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Vol. 82 No. 40 THE County TIMES-NEWS if if if Northampton County's Only Advertising and News Medium if if if THE ROANOKE-CHOWAN TIMES — EstabUshed 1892 ☆ THE NORTHAMPTON COUNTY NEWS — Established 1926 THURSDAY/ Oct. 4, 1973 lOc Per Copy Rich Square, N. C. 14 Pages Rich Square Businessman Gives $50,000 To ECU Medical School Renovated County Home Awaits Occupancy by Social Services At Old County Home Faults Being Corrected GREENVILLE — Charles E. Myers, Sr., of Rich Square, N.C. Wednesday presented a $50,000 gift to the East Carolina University Foundation to be used in part to establish scholarships for two students in the School of Medicine at ECU. The intent is to encourage the recipients of these scholarships to return to the Northampton County area to practice medicine and thereby increase the availability of medical care in the area. Myers stated, “Physician shortage is a very real problem in my section of the state and this is the most practical means of which I am aware to solve this problem. At the same time, this gift will be helping some aspiring medical students as well as East Carolina University in Don Leggett, director of the ECU Foundation stated, “This is one of the largest gifts ever received by the Foundation and it is gratifying to know that ECU has such loyal and dedicated friends. This gift will be a tremendous boost to the Foundation, the ECU Medical School and to the University in general.” Myers is a successful entrepreneur of northeastern North Carolina. He is a former Myers said he became interested in the gift to ECU because of the possibility the school at Greenville can help improve the health care situation in Northampton and other eastern counties. “I am working for the four- year medical school at East Carolina. I do not think it will come all at one time, but I do feel the school is ready to handle medical students.” Myers said the primary Mayor of Rich Square and a benefit of training doctors in long-time civic leader of the East will be the advantage JACKSON — The majority of the discrepancies found in dual inspections of the now- complete rennovation of the old County Home have been corrected, it was reported Wednesday. Monday county commissioners and Horace Guthrie, county building inspector, presented the project architect, engineer and general contractor with two lengthy lists of faults found in the workmanship of the rejuvinated building. The lists were compiled by Guthrie and by county board Chairman Jasper Eley, a civil engineer. Eley and Guthrie charged that a number of door fittings in the building are not secure to provide for adequate locking of inside and some outside doors. They also charged that a number of windows in the building were stifd{ and that numerous wirrtoWB iock afternoon was over. County Manager Tim Ellen reported Wednesday that most of the problems have been ironed out. The county plans to rent the building to the Social Serviced Department for an annual fee exceeding $30,000. Funds obtained in lieu of rent will be used to maintain the spacious facility and reimburse the county for the rennovation cost. In other matters, the commissioners: — Appropriated $6,000 in revenue sharing funds to the Choanoke Area Development Association through the county Department of Social Services. The funds were approved upon request o|^ Wendell Edwards, CADA transportation director, who reported that funds for transporting Northampton Northampton. He has assisted in the development of many community projects for the educational health and business improvement of his area. He is married to the former Lillian Valentine Britton. Myers is a retired theatre owner and real estate general. medical patients to Duke “East Carolina University developer. He first went to University Medical Center is a dynamic influence in the Rich Square in 1921 as a Ford and to North Carolina State of North Carolina and dealer. In 1933, with the boom Memorial Hospital have been particularly in the eastern in the theatre business, Myers depleted. section, and this gift is an left the car business for Edwards reported that last expression of my confidence fulltime theatre work. He year 756 patients from the in and thanks for what they county were taken to the two are doing there,” Myers hospitals at a cost of $7.50 per stated, person. In accepting the gift Dr. Leo Surrounding counties also W. Jenkins, ECU Chancellor, approved the funds allocation, stated, “Mr. Myers has Edwards told the board. certainly shown an important — Appointed Clyde Barrett way to many rural of Conway to a position on the communities, needing three-man Jury Commission adequate medical care, on following the resignation of W. how to take effective action to W. Wheeler of Conway, remedy their medical Wheeler resigned due to ill problem. His generous gift health. assures the availability of — Heard a report from professional medical county attorney Felton Turner personnel in an area of the as more recent extensions to Jr. on bonding procedure for state that might never have it the system. the county register of deeds, otherwise. It is also a fine He was active in building The board discussed raising example of the determination Valley Pine Country Club