Vol. 82 No. 11
THE Coim^ TIMES-NEWS
Northampton County's Only Advertising and News Medium
THE ROANOKE-CHOWAN TIMES — Established 1892
THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1973
☆ THE NORTHAMPTON COUNTY NEWS — Established 1926
lOc Per Copy Rich Square, N. C.
12 Pages
District
Camporee
Slated
EDENTON — A District
Camporee for the Roanoke-
Chowan District, East
Carolina Boy Scout Council,
orginally scheduled for the
weekend of March 9 to 11 has
been rescheduled for the
weekend of March 16 -18. This
announcement was made by
Andy Reilly, district
commissioner.
The Camporee will begin
Friday afternoon at the Jim
Butler Farm near Mt. Olive
Church, between Lewiston
and Windsor.
“All scouts from the R-C
District should be ready for a
full weekend,” Reilly said.
Attending will be Scouts
from Hertford, Bertie and
Northampton Counties.
Highlight of the weekend
will be the annual Klondike
Derby which will be run
Saturday. This is a series of
obsticles and tests which the
Scouts must overcome as they
race against the clock. To add
some flavor to the race the
Scouts will be pulling Klondike
Sleds which they have already
made.
No Verdict Yet
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Dove Hunters Case
Under Advisement
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SPRING HAS SPRUNG IN Northampton County. The first flowers of spring
are showing up all along the roadsides and in the yards of homes throughout
the county. In addition, the farmers are signaling the arrival of spring by
discing their fields gettidg mother earth ready to give birth to another
generation of crops to feed the nation.
WILSON — Northampton’s
38 dove hunters, charged with
hunting over a baited field on
the W. P. Morris farm south of
Jackson last September 2,
finally had what may have
been their day in court last
week.
Appearing before Federal
Judge John D. Larkins Jr., in
Wilson all pleaded “not
guilty” and after all the
evidence was presented the
case was taken “under
advisement.” Although the
judge has no particular time
period in which to make his
final decision it is expected
that he may rule on the case
within the next two weeks.
At press time a few facts
were unclear. One was the
story that a few of the hunters
may have already paid their
fines and called it quits.
Another is that there were less
than 38 appearing for the
hearing. Orginally it was
reported that 38 were charged
with breaking the federal
regulation. At that time 35
names were made available
and the missing three were
accounted for with the fact
that they were minors so their
names would not have been
released.
The 35 originally charged
and listed on the records of the
Clerk of U.S. District Court in
Raleigh are:
Howard E. Brewer, Wade L.
Floyd, George R. Bain III,
Carson D. Thompson III,
Leroy W. Wheeler, Carroll B.
Robertson, Marion C. Merritt
Bradford W. Smith, C. W.
Bass, Hoyt E. Giles, R. R.
Davis, Gray Jarman, Clinton
H. Daws, William L. Daws,
James F. Watson, James F.
Watson Jr., Paul T. Harris,
David W. Eley, R. B. Bruce,
Jasper Eley, Theodore A.
Buck, Roy Lowry, Joseph L.
Gay, Roy F. Lowry Jr., Guy I.
McLean, George W. Story,
Grant Lane, Eric Norfleet,
James D. Futrell, Robert L.
Bright, J. R. Foreman, J. N.
White, David DeVere, James
C. Wise Jr. and Graham F.
Jarman Jr.
The next step for the hunters
will depend on Judge Larkins’
ruling. If not guilty then that’s
that. If guilty the next step for
the hunters will be 4th Circuit
Court of Appeals in Richmond.
Odom Guard Stabbed
With
Pen
JACKSON — James Peede
of Conway, a unit guard at
Odom Correctional Insitute,
was stabbed with a ballpoint
Mn last Friday by Murrell
Gibins, an inmate, according
to charges preferred against
Gibins.
Peede was treated and
released at Halifax Memorial
Hospital in Roanoke Rapids.
According to Joe Davis,
captain of the prison guards,
the incident was an
unprovoked attack. Gibins was
Boxcar Is
Redlly A
Boozecar
SEVERN — When workers
at a Severn plant prepared to
load a supposedly empty
boxcar last January 13, they
were, perhaps, more shocked
than surprised. Upon opening
the door to the car they found
it filled with cases of liquor.
“An honest mistake,” a
railroad official said this
week. “In any system cars get
misplaced from time to time
and this happened to be one of
them.”
According to an official at
the plant where the booze
turned up they were expecting
an empty boxcar which they
were going to load. Instead,
two came in with the railroad
requesting that they be able to
leave the “extra” car on the
company’s siding for the
weekend.
When plant workers loaded
their car they prepared to
enter the other car to seek
scrap lumber to use in
securing their load.
