THE County TIMES-NEWS
Northampton County's Only Advertising and News Medium
Vol. 82 No. 30
THE ROANOKE-CHOWAN TIMES — EstabUshed 1892
THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1973
☆ THE NORTHAMPTON COUNTY NEWS — Established 1926
lOc Per Copy Rich Square, N. C.
14 Pages
Woodland-Gaston Housing
Cites October Construction
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THE FOUNDATION IS NOW BEING LAID for
the new Farm Bureau office. Rainy weather and
muddy ground have slowed the building process
but now that the sun is out more often, progress
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has been made. The new building will be in old
colonial style, but still modern, and a big im
provement over the present building, though the
sites are only a few yards away.
K().\N()KE RAPIDS —
roiistruction on the Woodland
and Caston housing units is set
lo begin in October, according
to Mrs Leigh Tinsley,
executive director of the
Roaiiokc-Chowan Regional
Housing Vuthority.
•'Ue'ie up to contractor sale
on \\ oodhind and we expect to
break ground in October,”
commented Mrs. Tinsley.
■ The construction will last
aliout 12 months as building
supplies are in short supply.”
Congressman L. H.
Founlain announced July of
last \ear that the Roanoke-
Chow.in Regional Housing
\uihority had received a
Si.MM,710 contract by the
Department of Housing and
I'lban Development, which
are the lunds to be used for
const! net ion of 50 units each in
Woodland and Gaston of low
rent single family, duplex and
row dwellings of the turn-key
variety.
The funds came under the
classification of annual
contribution contract, with the
federal government paying off
the contract and the Housing
Authority later selling bonds
to amortize the contract over
a 40-year period.
The unites to be constructed
in Woodland and Gaston will
be comprised of six one-
bedroom units, 10 two-
bedroom units, 22 three-
bedroom units, and 12 four-
bedroom units, I affording a
total of 265 bedrooms for each
project.
Woodland’s 50 units will be
built on a 10-acre site oil US
258 north of property formerly
owned by Dr. W. R. Parker
with $1,009,212 allocated for
the project.
An 11-acre site outside the
town limits of Gaston has been
selected for the housing
project in that town. The land,
formerly owned by W. J. Long
Jr., is off Broughton Street, on
the road known as the old
Emporia Road. Gaston’s
water lines will be extended to
the site and the development
will provide sewer lines, since
Gaston does not have town
sewerage. Gaston’s units will
cost $1,092,498.
Consulting architect for the
project is Tomberline
Associates of Atlanta, Ga.,
and Litchfield Construction
Company, also of Atlanta,
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Training Camp Slated
For Local Guard Unit
Jackson Water To Be Cut Off
For Flushing July 28-29
JACKSON — Water
customers of the town of
Jackson are hereby
notified that from
Saturday, July 28, 12 noon
to Sunday, July 29, 12
midnight, water lines of the
town of Jackson will be
disinfected and flushed.
The water distribution
system will contain
heavy concentrations of
chlorine, which will render
the water unfit for human
consumption and domestic
purposes during the
treatment period.
Water customers are
advised to store water for
drinking and domestic use
to last for the period.
The town fire alarm will
be sounded at 12 noon
Saturday ,to remind
customers that the
treatment of the water
system has started.
During the treatment
period water 'may be used
for flushing toilets only.
The water should not be
used for drinking, cooking,
bathinj^ washing, or for
waterin^owers. shrubs or
grass. No precautions will
be necessary in connection
with home water heaters
except to turn off oil, gas or
electric switch. Do not
leave faucets open.
When the treatment
period is over about 12
midnight Sunday or
possibly earlier, one long
blast of the fire alarm will
be sounded. Customers
may then open their water
faucets briefly until excess
chlorine odor has vanished.
This work is necessary to
rid the water distribution
system of excess rust, iron,
discoloration and odor.
