THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXXIV. Number 22
Zebulon, N. C., Thursday, June 11,1959
Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers

CLEAN-UP GANG—Night Policeman M. G. Crowder waves his
billet at Michael Pate, Sidney Richardson and Zeke Chamblee, and
orders them to clean the windows in town they painted ‘Class of ’59”
on. Pate is the one with the bucket, Richardson has the roll of toilet
paper, and Chamblee has the mop.
Window Painters Caught
It was time to celebrate. School
was over. They had their diplo
mas. Everything was lovely.
The celebration for Zeke Cham
blee, Sidney Richardson and Mi
chael Pate began about 12 o’clock
on Friday night, May 29. They be
gan to shoe polish the windows
of the businesses in Zebulon with
“Class of ’59.”
Chamblee said they went down
one side of the street and came
up the other, painting in big bold
letters in white shoe polish. It
took them some time for, he said,
when cars came up and down the
street they had to take cover.
Eighteen store windows in town
were decorated and Hilliard’s Res
taurant and the Dairy Queen.
In the middle if the town square
of Arendell Avenue and Horton
Street and in front of Wakelon
School administration building the
three young men used tire paint
to show their handiwork.
The three had stopped at the bus
•station when Patrolmen John Rowe
and D. B. Wagstaff drove up and
questioned the boys. Chamblee said
he denied any connection with
the paint job, but the patrolmen
looked down at his feet and saw
the white shoe polish spattered all
over his shoes.
Patrolman Wagstaff said he and
Patrolman Rowe rode through
town and saw Richardson in his
car at the comer of Arendell and
Horton. He said they suspected
something and later checked and
saw the results of the boys’ artis
try.
Chamblee, Richardson and Pate
were taken by the patrolmen to
the police station. They were put
in custody of Night Policeman M.
G. Crowder and ordered to clean
the windows.
Chamblee said he “enjoyed it
every minute and would do it
again if he had the chance.”
No charges were brought against
the three boys.
Picnic Planned
Pearce Community Develop
ment Program has planned a
community-wide picnic Satur
day, June 13, it has been an
nounced. The public is invited
to pack a picnic basket and at
tend this event at the church
annex at 6 p.m. This will also
be a get-acquainted social with
the new minister of Pearce Bap
tist Church and his family, the
Rev. and Mrs. Garland L. Fou
shee.
Rocky Cross Church
Singing Event Planned
An old fashioned gospel sing is
planned for Rocky Crqss Baptist
Church Sunday afternoon, June 14,
at 1:30 p.m., L. A. Hagwood has
announced. The public is invited
to attend this singing event.
Some of the famous groups of
quartets and trios will be the Gos
pelettes Trio of Rocky Mount, the
Melody Masters of Four Oaks and
the Marvelaires of Durham.
Water Safety Course
Registration for the Red Cross
water safety course will be held
at Zebulon Lions Club Monday,
June 15, at 9 o’clock, Recreation
Chairman Tom Scarborough has
announced.
Beginner, junior, and senior
swimming courses will begin June
22. Each person planning to take
one of these courses is required to
register.
Meredith President To Speak
To Baptist Congregation Sun.
Dr. Carlyle Campbell, president
of Meredith College, will be the
Christian Education Day speaker
at Zebulon Baptist Church Sunday
morning, June 14, the Rev. W.
Arnold Smith, pastor, has an
nounced.
Dr. Campbell comes to fill the
pulpit at the Baptist church to
better acquaint the congregation
with the program of Baptist col
leges over the state.
Meredith College holds the
highest academic standing avail
able to colleges and universities
throughout the nation. Dr. Camp
bell has led in the educational pro
gram at this outstanding Baptist
college In a brilliant and masterful
way during his 15 years as its pres
ident.
The service will familiarize the
congregation with the total educa
tional program of North Carolina
Baptists. Baptists are in the
“college business” for the sole
purpose of providing higher edu
cation for its sect and other de
nominations. There are seven
Baptist colleges in North Carolina:
Meredith, Wake Forest, Campbell,
Chowan, Gardner-Webb, Mars Hill
and Wingate.
The public is cordially invited to
attend this service on Christian
Education to be presented by Dr.
Campbell.
Police Chief W. B. Hopkins Is
Retained By New Town Board
One of the first items of busi
ness the new town government
transacted at its first meeting June
2 was the rehiring of Police Chief
Willie B. Hopkins.
Hopkins, whose name was men
tioned as the successor to James
Brown, chief ABC law enforce
ment officer of Wake County, will
receive an annual salary of $6,000
after the first three months of the
fiscal year. This is the same sal
ary he was offered by the ABC
Board.
The amiable and popular police
officer will receive a salary of
$410, plus $50 for being clerk of
Recorder’s Court, during the first
three months of the fiscal year.
