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THE ZEBULON RECORD Volume XXXV, Number 27. Zebulon, N. C., Thursday, July 21, 1960 Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers Editorial YOU HAVE TO LIVE WITH THEM Reputations are built of many things; yet no matter • what forms a person’s reputation, he has 'to live with it. If a man’s reputation is bad, he has to suffer the conse quencies whether he himself is responsible for his predica ment or not. Buy a screaming red convertible, and you’re tagged as someone who prefers the wilder things. Drive fast and reckless, and you’re branded as a ne’er-do-well, too stupid to heed advice and too blind to see where your course is taking you. Get a bad reputation and you’ve got a tiger by the tail which will claw you to ruin whenever you step out of line. This may not be fair, but it’s the way life will treat you. , Last weekend we lost two more young people, killed in an automobile accident. The driver had a reputation for wild driving; just a week earlier he had been warned about boisterous conduct in Zebulori; the girl with him was 14 years old. It is too late to change a reputation here. The irrepa rable damage has been done. Other young folks are maturing in our community. We wonder at the effect late hours and questionable activi ties have on their reputations. It is something parents and other adults must worry about. The new minister of Middlesex Methodist Church hopes to revital ize the church’s program. Ben Horace Wilson, III, hand some six-foot plus with the phy sique of a fullback, said in a pleas antly full weU-modulated voice that he “wants to make the church active and creative.” Wilson was appointed student pastor of the charge July 1 after the Methodist Conference. Prior to July, the Middlesex church had been on a three church circuit with Sims and Mount Pleasant. Since Wilson has been in Mid dlesex he has planned a program for the church which includes all ages. He believes there must be something for each person, each member. And, he added, that to keep members active the church pro gram must be interesting. Already the program is being put into action. He is leaving no stone unturned in finding inter ests of his congregation. And he is getting the full cooperation of the congregation and the church leaders. Wilson, who was 31 July 3, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Hor ace Wilson II of Wythe County, Va. He is one of four children. After graduating from Jackson Memorial High, he spent a year at West Virginia Business College. Then Uncle Sam called him and he spent two years in the Air Force. Following his discharge he went to work with DuPont in Richmond. Because of a mix-up in his mil itary status, Wilson was recalled to active duty with his country again. This time he spent 16 months with the Army. When he was discharged this time, with all his military obliga tions behind him, he enrolled in Emory and Henry College. He spent two years at this senior col lege in Emory, Va., and served during the summer of 1956 on a four point circuit in Lebanon, Va. He transferred from the Virginia college to Baldwin Wallace Col lege in Berea, Ohio, and was awarded his bachelor of arts de gree from this institution. He has a major in religion and a minor in Spanish. During his years at Berea he did part time work to supplement his income. He worked 40 hours a week with Ford Motor Company, beginning as a clerk, then as a property accountant, and ending up as a handy man in the pattern Ben Horace Wilson department. All this time he was carrying a full college load. In 1959, he came to North Car olina where he matriculated in the Duke University Divinity School. He will commute to his classes when they begin this fall. The family’s first contact with North Carolina was not very im pressive. They found the many pine trees oppressive and smother ing. They had not been used to such forest enclosure. “That’s why we like Middlesex,” both he and his wife, who is charming and possesses a quiet, unassuming manner, said. “We like to see the tobacco, cotton and corn growing. We love it here, and are very happy and thrilled.” The young bespectacled minister is glad that his appointment was with a semi-rural church. He feels that he can do his best work with the farming class. This is be cause he understands the rural people and their problems. He himself is a product of the farm. There is no aspect of tilling the soil that he does not know. And both he and his wife have chopped cotton for many a day side by side. Mrs. Wilson is the former Annie Webb. She and her husband were sweethearts in grammar school, a romance which progressed on through high school and until their marriage May 10, 1952. They are the parents of one child, a daugh ter, Marcia, who is six. With a frame built like an athlete, it is no wonder Wilson (Continued on page 5) Tire Thief Nabbed At Bus Station Last Sat. Night A Raleigh man was apprehended Saturday night by Night Police man M. G. Crowder after the local officer became suspicious of the man’s actions. Ray Hoggard, about 25, was ar rested at Zebulon Bus Station and charged with the theft of eight new tires, a light, battery cable, set of automobile points and a transistor radio from Barham’s Amoco Service Station on U. S. 1 north. There was a companion with Hoggard who was jailed and later released because he v,as not in volved in the crime. Crowder did not know the companion’s name. Crowder said he became suspi cious of the two when he saw them at the bus station around 2:30. He began his investigation and discovered the loot. Tony Barham, the owner of the service station, was notified and came to Zebulon. He identified his merchandise. According to Crowder Hoggard was driving a 1949 black Chevro let convertible. Hoggard’s bond was set at $500. He is scheduled to be tried today (Thursday) in Wendell