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m ■■ r THE County TIMES-IVEWS ★ ★ THE ROANOKE-CHOWAN TIMES — Established 1892 Volume 78, No. 25 THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1969 it: A Combination of ^ ^ THE NORTHAMPTON COUNTY NEWS — Established 1926 Rich Square, N. C. 12 Pages Commissioners Restore School’s $50,000; Northampton Tax $1.60 JACKSON - The Northampton need to repair existing buildings County Board of Commissioners, to prepare for the fall term.” acting In regular session Tues- School board chairman W. C, day, restored a $50,000 cuttothe Conner told the commissioners, school outlay budget but stlpu- *‘We cut the budget to a mlni- lated the funds are to be used to mum originally and when you cut repair existing buildings and $50,000 and with the desegrega- grounds. The tax rate is expected tlon order, we just do not have to remain at $1,60. enough money to operate the sys- The school board met with the tern.” commissioners In the afternoon Conner said the federal court session and Indicated the cut order will cause the school board would have to be restored If the to have to use several buildings county was to have all the build- and rooms that have not been used tags that will be necessary ready in some time and “they justhave for occupancy this fall. to be repaired.” School superintendent Roy F. Chairman Revelle asked Low- Lowry appealed to the com mis- ry Ifthereareanybulldlngswhlch sloners to provide funds for a are to be repaired that are ex- new school bus garage which he pected to be abandoned in the near said “is outdated and complete- future. Lowry replied, “We just ly inadequate.” don*t know but we hope the re- Lowry said the existing facil- pairs will help alleviate some of ity does not have adequate heat- the problems we have,” tag and “ought not to be put off.” School board member L, H. He said, “The boys down at the Taylor commented, “We feel an garage are getting on edge.” allegiance to the taxpayers in But the commissioners seemed the county who cannot afford to SMOLDERING REMAINS of the new addition to Woodland Manufacturing Company's casket mill were still ablaze at mid-morning Friday after a 6 a.m. alarm had brought four surrounding fire companies. The new addition wos com pletely destroyed although the older part of the plant (in background) escaped with only minor smoke and water damage. intent that no new school build ings or facilities be built in the county in the coming year. Chair man J, Guy Revelle said, “We don’t think it is the proper time to construct any new buildings in the county but we agree you do send their children to a private school. We want to makesurethe people who send the children to public schools will be sending them to a school they can feel proud of,” And school board member Clif- Fire Destroys Addition To Woodland Casket Firm GEORGE - A fire believed to terlals from other plants and have been started by spontaneous combustion destroyed the re cently completed 2,500 s^are foot addition to the Woodland Manufacturing Company’s casket millroom early Friday morning. Charles H. Swift, plant man ager, said the blaze was dis covered at approximately 6 a.m, by a workman at the plant and he theorized “spontaneous com bustion in the millroom probably caused the fire although we do not know for sure and will have to Investigate further,” Swift added the addition was just completed Thursday after noon and was to house the mill- room and box department. Both operations had been carried on in another plant some distance from the main site. The plant manager commented no estimate of damage has been made and a check with the firm’s accountants will have to be made before a figure can be deter mined. Part of the building and equipment was covered by in surance. assemble the caskets in the older part of the plant that escaped damage. James Lee of the Woodland Fire Department said the com pany received the call “a little after 6 a.m.” and when they arrived on the scene “the com plete back portion of the company was covered by fire,” Lee added the roof on the new addition “fell in shortly after we arrived,” He reported that firemen’s efforts were directed to prevent damage to the front part of the plant where the of fices and storage facilities are located. “We were able to confine the fire to the back portion of the building and there was only slight water and smoke damage to the front part,” concluded Lee, Fire companies from Wood land, Rich Square, Conway and Murfreesboro were on the scene and a truck from the Woodland department remained until well after 9 a.m. to extinguish small blazes that rekindled. 