Thereafter, his salary will be hiked
to J&450, plus $50 from the court,
per month.
Mayor Ed Hales expressed de
light in having Police Chief Hop
kins remain with the town. He
said it would have been difficult to
find a man of Hopkins’ qualifica
tions and abilities to fill the posi
tion. Mayor Hales considers the
town fortunate in retaining Hop
kins.
Town Attorney and Recorder’s
Court Solicitor Ferd L. Davis was
also rehired. His annual salary
will remain the same.
Commissioner J. Raleigh Al
ford was reappointed mayor pro
tem.
Each commissioner was given
specific assignments by Zebulon’s
new mayor. It will be each’s re
sponsibility to see to the needs of
their assignment and make sug
gestions and recommendations to
the Board.
G. K. Corbett has been assigned
the police department; J. R. Al
ford, fire department; P. O. Farm
New Development
Low Cost Housing
Plans for a development which
eventually will include 88 lots in
Zebulon were explained to mem
bers of the Zebulon Rotary Club
by Victor Bell, Jr., of Raleigh.
Bell is the developer of the Wake
Ion Heights area of Zebulon.
The speaker said he felt the need
prevailed for low cost housing af
ter the demand was high for the
first houses constructed in Wakelon
Heights.
Though many wanted the new
homes, few could afford the nec
essary first costs and monthly pay
ments.
“Zebulon is a garden spot, but
you have to work it to make it
igrow,” he said.
All that’s necessary for the proj
ect to get started is for the Town
of Zebulon to provide water, sew
er, and streets, Bell said. The cost
of water and sewer for the area
is estimated at $30,000.
The first part of the develop
ment planned includes 23 lots with
from 75 to 85 feet fronting the
street.
House and lot together with all
financing costs will sell for $8,000,
Bell said. Required down pay
ment will be about $250 and
monthly payments on the F.H.A.
loan will be from $49 to $55 a
month.
The houses are planned to have
three bedrooms, living room, and
kitchen.
Financing tie project is the big
gest problem in housing, Bell said.
Holding the c< st to limits of loans
available from F.H.A. is the chief
factor'determining the size of the
houses.
er, sanitary department; Mrs. Eliz
abeth Ellett, street, cemetery and
park departments; and Thurman
Hepler, water and sewage.
Municipal officials for the forth
coming biennium were administer
ed their oaths of office by Judge I.
D. Gill at the Town Hall Monday
night, June 2.
Sworn into office were Ed Hales,
mayor, and commissioners G. K.
Corbett', P. O. Farmer, Mrs. Eliza
beth Ellett and Thurman Hepler.
J. R. Alford was not present. He
was attending the graduation ex
ercises of his son at the University
of North Carolina.
Mayor Hales and Commissioners
P. O. Farmer and Thurman Hepler
begin their first elective terms of
office.
Returning Home
After spending the past 25
months in Honolulu, Hawaii, CWO
S. J. Perry is returning to the
States. He finished high school at
Wakelon in 1940 and then joined
the Navy. He served on Adak Is
land in the North Pacific during
World War II.
Since the war he has served on
Guam, and he was assigned to the
USS Des Moines and was with the
ship when she made her maiden
voyage to England. While in Eng
land, Perry met Queen Elizabeth
II when she came aboard his ship.
He attended George Washington
University, an electronic school in
Chicago and San Diego. He plans
to get an electronic engineering
degree in the near future.
His wife is the former Mary
Elizabeth Jarvis of Washington, D.
C. They have one child, Pamela
Lynn.
CWO Perry and his family will
spend July visiting his mother,
Mrs. Kate Pulley, friends and oth
er relatives.
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WAKELON GRADUATING CLASS. Mascots are Carolyn Massey and Timmy Dew. Front row,
Judy Rodgers, Andrea Temple, Deloris Parker, Jackie Mitchell, Ida Walters, Joyce Perry, Judy Cunning
ham and Margaret Privette; second row, Olivia Hicks, Brenda Bunn, Belina Fowler, Marie Wilkes, Stel
la Hocutt, Brenda Wheless and Sandra Bobbitt; third row, Ann Creech, Judy Jackson, Martha Jane
Driver, Edith Lewis, Margie Fowler and Kay Martin; fourth row, Robert Pulley, Barry Brannan, Pat
Murray, Kay Eddins, Flora Puckett, Mary King and Pat Phillips; fifth row, Sidney Richardson, Michael
Pate, Don Brown, Harold Brannon, Larry Page, Howard Beck, Johnny Bullock and Lawrence Creech;
sixth row, Leary Davis, Wyatt Sherron, Tommy Kimball, Z. W. Chamblee, Linwood Pearce, Billy Cham
blee, Floyd Price and Earl Baker.