North Carolina’s industrial growth, its higher standard of living and other good things hap pening to it, make it quite dif ferent from what it was when I was a kid in Eastern North Caro lina,” But he added, “The state al ways has had several things that make her great - generosity, friendliness, good humor and a good feeling among people of different races.” He explained that he did not always find these characteris tics everywhere he visited around the nation, “I hope North Caro lina will always have these things going for her,” he said, Kuralt, who lives in New York City now and is in his 12th year as a television news correspon dent, also compared the North Carolina press most favorably. “Taken as a whole,” Kuralt said, “North Carolina has the best newspapers of any state I’ve ever visited.” He said some of the state’s newspapers “may be clinkers, but as a group, they are the best I’ve seen.” Kuralt attributed much of the state’s steady prog ress over the years to the state’s newspapers. “The papersarenot afraid to lead the people,” he said. 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