1,798 Persons Receive Aid To Dependent Children (This is the fourth in a series of articles on public welfare in Northampton County. The second and third articles explained two of the three monthly financial aid programs administered by the Northampton County Department of Public Welfare - aid to the aged and aid to the disabled. Today’s article will present the facts about the third and final monthly financial aid program- aid tp families >'with dependent children.) By JAMES CLARK Northampton County Welfare Director JACKSON - The financial aid to families with dependent chil dren program is a program de signed by Congress to assist needy children. However, it would be of little service to h^vp the children and let the p^ent be without subsistence. Therefore, in these cases one adult family member normally is included In the monthly grant. Equipment destroyed in the fire included several saws and two steam engines. Swift said the equipment “is very costly and will cost a lot of money H we have to buy all new equip ment.” He said the firm hopes to find some used equipment that will enable the plant to get back in full operation with “very little delay.” Rich Square Special School Tax Repealed It is a program to help only child is between 16 and 18 years needy children who have been de- of age, he must be enrolled and prived of parental care and sup- regularly attending school. If he port because of the death, physi- is not in school and is mentally cal or mental incapacity, or con- and physically able to work, he tinned absence from the home of must be employed if a job is avail- one or both parents either nor- able. The parent must be regis- mal or adoptive. tered for employment and accept There is no program of ftaan- ^ l>ona fide job offer unless she cial assistance in North Carolina mentally or physically unable for families where there are two work, needed in the home for pble-bodied pprents. SqAestates continuous care of the children or do have an optional prog-ram to al- -V'O gainful cfmpioym.ent low assistance where both the fa- available. In cases where a pan ther and mother are in the home abandoned the children, the but unemployed. This state has aPPHcant must agree to institute not chosen to implement this pro- criminal nonsupport action gram. The vast majority of these against the deserting parent or cases involve a mother and her Parents, children. In some cases a grand- When families apply for this mother or other relative has as- assistance at the Northampton sumed the responsibility for pro- County Welfare Department, a viding parental care and support welfare worker will help prepare for the children and would be a budget for them using the stan- eligible under these circum- dard budget allowances estab- stances, llshed by the State Board ofPub- This program like the two other Welfare, Local welfare de- flnancial aid programs is a fed- PRrtments cannot allow amounts eral program which is financed ^l^cve these maximum allow- wlth approximately 70 per cent Rnces. The budget allowances for federal funds. The remainder is t)aslc necessities of living are appropriated from state and on ascalethatreducestheamount “We have vacations planned next week so we do not think we will have to lay anyone off work until we can get the addi tion rebuilt.” The plant employs approximately 50 persons. He added that the casket company can purchase prefabricated ma- RALEIGH - A bill introduced by Rep. Perry Martin was en acted by the North Carolina Leg islature on June 30 repealing the special 15 cents per hundred dollars real property tax passed in 1947 to allow for the hiring of special teachers. The North ampton County Commissioners cannot levy the tax for the year 1969-70 now. Those owing past taxes and penalties still must pay on over due bills. Sentiment turned against the levy after the federal court or dered integration in the county. Parents had voted for the spe cial levy to support farm and home economics courses when the high school was still in op eration and to add teachers where the state allotment would have required combined classes based on total enrollment. There are no special levies now throughout the county. county funds. There are eligibility require ments other than the need for sup port due to being deprived of pa- allowed per person as the number in the family increases. The maximum monthly allow ance for one person is $35.50 rental care by one or both par- necessities which include ents. The child must have lived in ^ood, clothing, medicine chest the state for one year prior to the supplies, household supplies, date of application. household equipment and per- The child must be under 18 sonal expenses. For a family of years of age or between 18 and 21 the total allowance for these years and attending school. Ifthe (See PERSONS, Page 8) Nine County 4-H District Winners DISTRICT 4-H OFFICERS, named at Fridoy's Activity Day, are installed by Mrs. Josephine Patterson, district home economics agent. Debra McDowell, left, of Jackson stood in for Arthur Jenkins of Potecosi, who wos named vice presi dent. Other officers are, from left, Don Morgan, Perquimans, secretary-treasurer; Dole Alston, Bertie, reporter; and