5 County Wrecks
Total $6550
WINDSOR — Of some 7,800
North Carolina National
Guardsmen departing for
summer camp at Fort
Stewart, Georgia, next week,
235 of them will be from the
Roanoke Chowan area. This
includes 146 from Ahoskie, 54
from Woodland and 35 from
Windsor.
These units are part of the
119th Infantry (Mechanized),
30th Infantry Division.
Summer camp for the 30th
Infantry Division
(mechanized) which includes
units throughout the state, will
begin July 31 and will continue
through the end of August.
Individual units will be phased
in and out of the training
during 17 day periods.
Highlight of this year’s
annual training is the final
(See TRAINING, Page 14)
contractor.
The structures will be brick
veneer with centrl gas
heating.
Labor, materials and
subcontractors from the
Woodland-Gaston area will be
used if possible according to
the contractor.
Mrs. Tinsley said that the
housing program is aiming for
a median rent of $43 per month
and to teach this level, the
management will have to
attract working class tenants
to help drfray the lower rents
the authority can charge
welfare tenants.
Under federal regulations, a
tenant is not required to pay
more than 25 per cent of his
monthljf income for rent,
including utilities.
She said that the income
level for eligibility for tenants
will range from $6000 to $4000
in the turnkey units depending
on income and size of the
family.
The development comes
under the federal Turnkey
Program whereby the housing
authority consults with a
developer who will construct’
the units under the
developer’s ownership. The
authority then purchases the
units from the developer and
the developer “turns the key”
over to the authority.
N'ampton Extension Agent
Promotes 4-H In County
JACKSON —Carl R. Barnes
has been an assistant
agricultural extension agent
for Northampton for eight
months. During this time he
has initiated four new 4-H
clubs and revived two others.
He can also tell you the best
time to plant cucumbers and
the best temperature for the
seeds to germinate.
“My biggest responsibility
is the 4-H youth program,”
Barnes commented. “4-H is
supposed to stimulate young
people physically and
educationally by engaging
them in several activities and
events that build better
human beings.”
Odum Case
Continued
JACKSON — Roy Odum, the
16-yeqr -old Rich Square youth
charged with first degree
murder and burglary in the
death of Miss Doris Newsome,
has been transferred to
Cherry Hill Hspital in
Goldsboro for observation.
Barnes didn’t participate in
4-H as a youth in Goldsboro. “I
find that I missed a great
deal,” he observed. “There
was a lot of emphasis on it but
Carl R. Barnes
at the time, the impression I
got was that 4-h was for rural
youth rather than urban
youth. But recently there’s
been a new trend in 4-H called
‘A New Day the 4-H Way.’
“Since this, there’s been a
more concerted effort on the
part of agents working with 4-
H to involve all segments of
the population in some type of
4-H activity. The old idiom has
been put aside.”
The 23-year-old agent
graduated from North
Carolina State University in
1972 with a double major in
botany and horticulture. After
taking the job in
Northampton, he initiated the
Crebo Community 4-H Club,
Nebo-Crepo; the Galatia
Expos 4-H Club, Galatia-
Pendleton; the Seaboard
Future Citiz,ens 4-H Club,
Seaboard; and the Roanoke
Chapel 4-H Club, Occoneche
Neck. He reorganized two
Jackson clubs. Middle Street
and Antioch.
There are at present 21
clubs in the county involving
402 members, and Barnes
hopes to start five new clubs.
“Everyone is interested,”
he said, “because 4-H has new
dimensions and it has
something to offer to
everyone.”
His preliminary hearing,
scheduled for July 18, was
contiued until August 15.
Odum was taken to Cherry
Hill July 5 for 60 days.
At his first appearance in
court, June 27, he was
appointed an attorney,
Charles Slade of Rich Square.
FCIC Has New
Office Hours
JACKSON — There are new
office hours for the Federal
Crop Insurance Corporation,
U. S. Department of
Agriculture, whose Jackson
office now serves
Northampton and Halifax
Counties.
Hours of 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
will be observed Monday
through Friday said Mr.