Upon making the discovery
they reported it and shortly
thereafter two members of the
state ABC Board came to
Severn and took control of the
car. It was dispatched to the
state ABC warehouse in
Raleigh.
Just where it came from and
how it got there is unknown,
or, at least, no one is telling
the newspapers the answers.
One employee at the
newspaper plant where the
Times-News is printed said,
“If this is the type club car
used on that train then I’ll ride
on it anytime.”
undergoing a shower and
outside interrogation when the
incident occurred.
Gibbins, who is serving a
five to seven year term for
breaking, entering and
larceny, is charged in two
other warrants with assaults
that occurred in a racial
incident at the prison earlier
in the week.
R. Sq. School
Conference
RICH SQUARE - The Rich
Square Elementary School
will hold its second Parent-
Teacher conference of the
year next week (March 19-23.)
All Parents interested in the
program and problems of
their children are urged to
attend and to invite other
involved parents.
Medical Auxiliary Schedules
Convention And Doctor's Day
Reflections Of One
Year Past; Future
(EDITOR’S NOTE: One county accountant. In the year are presently happening and
year ago this month North- he has been in office he has finally a future out look,
ampton County got a new been taking a course, one The year 1972 was a
weekend per month, in Chapel revaluation year (every eight
Hill at the Institute of years) and property values
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ROANOKE RAPIDS — Mrs.
B. E. Stephenson of Rich
Square; Mrs. T. J. Taylor and
Mrs. Grace Boone of Roanoke
Rapids as well as Mrs.
Richard Frazier, president of
the Northampton-Halifax
County Medical Auxiliary, of
Roanoke Rapids, will attend
the Pinehurst Convention of
the Woman’s Auxiliary to the
American Medical
Association May 26 to 29.
The convention in Pinehurst
is to celebrate the national
Woman’s Auxiliary to the
American M e dj c a 1
Association's Golden
Anniversary.
Mrs. Robert F. Beckley,
1972-73 national president will
be special guest. •
Mrs. Beckley, of Lock
Haven, Penn., has been active
in auxiliary work for many
years. She was representative
for the auxiliary to the
Pennsylvania Health Council.
Recently elected as vice
regent of the Col. Hugh White
Chapter of the D. A. R., Mrs.
Beckley has been community
services chairman, treasurer
and curently is a board
member of that organization.
Among other national
organizations of which she has
been a member are the
AAUW, the Pennsylvania
Home Economics Association
Board and the American
Home Economics Association.
She was the Pennsylvania
oelegaie to the Piesideni's
White House Conference on
Aging and is a member of the
Board of Presidents of
National Organization.
A graduate of Pennsylvania
State University, she is
married to Robert F. Beckley,
M. D., a radiologist, who was
recently elected president of
the West Branch Tuberculosis
and Respiratory Disease
Association.
Grace Boone, state publicity
for radio and TV chairman,
states that the convention will
be covered on television by
Bette Elliot, a television
oersonality.
The theme for the state for
1972-73 has bee “Individual
Responsibility—Focus for the
Future in Practical Medicine
thru Health Education and
Activities.”
The area auxiliary is also
getting ready for Doctor’s
Day, March 30. On this day
doctors will be honored by the
Auxiliary with flowers;
hospitals will receive flowers
or other tokens of appriciation
and honor, and flowers will be
placed on the graves of the
deceased doctors. This day is
observed nationally and
statewide as well as locally,
according to Mrs. Frazier,
State Doctor’s Day
Chairman.
On March 29, Mrs. Grace
Boone and Mrs. Frazier will
be guests on the Bette Elliot
(See DAY, Page 12)
Government. With this behind
him he will be playing an even
more active roll in managing
the county as an
administrator. The story
below is a collection of
reflections of Northampton
one year past and some for the
future.)
By SIDNEY T. ELLEN
County Accountant
JACKSON — Progress by a
county is decided by the
people of a county. We have
the finest people anywhere.
However, what is often
considered progress by some
people may be considered a
step in the wrong direction by
others. But progress must be
measured by the benefits the
majority of the people realize
from it.
Allow me to list some of the
things that have occurred over
the last year and things that
Education Board Visits
Rest Of County Schools
In Elizabeth City
Program On Cash Grain
Contracts Set Tuesday
JACKSON — Members of
the Northampton County
Board of Education completed
the inspection tour of all 14
schools when they visited
Jackson, Eastside, Rich
Square, W. S. Creecy,
Woodland Olney,
Northampton High, Conway
and Willis Hare Schools
following their meeting
Monday.
Chairman W. C. Connor
stated that the purpose of the
inspection trips was to learn
what were the greatest needs
of the schools and establish
the priority of the needs.
Last month the board
members visited Squire,
Gaston, Garysburg,
Gumberry, Seaboard and
Coates.