Carmel Sutton, Perquimans, president. CONWAY - More than 700 per sons attended the Northeastern District 4-H Activity Day at Northampton County High School near here Friday at which a number of Roanoke-Chowan teen agers won honors. Fourteen counties compose the district and all were repre sented except Dare County, Nine Northampton County 4-H’ers won district titles In the district demonstration day Judg- ings. They, with the other win ners, will compete In Raleigh for state championships next month. This was the second year In a row that Northampton 4-H’ers reaped the most honors at the annual event, Hertford County had six win ners and Bertie three. Winners from the Northeast ern District will join those from five other districts across the state in competition for state championships in 4-H In Raleigh during North Carolina 4-H Con gress in July. District officers elected at the all-day meeting are Carmen Sut ton of Perquimans, president; Arthur Jenkins, Northampton, vice president;DonMorgan, Per quimans, secretary - treasurer; and Dale Alston, Bertie, report er. The 29 demonstrations were conducted before judges during the morning session. Demonstration and activity winners were announced at the afternoon assembly by Mary Sue Moser, assistant director 4-H work. Northeastern District 4-H specialist; and E, L, Norton, dis trict extension chairman. The new officers were in stalled during the assembly by Mrs. Josephine Patterson, dis trict home economics agent. Dr. T. C. Blalock, state 4-H di rector, spoke to the 4-H’ers, their leaders, parents and other guests attending the annual pro gram. Tommy Cahoon of Tyrrell County, outgoing district presi dent, presided. Dianne Bowen, Bertie County, led the singing and Susan Coleman, Currituck County, gave the 4-H pledge. Carl R, Britt, assistant prin cipal of Northampton County High School, welcomed the guests to the school; Roy F, Lowry, county school superintendent, extended greetings, and J, Guy Revelle, chairman of the county commis sioners, extended a welcome from the county commissioners. Special guests at the event were four 4-H’ers and their lead er from Publeo County, Colo. They are currently visiting in Pasquotank County as part of a 4-H exchange program originated two years ago under the director ship of Jimmy Vaughan, assis tant county agricultural exten sion agent, Vaughan, a native of Northampton County, was assis tant agent in Bertie County for two years before taking the Pas- ton Parker told the commission ers, “Now is the time to take the responsibility. We are going to have to run a public school sys tem and we just can’t throw up our hands to the responsibility. We have to do as fine a job as possible.” Revelle then asked Lowry ifthe present work force is enough to have all the buildings ready for the fall term. Lowry commented, “We don’t know but we will make every effort and it may be that we will have to hire additional work ers or call in a construction firm to have the buildings ready for the opening.” The commissioners decided to add the $50,000 to current ex penses originally, but Lowry said the money could not be used for certain necessary projects such as repairing toilets if the money was not placed in capital outlay. The commissioners also acted on five requests by Sheriff E. Frank Outland Tuesday. First, the commissioners raised the salary of the cook for the jail Traffic Cases Highlight Wednesday Court Session JACKSON -Traffic cases dom inated Wednesday’s session of Northampton County District Court withJudge JosephD. Blythe presiding. The following traffic cases were heard before the court; John Charles Key, driving un der Influence, $100 and costs, not operate a motor vehicle in North Carolina for 12 months and surrender his license to court; Allen Warren Squire, speeding 75 mph in 55 mph zone, driving under influence and improper brakes, sentence of six months in Northampton County public jail, assigned to work under direction of State Department of Correc tion, court recommends the de fendant be placed on Work Re lease Program. Leslie Canty Jr., speeding 80 mph in 55 mph zone, $35 and costs; Joseph Britt Jr,, speeding 45 mph in 35 mph zone and hav ing no operator’s license, fined $5 and costs on the first charge and found not guilty on the sec ond; Willie Lubie Woodley, speeding 60 mph in 50 mph zone and having no valid chauffeur’s license, $10 and costs on the first charge and $25 and costs on the se^nd. Janies^, Musoi., dirvingchider ' influence, $100 and costs and no tation made on license that he was found guilty; Allen Warren Squire, driving under influence, six months imprisonment in the public jail of Northampton Coun ty, assigned to work under direc tion of the State Department of Correction on the Work Release Program; James Therman Ed monds, driving under influence, $100 and costs and turn In li cense for revocation; John Rus sell Burnette, driving under