THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXX. Number 56._Zebulon, N. C., Tuesday, April 17, 1956_Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
Drag racers cut these hashmarks in a road near Oakboro with
the kind of driving that has dozens of Tar Heel communities jittery
Drag Racing — A Maniacal Sport
As incredible as it sounds there
are public roads in North Caro
lina where speeding cars — two
abreast — may come hurtling out
of the darkness at you at 100 miles
an hour.
If you manage to escape, then
you’re a survivor of drag racing,
a maniacal “sport” rapidly
achieving notoriety in dozens of
communities throughout the state.
It’s happening not only on the
back roads, but increasingly so on
main-line thoroughfares. Mostly
teenagers — who haven’t the stom
Bailey and Hinton
Announce for Constable
Kermit Bailey of Kenly, Route
2, has announced his candidacy
for constable of O’Neal’s town
ship, Johnston County, subject to
the Democratic primary of May 26.
Bailey is being opposed by Way
Ion Hinton, who only last week
announced his candidacy for con
stable. Hinton lives near Emit.
Both candidates are Democrats.
ach for professional racing—stage
the mad sprints in defiance of the
law and all common sense.
Such illegal racing already has
resulted in 31 deaths since last
October estimates highway Patrol
Major D. T. Lambert, who is
watching the problem with eagle
eyed vigilance.
According to information gath
ered by the State Highway Pa
trol the races are anything but cas- 1
ual. Most of those reported in the
past few months are semi-organ
ized affairs with ring-leaders who
issue periodic challenges to oth
ers with the racing fever. The
challenges are seldom ignored and
plans are drawn up for a race.
State troopers, especially in the
Piedmont area, say that groups of
12 to 15 or more may engage in
the race when it comes off. They
wheel up to a pre-selected spot in
powerful, late model cars, ris
patch scout cars to decoy officers,
and sometimes barricade roads ad
jacent to the racing site. Specta
tors, often numbering in the hun
dreds, join in the fun with side
(See RACING, Page 8)
Wakelon Youths District
Science Fair Winners
Winners in the 1956 North Cen
tral District Science Fair held at
Duke University on Saturday have
been disclosed by Fair Director,
George W. Nace of the Duke zool
ogy faculty.
Some 70 exhibits in the biologi
cal and physical sciences were en
tered in the district finals by jun
iors and senior high school sci
ence students from 17 counties.
The five top winners of exhibits
and essay awards will be eligible
to enter the state finals which will
be held at the University of North
Carolina April 20-21.
Among the senior high winners
of biological exhibits were: sec
| ond place, Joy Wayne Tippett of
Zebulon; fourth place, Dorothy
Smith of Zebulon; and fifth place,
Leona Weston of Garner.
Senior high winners in the phy
sical science division included:
third place, Atlas Buffaloe of Gar
ner; and Junior high winners: first
place, Percy L. Tomlinson, Wilson
Mills; second place, Patsy Cox of
Rolesville.
Awards in the competition con
sisted of cash and book prizes and
seas of merit. The annual fairs are
sponsored by The N. C. Academy
of Science for the purpose of en
couraging scientifically taletned
students.
Soil Conservation
Poster Contest Winners
Named by Lions Club
The Lions Clubs of Wake Coun
ty are sponsoring a poster contest
in the sixth grades throughout the
county. P. H. Massey, Chairman
Agriculture Committee for Zebu
ion Lions Club, has announced.
The purpose of the contest is to
promote soil and water conserva
tion through teaching a unit in
soil and water conservation in the
rural schools of the county.
The sixth grade teachers and pu
pils in Wakelon School have com
pleted their unit of study and
have done an outstanding job. A
great deal of enthusiasm was evi
dent at the time the judging of
posters was done last week.
Winning posters were: Betsy Al
ford, from Mrs. Chamblee’s room;
Dennis Debnam, from Mrs. Perry’s
room. Honorable mention went
to: Connie Cook, Michael Pearce,
Sue Gainey, Joe Green, Connie Lee
Rogers, and Donald Price.
The Zebulon Lions Club is in
debted to Mrs. Coressa Chamblee
and Mrs. Lillie J. Perry for the ex
cellent work that has been done
on this project in the sixth grade.
Philip R. Whitley
Candidate Again
Philip R. Whitley has announc
ed his candidacy for re-election to
the House of Representatives from
Wake County subject to the Dem
ocratic Primary on May 26.
He is an overseas veteran of
World War II, and presently a Lt.
