NUMBER 19 _
L_A——
TRENTON, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1970
VOLUME xvm
Constitutional Amei
All State Command
In a joint statement issued
last week, the State Command
ers of North Carolina’s five ma
jor veterans organizations came
out against a proposed constitu
tional amendment w'hich would
drastically change State Govern
ment reorganization. Concurring
in their opposition are, The Am
erican Legion, AMVETS, The
Disabled American Veterans,
The Veterans of Foreign Wars
and the Veterans of World War
I. Their statement reads as
follows:
“Our original interest and con
cern'in the proposed reorganiza
tion of State Government center
ed on possible downgrading of
the State’s veterans service pro
gram which is helping thousands
of our veterans and their de
pendants and which is bringing
nearly $200,000,000 annually of
federal money into North Caro
lna at a cost to the State of less
than $1,000,000 per year.
“Recent developments, how
ever, have raised serious doubts
about the reorganization as it
will affect not only our veter
ans, but our state universities
and other services to the people.
In view of an opinion from the
Attorney General concerning the
effect of the proposed amend
ment and the refusal of the State
Supreme Court to give the Gov
ernor an advisory opinion before
- the November election, at least
one of the members of 1969
General Assembly who helped
draft and sponsor the proposed
amendment, has publicly an
nounced that he will vote against
the amendment. Obviously, it is
not clear to anyone, even its
sponsors, just what the proposed
/ reorganization will do to the
people of North Carolina. Under
such crcumstances, 'we cannot
commend it to North Carolna’s
500,000 veterans who, with their
dependents and the dependents
of deceased veterans, represent
one-half the State’s population.
“We believe it to be in the
interest of all our people to
caution them against voting for
an amendment whose effect no
one can foretell. Therefore, we
urge the voters of North Caro
lina to vote AGAINST Item 2 on
the Constitutional Amendments
ballot nest November 3, 1970.
This amendment would regroup
the present state agencies under
25 new cabinet-level officers.”
The above statement was joint
ly made by the followng State
Conynanders. ~v
J. Frank Baker, The American
Legion.
Horace R. Seabolt, AVMETS.
Robert E. Miller, DAV,
Thomas W. Miller, VFW
George W. O'Brien, Veter
erans of WWI.
RAMBLING CHECK ARTIST
Last Wednesday in Lenoir
County District Court Alton C.
Paylor Jr. was found .guilty of
passing five worthless checks
and giving five different home
addresses in the process. Rwas
established, to some degree, that
his Teal home is in Wilmington.
idment Reorganizing State Government
ers of Veterans Organizations Oppose
Chairman Veterans Affairs Committee
in State Assembly Vetoes Plans for
State Government Reorganization
State Representative, Claude
DeBruhl Buncombe County, stat
ed last week that he is in com
plete opposition to Amendment
No. 2 which will be voted on in
the November 3 General Elec
tion.
This is the amendment that
proposes to cut the State Admin
istrative Departments to 25 and
to authorize the Governor to re
organize administrative depart
ments.
DeBruhl stated that inas
much as the Study Commission
and the Governor haye not seen
fit to recognize the Department
of Veterans Affairs as an indi
vidual agency under the propos
ed new organization, and would
place this vital service organiza
tion in a subordinate role to an
other organization'with no di
rect contact with the Governor,
he will therefore oppose this
amendment.
DeBruhl further stated that
in his opinion it was never the
object of the State Legislature
to put Department of Veterans
Affairs and Higher Education in
a minor role in State Govern
ment.
DeBruhl further stated that
he had advised Governor Scott
of his views and has informed
him that in the event the De
partment of Veterans Affairs
and Higher Education should be
placed in a subordinate role,
that he, DeBruhl, would be forc
ed to vote against the Amend
ment No. 2 although be had sup
ported the bill for reorganiza
tion when it came through the
House of Representatives in the
1969 Session.
District Court has
Routine Session in
Clearing 13 Cases
Last Friday 13 cases were re
moved from the Jones County
District/Court docket, including
four in which nolle prosses with
leave were entered.
