THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXXIV. Number 37
Zebulon, N. C., Thursday, September 24,1959
Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
In the foreground, Fred Wolfe, Middlesex High School agriculture
teacher, is reading a farm magazine available in the Middlesex Pub
lic Library. Other proud users of the town’s first library are, left to
right, Mrs. Fred Wolfe, Mrs. W. W. Morgan, Mrs. C. L. Corbett,
and Mrs. Jake Wright, Jr., librarian.
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45% Complete
Hospital To Open In June
Of Next Year; Progress Fine
Wendell-Zebulon Hospital is
45% complete, according to H. C.
Wade, member of the Wake Coun
ty Hospital Authority.
The local hospital ranks second
in progress of completion, Wade
said. Fuquay Springs is 55% com
plete, Apex is 40% complete, and
Wake Forest is between 30 and
35% complete.
Wade, who attended a board
meeting of the Authority last
Thursday, said the local hospital
will not suffer from the steel strike.
All commitments of steel are avail
able and ready for use when need
ed, he said.
There is hope that the roof will
be put on before the advent of
winter weather, Wade said. This
will mean that the inside work
can continue during inclement
weather.
The local hospital is expected to
be completed by June 30 of 1960,
according to Wade. He said he
could not say which of the four
hospitals will be opened to the pub
lic first, but that since the comple
tion of the local unit is this pro
gressive he assumed it will be one
of the first to open.
Ample personnel for the local
unit is available, Wade said, and
applications are being carefully
screened and selected.
Wade said the Authority is
hopeful of securing a manager of
the local unit who is able to as
sume full time managerial duties.
The local hospital authority
board member met with the Au
thority at its regular monthly
meeting last Thursday.
Mayor Ed Hales and Chamber
of Commerce Pres. R. D. Mas
sey have issued a request that
employees of businesses park
their cars elsewhere other than
on the streets every Thursday,
Friday and Saturday. This is
to make room for customer park
ing for those who come to Zebu
Ion to shop and on business.
SUIT SETTLED
A $15,000 damage suit growing
out of an automobile accient was
settle last week in Wake Superior
Court by consent of jugment for
$4,500.
The suit was instituted by Coy
M. Pate of Rt. 4, Zebulon, for his
son, Gerald Baxter Pate, against
Alton Walters of Zebulon. Wal
ters’ daughter, Ida Mae, was in
volved in an automobile accident
on the night of July 19, 1958, on
Neuse-401. Gerald Pate was a
passenger of the Walters’ car and
when it overturned after hitting an
embankment suffered bodily in
juries.
Brotherhood Meets
Zebulon Baptist Brotherhood
meets tonight at 6:30 with a lay
speaker from Raleigh scheduled to
address the group. All members
are urged to be present
Negro Woman Blasts Husband
Sat Night; To Face Murder Rap
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Shout Saves Life
Station Attendant Shot
The shout from a friend that
Willard Pittman was going to be
shot saved Pittman’s life early
Sunday morning.
Pittman, attendant at the Sin
clair Service Station on the cor
ner of Gannon and Arendell Ave
nues, was fired upon Sunday morn
ing about 4:30 by by Bud Gillespie,
Negro of about 50 years old of
Rt. 4, Zebulon.
Pittman suffered leg wounds, but
was not hospitalized, Sheriff’s Dep
uty S. J. Blackley, investigating
officer, said. The victim had
seven shot in his lower legs and
one shot in a finger of his right
hand.
Pittman told the officer that Gil
lespie had come to the station a
bout three o’clock and had left. He
said he did not think the Negro
had been drinking at that time.
Later, the Negro returned again.
This time he was in a drunken
state and Pittman asked him to
leave. Gillespie was not of a mind
to leave so Pittman shoved him out
the door and into a waiting car.
The Negro came back and hid
Farm Bureau
Completes Barbecue
Supper Plans
Zebulon Farm Bureau has com
pleted plans for the annual barbe
cue supper to be held in Wakelon
School cafeteria Tuesday, Septem
ber 29.
Dave Weaver, head of the North
Carolina Extension Service, will
address the group. He has been a
farm leader in North Carolina for
several years and will give the
farmers a foresight into the fu
ture of farming.
Following Weaver’s address, the
supper will be held. Cards were
mailed to members last week and
will serve as tickets to the meal.
This card is good for the Farm
Bureau member and his wife. This
is a correction that has been made
since the cards were mailed.
Arrangements are being made
for the colored members of the
Bureau to take part in this im
portant meeting and supper.
Each member will be given an
opportunity to pay his dues for
the new year. Dewey Massey,
chairman of the membership com
mittee, will have tables set up to
take care of those wishing to pay
at that time. This plan was de
cided upon to cut down on the
expense and time that is necessary
for house-to-house solicitation.
himself behind the Cornelia Smith
dress shop. When Pittman stepped
out into the open, Gillespie emerg
ed with a 12 gauge shot gun and
fired at Pittman.
Pittman said Tyree Upchurch
was at the station and saw the
Negro come from behind the build
ing and raise the gun to shoot. He
hollered at Pittman and Pittman
said he flattened himself against
the outside wall of the service sta
tion building, therefore missing the
impact of the load.
Pittman said he and Gillespie
had had no previous trouble.
Deputy Blackley arrested Gilles
pie near Zebulon Gin Company,
“wild-eyed and bleary-eyed.”
Gillespie has been charged with
assault with a deadly weapon with
intent to kill. He will be tried at
Zebulon Recorder’s Court.