Recorder’s Court. Kart Track An oval kart track has been constructed behind American Plumbing & Electrical Supply Company parallel to the Norfolk Southern Railroad.. The dirt track is 2/10 mile around. Although a bit narrow for rac ing, the track provides an ideal place for kart drivers to gain ex perience in handling their vehicles. Depending on engine power and skill available, speeds approach ing 50 miles per hour are possible on the straight-aways. A sign posted at the track warns that automobiles are not permitted on the track and that the owners are not responsible in case of ac cidents. A good crowd gathers whenever kart drivers circle the track. Sun day afternoon’s exhibition was staged by James Richardson and Ed Gill. Convertible Flips, Takes Lives Of Two Youths On Rural Unpaved Road Speed was apparently the cause of an accident early Sunday night which claimed the lives of a young LeRoy Currin Perfect Game The weather was hot Saturday in Middlesex. But the hottest thing was Floyd Tharrington, pitcher for the Zebu Ion All Stars. Tharrington pitched a perfect game for the All-Stars against the Free Will Baptist Or phanage All Stars. Eighteen batters faced Tharring- j ton and not one reached first base. He fanned 11 men. And he had superb backing by his teammates, who played errorless ball. The game ended 7-0, in favor of Zebu Ion. This is the second no-hit, no run game for the young pitcher. He pitched a shut-out game a gainst Mt. Pleasant last Saturday. The Zebulon All-Stars are cur rently enjoying the top place of the Magic Circle League standing. They have won three and lost none. It Will be Zebulon versus the Bailey All-Stars here Saturday afternoon at the local school park. man who lived near Zebulon and his female companion. According to Patrolman B. K. Tucker, LeRoy Currin, 21, of Route 4, Zebulon, and Judy Kay Lewis, 14, of Route 1, Middlesex, died after Currin’s 1960 Chevro let convertible flipped over. Tucker said the car apparently flipped in mid-air before landing on its top. The car was traveling at an “extremely high rate of speed,” he said. The couple was traveling in the red convertible south on a rural dirt road No. 2329, known as Marshburn Road, four miles north of Wendell. The investigating patrolman said the car ran off the right side of the road and went 288 feet off the traveled portion. It was thought that a wheel struck a rock on the shoulder of the road, helping cause the accident. Miss Lewis was pinned under neath the wreckage. Her head was buried in grass and weeds with the door of the car resting on it. She could npt be freed until a wrecker came to the scene. Ac cording to a local funeral home of ficial she apparently did not suffer other injuries. One funeral home official said he believed she died of suffocation, because her face was buried in the undergrowth. Currin, the driver, was tossed free of the car. It was thought he died from a blow above the right eye. He was dead on arrival at Rex Hospital. The time of the accident was set at 9:43, the patrolman said; the car was a total loss. Currin had been employed by Overnite Trucking Co. of Raleigh. Funeral services for Currin were held at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Hephzi bah Baptist Church with the Rev. Joe Roach, pastor, and the Rev. W. C. Barham officiating. Burial followed in the 6hurch cemetery. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Willie Lee Currin; one brother, Willard Ray Currin of the home; and his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. G. G. Ivey of Route 4, Zebulon. Miss Lewis is survived by her (Continued on page 5) Rotary Governor To Speak Here Wed.; Has Spoken At Middlesex The Rotary Club of Zebufcan > Wednesday will be host to James M. Bates, governor of the 771st district of Rotary International, who is making his annual official visit to each of the 39 Rotary :lubs in his district. He will ad dress the local/club and confer with President Billy K. Hopkins, secretary G. Haywood Jones, and :ommittee chairmen on Rotary ad- j ninistration and service activities.! Mr. Bates is vice president and actuary of the Home Security Life Insurance Company in Durham, North Carolina, and is a member and past president of the Rotary Dlub of Durham. In civic affairs, re is very active. He is past pres ident of the Inter-Club Council, past chairman of the Shawnee District of the Boy Scouts of America, and past chairman of the all-important budget committee of the Durham United Fund. He was elected as a district governor af Rotary International for the L960-61 fiscal year at Rotary’s 51st annual convention in Miami Vliami Beach, Florida, U.S.A., in lune of this year. He is one of James Bates 267 district governors supervising the activities of more than 10,600 Rotary clubs which have a mem bership of nearly 500,000 business and professional executives in 116 countries throughout the world. Wherever Rotary clubs are lo cated, President Hopkins asserted in discussing the governor’s visit, their activities are similar to those of the Rotary Club of Zebulon be cause they are based on the same general objectives — developing better understanding and fellow ship among business and profes sional men, promoting community betterment undertakings, raising the standards of business and pro fessions, land fostering the adh vancement of understanding, good will and peace among all the peo ples of the world. Each year, this world-wide serv ice organization contines to grow in numbers and in strength. Pres. Hopkins said. During the past fiscal year, 405 new Rotary clubs were organized in 47 countries, bringing the total number of Rotary clubs to an all-time high of more than 10,600, and five geographical re gions were added to Rotary’s mem bership roster—Aden, French Polynesia, New Guinea, Ryukyn Islands and San Marino.
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