THE ZEBULON RECORD
Zebulon, N. C., Thursday, May 26, 1960 Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
Volume XXXV, Number 20.
Sonny Perry
R. B. Tant, Jr.
Boys State Candidates
Selected By Legion
I
Delegates to Boys state were se
lected last week by Bill Perry,
commander of Legion Post, No. 33,
and the past commanders.
Sonny Perry and R. B. Tant,
rising senior at Wakelon High
School, were picked to represent
the Legion at tne Greensboro
event.
Perry pointed out that the boys
selected by the committee met the
following requirements: they are
mentally alert and physically
clean; vigorous and enthusiastic;
have pleasing and congenial per
sonalities; have potential quali
ties of leadership and are able to
fit into the community group; are
honest, dependable and conscien
tious; and are members of the
rising senior class.
Perry, 17, is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Sonny Maxwell Perry, Sr.
of Route 4, Zebulon. Following
graduation he plans to attend
State College and take a degree in
mechanical or aeronautical engi
neering. His hobbies are motor
cycle riding and swimming.
Tant, 16, is the son of Mrs. F. D.
Pace of Rt. 4, Zebulon, and the
late R. B. Tant, Sr. His plans for
the future are to join the Navy,
possibly making a career of it.
Skating and swimming are his
hobbies.
Alternates for the two delegates
are Sidney Holmes, Jr. and Curtis
Arnold, who was killed in an auto
mobile accident Sunday afternoon.
Arnold was to have been Perry’s
alternate and Holmes is Tant’s al
ternate.
Boys State is sponsored by the
American Legion, and all expenses
to the affair will be taken care of
by the local Post.
Teacher Resignation
Five members of Wakelon school
faculty have submitted their re
signations, according to Principal
John Hicks.
Mrs. Annice Rhue, first grade
teacher, is leaving because her
husband will take a job in Mary
land.
Mrs. Cozette Brown, second
grade teacher, will also accom
pany her husband to Ohio where
he has secured a position.
Miss Phyllis Coley is to be mar
ried and will reside in Lynchburg,
where she has secured a teaching
position.
John Usry, English-French in
structor, has resigned and his plans
are unknown.
Miss Geneva Ann Dickson, com
mercial teacher, will join the sec
"etarial staff of Memorial Hospital
n Chanel Hill.
No Heart Attack
Dr. Charles E. Flowers returned
to his home here Sunday after a
short stay at Memorial Hospital,
Chapel Hill, where he was treated
for a slight heart condition. He
did not suffer a heart attack as
v as reported. He is “doing fine,”
he saifl.
To Undergo Surgery
Mrs. Ida Hall, retired Wake
County health nurse and beloved
townswoman, entered Memorial
Hospital at Chapel Hill Wednes
day where she is to undergo major
furgery.
Accreditation Of Elementary
School Sure By The Fall
Principal John Hicks feels rela
tively sure the elementary depart
ment of Wakelon School will re
ceive accreditation next fall.
A study—county-wide—is being
made of schools seeking accredi
tation with the Southern Associa
tion. The first phase of the study
was begun at Wakelon in April.
Hicks said the study is expected
to be complete by November when
a team of visiting educators visits
Wakelon for the evaluation of the
elementary school program and
facilities.
The principal indicated that he
does not see any hindrance to the
accreditation of the elementary di
vision of the local school.
The elementary school has al
ready met the requirements of the
V. C. State Department.
In preparing for the accredi
tation of the elementary school to
the Southern Association, the
evaluation will consist of the fol
lowing areas: viewpoints, func
tions, program, resources and
planning.
Even though Hicks feels there
will be no trouble meeting the ac
creditation standards there are
some things that will be added to
enrich what is already being done,
such as equipment and materials
for the student-teacher program.
The principal and teachers are
doing the evaluation of the pro
gram.
The high school was accredited
with the Southern Association in
December of 1956.
Local Girl Featured
In ECC Science Jounal
| The spring issue of the East Car
olina College Science Journal has
a feature article by Dorothy Smith,
a junior at the college from Zebu
| Ion.
j The Journal is now being cir
j culated among students, faculty,
! members and alumni of the college
department of science and other
interested people.
The Journal, a mimeographed
publication, was established last
fall with Dr. Robert Haubrich as
consultant and faculty represen
tative on the editorial staff. «
Miss Smith’s article was a book
review. She is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Horace Smith.
Mayor Urges People
Vote Against Addition
Of Commission
Mayor Ed Hales urges that the
voters cast a ballot against add
ing two additional commissioners
to the present five-man Wake
County Board.
Hales said the people feel that
the present five man board has
been fair to the people of Raleigh
and Wake County in decisions
which have been made.
It is seen in the plan, according
to the mayor, by adding two more
commissioners to the board that
the City of Raleigh would be able
to swing all voting issues. The
City of Raleigh would be able to
vote solid on issues that come up,
making it hard on the other four
commissioners outside the Raleigh
area.
The people of Raleigh, the may
or continued, need to take their
control out of the hands of the
few and give all Raleigh repre
sentation, and to divide Raleigh
into districts.
Education-wise the population of
rural Wake County is not getting
its fair share of county tax funds,
Mayor Hales went on. He said the
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Tragedy Strikes School,
Community With Death
Of Popular Teenager
Tragedy struck Wakelon School
and the community again Sunday
afternoon.
For a number of years, a tragedy
has occurred around graduation
time at Wakelon School.