These included a worthless
check charge against Reander
Mattocks, failing to give a prop
er signal against Marion D. Hud
son and minor traffic violations
against Dorothy C. Cotton and
H. N. Woody.
Grover Carter was fined $100
and costs for drunken driving
after a six month jail term was
suspended.
Nathan Williams and Leon
Williams were ordered to make
good a check and pay $15 costs.
Jimmy Collier was given six
months in prison for public
drunkenness and disorderly con
duct. Charge of assault with a
deadly weapon with intent to kill
against Collier was nolle press
ed
Charles Banks was bound ov
er to' superior court on charge
of breaking and entering.
Joseph Lane Jr. paid court
costs for crossing the center
line.
Richard Dew had a six month
jail term suspended for assault
on a female and was ordered to
pay the costs and stay away
from Mary Smith.
John Brown paid a $10 fine
and costs for failing to dim his
lights.
Kinston Roofing Company Executives
Indicted by Federal Grand Jury on
Income Fraud Charges in 1964-65-66
This week a federal grand
jury convened. in New Bern
handed down bills of indictment
against E. L. Scott, president,
and Edwin L. Williams, secre
tary-treasurer of the E. L. Scott
Roofing Company of Kinston.
The indictments allege a total
liability for the company and
;he two as individuals of $54,
J54.90.
For the three-year period the
ndictments allege that the com*
aany had a correct income tax
lability of $31,695.48 on which
t paid $25,499.90, leaving an
tlleged balance due the govem
nent of $6,195:58.
Scott, is charged with having
>wed a total income tax for the
>eriod of \$23,391 on which he
lad paid $15,572, leaving an al
eged balance of $7,819.00. - -
$16,385 on which he had paid
$5,449, leaving an alleged lia
bility of $10,936.
Both are charged with filing
fraudulent returns for the com
pany and themselves as individ
uals.
No date has been set for trial
of the charges against the pair.
Organizational
Scout Meeting -
There will be a meeting of
parents interested in having a
scouting program at Chinquapin
Chapel Christian Church on
Thursday evening, October 22
at 8:0® p.m. All parents in
the Church and Community are
urged to attend.
Chick Harvey, Scout Execu
tive for Jones County, will con
duct the meeting
Dozen Arrests Made in Past Week by
Jones County Law Enforcement Folks
Democratic Rally
Jones County Democrats are
holding a rally at 3:30 Saturday
afternoon at the Fairgrounds on
Brock Millpond with all candt
dates from the party in Jones
County, in the legislative and
congressional district scheduled
to be on hand for a little hand
shaking and back-scratching
with Jones Countians. Climax
ing the Democratic get-together
is a fish stew supper that is to
be served under the watchful,
trained eye of some of the best
fish stew chefs in Eastern North
Carolina.
Another Suit Filed
In Timber Dispute
E. S. English of Craven' Coun
ty has filed a second suit in
Jones County courts in a dis
pute over boundaries and what
he alleges to be the wrongful
cutting of timber on his lands.
English asks $50,000 damages
from H. M. Carpenter, who is
charged with being a party to
the wrongful cutting of English’s
timber.
The only other civil action
filed in the past week was an
action by Charlie Hill who is
seeking to collect $695 which he
alleges is owed to him by Shade
Moore.
One of the busiest weeks in a
long time was logged in the
past week at the office of Jones
County Sheriff Brown Yates with
an even dozen people booked on
charges ranging from breaking
and entering to public drunken
ness.
Charles Banks of New Bern
route 2 was charged in the
breaking and entering indict
ment.
Those accused of public drunk
enness included James W. Col
lier of Trenton route 2, Jesse
Taylor of Pink Hill, Raymond
Hatchell of Maysville star route,
Chess Brown of Trenton and
Jack Williams of Maysville.
