THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXXV, Number 21. Zebulon, N. C., Thursday, June 2, 1960 Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
Auto Victim
Roy Weathers
Roy C. Weathers, 46, died at
Rex Hospital Sunday night about
12 o’clock from injuries suffered
in an automobile accident on U.
S. 64 Sunday about 8:30 o’clock.
Highway Patrolman B. K. Tuck
er reported that Weathers was
traveling west on U. S. 64 at an
excessive speed. About 400 feet
from old Pearl Harbor juke joint
on the S-curve Weathers’ car ran
off the left side of the road, then
back across the highway onto the
right side, turning over one and
one-half times.
The 1956 Ford driven by Weath
ers was a total loss, according to
the patrolman.
Weathers was not thrown from
his car but was found hanging by
a foot from the door, Patrolman
TuckeT said witnesses told him.
Surviving are his wife, the form
er Rosella Hicks, one son, Bobby
R. Weathers of the home; one
daughter, Mrs. Peggy J. Debnam of
Zebulon; four sisters, Mrs. Ma
mie Watson of Wendell, Route 2,
Mrs. Levi Phillips of Route 4,
Zebulon, Mrs. Carrie Phillips and
Mrs. Maud Pearce of Route 4,
Zebulon; two brothers, Morris
Weathers of Clayton, Route 1, and
Ivan Weathers of Wendell; one
half-brother, Loomis Weathers of
Raleigh; four half-sisters, Mrs.
Roy Weathers
Elizabeth Holt, Mrs. Jody Jones,
Miss Ruth Weathers and Mrs. Edna
Earle Edwards, all of Raleigh.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday at 3 p.m. at Bethany Bap
tist Church of which he was a
member. The Rev. W. Arnold
Smith, pastor of Zebulon Baptist
Church, officiated, assisted by the
Rev. A. D. Parrish.
Student Music
Recital
The piano students of Mrs. Rod
ney McNabb will be presented in
recital Friday night, June 3, at
7:15 at the Zebulon Methodist
Church.
Students participating in the end
of the year recital are Ben, Tom
my and Debbie Massey, Henry and
Vicky Temple, Patsy and Shannon
Scott, Alice Bissette, Jo Ann
Bunn, Donna Faye Stallings, John
ny Hendricks, Diane Wall, Kay
A n t o n e, Jeannette Whitley,
Frankie Kannon, Mickey Hinton
and Dyanne Strickland.
The public is invited.
Sunday's Sermon
Topics By
Methodist Minister
The sermon topics for Sunday,
June 5, at the Zebulon Methodist
Church are announced by the
minister, the Rev. William K.
Quick.
11:00 “A Sight To Make Hell
Tremble”
8:00 “Prayer Changes Things—
Or Does It?”
Sunday is Pentecost Sunday, a
holy day celebrated by both Prot
estant and Catholic faiths.
Recreation Program
Zebulon will have a three-phase
recreational summer program, it
has been announced by Sprite
Barbee.
Barbee said the program will
consist of arts and crafts, softball,
and water safety.
Maurice Chapman, Wakelon
High School coach, has been em
ployed by Zebulon Recreation
Commission, to head the summer
recreational programs. His sal
ary was unannounced.
At present the Commission has
been unable to secure an assistant
for the white program or a direc
tor for the Negro program. The
tentative Negro program is incom
plete, Barbee said.
Progress is being made rapidly
on the white program and the
Commission feels that the program
will be well rounded and most
operative for the summer.
The assistant director who will
aid Chapman will be a young lady
who will have charge of the arts
and crafts division of the summer
program and the park playground
activities.
Chapman will be in charge of
the ball activities, and his word is
final concerning the ball activities.
Midget and Pony leagues will
be added to the group this year,
two age groups never touched in
the summer recreational program
here.
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Sanford Front Runner Here
In Gubernatorial Race
Terry Sanford, 42 year old at
torney from Fayetteville, was the
top vote-getter among the four
gubernatorial candidates in last
Saturday’s primary. Sanford, the
acknowledged front-runner long
before the votes were tallied, re
ceived 386 votes to runner-up
Professor I. Beverly Lake’s 370
votes, in the Zebulon precinct.
Malcolm B. Seawell received 68
votes and John Larkins of Tren
ton 32. A total vote of 856 was
cast by Zebulon voters in the local
precinct. The gubernatorial tally
followed State lines with Sanford,
Lake, Seawell and Larkins finish
ing in that order. With only 66
of the state’s 2,094 precincts un
counted Sanford has 254,544 votes,
Professor Lake has 171,701 votes
while losers Malcolm Seawell tal
lied 98,806 and Larkins 95,746. A
new primary record of votes cast
was set with some 50,000 more per
sons balloting Saturday than in any
previous primary.