at the lx)nd from its present of our people of the East to La;ker and he served as owned and operated 25 movie houses in eastern North Carolina and three delux drive-ins in southern Florida. He developed Myers Park subdivision in Rich Square and has done extensive building in Charlotte. He served as Rich Square’s mayor for five terms, first serving in 1935 and last serving in 1%9. Myers is responsible for the town’s water and sewer system as well of luring doctors into the rural corners of the state. Pointing out that 20 students applied for each of 20 openings in ECU’s first year med school program, Myers said that is sufficient indication that a medical training facility is needed at Greenville. “We never had an even break east of Raleigh in roads or anything. The University board is definitely bent on keeping the money for the new medical school west of Raleigh,” Myers said. Myers’ contribution to the med school scholarship fund is the largest single gift from a private citizen to date. ■41 /. Burgwyn Argues With State Board JACKSON — County ABC Jenkins looking on. Chairman B. R. Burgwyn Monday pleaded his case before the state ABC Board. PRESENTS CHECK — Charles E. Myers Sr. of Rich Square becomes a $50,000 benefactor of the East Carolina University Foundation with a gift earmarked for medical student scholarships at ECU. Myers made the presentation in ceremonies Wednesday with ECU Chancellor Dr. Leo W. The ABC Board, which has previously demanded that Burgwyn relinquish either the post of chairman of the county board or the positon of county $25,000, but further action was meet their medical care president of that organization ^3^ svstem^ manager has t*oniiir*AmAnfc ** fnr v^arc . * . requirements. for three years. installed, Furfher Deloy ExpBcWcl The reports questioned the ! location of access doors to the building’s underpinning on the inside of the building rather than on the outside. Questions were also raised about a light fixture on the front portico that is slightly off center. The location of support columns at the rear entrance and at a northern entrance were also debaded as was the Gaston-Woodland Housing Units Switched To Conventional Plan ROANOKE RAPIDS - The , ... , . 100 public housing units quality of materials used in planned for Northampton frrat columns. County on the federal turnkey Eley stated that lack of program have been switched supervision by the contractor to conventional housing units, in the $289,000 rennovation The announcement was project was cause of the rnade today by Leigh Tinsley, errors noted in construction, director of the Roanoke- In answering the charged by Chowan Housing Authority, commissioners and the headquartered in Roanoke building inspector, Paul Rapids Brown, Raleigh architect Construction was to have responsible for the project, begun on housing projects said the idea was to rejuvinate containing 50 units each in the building at the lowest Gaston and Woodland this possible cost and “not to gold month; however, the change Pj j , .. in the administration of the Eley responded that all the project has caused further faults found in the project delay, cannot be blamed on the age of Thp parlip!t nn«s!ihlp the building in that a number occupation date of ei?her !.f of discrepancies were noted in the two Northampton projects tomlly new partitions. is now set at March 1975, Mrs. CiUtnriG stHtCQ thst if tli6 Xinslpv nroippfprf contractor took time to ConL^on of the correct all the problems noted Northampton units from in the two reports, it would be turnkey to conventional will me fipt of the year before the give the tri-county authority building can be occu^ed by more direct responsibility th6 NortnHmpton County ovpr thp oroipcts Department of Social Under the old proposal, the Services. authority would hire a Architect Brown, Engineer developer which would be Dave Arnold and Contractor responsible for site acquisition and construction and would building item by item with own the project until the key Guthrie and some of the ^as turned over to the commissioners before the authority upon completion to authority specifications. Northampton projects. The will be built on the Gaston Now the authority will authority's next step will be to project site. The 3,540 square purchase its. own sites, acquire the parcels of land. own sites, advertise for bids on the The housing projects will be project and administer the the first low rent housing project through its available in the county, construction stage as well as Occupancy will be determined upon completion. by income levels and based on Plans are now being redied need. An occupant will pay no for the letting of bids, the more than 25 per cent of his housing director stated. She monthly income for shelter noted that none of the rent and utilities, preliminary drawings and The Roanoke-Chowan architectural work completed Housing Authority serves under the turnkey program Northampton, Halifax and will be scratched. Hertford counties. In addition, rpu.. • . Mrs. Tinsley triples as projects are executive director for the essentially the same as under Roanoke Rapids and Ahoskie he previous program. Only housing authorities, the method of construction has Twenty-four per cent of all S Tinsley noted Ihaltolal