Vol. 82 No. 14
THE County TIMES-NEWS
if if if Northampton County's Only Advertising and News Medium if ★ ★ ★
THE ROANOKE-CHOWAN TIMES — EsubUshed 1892 ☆ THE NORTHAMPTON COUNTY NEWS — Established 1926
THURSDAY, APRILS, 1973 lOc Per Copy Rich Square, N. C.
14 Pages
TO NORFOLK
J IPendirtojv. V
Up Over $100,000
$2,422,741 Budget
For School Boord
JACKSON - North
ampton’s Board of Education
Monday adopted a local school
fund budget calling for the
expenditure of $646,490 from
county funds and another
$1,766,251 from state and
federal funds for a total
proposed budget for fiscal
year 1973-1974 of $2,422,741.
The school board’s request
from county funds is up
$137,580 over last year’s
$508,910 and overall has
increased $101,254 over last
year’s request of $2,321,487.
The budget calls for the
expenditure of $375,490 in local
funds for current expense and
$271,000 of local funds for
capital outlay.
One other action taken by
the board was the closing of
the agreement to sell the
Woodland Graded School
property to Daber, Inc., for
$20,548 was authorized.
FCIC Pays $68,596.88
To Northampton Farmers
JACKSON — Federal Crop
Insurance Cooperation paid
$68,596.88 in indemnities to
Northampton County for the
loss of crops in 1972.
Of the payments made, the
highest went to John G.
Burgwyn, $15,868,63, and the
lowest to Nannie B! and
Thelma Parks, $67.59.
Farmers pay premiums to
FCIC to insure their crops
aeainst losses. If they do not
make up to a guaranteed level,
they file a claim which is
processed.
Losses in 1971 for the county
came to $165,079.28, which is
$96,482.40 more, with most
losses coming from peanuts.
A list of the indemnities paid
is posted in the Agricultural
Stabilization and
Conservation Service
building.
THE PROPOSED CONNECTOR road with 1-95 through Northampton project and list, among others, letters of approval and support from eight
County is shown above as part of what could be a major route from Norfolk trucking firms in Norfolk. "If we do not get a good route built up most of that
to Charlotte. The proposal, work of Northampton Representative J. Guy truck traffic will leave Norfolk and go to Emporia or Petersburg before
Revelle, is basically a rebuilding of U.S. 158 where it goes through the dropping into North Carolina on the interstate system," Representative
county and offer the possibility for a sourthern loop through the county seat Revelle said,
at Jackson. Representative Revelle is presently massing support for this
Proposed 1-95 Connector Through Northampton Supreme Court To Decide
Being Sought By Representative J. Guy Revelle On Wastewater Bonds
JACKSON - “The backing I
have received so far gives me
confidence that this road
project will be approved and
completed.’’ Making this
statement was Northampton
Rep. J Guy Revelle as he
talked about a suggested
interstate connecting road of
Highway 258 which would cut
across Northampton County
and connect with 1-95. One
route proposed would go
through Jackson and the other
would pass it to the north.
Addressing the County
Board cf Commissioners,
Representative Revelle said
that he had received favorable
comments from eight Norfolk
Superior Court Jury
Selected For 2nd Week
JACKSON - The
Northampton County Superior
Court is now in the second
week of its spring term.
Jurors serving for this week
are the following;
Richard Baker, Gaston;
Sandra P. Beale, Kirby; Anne
M. Bell, Occoneechee; C. L.
Boone, Rich Square; Floyd
Boone, Kirby; Lloyd D.
Bowen, Rich Square; Mrs. R.
L. Bridgers, Wiccacanee;
Robert Bynum, Occoneechee;
James Archie Conner, Rich
Square; Stanley Davis,
Occoneechee; James C.
DiMizza, Rich Square; Lucille
Edwards, Rich Square; Nellie
Mae Johnson Faison, PH;
James H. Freeman, Roanoke;
Marvin E. Hoggard, Rich
Square; Clifton Lewter,
Kirby; William E. Little,
Seaboard; Willie Lloyd,
Wiccacanee; C. D. Lynch,
Gaston; R. L. Martin, Kirby;
Mrs. Ben T. Mills, Gaston;
Betty Mae Motley, Seaboard;
Mrs. E. Frank Outland, Rich
Square; Nancy Porch,
Gaston; Bill Robinson,
Occoneechee; Pauline
Smallwood, Occoneechee;
Frank Smith, Rich Square.
Jurors who served for the
first week were Bob Arnold,
Rich Square; Marshall Avent,
Pleasant Hill; Mrs. Helen
(See JURY, Page 5)
trucking lines saying that they
supported the proposal.
To gain further support and
aid in this project
Representative Revelle said
that he was planning to meet
with Secietary of
Transportation Bruce Lentz
within the next few weeks.
In other matters before the
commissioners at the Monday
meeting:
In other matters before the
commissioners:
—A bid of $22,582.80 from
Pope Motors of Rich Square
was accepted for six police
interceptor models for the
sheriff’s department provid^
specifications in the contract
are fulfilled.
Justification for accepting
the next to low bid on the
specified 1973 Ford model was
the close proximity of Pope
Motors to the sheriff’s
department staff for service
and the fact that Pope Motors
is the only Ford dealer in the
county.
White Motors of Roanoke
Rapids submitted a low bid of
$22,338 for the six cars.
^The board also approved a
motion to appropriate $1,923 to
buy the new type of light and
siren to be installed on the new
police cars.
—Auditor Sidney Ellen
reported Carolina 'Telephone
Company would not do the
Extended Area Service toll
free telephone service survey
in the Rich Square area due to
the large number of petitions
not in favor of the aei vice. The
survey still will be conducted
in the other areas of the
county, he said.