Emma Doris Edward,
representative-in-charge.
Liquor Referendum
Set For November 6
JACKSON — There will be a
liquor-by-the-drink referen
dum November 6 and a
strong possibility that
Governor Jim Holshouser will
call for a $300 million school
bond issue and a clean water
bond issue.
This announcement was
made at a seminar in
Washington, N. C.
Wednesday, July 18, for the
board of elections of 20 area
counties with the purpose of
giving instructions to county
and municipal election
officials.
Northampton County was
represented by R. L. Grant,
election board chairman, and
Mrs. Barbara Wheeler,
executive secretary. They
were informed that anyone
wishing to register must
present his social security
card and give his date of
birth; there will be no
absentee voting in the
November election; and in
case Governor Holshouser
calls for the $300 million bond,
counties will be reimbursed
for costs of the election.
Candidates for county and
township officials must file for
office by August 27.
Wheeler Release
Expected Today
NORFOLK James
Wheeler, a Woodland youth
who had his only kidney
removed in an operation in
Norfolk last week, was
(See WHEELER, Page 14)
WELDON — Five wrecks in
Northampton County left a
total of $6,550 in damages to
vehicles and one woman
facing a charge of
manslaughter.
Mrs. Carolyn Hill Barbour,
43, of Raleigh was charged
with operating on left of center
and manslaughter in the
accident which left a Virginia
woman, Mrs. Mildred E.
Caudle, dead. Damages to the
cars amounted to $400 to the
1964 Ford driven by Mrs. Judy
Lane Spell, 25, of Newport
News and $1,000 to the 1973
Chevrolet, driven by Mrs.
Barbour. The accident
happened at 6:45 p.m. Sunday,
June 15, .3 miles north of Rich
Square on U.S. 258. Trooper B.
W. Corey was the
investigating officer.
Larry Scott Davis, 20, of
Conway was charged with
driving too fast for conditions
by Trooper Bob Corey when he
fell asleep and his 1972 Ford
skidded off the l;iighway and
collided with a ditch bank at
11:30 p.m. Saturday, July 14,
2.3 miles west of Conway on
US 258.
Robert Henry Harper, 49, of
Hollister was charged with
driving under the influence
and operating wrong way
after he struck, partially
head-on, 1969 MCI driven by
Gordon Alexander
DeJarnette, 48, of Garner.
Damage to his vehicle was
undetermined but damage to
Harper’s 1968 Buick came to
$400. Trooper B. W. Corey was
the investigating officer at the
accident which happened at
9:50 p.m. Friday, July 13, 2.6
miles east of Gaston on 1-95.
CT&T Enlarging
Woodland Office
WOODLAND — More space
is being added to Carolina
Telephone and Telegraph
Company’s central office
building here at a cost of
$12,600.
Work is now underway on a
444 square-foot construction
project which will provide
space tor additional central
office equipment.
J. L. Holmes, district
commercial manager for the
company, reported that the
new addition is scheduled to
be ready for use sometime in
October. He said that the
additional room is needed to
meet the telephone growth
that Woodland is
experiencing.
Holmes pointed out that in
the past 10 years, the number
of telephones here has
increased from 400 to more
than 800. “This telephone
growth means that we must
make more room for
equipment if we are to
continue to provide modern
telephone service to our
customers,” he said.
This expansion project was
engineered to allow for
telephone growth in the
future.
Two vehicles collided in a
private driveway when a 1969
Ford, driven by Gerald Story
Davis, 33, of Seaboard turned
left and collided with a 1966
GMC, driven by James Roger
Alston, 60, of Jackson, which
was attempting to pass. There
was $150 damage to the GMC
and none to the Ford. No
charges were brought by
Trooper B. W. Corey. The
accident occurred at 8:45 a.m.
Wednesday, July 11, 1.6 miles
ror»h of Rich Square on US
258.
