Vol. 82 No. 31
THE County TIMES-NEWS
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THE ROANOKE-CHOWAN TIMES
THURSDAY, Aug. 2, 1973
Northampton County's Only Advertising and News Medium 'A’ 'A'
- Established 1892 'ir THE NORTEIAMFTON COUNTY NEWS — Established 1926
lOc Per Copy Rich Square, N. C.
28 Pages
N'ampton Injured Include
7 People, 11 Cars, 1 Cow
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LOCAL POSTMASTER RETIREES honored at
the reception in Severn Sunday afternoon were
from left (front row), Mrs. Louise Pittman,
Gates; Mrs. Sara Forbes, Shawboro; Mrs. Sarah
T. Gilliam, Milwaukee. Second row, from left.
Bruce Conyers, sectional manager. Rocky
Mount; Wesley B, Draper, Weldon; Cecil Sat-
terthwhite, Pactorlus, Rupert R. Rawls, Oak
City.
Local Retired Postmasters ^vheeierReleased*
Honored At Reception
SEVERN — Postmasters of
the 278-279 Rocky Mount
Sectional Center honored all
area postmasters who have
retired since July 1 at a
reception in the Severn
Community Building Sunday
from 2 to 5 p.m.
Twenty-eight retirees were
honored on this occasion for
their years of dedicated public
service and were reminded
that even though they are no
longer in active postal service,
a?"®" re.r.eml;ci-fcd .n U.c
hearts of those with whom
they were closely associated
for many years.
The following postmaster
retirees from the immediate
area were honored: Wesley B.
“Wick” Draper, Weldon;
Perry C- Millikin, Halifax;
Leland L. Allsbrook, Scotland
Neck; James Attkinson,
Garysburg; M. A. Coker, Harriss, Gumberry; Lola
Pleasant Hill; Howard G. Wheeler, Lasker; Sarah T.
Barnes, Severn; Addie L. Gilliam, Milwaukee.
5 Odom Inmates
Taken To Roleigh
JACKSON — Five inmates
of Odom Correction Center
have been transferred to
Ccutiai Fiisoa- 4n Raic-lgh
after an unsuccessful escape
attempt Sunday.
According to C. T. Caudle,
superintendent of the Odom
center, parking arrangements
for visitors have been changed
to prevent the problem from
arising again.
The inmates had climbed a
fence near the visitor’s
parking lot and guards were
hesitant to fire for fear of
hitting a visitor.
Two of the inmates stopped
One of til- v'iSi.orS ititi ..‘-S
car key, Caudle sa'd, but the
key broke as it was inserted
into the ignition.
Caudle said the escape was
“spontaneous and not
planned.”
None of the prisoners had
caused previous trouble of any
significance, Caudle said.
All five men are serving
terms for armed robbery.
From Hospital
JACKSON — James
Wheeler, the Woodland youth
who is a candidate for a
kidney transplant, was
released from Norfolk
General Hospital last Friday
following surgery which
removed his only kidney.
Wheeler is now on his past
schedule of going to Norfolk
twice a week for sessions on
the kidney machine and the
social services department is
again asking for volunteers to
transport him to the hospital
Tuesdays and Fridays
until he receives the kidh,ey
machine at the end of the
month.
Squirrels
Traffic laws in Olney, Ill.
grant right-of-way to the
town’s squirrels. If one is hit,
the unlucky motorist must pay
a $25 fine.
Jackson Youth Receives 6 Years
JACKSON — A 17-year-old
Jackson youth was handed a
six year prison sentence by
Superior Court Judge Perry
Martin on a conviction of
larceny from the Jackson Post
Office.
John Washington entered a
guilty plea to the charge he
stole a U. S. Treasury tax
refund check from the post
office in April.
Judge Martin revoked a
probation sentence handed
down previously in district
court and Washington was
ordered committed as a
youthful offender.
Other judments handed
down by Judge Martin, who
was replacing Judge Robert
D. Rouse Jr. as presiding
judge, are as follows:
Edward Nelson McElwee of
Virginia Beach received a 10
year prison sentence following
entry of a plea of guilty to
breaking and entering a Lake
Gaston cottage in April.
Eleven other counts of
breaking and entering were
nol pressed. Judge Martin also
ordered a psychiatric
examination be conducted at
the appropriate time.
Three Murfreesboro men
entered pleas of guilty and
received prison sentences in
companion forgery cases.
Cleofus Vaughan Jr., 20,
received a four year prison
term and was committed as a
youthful offender in the state
prison system. He was
indicted on eight counts of
forgery.
Benjamin Newsome, 24,
also received a four year term
to work in the Northampton
County jail.
Alverna Shearin, 23, also
received a four year sentence
to work in Northampton
County under direction of
State Department of
Corrections.
Anthony S. Gregory of
Virginia Beach received a
three year prison sentence
and was committed to Youth
ful Offenders Camp upon
entering a plea of guilty to
breaking and entering and
larceny charges.
