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Vt THE County TIMES-NEWS ^ Northampton County's Only Advertising and News Medium Vol. 81 No. 17 THE ROANOKE-CHOWAN TIMES — Established 1892 THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1972 ☆ THE NORTHAMPTON COUNTY NEWS — Established W26 lOc Per Copy Rich Square, N. C. 16 Pages Hii AT PLEASANT HILL Congressman L. H. Fountain talked with local voters during a visit through the western end of Northampton County Friday. They are (from left) Mrs. Marvin Coker, Ron Coker, Marvin Coker, Earnest L. Webb, Representative Fountain and Mrs. Brown E. Coker. Representative Fountain toured Gaston, Pleasant Hill, Garysburg, Seaboard and Margarettsville in the afternoon and addressed a Jaycee meeting in Roanoke Rapids that evening. McKellar Recovering From Attack JACKSON — Angus A. McKellar, attorney for Northampton County, is now in a private hospital room and improving satisfactorily after suffering a heart seizure Friday, April 21. McKellar was rushed to Roanoke Rapids Hospital, where he remained in the intensive care unit until Sunday noon. He will possibly be hospitalized for two or three more weeks, reports his secretary. Miss Carolyn Wheeler. N'amp ton Cancer Crusade Kicked Off In Jackson JACKSON — The annual Kick-Off Cancer Crusade meeting was held in the Agricultural building in Jackson with volunteers representing the various towns and communities throughout Northampton. Mrs. Julian Porter, president of the Northampton County Cancer Society opened the meeting with the invocation. Guest speaker was James Russell Lee, Area Crusade chairman, who was introduced by Mrs. Virginia Byrun, District Representative American Cancer Society. Lee congratulated the group on doing a fine job in 1971, at which time over $4,800 was collected. He challenged the group to reach for a higher goal this year. Mrs. Autrey Jenkins, Northampton Crusade Chairman, reported „Northampton,s goal for 1972 is $5,000. I feel sure we can accomplish this goal if each community can have just a little better drive than we had in 1971. May I remind citizens that 40 per cent of the cancer funds remain in our county. These funds are available for service to cancer patients for payment of drug bills or transportation cost to and from the clinics for treatment. In 1971 there were 31 deaths reported due to cancer, according to the figures available at the health department. While we had 31 deaths, only seven people requested assistance from the (See CANCER. Page 16) TOth Annual Horse Show Set Sunday In Woodland WOODLAND — Sunday at 12:30 p.m. Ringmaster Ben Marks will call the first of 33 classes of horses and ponies and the excitement of the Annual Woodland Horse and Pony Show will begin. It will be held at the Timberlake Stables on Highway 258 south of Woodland. A certified member of the Coastal Plain Horse Show Circuit, the show f RIBBON GIRLS FOR THE 10th Annual Woodland Horse Show try out their red, white and blue costumes as they prepare for the big show Sunday. They are (standing from left) Gen Stanley, Molly Burgwyn and Barbie Brown; (seated, from bottom) Dotty Wells, Becky Copeland, Leslie King, Charlotte Simmons and Dixie Stanley. Challenging Fountain Lee Speaks In Gaston Promises To Serve All GASTON — A large crowd turned out to greet Chapel Hill Mayor Howard Lee in Gaston Sunday. Mayor Lee says he is giving the people of the second district a “choice for a change” by running in the May democratic primary. He promised to serve the interest of all people, black, white, red and all others if elected. He will do his best to ‘put the congressmen where the mass majority of* the people can reach him at will.’ He proposes to do this by opening one and possibly two satelite offices in the second district that will remain open during his entire time in office. Eley Is Sanford's N'ampton Aide JACKSON — Jasper Eley of Jackson has been named Northampton County manager of the local Sanford For President Committee. According to Woodrow Teague of Raleigh, state Campaign manager, he will head local efforts for SanfOTd in the May 6 presidential primary. Sanford, governor of North Carolina from 1961 to 1965 and Savings Time On Sunday RICH SQUARE — Daylight saving time will go into effect at 2 a.m. Sunday. All clocks, watches and other timepieces should be moved up one hour so at that time it should read 3 a.m. This should be very helpful to babysitters and snould be noted by people taking medicine on a scheduled basis. now president of Duke University, formally announced his candidacy March 8. He has said he plans to enter at least one more presidential primary before the Democratic National Convention in Miami in July. Sanford’s candidacy followed a petition begun by college students and signed by some 25,000 N.C. citizens to put his na^me on the ballot. Washington Charged In Shooting JACKSON — James Henry Washington, 19, has been charged with assault with a deadly weapon in the April 22 shotgun wounding of Moses Lee Boone, 18. The shooting followed a disagreement between the two men in a Jackson pool room. Boone was shot below the left knee. Washington is being held under $300 bopd. The democratic hopeful will be the guest speaker at the Branches Chapel Baptist Church in Rich Square on Sunday at 7:30 p.m. Lee nas begun a hectic whistle stop tour of the Second Congressional District in an effort to meet and talk with as many people as possible before the May 6 primary election. At age 37, he is campaigning to unseat Congressman L. H. Fountain in tihe largely rural Second Congressional District. The whistle stop tour, once a favorite method of campaigning, has become almost extinct with the advent of mass media politics in which candidates rely on television, radio and newspapers for contact with the voters. However, Howard Lee has said the success of his campaign depends on meeting, shaking hands and talking with as many people throughout the district as he can. “I’m firmly convinced,” Lee said, “that the best way for me to convince people I’m the best person to represent them in Congress is through direct, person-to-person contact. I think the over-emphasis most politicians put on the mass media has decreased the responsiveness of our government.” Howard Lee Lee said media campaigns have moved the candidate further from the people. “If the