PTA Elects Prexy
At First Meeting
Elected president of the Wake
Ion School PTA during the Sep
tember 21 meeting and given a ris
ing vote of thanks was Mrs. George
Henry Temple who as vice-presi
dent assumed the responsibilities
of the presidency when the nomi
nee for that office was unable to
serve.
A nominating committee com
posed of James Alford, Wilson
Braswell, and W. A. Allman will
select a candidate for the now va
cant office of vice-president.
The devotional thought for the
evening was given by the Rev. W.
Arnold Smith of the Zebulon Bap
tist Church.
Following recognition of the new
teachers, Principal John Hicks
mentioned briefly some projects
which will probably be discussed
in detail during future PTA meet
ings. Included in the list were
introduction of interest courses in
the high school curriculum, par
ticipation in the matching funds
program of the National Defense
Education Act, and accreditation
by the Southern Association of Ele
mentary Schools.
The attendance awards were
won by Mrs. Mary Seago’s elev
enth grade with 76% of the par
ents present and Mrs. Annice
Rhue’s first grade with 72%. This
year the two rooms with the high
est percentage of attendance at
each PTA meeting will receive $2
apiece for the purchase of an edu
cational record.
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Is 5o Rapid
necessary
The growth of Pilot Baptist
Church during the past several
years has been such that it is now
necessary to enlarge. The present
building was erected in 1950 and
at that time there was ample Sun
J day School space. However, dur
I ing the past year the average Sun
day School attendance per Sunday
has increased by 72. With an in
crease of 72 in one year and in
creases of smaller numbers in oth
er years, the building is now in
adequate as far as enough space is
concerned.
The members of the Pilot Bap
tist Church voted Sunday morning,
September 20, to remodel the
school building and make it intoi
a church annex. The school build
ing was purchased by the church
several years ago. Since that
time a new roof has been added
and other important changes made.
There will be 12 class rooms in
the church annex and an auditori
um which would compare to our
present auditorium in size. There
will also be a large room to be used
as a community room and a mod
em kitchen. The number of square
feet in this building (8600) gives
an indication of its size.
The estimated cost of remodel
ing the entire building is $21,260.
This means new interior walls of
sheetrock, celotex ceiling, tUe
floors, and complete new wiring.
The present plans call for a nur
sery, beginner, and primary de
partment in this church annex with
a young people’s department to
follow in several years. There
will also be four classes of men in
this building.
The average attendance in Sun
day School per Sunday is now 300.
This shows an increase of 72 per
Sunday the past year; 88 per Sun
day during the past five years;
and almost 200 per Sunday during
the past ten years.
A Negro woman murdered her
husband here Saturday night, then
went into a grocery store and
shopped for her weekend groceries.
Police Chief Willie B. Hopkins
arrested Dorothy Pearce Holder,
31, in Parrish Grocery after kill
ing her husband, Needham Hold
er, 36, Saturday night about 0:30.
According to Officer Hopkins,
the woman was quoted as saying
her husband had given her some
money to buy groceries. Later, he
wanted the money back and a
quarrel ensued. She said he de
manded the money back, and held
a knife to her throat.
She whipped out a pistol and
shot him. The blast hit Holder’s
heart directly. Sheriff’s Deputy
S. J. Blackley said St. Agnes sur
geons found the bullet embedded
in the victim’s chest after it ripped
through his heart.
Deputy Blackley said the bullet
was judged by hospital authorities
and law enforcement officers to
be a 22.25. The pistol the woman
used has not been found.
Holdier died enroute to St.
Agnes hospital.
The argument and slaying oc
curred slightly below Parrish Gro
cery on the sidewalk.
Officer Hopkins said after he ar
rested the woman he let her finish
her shopping, then took the gro
ceries by the Holder home on East
Barbee Street, and placed her in
jail.
Deputy Blackley and Domestic
Relations Officer Graham Bunn
took the woman to Wake County
jail later Saturday night.
Officer Hopkins said the couple
had had domestic troubles before.
There are six children in the fam
ily, ranging in ages from two
months to 15 years old.
The woman has been charged
with murder. She will be given
a hearing in Zebulon Recorder’s
Court.
Mrs. Mitchell To Be
First County Nurse
On October f 1 the Wake County
school system will get its first pub
lic school nurse.
Mrs. Ola P. Mitchell was ap
pointed by the Board of Education
Wednesday, September 8. Her
duties other than nurse will be
attendance officer. She will be paid
$320 per month.
Recommended highly by Fred
Smith, administrative head of the
county system, Mrs. Mitchell suc
ceeds Marvin Jones, who for the
past 20 years has been Wake at
tendance officer. Jones is retiring.
Smith stressed the need for a
trained nurse in the county schools.
Such a person, he said, would be
priceless in epidemics and is al
ways needed to help solve sanita
tion problems.
As an officer, Smith said, she can
visit homes where children delin
quent in attendance live and help
iron out family problems which
keep children out of school.
Mrs. Mitchell has been nurse
receptionist for Dr. B. D. Thomas
for 10 years. Mrs. Ainsworth Pri
ette is replacing her as Dr. Thom
as’ nurse.
The new appointee will be in
charge of 30 Wake County schools.
She said she is very “thrilled" and
is "looking forward” to her new
position.
She is the wife of Jack Mitchell
and is the mother of two daughters,
Juanna Joy, Mrs. Van Winfree, Jr.
of Fayetteville; and Jackie, a
freshman at Wake Forest College.
She is Worthy Matron of Wake
fleld-Zebulon OES 133, past presi
dent and organizer of Wake Ion
Boosters Club and past president
of the local PTA. She is the
daughter of Mrs. Allen Perry of
Route 4, Zebulon and the late Mr.
Perry.
Mrs. Mitchell lists her hobbies
as bridge playing and reading.