James Roger Peterson of
Rich Square received a 29
days suspended sentence, $25
fine and costs of court when he
entered a plea of guilty to
THE NEW TENNIS COURTS in Rich Square are already sporting players.
Tony Cooke returns a serve while Annette Ivey watches from the sidelines.
Judging the match is Lisa Branch who came out early that morning to
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WELDON — Nine autombile
wrecks in Northampton
County have caused $6775
worth of damage to 11 cars
and left seven people injured
and one cow demolished.
A 1968 Plymouth, driven by
Randy Brooks, 22, of
Washington, D.C., was
traveling east on RP 1214
when a 1967 Ford pulling a
boat, driven by Ronnie James
Ball, 26, of Gaston, made a left
turn in the path of the Brooks
vehicle. Damage came to $600
to the Plymouth and $800 to the
Ford. Injured was Sandra
Johnson, 20, a passenger in the
Brooks car. She was taken to
Halifax Memorial Hospital.
Ball was charged with a safe
movement violation by
Trooper R. E. Worley. The
accident occurred at 4:15 p.m.
Sunday, July 22,3.2 miles west
of Henrico.
James Lee Boone, 20, of
Pleasant Hill was charged
with driving too fast for
conditions when he failed to
make a curve due to excessive
speed. The vehicle skidded off
the highway onto the left side
and collided with trees. ’The
right rear tire on the 1972
Chevrolet suffered a blow out.
The car was a total loss with
damages coming to $2500. The
incident was investigated by
Trooper B. W. Corey Sunday,
July 22, at 1:30 p.m., two miles
west of Seaboard on RP 1317.
Three people were injured
and taken to Halifax
Memorial Hospital when a
1966 Ford, driven by Bruce
Mayo, 20, of Halifax, ran off
the roadway onto the right
shoulder in a curve. The
vehicle skidded back across
the road and overturned
coming to rest in a ditch. All
occupants were thrown from
the car. The driver, Johnnie
Taylor, 18, of Weldon, and
Jerome Welch, 29, of Halifax
were hospitalized and Mayo
was charged with reckless
driving by Trooper R. E.
Worley. Damage came to $500
to the car. The accident
occured Sunday, July 22, at
2:20 a.m. on US 158, 3.4 miles
west of Jackson.
Carlton Harvey Day, 20, of
Conway was charged with
reckless driving by Trooper R.
E. Worley following a one-car
collision on RP 1545, .3 miles
east of Milwaukee Saturday,
July 21, at 1:45 a.m. Day was
traveling east on RP 1545
when he ran off the roadway
onto the right shoulder,
skidded across the road
striking the left ditch bank,
crossed the road again and
came to rest in the right ditch.
Damage to the 1%2 Qievrolet
amounted to $250 and Day was
taken to a doctor of his choice.
Also charged in a one-car
collision was Samuel Lincoln
Daniel, 44, of Richmond with
failure to decrease speed
when his vehicle, a 1970
Rambler, tried to make a turn
into a parking area at too
great a speed and skidded into
a shoulder marker and sign.
Damage came to $125 to the
car. The accident happened
Saturday, July 21, at 4:25
p.m., 7.6 miles north of
Weldon on 1-95. The
investigating officer
Trooper R. E. Worley.
A cow darted out of a
cornfield into the path of a 1968
Chevrolet truck, driven by
James Osca Outland, 32, of
Rich Square Friday, July 20,
at 7:15 a.m. on RPR 1109, 3.1
miles west of Rich Square,
doing $500 of damage to the
truck. Investigating officer
was Trooper B. W. Corey.
Marian Jones Clary, 39, of
Gasburg, Va. and Melvin
Stokes, 19, of Garysburg were
both charged with indicated
violation of improper or no
signal by Trooper B. W. Corey
when the two vehicles
sideswiped each other Friday,
July 20, 7:10 a.m. on NC 46, 5.6
miles east of Gaston. Damage
was (See WRECKS, Page 14)
Northampton GiH Wins
State 4-H Sewing Contest
JACKSON — “Puffed
sleeves are fashionable and
easy to make if the directions
are followed to the last
detail,” Patsy told her
audience in Raleigh last week.
Patsey Moseley, of the
Garysburg Jr. Citizens 4-H
Club in Northampton County,
was competing with six other
girls in the state sewing
demonstration at North
Carolina 4-H Congress.
Patsey, only 13 years old, and
already an accomplished
sewer, was the winner of the
demonstration for which she
received a Viking sewing
machine from the Lily Mills
Company, manufacturer of
Lily Thread, in Shelby.
Asked after the
on upper sleeve cap and lower
sleeve edge;
2. there are no tucks or
pleats in sleeve or bodice;
3. the sleeve band is flat and
Severn Man Charged
With DU I, Assault
SEVt RN'— A Severn man
was arrested and charged
with driving under the
influence and assaulting an
officer Sunday afternoon
following a chase by Trooper
John Wood.