Henkel Is Lt.-Gov. Choice Locally
C. V. Henkel of Turnersburg
bested Cloyd Philpott of Lexing
ton in the lieutenant-governor’s
race receiving 306 votes to Phil
pott’s 291. David McConnell, a
political unknown from Charlotte,
polled 179 votes. Philpott led in
the State-wide race polling some
53,000 more votes than Henkel. As
we go to press Henkel had not
decided on whether to ask for a
second primary.
Incumbent Justice Clifton L.
Moore of Burgaw outran chal
lenger William J. Cocke of Ashe
ville, 493 votes to 195. Charles F.
Gold, commissioner of Insurance
licked perennial challenger John
Frederick 6-1, as Gold received 637
votes to Frederick’s 100.
Sen. Jordan Carries Zebulon
Sen. B. Everett Jordan, an ap
pointee to the U. S. Senate by Gov.
Luther Hodges, won his bid for
election by defeating handily chal
lenger Addison Hewlett of Wil
mington and two other candidates,
Robert W. Gregory of Greensboro
and Robert M. McIntosh of Char
lotte. Jordan received 468 votes i
to Hewlett’s 281 while McIntosh'
picked up 12 and Gregory 9.
John Jordan Surprises Edwin Pou
State Sen. John Jordan success
fully beat back Edwin Pou’s bid
to return to the State Senate. In
a contest that aroused intense in
terest in the Zebulon community,
Jordan polled 498 votes to Edwin
Pou’s 290. In Wake County the
vote stood Jordan 16,173 to Pou’s
9,827.
Phil Whitley Leads in House Race
Rep. Philip Whitley, cross town
neighbor from Wendell, led the
field of six candidates in the race
for Wake County’s three seats in
the House of Representatives.
Whitley polled 570 votes, incum
bent Brantley Womible 558 votes
and Jyles Coggins 330 votes. Archie
A. McMillan received 313 votes,
incumbent W. C. (Buck) Harris,
Jr. 290 votes and the Rev. Grady
D. Davis, Shaw University pro
fessor, 131 votes.
Despite Whitley’s vote appeal in
this section, Wake county lost its
only representative from outside
the city of Raleigh, as Whitley’s
seat was taken by A. A. McMillan,
the top vote-getter among the six
candidates. The Wake county
lineup will be McMillan, Womble
and Harris.
Ben Haigh Beats Johnson
Louis T. Johnson, who did his
campaigning for the Wake County
Board of Commissioners in his
overalls, polled 301 votes in Zeb
ulon to incumbent commissioner
Ben Haigh’s 375 votes. Throughout
Wake County, Haigh received 13,
342 to Johnson’s 10,293.
Mrs. Adams Ousts Proctor
Mrs. John Q. Adams ousted long
time member of the Wake County
Board of Education, S. Tom Proc
tor, in one of the election’s sur
prises. Mrs. Adams received 494
votes in the local race to Proc
tor’s 242, outpolling the incum
bent more than 2 to 1.
Constable Troy Watkins
Keeps Post
Troy Watkins, Little River con
stable, surprised many people with
his vote total in Saturday’s cam
paign against three contenders.
Watkins outpolled Buck Phillips in
the local precinct by four votes,
308 to Phillips’ 304. Wendel Per
ry received 183 votes to G. T.
Lockleair’s 33. In the Mitchell Mill
precinct, Lock lea ir led the field of
four with 77 votes, Wendell Perry
received 51, Watkins 29 and Buck
Phillips 10.
The combined vote in the two
Little River precincts totaled Wat
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Teenagers Loot Drive-Ins Here
And Near Middlesex Recently
Two Zebulon teenagers were
given a hearing in Recorder’s
Court last Wednesday for break
ing and entering Forks Drive-In
on the night of May 20.
Probable cause was found a
gainst Roy West, Jr., 17, of Route
2, Zebulon, and the case was sent
to Superior Court.
Bobby Lee Baker, 15, son of
Mrs. Eunice Dean of Florida, was
placed in the hands of Wake Coun
ty Juvenile Authorities.
West and Baker were charged
with breaking and entering the
drive-in east of Zebulon and tak
ing a carton of cigarettes, four
cans of beer and a 22 caliber pis
Five Zebulon Youths Indicted
Lake Glad Scene Of Youth Battles
Five Zebulon youths have been
cited to Wendell Recorder’s Court
flor participating in an affray at
Lake Glad Friday night, May 20.
One of the youths was charged
with assault with a deadly weapon.