—The board approved the
appointment of attorney
Bruce Johnson of Conway to
the Northampton County
Memorial Library Board of
iruslees to fill the unexpired
term of Don Wilder of
(See CONNECTOR, Page 5)
JACKSON — If the
Supreme Court rules that it is
constitutional for a county to
sell bonds for wastewater
treatment facilities, then
Northampton will issue $2.5
million in bonds to help clean
up the Roanoke River.
Under a new statute an
industrial development and
Council Of State Ok's $74,000
For Black Root Rot Research
RALEIGH — Led by Gov. James
E. Holshouser at the meeting of the
Council of State April 3, the Council
after hearing evidence of the
emergency nature of the disease,
black root rot, in peanuts voted to
supply $74,000 from the Contingency
and Emergency Funds to finance a
crash research program to help find
the answer to control of black root
rot.
President William Friday of the
Greater University of North Carolina
and Chancellor John T. Caldwell of
North Carolina State University
presented to the Council of State the
facts pertaining to black root rot,
which is a serious threat to the 60
million dollar peanut crop in
Eastern North Carolina.
The Council of State, consisting of
Commissioner of Agriculture James
A. Graham, State Auditor Henry L.
Bridgers, Commissioner of Labor
W. C. Creel. Secretary of State Thad
(See COUNCIL, Page 5)
pollution abatement authority
was recently formed in
Northampton. Its members
are appointed by the county
commissioners and it has a
two-fold purpose; one, to
encourage industrial
development in distressed
areas of the state by
construction of industrial
projects with proceeds of bond
money and leasing the
projects to industries; and
two, by helping abate pollution
in the same way in all areas of
'.he state. After pollution
abatement projects are built,
the bonds are paid off by
renting the facilities to
industry.
“The authority is in contract
with the Albermarle Paper
Company,’’ said Felton
Turner, a member of the
Northampton board. “They
will rent the facility and the
rent will pay off the bonds. It
is designed to reduce the
biological oxygen demand by
85 percent of the materials
dumped in the river. This will
virtually eliminate the
dumping of solid waste.”
The bond issue is currently
on appeal to the Court of
Appeals and ultimately will go
to the Supreme Court. If it
approves, the bonds will be
issued and available to be
purchased as other municiple
bonds.
Northampton plans to sell
$2.5 million while the Halifax
authority will issue $700,000
for water pollution and $12.5
for air pollution. The bonds
will state that they are not a
deby of the authority but to be
paid from rent from the
Albemarle Paper Company.
Members of the
Northampton author ty are
Felton Turner, John G.
Burgwyn, T. W. Cooley,
Jackson; Garland D. Barnes,
Severn; J. Raynor Woodard,
Conway; R. L. Shaw, Gaston;
C. G. Parker Jr., Woodland;
H. R. Harris, Seaboard.
Bloodmobile
SEABOARD — The
Bloodmobile will be at the
Lions Club in Seaboard from 1
to 5 p.m., Monday. Chairman
for this drive will be R. B.
Bullock.
According to County
Chairman Mrs. E. Frank
Outland, “This is the last
Northampton visit of the fiscal
year and we should be
reminded that we are running
behind. We would like to make
this last day a very successful
one.”
NATIONAL LIBRARY WEE
APRIL 8_I4
Two Men Sentenced
In Superior Court
GET
AHEAD.
READ!
WIDEN
YOUR
WORLD!
THIS IS THE BULLETINE BOARD in the Northampton Library that
reminds every one that next week is National Library Week. As G. Dawson
once said, "A great library contains the diary of the human race. It is the
consulting room of a wise man."
JACKSON — Superior Court
Judge Perry Martin handed
down two sentences, one of 28
to 30 years for murder and one
of 15 to 20 years for armed
robbery.
A 23-year-old Potecasi man.
Cola (Rag Mop) Burke,
was sentenced to 28 to 30 years
in prison on conviction of
murder in the second degree.
Equilization Board
To Meet Twice
JACKSON— The Board of
Equalization and Review
will hold meetings on the
following dates in the
Commissioners Room,
County Courthouse,
Jackson, Monday, April 1^
and Monday April 30 at 2
p.m.
Any taxpayer who has
complaints concerning tax
values, please contact W. T.
Bradley, tax supervisor,
prior to the above dates.
The verdict was reached at
11:20 p.m. Saturday by a
Northampton County Superior
Court jury that had weighed
the decision for nearly three
days. During that time, the
jurors and witnesses were
sequestered in a Roanoke
Rapids motel.
Burke was being tried on
murder charges in the fatal
shooting of Joseph Colin
Myrick, 25, of Murfreesboro,
February 2. Burke was
arrested the next day and had
been held in Northampton
County Jail ever since without
privilege of bond.
A Texas man was handed a
15 to 20-year active sentence
by Judge Martin Tuesday on
an armed robbery conviction.
William Horace Martin Jr.
of Hillsboro, Tex., pleaded
guilty to the January 31
robbery of Cleveland Smith of
Gaston.
The $1631 taken from Smith
in the hold up was ordered
returned to Smith.
In another case Nellie
(See COURT, Page 5)
PREPARING FOR A WEEKEND exercise at Fort Bragg with the North
Carolina Army National Guard are 1st Lt. Tom Daughtry of Woodland and
SFC Willie L. Davis of Conway, both with B Company, 1st Battalion, 119th
Mechanized Infantry. Throughout most of the weekend the troops carried
outtheir mission in a constantdrizzle and cold wind. •
Bloodmobile At Seaboard Monday 1-5 P.M,