'Charlie Tuiner,
threatened to kill the officer
and fired a few shots over his
head with a shotgun. He later
surrendered to Wood and was
released on $2500 bond.
Highway Patrol Gets
2 New Officers
speeding 72 mph in 60 mph
zone.
Purcell Maggette of
Milwaukee was handed a 90
day suspended sentence, $100
fine and costs of court and
ordered to turn in his driver’s
license for 12 months when he
pleaded guilty to driving
under the influence.
Marvin Peters, 18, of
Gaston, was handed a two
year suspended sentence and
ordered not to operate a motor
vehicle for 12 months. He was
charged with larceny of
peanuts valued at $150.
A directed verdict of not
guilty was the order in the
case of Kenneth W. Odom of
Severn, who was charged with
(See YOUTH, Page 14)
RALEIGH -- Two new high
way patrolmen have b^n
assigned to work out of the
Halifax-Northampton High
way Patrol office.
Fred H. Hampton of Aurora
is assigned to Rich Square and
Charles D. Gould of Newport
is assigned to work in Roanoke
Rapids. Both are recent
graduates of the 54th Highway
Patrol Basic School.
The patrol school is
conducted at the Institute of
Government on the campus of
the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill and is
a cooperative effort between
the University and the State
Highway Patrol.
The Highway Patrol Basic
School offers 92 different
subjects totaling 662
instructional hours. The
academic load is equivalent to
approximately one year of
college.
Lieutenant Clay Fox,
instructor for the school, said
there were graduates from the
54th Basic School. These
graduates will be assigned
patrol cars and report to their
assigned areas within the next
two weeks.
PATSEY MOSELEY, state 4-H sewing demon
stration winner, is shown with her award, a
Viking sewing machine presented to her by Lily
Mills Co., manufacturer of Lily Thread of Shelby.
demonstration how many puff
sleeves she had, constructed,
Patsey said, “about
fourteen.” No wonder whe’s
an expert!
According to Patsey the
characteristics of a high
quality Puff sleeve are as
follows:
1. gathers are concentrated
Elizabeth City Man Faces
Grand Larceny Charges
JACKSON — An Elizabeth
City man is now in custody of
the Northampton Sheriff’s
Department, charged with
grand larceny.
According to Deputy Otis
Wheeler, John Calton Sisson,
20, of Elizabeth City is
charged with attempted
larceny of a 1969 Mercury
belonging to Della Johnson
Britt of Severn.
About two o’clock Deputy
Wheeler said he responded to
a call six miles east of Jackson
Jis.
on U.S. 158 near Faison’s Old
Tavern to the residence of
Mrs. Teddy Longs.
Wheeler stated Mrs. Longs
and her sister Mrs. Britt, told
him that a man later identified
as Sissons had knocked on the
Longs’ door and when he
received no reply, he went to
the car in the driveway and
sped off.
The two women began
screaming and Sissons
jumped from the auto and
began to run when officer
Wheeler arrived.
Wheeler went on f(»t pursuit
and captured Sissons shortly
thereafter.
Sissons is now in the
Northampton County jail
under $1,000 bond.
smooth and gives support to
the sleeve;
4. the sleeve stands at the
shoulder line.
To achieve this quality, she
suggests that the seamstress
follow these guidelines:
1. select a fabric suitable to
her pattern; light and medium
weight fabrics will puff better
than heavy weight fabrics;
2. choose an interfacing that
will complement the fabric, it
should have the same basic
characteristics as the
fabric.The interfacing is
applied to the band of the
sleeve to give shape and
support;
3. use 6-8 stitches per inch
for machine gathering. A good
choice of thread for gathering
is buttonhole twist, as it will
gather more easily;
4. use 10-12 stitches per inch
'(See SEWING, Page 14)
Garysburg Resident
Held In Slaying
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watch. After the first game, Rickey Cooke (left) and Tony exchange sides of
the net.
JACKSON — A Garysburg
man is being held without
bond in Northampton County
Jail today, charged with first
degree murder in a Friday
night slaying.
I Northampton Deputy Otis
Wheeler said James Lee
Jones, 28, has been charged in
•the fatal shooting of Melvin
Lee, also 28 and of Garysburg.
A hearing will be held Aug. 6
in Jackson.
According to Wheeler, Jones
reportedly shot Lee three time
with a .22 caliber rifle while in
Jones’ yard early Friday
night.
Following the incident,
Jones drove to Jackson and
turned himself in, reportedly
(telling officers there he had
shot a man but did not know if
he was alive or dead.
Wheeeler said Jones was put
in jail while deputies went to
find the shooting victim.
However, a search of the
area where the shooting
allegedly occurred failed to
reveal anything and residents
of the area told deputies they
knew nothing of a shooting.
Early Saturday morning
Jones was released from jail
in Jackson for lack of
evidence. However, Wheeler
said, later Saturday morning
Lee’s body was found in the
brush off U.S. 301 in
(See SLAYING, Page 14)