Also cited to appear in the court
were 12 Selma High School youths
who were engaged in the affray.
The Zebulon youths were Na
than Phillip Hicks, 22, who was
charged with assault with a deadly
weapon to wit an automobile; Zeb
ulon W. Chamblee, Jr., 20; Mickey
Phillips, 20; Charles Driver, 20;
and Billy Steven Etheridge, 21.
The Selma boys were Keith
Phillips, Ronald Johnson, Bennie
Barnes, Ronald Smith, Melvin
Webster, Raven Dale, Phillip Rose
Wright, Howard J. Phillips, Tom
my Wright, Leamon Franklin
Thornton, Bobby Gray Brannan
and Tommy Batten.
The case was set for last week
in Wendell Recorder’s Court but
was continued at the request of
counsel of the Selma youths.
Wendell officers reported that
the affray happened at Lake Glad,
a recreation area just south of
Wendell, early in the evening.
Deputy C. C. Doan said he was
called to the scene and when he
questioned the youths they told
him they got into an argument the
Friday night before and were
planning to settle it then.
The boys were slow in talking
to the officers, Deputy Doan said.
He said some of them ran when
the officers arrived, leaving their
cars.
It was reported that the Selma
youths said the group of boys con
verged on them in three directions.
An estimated 150 Zebulon boys
were on the scene.
One report was that when the
affray first took place, one of the
Zebulon boys quickly came to his
home town and rounded up all the
boys he could find to take with
him back to the scene of action.
A second session of the affray
took place at the vicinity of Med
lin’s Store, about a mile south of
Lake Glad, Deputy Doan said.
Then a third field of action oc
curred later.
Besides Deputy Doan, Wendell
policeman “Red” Couick and Nor
man Dean were called to the scene
of the affray for investigation and
to make arrests.
The Zebulon youths were re
leased on bond.
tol. The estimated valuation of
the stolen articles was $25.
The proprietor of the restaurant
told investigating officer, Deputy
Sheriff S. J. Blackley, the pin
ball machine was also tampered
with and money taken from it.
Deputy Blackley said the boys
did not admit to taking any money
from the machine.
The restaurant was entered af
ter a window in the back of the
building had been ibroken.
West was also involved in an
other break-in on February 14. He,
Chester Arthur Brayboy, Jr., 18,
Indian of Route 2, Zebulon, and
Charles Edward Barham, 21, of
Route 2, Wendell, were charged
by Nash Sheriff Glenn Womble
with a break-in at Rockside Grill
west of Middlesex on February 14.
Sheriff Womble said the three
youths tore the screen off a win
dow on the east side of the build
ing and took 12 bottles of beer.
Glenn Driver, owner of the place,
said the building was ransacked,
but nothing else was missing.
Barham, West, William Ellis
Denton, 16, of Route 1, Zebulon,
and Bobby Lee Baker, who was
involved in the Forks Drive-In
burglary, were charged with
stealing five gallons of gas from
a tractor owned by Bill Williams
of Middlesex on May 20.
The youths had two .22 pistols
and one 16 shot automatic rifle in
their possession. One of the pis
tols came out of the break-in of
Forks Drive-In and the other pis
tol belonged to Barham, Womble
stated. Barham shot into the air
when four other persons appeared
on the scene, according to Wom
ble.
Baker then poured gas across the
road and set it on fire to prevent
the four from following and ident
ifying his group.
Barham, West, Ellis, Baker, Ru
dolph Winstead, 18, of Route 2,
Zebulon, and Jimmy Lee Winstead,
16, of Houte 2, Zebulon, were
charged with larceny of five gal
lons of gas from an O. C. Holland
truck near Middlesex on April 22.
In court Monday, May 23, BaT
ham was given eight months on
the roads on two counts of larceny.
He appealed to Superior Court.
On a charge of breaking, entering
and larceny, he was bound over
to high court.
Brayboy and West were bound
over to Superior Court on a break
ing, entering and larceny charge.
Judgment was suspended on pay
ment of costs on two larceny
counts for West.
Denton was tried on two larceny
counts, judgment suspended on
payment of costs. Rudolph Win
stead was tried on one larceny
count, judgment suspended upon
payment of costs.
Jimmy Lee Winstead and Baker
were tried before Juvenile Judge
J. N. Sills and placed on proba
tion.
Investigating officers in the Nash
case were Womble, Deputy F. D.
Brown, and R. E. Gilliam, Middle
sex police officer.
Invitation
The sons and daughters of Dr.
Joseph Robert Hester cordially in
vite you to attend his golden an
niversary of the general practice
of medicine at his home in Wen
dell June 5 from three until six
o’clock in the afternoon.