in fluence, $ 100 and costs and turn in license for revocation. David Glenn Moseley, no valid operator’s license in possession, nol-pros; Cola Burke, reckless driving, $10 and costs; Leslie Edward Bowen, fail to operate on right half of highway, $5 and costs; Howard Eugene Vaughan, never having been licensed as op erator or chauffeur by the DMV, prayer for judgment continued upon payment of costs. Other cases disposed of were the following: Ardell Calvin Everett, indecent exposure and molesting a fe male, not guilty on both charges; Shirley Glover Warren, assault, prayer for judgment continued upon payment of costs, defendant given notice of appeal in open court, bond fixed at $100 and costs for approval at the August term of Northampton County Su perior Court; Marion Brown, as sault with a deadly weapon, nol- pros with leave, St. John Banks, trespassing after being forbidden, $10 and costs; Moses Anderson, posses sion of nontax-paid whiskey for purpose of sale, $50 and costs, the defendant is not to violate any ABC laws of North Carolina for a period of two years; Lois- teen Powell, possession of tax- paid whiskey with seal broken and disbursing ABC whiskey without valid permit, $25 and costs. Campbell To Replace Jones As NCHS Principal JACKSON — Superintendent of schools Roy Lowry announced on Thursday that the Northampton County Board of Education had accepted the resignation of Pel ham T. Jones as principal of the Northampton County High School and ap.oolnted-Henry J, Campbell of Rich square as his replace ment for the 1969-70 school term. Mrs. Jones also submitted her resignation to Lowry at the same time. She had worked as the book keeper for the ESEA Title I section, Jones had served as principal since the opening of the consoli dated high school in 1964. He gave as his reason for resigna tion his acceptance of a position in Carteret County as a teacher recruiter. Campbell holds anA.B. degree from Lenoir-Rhyne College and an M.A. from East Carolina Uni versity. , NE Academy Enrolling Until July 10th LASKER — The boardofdirec tors of Northeast Academy, meeting here on Tuesday night, set Thursday, July 10, as final date for open enrollment and established payment require ments for the school. The $300 initial payment, pay able to the Northeast Develop ment Corporation, is required for each student for additional building, plus $100 tuition pay ment now and a share of stock (see 4-H, Page 9) DISTRICT 4-H WINNER Jo Ann Nance is presented with a blue ribbon by Mrs. Justine Rozier, home management spe cialist, after she was judged district win ner in the home improvement demon stration at the District 4-H Activity Day last Friday. Miss Nonce will compete with the other district winners for state cham pionships in Roleigh next month. from $75 a month to $100, Second, they increased the clothing allowance for the dis patcher in the jail, who also serves as assistant jailer, from $100 a year to $200, Next, they increased the salary of Deputy Jimmy Lane by $500 to $5,720 annually. The commissioners rejected the sheriff’s request that special deputies receive a $3 arrest fee. The money will continue to go Into the general fund and they also re jected a request that Deputy Mrs. Swannle Williamson receive a $200 a year clothing allowance, which is what other deputies re ceive. She will continue to re ceive $100 a year for uniforms. Industrial Development Com missioner Bill Howell presented the commissioners with the ap parent low bid on the Seaboard water project of $24,731 by the John L, MacNelll Construction Company of Roanoke Rapids, The commissioners accepted the bid which Howell said “is consider ably higher than original esti mates.” The commissioners also asked Howell to send a letter to the board of directors of Leggett’s clothing company, which is clos ing its store in Jackson, asking the firm to reconsider and keep the Jackson store open. In other action Tuesday the commissioners adopted a plan similar to one that all state em- (See COMMISSIONERS, Page 8) He taught. in Sanford junior High school in 1956-57 and then served in the Army from 1957 until 1959, He came to Rich Square High School as coach for the 1959-60 year and then went to Red Springs until 1964. From the 1964-65 school year until 1967 he -taught at the Fort Meade, Fla,, school and then returned to Northampton County as the high school football coach. He is married to the former Majorie Warren of Rich square and they have two young daugh ters. in the corporation, with the total tuition, $400. A total of 25 students will be required for each grade. If suf ficient students are not enrolled for a grade, payment will be re funded. Enrollment is on a first come, first serve basis at the private school, with 335 students en rolled to date for the 1969-70 term.
Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald (Ahoskie, N.C.)
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