Col. in North Carolina’s 30th (Old
Hickory) National Guard Divis
ion. He served as chairman of
the Military Affairs Committee
during the last session. He was
vice-chairman of Banks and Bank
ing and among other important
committees, was a member of Fi
nance, Insurance, Agriculture and
Judiciary No. 1.
Whitley was the author of a law
that spelled out the penalty for
racing on the public highways of
North Carolina. The measure was
enacted after serious opposition in
the Senate and several defendants
have been convicted under its pro
visions.
He introduced and pushed
through as an economy measure
the resolution showing the poorly
attended Saturday sessions could
be eliminated. He supported the
bill giving local school boards au
thority to assign pupils.
Whitley, a Wake County mer
chant-farmer, is chairman of the
Board of Directors of the Bank of
Wendell. He is a veteran of the
last three sessions of the legisla
ture and will serve in the special
session which the Governor has
announced will be called this sum
mer.
Wakelon Wins
Wakelon defeated Wake Forest
at a baseball game Tuesday by a
score of 10 to 9. The game went
into extra innings before Linwood
Liles drove in the winning run.
Linwood Liles pitched for Wake
lon and completed the game.
Branch started for Wake Forest but
needed help in the seventh when
Warren relieved him.
Hodge led Wakelon with three
hits and Alford led Wake Forest
with three hits.
C. V. Whitley, Irby Gill File
For May Democratic Primary;
Both Candidates Unopposed
C. Vaiden Whitley
C. V. Whitley, a member of the
Wake County Board of Education,
filed for re-election last deek with
the Wake County Board of Elec
tions. He has been a member of
the Board since 1942.
He will be subject to the Dem
ochatic primary on May 26.
Irby D. Gill
Irby D. Gill has announced his
candidacy for Judge of Record
er’s Court of Little River Town
ship and Zebulon, subject to the
May 26 Democratic primary.
Gill, an incumbent, has no op
position.
Membership in Southern
Association Views Given
Membership in the Southern As
sociation is the best guarantee that
a community can have that it has
a good high school. It is the best
guarantee because it has the high
est standards of excellence af
fordable by any accrediting agen
cy for secondary schools. It is con
cerned with the qualitative and
quantitative aspects of the school.
To determine the effectiveness of
a high school a commission of the
Southern 'School Association ex
amines by visitatioi the quality of
schooling provided. It is not spec
ulation on their part, although the
committee is composed of experts
in their field, check lists are pro
■n
T
I vided through use of the Evalua
I tive Criteria, which is a manual on
school standards developed by
leading educators from every sec
tion of America.
Evaluative Criteria has in it
various sections that cover every
aspect of school operation and rel
ative factors including believe it
or not a report on the influence of
local pool halls and theaters. But
before any committee member of
the Southern Commission sees a
single report the different sections
of the Criteria must be filled out
by the high school faculty and
they must evaluate themselves.
(See MEMBERSHIP, Page 8)
Tate and Companion Are Confronted
With Theft Charges in Johnston County
Two men have been arrested and
bound over to Johnston County
Superior Court on armed robbery
charges in the theft of a safe con
taining $70,000 from the home of
W. T. Webb in Banner Township
last January.
Dewey Hunter Moore, 31, of
Norfolk, Va., and Horace Garland
Tate, 50, of Zebulon, were given
a preliminary hearing before Jus
tice of the Peace E. C. Jones here.
They were being held in jail in
lieu of $20,000 bond.
The Johnston County Grand
Jury is expected to receive indict
ments against the two when it con
venes Monday.
The State Bureau of Investiga
tion has other charges pending
against the pair, Sheriff B. A. Hen
ry of Smithfield said, and four
other persons also are being sought
in the Johnston safe robbery.
The robbery took place at 10:45
Thursday morning, January 5,!
when four men held up Mrs. Mat
tie Webb, 70-year-old mother of
W. T. Webb, and took away the
safe, according to Henry.
The safe later was found, empty,
in Sampson County.
Tate occupied an apartment
here until his apprehension in
ing and speech contest held at the
charge.
Director Named
For Swim Classes
John S. Blanton will direct Wa
ter Safety activities of the Wake
County Red Cross Chapter dur
ing the coming swimming season.
This was announced by Edgar
Hartley, Jr., Chairman of the local
chapter’s Water Safety Commit
tee, at its meeting last night. The
Committee which consists of Miss
Helena Williams, Chase Ambler,
Jr., and Louis H. Gray plan to
stage a Water Show in May for
members of the chapter’s Board of
Directors,
Red Cross instructors are ex
pected to conduct free swimming
classes at facilities throughout the
county during the summer.