KKnt‘%T‘’H»S.g’'o‘S cost of the Gaston and ^ ^orth Caiofina went to the earfv 1972 were $i’m2"498 and authorities. Roanoke- nno ’f -, Chowan, in addition to the 100 1 units in Northampton, has 50 i IK® in Murfreesboro, 20 in Winton, sought, due to increases in the gp 5^ Scotland construction industry. ^eck, two in Halifax and 78 in The units in Gaston and Weldon. Roanoke Rapids has Woodland will be two and 138 units spread over two sites three bedroom single family and Ahoskie has 100 units to be dwellings and duplexes located on a single site or dual coijstructed in a subdivision- sites. like atmosphere. Regional offices for the Sites have already been authority will be located in an selected for the two administration building that foot building will house offices for rent collection, accounting and administration. There will be maintenance equipment space and an assembly room and arts and crafts facilities. The three-county region will be subdivided into three zones under the main Gaston office. The zones will include Roanoke Rapids, Weldon and Gaston in Zone I, Ahoskie, Winton and Woodland in Zone II and Scotland Neck, Enfield and Halifax in Zone III. When asked about the continued delays in the housing project construction, Mrs. Tinsley stated that the projects in the tri-county area “are as far along as anyone in the state that was funded at the same time and ahead of many of the authorities.” The Roanoke-Chowan authority, organized by the county commissioners in Northampton, Halifax and Hertford counties in 1970, is made up of one representative from each county. They are Chairman John Oliver of Roanoke Rapids, George made no comment since the hearing. Burgwyn said his Raleigh lawyer argued his point that he is not holding down two offices with the system as has been charged by the state board. Burgwyn said he served as parttime manager of the county system while it was being organized from 1965-67. He said that after that time he has served in the capacity of chairman of the board at an annual salary of $6,000. Burgwyn has offered to resign if the county composite board so desires, but there has been no such expression. Political Activity Picks Up In County JACKSON —- Political W. C. Reece have filed for activity is picking up i^Jj^oodland comn isriqg#^'^„ Nortnampton witn'canSidates r^-us/^iurtin ' of having: only one more week to Conway has entered that enter rpunicipal elections. mayoral race and faces no 'The deadline for filing for opposition at this time, office is noon Oct. 12 and the Seeking the four seats on the registration deadline is town boar^ are William M. Monday. In Giirysburg, Incumbent Mayor W. E. Conwell is seeking that post again along with newcomers W. W. Hughes, /Arthur Lee Best Sr., Stanley D avis R. and Wendell Perry running for commissioners seats. Dr. John H. Stanley, present Woodland mayor, has no oppostiion there. Aubrey R. Smith, Rev. Kimsey King and Garriss, James G. Taylor, William D. Johnson and Sidney M. Edwards. In Seaboard Reid V. (Vicky) Harris II, Melvin F. Broadnax and Robert L. Wilson are vying for commission seats. In the county seat J. S. Cocke, J. D. Carver and Jeri. Gay Boone are after commissioners’ posts and (See POLITICS, Page 14) Rural Health Center Discussed For County JACKSON — Health Region L health planner planning that could lead to LaMont Noittingham on establishment of a rural health care facility in Northampton County was discussed at a special meeting Cost of medical care would be the same as a visit to a needs for doctor’s office. The program, once on its feet, would be rr,u .• /u expected to be,self-supporting. The nieeting came on the ^^e clinics are established $100,000 specific health Northampton. Wednesday night at the Se kte kst “ byTov. "" approximate Edgecombe, Mitchell, Yadkin local sources. courthouse. Morthamntnn Jim Hofshouser creating rural contribution by the state with County key persons who were facilities in Sampson, coming invited to the meeting called by Counfy Manager Tim Ellen and Seaboard Commissioner Jack Faison attended and conducted an informal and Dare counties. N'ompton Officials Support School Bonds JACKSON — The $300 million school bond issue was given the unanimous support of the Northampton, County Board of Education. The action of the education board on the issue, which could mean $1^566,197 in construction- money for Northampton schools, was also given the stamp of approval by the Northampton Board of Commissioners in a simultaneous meeting Monday. Voters in Northampton County and across the state Nov. 6 will decide the fate of the most ambitious school bond issue in the history of state education. In a resolution offered by board member James H. Jones of Garysburg, the board money the county will get from the bond issue is “greatly needed to construct buildings which are necessary if the county is to have an outstanding school system.” The resolution stated that passage of the bond issue at Eastside or construct a new would prevent property tax gymtorium and include increases to cover needed restroom facilities for the school construction here. lunchroom staff. State Treasurer Edwin Gill r. * .