government is going to become responsive to the needs of the people, the politicians are going to have to get back into the small towns and rural areas. It’s impossible for me to know what’s important to the average working man unless I go to him.” The candidate’s campaign staff has drawn up a schedule that will have Lee in every county and most towns in the district before election day. annually draws horse lovers from all over the state and region by the hundreds. This year’s show has more classes and prizes than ever including numerous money prize classes in accordance with the Coastal Plain’s regulations. The show is the major project of the members of the Wo^land Men’s Club and the Woodland Civic Club and is the vocal point and highlight of their fund raising activities for the year. Proceeds in excess of expenses help support various scouting programs as well as other community activities. One always enjoyed feature of the afternoon and early evening show is the presence of the refreshment stands which provide home cooked dinners and varieties of refreshments throughout the day. Show chairman, Tom Daughtry, has promised that the Tenth Anniversary Show will be “the best ever” and urges all interested parties to come out for a truly exciting afternoon. Oscar Bryan of Norfolk will be the judge, L. M. (Red) Jenkins is assistant ringmaster. Dr. J. E. Brown, will be the show veterinarian. Leslie White will be the announcer and stewardesses will be Mrs. Clifton Parker Jr. and Mrs. E. L. Timberlake Jr DU I Cases Dominate Court Docket JACKSON - In Northampton County District Court here Wednesday, driving under the influence charges dominated the court docket with Judge Joseph D. Blythe presiding. Delmo Joyner was given limited driving privileges. Robert Lee Bowser entered a plea of guilty to careless and reckless driving which was accepted by the state. Joe Robinson’s license was revoked and all three were fined $100 and costs. Raymond Cain entered a plea of guilty to public drunkenness and paid costs. Other cases and their dispositions: Coley Artis, charged with compliance (non support), $120 fine and costs. Jeremia Banks received a 30-day suspended sentence, $25 fine and costs on charges of affray and disorderly conduct. Cardell Ramsey, charged (See docket; Page 16) State Sponsored Kindergarten Set For Willis Hare School PENDLETON — Willis Hare Elementary School in Pendleton has been picked as School Entered Wednesday GASTON — Squire Elementary School, two miles west of Gaston, was broken into and several items stolen the night of April 19, the Northampton County Sheriff’s Department reports. Deputy Sheriff O. B. Johnson found that the thieves entered the building by knocking out a portion of a window on the east side of the school. Four record players, one bat, one baseball and three baseball gloves were reported missing. The investigation into the breaking, entering and larceny continues. the site for the new state supported kindergarten that has been awarded to North ampton County. This is one of the 20 new kindergartens that have been set up in the state for the 1972-73 school year. This brings the total of state supported kindergartens in North Carolina to 74. The amount of family income does not matter in enrolling children and all services, including transportation, are paid for by the state. The kindergarten will open in September with a staff of two teachers and two aides. These teachers and aides will attend a three week training workshop this summer in Raleigh preparing for the kindergarten. Willis Hare Principal O. B. Spaulding will attei^ a five- day kindergarten training workshop this summer at the University of North Carolina in Ashville. Special education teacher, media specialist and four other teachers will attend a five-day training workshop Pendleton Man Charged With Lying In Highway JACKSON — A Pendleton approximately nine days, was man, who was hopitalized in charged with lying on the Roanoke-Chowan Hospital travel portion of the highway • • in one of n;.ie aceiJeots reported in , n County since April 9. The victim was identified as Melvin Deloatch, 20, by State Trooper J. C. Wood, who reported the man was lying in the main travel portion of paved road 1360 three miles north of Conway April 15 when a 1%6 Chevrolet driven by George T. Martin, 31, of Newport News, Va., “crossed over him” at 8 p.m. There was no damage to the car. Deloatch was released from the hospital April 24. In other accidents reported, James H. Stuckey, 24, of Kingstree, S.C., operator of a 1971 Plymouth, was admitted to Roanoke-Chowan Hospital several hours April 10 with injuries he received in a one- car accident at 4:35 p.m. on U.S. 258. According to the report he was attempting to stop another car and “failed to watch where he was going.” The car ran off the right side of the road into a deep fill. He was charged with reckless driving. Brenda K. Harvey, 24, of Stillwater, N.Y., a passenger in a 1970 Rambler driven by JohnA. Harvey,28, alsoof New York, was reported injured in a 11:30 p.m. April 9 accident (See MAN, Page 16) in Raleigh. This workshop will center on the latest methods in Early Childhood Education. The Learning Institute of North Carolina, located in Chapel Hill, will administer a battery of test to each five- year-old child who enrolls. From the results of these test each child will receive individual attention as to his needs from the school personnel, state consultants, specialist and coordinators. County Health and Social Services will help also. Willis Hare’s School Building is being renovated, floors carpeted and special equipment and materials are being ordered for this program. Classrooms at Willis Hare School are already set up according to the latest methods in early childhood education. With the addition of this kindergarten, Willis Hare will offer one of the best school programs in Eastern North Carolina. *»xsf ” NEW RICH SQUARE EATING PLACE — Mrs. County drive-ins: the Patio In Murfreesboro and H C Simmons Jr. of Woodland looks over the the Tastee Freez In Jackson and Woodland. Plans construction of a new drive-in restaurant she and now call for an opening date around the first of her husband are building. It will be designed June, along similar lines of their other Northampton
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