THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXXIV. Number 34 Zebulon, N. C., Thursday, September 3,1959 , Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
Former Owner, Editor
Of The Record Dies
Burial In Siler City
A former owner and editor of
The Zebulon Record, John Bay
lus Whitley, died in the Chatham
Hospital Saturday morning, Sep
tember 29. He was 69 years old.
Whitley was born just a short
distance from Zebulon, in the
home now owned by Mrs. Oren D.
Massey, Sr. He was the son of the
late Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Whit
ley.
After graduating in 1916 from
Wake Forest Law School, he
taught school in Union County. He
practiced law in Zebulon follow
ing service with the U. S. Army in
Europe during World War I.
In 1924, after editing The Zebu
lon Record for around five years,
he moved to Siler City and estab
lished the Chatham News Weekly.
He operated this paper until 1933,
when he moved to the Brush Creek
section of Chatham County and be
gan farming.
He was chief clerk to the Chat
ham County Selective Service
Board for five years, and then
went with the Employment Secur
ity Commission, a position which
he held until his retirement in
1958.
He was a charter member of the
Siler City Rotary Club and Post
Commander of the American
Legion and Veterans of Foreign
Wars posts, and a member of the
First Baptist Church, where he
served as a deacon and taught Sun
day School for over 30 years.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Mamie Goodwin Whitley; three
daughters, Mrs. Russell P. Town
send of Wilson, Mrs. Edsel L. Carr,
Charlotte, and Miss Elizabeth
Grey Whitley, Durham; two sons,
Charles Orville Whitley, Mt. Olive,
and Lt. Clyde T. Whitley, San Die
go, Calif.; two sisters, Mrs. G. H.
Ferguson, Raleigh and Miss Pau
line Whitley, Winston-Salem; one
brother, Ennis P. Whitley, Cleve
land, Ohio; and four grandchildren.
He has a number of cousins in
the Zebulon area.
Funeral services were held Sun
day afternoon from the First Bap
tist Church with Dr. Robert E.
Poerschke, pastor, officiating.
Burial was in Oakwood cemetery.
Graduates
Miss Hariett Pearce, daughter of
Joe T. Pearce of Zebulon and the
late Mrs. Pearce, graduated from
The Wilson School of Nursing
t__ August 21. She will continue her
work at Carolina General Hospital
in obstetrics and general medicine.
Go Ahead Given On Educational Plant
For Baptist-Church; Cost To Be $159,000
Middlesex Is Finer Carolina
Area Winner; Awarded $100
For Fire, Center, Library Work
The Town of Middlesex has been
named a district winner in the
Carolina Power & Light Company
1959-60 Finer Carolina contest. It
has been awarded $100, and be
comes eligible for even bigger
prizes in the contest’s final judg
ing in September.
The other area winner was
Apex. This town, too, receives a
$100 cash prize.
100 Minute Class Sessions
At Corinth-Holders; County First
Corinth-Holders High School is
undergoing a new class schedule
this year, according to Principal
Ottis C. Freeman.
Principal Freeman revealed 100
minute class sessions will be held in
the high school instead of the
usual 50 minute sessions held
heretofore.
This new set-up, the only school
in Johnston County using the sys
tem, will enable the students to
have individual help. Teachers
will lecture for a period of time
and then study sessions will be
held with the teachers available to
help students who need individual
help.
Principal Freeman said this sys
tem will enable the students to be
more prepared in the field of
mathematics, science and agricul
ture. Mathematics, science, agri
culture and home economics may
be taken for the full four years of
high school, thus enabling the stu
dent to be more prepared for the
world he may participate in.
Dr. I. E. Ready, director of cur
riculum study for the State of
North Carolina, worked with
Principal Freeman and the high
school teachers in planning the
program.
Principal Freeman stated that
he feels very fortunate in having
his school selected for the new
program. He said it will challenge
both the teachers and pupils. It is
going to take more lesson prepara
tion for the teachers to hold the
pupils’ attention for 100 minutes.
It will also challenge the pupils’
intellectual and mental facilities.
Bus routes will be about the same
as last year, the principal stated.
This week classes will begin at
8:30 and dismiss at 12:30. Begin
ning next week a full schedule will
take place, with classes starting at
8:30 a.m. and continuing until
3:10 p.m.
Lunch prices for the students
will be 25 cents, same as last year.
Pre-registration Tuesday showed
14 students enrolled for the ele
mentary grades with 2 enrolling in
high school. These students are
new 'residents of the school dis
trict.
Principal Freeman revealed that
enrollment for the year is up
around 15 over last year’s figure.