• r * has announced that the bond _Constructmn of a gym at classrooms garage; construction of gymtoriums and kindergar tens at Coates in Seaboard; addition of a cafeteria and enlarged library, or new library at Conway School; and renovation of the auditorium The board also plans to needs remodeling, the construct three additional resolution states, rooms at Jackson School and A new. gym, additional an auditorium at storage area for the Northampton High along with lunchroom, renovation of the an enlarged lunchroom and main building and improved additional home economics lunchroom toilet facilities are and shop space. planned for Woodland-Olney Rich Square and Seaboard ^ • 1 j schools need complete Other projects include renovations and more construction of a new are needed at administration building. Preliminary planning work was begun etirlier in J. . , anticipation of landing one of „ fii," jDK'f ,9 the clinics for Noi'thampton Hams of Jackson and Robert pecutive director Bill Howell county. County Manager Tim Rowe of Ahoskie. formerly of Northampton, and Ellen, who has bee n to the governor’s office to discuss Northampton’s medical needs, stated that the county did not anticipate obtaiining a rural medical center in the first announcement. He was optomistic, however, that the county may be included in the next group of counties to get rural health facilities. Northampton County with six practicing physicians has centers, 302 lunchrooms, 292 one doctor for every 4,000-iplus gymnasiums and 201 units in population. The per capita classified as other. doctor ratio in NorthamptOin is the eighth highest of I’he “Financing of all the capital state’s 100 counties. Countiies $300 million subject to in the authorized the bond issue, approval of voters general election. Overall state construction needs include 11,975 additional classrooms, 461 media carried out without an increase in state income taxes. The Northampton education board listed 19 projects currently considered top priority in the county system. The projects include installation of covered concourses connecting buildings at Conway, Jackson, Rich Square, Seaboard and urged citizen support of the Woodland schools; bond issue and stated that the construction of a school bus has announced that the bond narvehnro Sphnni in aiinu/ Uio Soiiire in Gaston to renlace improve parking areas, pave school improvements in the with higher ratios are Gates, issue can be successfully i drives and construct hard local school unit has become Greene, Hyde, Jones, Onslow, 1 present facility to be used only for lunchroom and auditorium use is also on the priority list along with construction of additional classrooms at Garysburg to replace nine mobile units. Gaston Elementary School needs remodeling or replacing and a lobby, concession area existing seven mobile units, drives and construct hard the superintendent noted. surface play areas at all campuses and air condition all An auditorium is needed at school buildings. Willis Hare School at The education board cannot Pendleton and the W. S. hope to accomplish all the Creecy School at Rich Square projects listed in the resol- needs an occupational ution, a board spokesman said; education building, a new gym however, passage of the and additional classrooms, school bond issue would local school unit has become Greene, Hyde, Jones, Onslow, more difficult and in many Pamlico and Pender, instances the cost is more than the unit can pay,” the board’s nesolution stated. “Sharp increases in the interest rates are making it increasingly more difficult ot raise large sums on the local level.” The resolution added, “In the event the bond referendum The clinics announced last week and the one that isi sought for Northampton would offer what is called “primary medical care,” which is basically services rendered by a family doctor including the initial examination, treatment Existing buildings across the assure a good start toward and dressing rooms are street from the main campus completion of capital outlay fails, the needed construction of minor ailments and needed at the Gumberry gym, should be abandoned and goals. funds will have to be raised illnesses and referrals to Supt. Roy F. Lowry reports, remodeled and the library The 1973 General Assembly from local property taxes.” specialists. Northampton commissio ners have already set aside $300,000 in revenue sharing funds in the area of health care in anticipation of initiation a rural health care center here. The primary purpose of the clinics is to help solve the problem of themaldistribution of doctors in rural sections of the state. James D. Bernstein, chief of the Office of Rural Health Services, which is handling the clinics program, has visited Northampton (bounty and met with county officials. The rural health center, which would provide services not now offered by any public agency in the county, must have the support of physicians in the county, Nottingham stated Wednesday night. The group in attendance agreed to refer the matter of health planning to the county planning board which will be assisted by the Region L health planner. The Jackson meeting was the first such meeting held in Region L. Northampton was selected since it is the only county in the five-county region without a medical care facility.
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