In the drunken driving de
partment the accused included
Edward Earl Roberts alias John
son and Lee Mitchell of Louis
ville, Kentucky.
Richard Dew of Trenton was
charged with trespassing. Wil
liam DeLoatch of Maysville was
charged iwth speeding and Si
las Dillahunt of Pollocksville
was charged with escape from
official custody.
CHOLERA BOUNTY BOOSTED
The department of agriculture
has doubled the maximum pay
ment for hogs that have to be
destroyed in the effort to con
trol cholera. Now up to $100
may be pad when values are es
tablished to that level.
Pay Schedules of Public School
Professional Personnel for 1970-71
Superintendents
Asst. Superintendents
Principals
Vocational
Supervisors
Teachers
Minimum $13,968
Minimum $12,960
Minimum $ 9,754
Minimum $ 5,910
Minimum $ 8,010
Minimum $ 3,624
Maximum $20,016
Maximum $14,400
Maximum $14,040
Maximum $10,110
Maximum $10,320
Maximum $ 9,158
To these figures add $30 per month to superintendents holding
advanced superintendent degrees, $30 per month to principals
holding advance principals degree, $120 per month to either hold
ing an earned doctorate. Teachers also receive $120 per month
for 9Vi months for an earned doctorate in area or subject taught
and the same $120 per month for period employed applies in all
other categories. Advanced principals degrees all carried an ad
ditional $30 per month.
This year the official journal
of the North Carolina Education
Association in its September is
sue reports in considerable de
tail on the salary schedule of all
professional personnel in the
state’s public school system.
A four-page tabulation shows
the complete breakdown of sal
ary schedules for superintend
ents, assistant or associate sup
erintendents, principals, super
visors, vocational teachers and
classroom teachers.
An editor’s note, in part, with
this detailed analysis says “When
all funds are taken into consid
eration it is expected that North
Carolina’s average teacher sal
ary will increase to more than
$8,200, as compared with $7,500
last year.” These figures do
not include any school district
special supplements which are
paid in many school systems.
They only include salary pay
ments to these school officials
by the state.
The teacher with an elemen
tary “B” certificate this year
starts at $3,524 for 9y4 months
work, or 185 days.
A teacher with an “A” Certif
icate starts at $6,050 for the 186
day work year and progresses
up the ladder in 12 years to the
maximum of $8,381.
The teacher with a graduate
degree starts at $6,632 per year
and moves Upward to $9,158 af
ter 13 years experience.
The vocational “A” certificate
without experience starts at $675
per month and moves up to $906
per month in 12 years, while the
holder of a graduate degree in
fan fj.iijni-!LL- ..
vocational education starts at
$738 and moves to $1,011 per
month in 13 years.
Supervisors are paid for 10
months and their pay scale rang
es from $8,010 for those 10
months up to $10,320.
Principals are paid for 1014 to
1114 months and their pay scale
ranges from $948 per month in
a school of from 7 to 10 teach
ers up to the top level principal
with more than 50 teachers in
a school whose pay can reach
$1,248 per month.
Associate and Assistant super
intendents, like superintendents,
are paid on a 12-month basis
and their pay ranges from a low
of $12,960 to a peak of $14,400,
which is attainable after eight
year’s experience.
Now Being Asked
The 1971 session of the Gen
eral Assembly is being asked
well in advance to boost teach
er pay by 18.1 per cent, to in
crease principal pay by 24.3
cent, to increase supervisor pay
by 30 per cent and superintend
ents would receive “the same in
creases recommended for oth
er professional personnel.”
The total of this estimated scale
of pay increases for the bien
nium would be $295 million.
This kind of fiscal shenani
gans would see the beginning
teacher get a raise amounting
to $655.94 per year while the
highest geared superintendent
would have his $20,016 salary
boosted by a whopping $6,004.80,
a pay increase almost doubles
the beginning salary of a teach
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