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Tangible results were obtained
in Middlesex by the volunteer fire
department. The department ac
quired a new fire truck and the
necessary equipment, which
serves approximately 700 families
of the town and surrounding com
munity. The greater amount of
the funds necessary for the support
of this volunteer fire department
were gotten by solicitations. The
modern efficient fire department
warranted a decrease in the com
munity’s fire insurance rate. Eigh
teen men serve the department.
Another project accomplished
was the acquisition of a commu
nity building. This building was
the former residence of the late
John Finch, one of the first resi
dents of the town. The commit
tee was searching for a site on
which to build a center when they
were told of the accessibility of
purchasing the old Finch residence.
The house and lot of one acre cost
$5,000. Only $1,500 is lacking for
full payment on the site and build
ing. Renovations are being started
which will turn the building into
one of the most handsome commu
nity centers in this area.
One of the proudest recent pos
sessions of the town is that of a
library. This project was listed
under the spiritual and cultural
category. The library, supposed
to open in July, was delayed un
til Tuesday, September 1. It has
been stocked with 500 volumes by
the Rocky Mount city library.
The town contributed $150 to
ward the starting of a library and
it will receive $15 from the coun
ty and $15 from the town each
month for its subsistence. Federal
aid was asked but has not been
received.
Mrs. Jake Wright, Jr. of Mid
dlesex has been employed as a
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Bulldogs Reported
Full Of Optimism
By William K. Quick
The Bulldogs of Wakelon High
School reported to thei%new head
mentor, Coach Maurice Chapman,
formerly of Spring Hope, with an
optimism and enthusiasm rarely
seen during the early practice sea
son. Twenty-three candidates for
the Varsity of Wakelon High, in
cluding sixteen returning letter
men, have just rounded out their
first week of practice.
Tying with Rolesville for the cel
lar position in the Nash-Wake
Edgecombe Conference last year,
the team looks forward with en
couragement to a winning season.
With an all veteran line to back
up this encouragement and with
some promising backfield material,
the team is working on offehsive
and defensive patterns in readying
for their first contest, September
11 with Rolesville.
Dan Massey, a six-three, 195
pound end, and Paul Brown, a 195
pound left tackle are closing out
their high school careers and it
looks as if each will have a banner
season. Teaming with Massey at
end will be Johnny Broughton, Mi
chael Pearce, and Harry Cham
blee. Broughton, like Massey, is
a senior and Pearce and Chamblee
are sophomores. Brown is joined
at the tackle slot with Earl Perry,
a 200 pound senior who will be
used mostly on defense, Edward
Pearce, and Johnny Flood.
Sidney Holmes, a junior guard,
will alternate at center with Terry
Kemp and Lee Naylor. Naylor,
a senior, is a Baltimore product
and attended Dundalk High in
Baltimore last year. Coach Chap
man indicated that Kemp, also a
senior, will be an alternate end.
The guard position will see Jim
my Eddins, Sidney Holmes and
Bobby Alford fighting it out for a
starting slot. Doug Fowler, who
was injured the first week of prac
tice, will also see action in the
guard position.
The chief signal-caller for Chap
man’s Bulldogs will probably be
Ronnie Clark. Clark will be back
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The Rev. W. Arnold Smith is
hopeful that construction will be
begun on the educational plant of
the new proposed Baptist church
tjiis fall.
The pastor revealed Monday
that an overwhelming affirmative
vote was given the plans for the
new educational edifice Sunday by
the congregation. There were on
ly two dissenting votes.
Walter Burgess, AIA, of Wendell
and Raleigh, presented the plans,
style and a scale model to the con
gregation with detailed explana
tion. The architect emphasized,
according to the minister, that in
formal teaching can be used by
utilizing the open hedge enclosures
in the outdoor area.
Cost of the proposed educational
plant is estimated at $159,000, the
Rev. Mr. Smith said.
The new plant will be able to
serve 514 persons adequately and
comfortably. There will be 16 de
partmental assembly rooms and 43
class rooms. The building will
have an approximate total of 14,
722 square feet.
The modern building will be
constructed of brick, both interior
and exterior, with an airspace in
between which will serve as insu
lation. The roofs of the building
will be flat and finished with tar
and gravel.
The 143 foot wide and 138 feet
long building will have a dual en
trance on either side with plate
glass doors and overhanging roof.
The front of the building will be
constructed of all glass, extending
from the ceiling to the ground.
Entrance into the individual de
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Cushions Stolen
Somebody took seat cushions
from the Zebulon Baptist Church
bus sometime between Sunday
morning and Monday at 3:30 p.m.
The bus was parked in a garage
behind Perry Electric Company
and across the street from Zebu
Ion Motor Company when the theft
took place.
Value of the cushions, which
formerly occupied the driver’s seat
and the seat next to the driver, was
set at $30.00 by the Rev. Arnold
Smith, Baptist pastor.
Clues were missing.