A planned teen-age trip to Lake
Mirl Sunday afternoon ended in
death for one of the five occupants
of the car in which they were
riding. Another passenger was in
jured critically.
Curtis Arnold, 16, of Route 3,
died at 3:15 Sunday afternoon in
Rex Hospital just an hour after
the ill-fated accident. Time of
the collision between the car in
which Arnold was riding and a
car driving by Louis Worth Bran
non ,of Route 4, Zebulon, was
placed at 1:55 p.m.
Arnold was a passenger in the
car driven by Connie Mack Baker,
17, also of Route 3. Baker, the
son of Mr. and Mrs. William
Horace Baker, is in a critical con
dition at Rex Hospital. He was
reported to be in a coma Tuesday
morning.
The accident occurred on the
Mitchell Mill road or better known
in this section as the Penny Hill
Lake Road, about one-half mile
from Fowler’s Crossroads. Baker
was reportedly driving a 1957
Chevrolet. The Brannon car was a
1955 Ford.
State Highway Patrolman B. K.
Tucker of Zebulon, who investi
gated the accident, reported Mr.
and Mrs. Brannon were coming
out of a driveway and making a
left-hand turn onto the road.
There was about 300 feet from the
crest of the hill to the driveway,
according t„ Tucker, and prelimi
Shepard School Finals
Commencement services for
Shepard High School have been
announced by Principal Garland L.
Crews.
Baccalaureate services will be
held Sunday, May 29, at 4 o’clock
with the address being delivered
by the Rev. John W. Fleming, di-'
rector of religious education of the
Baptist State Headquarters.
Class night will be held Tues
day, May 31, at 8 p.m.
The Rev. Joseph N. Green, Jr.,
dean of St. Augustine’s College,
will deliver the commencement
address Thursday, June 2, at 8:45 I
p.m.
The high school Glee Club con
cert was held May 25.
All exercises will be held in the
school gym and the public is in
vited.
White Bystander Throws Iron
Pipe At Negro Driver Friday
ft wnne Dysianaer wno anegea
ly threw a piece of iron pipe at a
Negro driver last Friday night
about 12 o’clock caused the driver
to collide with a car in front of
him at the intersection of Arc ndell
and Gannon Avenues.
James Albert Lucas, 25, Negro
of Route 2, Zebulon, suffered neck
and back injuries after being
struck by the iron pipe. He was
taken to St. Agnes Hospital for
hospitalization.
Charles Ray Bunn, 20, of Route
1, Zebulon, had stopped for the
red traffic light when the 1950
Buick driven by Lucas struck
Bunn’s 1951 Ford in the rear.
Damages to Bunn’s car, owned
by his father, Elmer Bryant
Bunn, was estimated at $400. Es
timated damages to Lucas’ car was
$150.
Police Chief Willie B. Hopkins,
who is still investigating the ac
cident, said he has a “pretty good
idea” who the person was who
threw the pipe at the Negro dri
ver. He said he is expecting to
close the case soon.
Curtis Arnold
. . . victim
nary investigation showed that the
Baker car was going at “better
than the speed limit.” The back
of Baker’s car hit the back of
Brannon’s car. Baker’s car was
practically demolished. An estir
mated $25 worth of damage was
done to the Brannon vehicle.
Patrolman Tucker said Baker’s
car turned over sideways once and
then end over end. Four of the
occupants were thrown out. Baker
and Ted Arnold were sitting in
the front seat and Curt Arnold,
Gene Evans Lloyd, 17, and Ran
dolph Whitley, 17, both of Route
3, Zebulon, were in the back seat.
Ted Arnold, 14, of Louisburg, a
cousin of the dead boy was not
thrown from the car.
Lloyd, Whitley and Baker were
taken to Rex Hospital. Lloyd suf
fered an injured hand and lacera
tions about the forehead, while
Whitley suffered an injured right
hip and knee.
Eye witnesses to the accident
were Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Puryear
of Route 4, Zebulon, and Bud
Johnson. They told Patrolman
Tucker that they heard the car
coming down the road and going
by in front of their home and it
seemed to be going at more than
the speed limit.
\ Tucker said no charges have
been pressed against anyone. He
is continuing investigation.
Arnold was a popular and well
liked student at Wakelon School,
according to his principal, John
Hicks. He was a member of the
junior class. He was a member of
the band, Student Council, Na
tional Honor Society, played end
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Hospital Opening Is Delayed
No Surgeon, No Agreement
Wendell-Zebulon Hospital is
scheduled to open about Decem
ber, according to H. C. Wade, a
member of the Hospital Authority.
One of the factors delaying the
completion and opening of the
hospital is the installation of the
sewer line. Dr. Otis Broughton,
trustee of the George Broughton
estate, has not given permission
for the line to be constructed a
cross the Brighton property.
Another factor holding up the
opening is that no surgeon has
been secured. Fuquay-Springs
has employed a surgeon, thereby
causing this unit to be able to open
earlier, Wade said.
A surgeon for the local hospital
is being searched for, Wade said,
but as yet none has been secured.
Dr. B. D. Thomas of Zebulon and
Dr. William Fowlkes of Wendell
were named to a committee to seek
a surgeon, but Dr. Fowlkes has
now left his Wendell practice for
a position with Butner Hospital,
causing a delay in the selection of
a surgeon.
Personnel for the local branch
is much better than the other
branches, according to Wade. The
local hospital will have access to
surplus and qualified staff mem
bers.
Between $60,000 and $70,000
worth of equipment is soon to be
installed in the local branch,
Wade said.