Board members were
particularly interested in the
new green house at North
ampton High School which is
being used by Instructor
Charles Reardon’s
horticulture class to produce
ornamental plants to
landscape the campus.
The board members,
superintendent and assistant
superintendent were guests of
the Northampton County High
School for lunch.
At the meeting the board
authorized the installation of a
new heating plant at the
Eastside School and
authorized the purchase of a
Weil-McLain Model BL-1092-
SF Steam trim and Honeywell
controls on State Contract for
$3,449.
Also' the contract of Russell
H. Lyles II to teach in the
county as approved and
system of personnel
evaluation was approved for
county school professional
employees.
No action was
pertaining to a local
fund budget for 1973-74 which
was presented to the Board
since the members of the
Board were scheduled to visit
the schools.
taken
school
Peanut Growers
OK Assessment
JACKSON — Northampton
County Peanut Growers voted
Tuesday in favor of continuing
assessment to finance the
operation of the N. C. Peanut
Growers Association.
County ASCS chairman, Ben
Mann siad that 97.4 per cent of
the growers favored the
assessment with a vote tally of
723-19.
The amount of the
assessment will be $1 per ton
or five cents per 100 pounds.
The money is used to
promote production,
marketing, consumption, and
reasearch in the peanut
industry.
JACKSON — Cash grain
contracts — how they work,
their advantages and
disadvantages — will be
discussed by a panel of
experts at a special meeting
for farmers and grain dealers
Tuesday, March 27 at 7:30
p.m. in the agricultural
building at Elizabeth City.
This is one of five such
seminars being conducted
across the state, according to
B. H. Harrell, Northampton
County Extension Chairman.
Harrell explained' that the
educational sessions are being
held for farmers, handlers and
others who want to learn more
about selling and buying grain
and soybeans by “booking”
now for delivery next fall or
winter.
Dr. Everett Nichols,
Extension Grain Marketing
Economist at North Carolina
State University, is
coordinating the series of
seminars and will be one of the
speakers. Others scheduled to
appear on one or more of the
programs include W. E. Lane
of the N. C. Department of
Agriculture, Jim Wilder of the
N. C. Soybean Producers
Association, John Sledge of
the N. C. Farm Bureau, John
Wagnon of Ralston Purina,
Rae Flowers of Cargill in
Wilson, Flint Harding of
Cargill in Fayetteville, and
Dr. Fred Sobering of NCSU. this important seminar,”
“I would urge all of our Harrell said. “It’s one way of
grain and soybean farmers realizing a greater degree of
who plan to enter into flexibility in selling your
contracts this year to attend crops.”
increased over all, providing
additional revenue with its
approximately 12 per cent
increase over 1971. However,
the budget needs were
increased by $137,713.
School needs are great
everywhere and Northampton
County put 45 per cent of the
tax dollar to this purpose in
1971-72 Fiscal Year and
increased it by one more per
cent in 1972-73 Fiscal Year.
(See Reflections, Page 12)
Town Hall
Bid Opening
Set Friday
GASTON — A special
meeting has been set for
Friday night by the Gaston
Board of Commissioners to
open bids on a new town hall
construction contract.
Three bids have been
-received and more are
expected.
The new building will be
erected on the site of the
present wooden tower office,
which will be moved to the
rear of the lot and be used for
storage.
The bid meeting was set
during Tuesday night’s board
session.
The board also approved a
(See TOWN, Page 12)
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LOOKING OVER BLUEPRINTS FOR a portion of the county's new jail
extension are (from left) Donald Jones, Thomas Gudal and Donnie
Durham, all of Jones Cooling and Heating of Wilson. Below, workmen pour
cement on what will be a portion of two new cells.
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Odom Inmates!
Face Charges
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A NEW FRONT PORCH ON THE Old County Home is attended to by
Roscoe Howel, John Sledge and A. G. Berguson. Progress on th6 renovation
of the home is going along on schedule and plans call for completion in the
summer.
JACKSON — A Sunday
night racial incident at Odom
Correctional Institute resulted
in charges of assault with a
deadly weapon being brought
against seven inmates.
According to Donald Batton,
acting superintendent of the
prison camp, warrants have
been issued against Fred
King, James Artis, Joe
Mitchell, Melton Whitaker,
Murrell Gibins, Paul Wilson
and Franklin Purvis. All face
single assault charges with
the exception of Gibins who is
charged with two counts to
assault with a deadly weapon
with intent to kill.
Inmates Joe Anthony Lloyd
and Roy Mozingo sustained
serious cuts about the neck in
the Sunday night incident and
were taken to Halifax
Memorial Hospital in Roanoke
Rapids for treatment. Both
have been returned to the
prison. A third inmate, Ronald
Robertson, was injured only
slightly.
Batton said the disturbance
erupted in one of the
dormitories.
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