At 9:30p.m., Saturday, July
7, 2.4 miles east of Gston on I-
95, Mary-Anne Morith, 26, of
Batavia, N. Y., driving a 1973
Oldsmobile, oyertook and
skidded into the rear of a 1969
Oldsmobile, driven by Luis R.
Nieves, 42, of Brooklyn, N.Y.
Damages came to $1,300 to the
Nieves car and $1,500 to the
Morith car. Nieves was
charged with speed less than
minimum and Miss Morith
was charged with failure to
decrease speed. The
investigating officer was
Trooper R. E. Worley.
PEP Makes
First Payroll
JACKSON - Public
Employment Program made
its first payroll Friday, July
13, and paid out a total ^,320 to
its 109 employees for 52 hours
over a two week period.
Each employee received
$78.33, reported PEP
directors, Lester Greenwood
and David Fowler.
Crews Work To Uncover
Civil War Ship Monitor
CAPE HATTER'AS —
Salvage crews worked with
sand-pumping equipment
Monday to uncover a large
mass of metal in the Atlantic
which they hope is the
wreckage of the famed Civil
War rtiip Monitor.
Officials said it will be at
least several days before
workers can determine if
they’ve found the Civil War
vessel buried on the Atlantic
floor about a mile off the cape.
The USS Monitor Foundation,
headed by Michael O’Leary,
and Undersea Archeology
Associates, Inc., headed by
Dr. Charles Peery, a resident
of the Medical College of
Virginia, are heading the
search activities. Dr. Peery is
married to the former
Margaret Midyette, daughter
of Mrs. Frances Midyette and
the late Buxton Midyette of
Jackson.
The Union gunboat
participated in a historic
battle with the Confederate
Merrimack during the Civil
War in what has gone down as
the first battle of iron-clad
ships.
The battle ended in a draw,
with neither craft able to sink
the other. The Monitor sank
off the Tar Heel coast during a
storm in December 1862 while
being towed to Wilmington to
help set up a Union blockade.
The Monitor had a flat deck
with a steel-armored turret
containing cannon. The craft
At CADA...
rode low in the water, with the
deck just protruding above the
water line.
No Quorum, Herbert
Seated Temporarily
MURFREESBORO —
William “Billy” Herbert of
Severn was temporarily
seated on the Choanoke Area
Development Association
(CADA) board of directors
Tuesday night when they met
in regular session. Lack of
quorum prevented any official
action at the meeting.
A letter had been presented
to the Board signed by the
mayors of Northampton
County requesting the
appointment of Herbert to fill
the unexpired term of Dr.
John H. Stanley as
Representative of the mayors
to the CADA Board of
Directors.
Executive Director John
Taylor announced that CADA
had received a grant this week
tor $36,000 to continue
operations through October.
This additional grant will
come out of the new budget.
Grant action for the year is
$432,288 for Title II operations.
$215,550 has been received for
the first six months, leaving a
balance due of $216,738.
Total grant for the year is
$468,288, with a check for
$144,492 received Monday for
the last seven months of the
year.
CADA received a call from
OEO last Wednesday
announcing 778 job positions in
the Neighborhood Youth Corp
program for a total of $334,900
funding.
Of this amount, $315,200 will
go into enrollee wages and
fringe benefits with $19,700 to
be used for other costs.
Enrollees are allowed to
work 39 hours weekly for six
weeks during the summer
program. A total of 234 hours
(See CADA, Page 14)
GREETED —Mrs. Barbara Bell Jones (right), a
social studies teacher at Gaston High School, is
being greeted by Secretary of State William
Rogers and Mrs, Rogers while attending a
reception hosted by Rogers during the National
Foreign Policy Conference for Educators, held at
the Department of State, Washington, D. C. John
Blair, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public
Affairs, is in the background. The conference was
sponsored by the Department of State and
arranged in cooperation with the National
.Association of Secondary School Principals and
the National Council for the Social Studies. M's.
Jones is currently serving as president of the
North Carolina Council for the Social Studies.