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THE ZEBULON RECORD Volume XXXV, Number 23. Zebulon, N. C., Thursday, June 16, 1960 Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers NEW PARSONAGE. Pictured above are the d?acons, pastor and his wife and the donor1 of the land for the new parsonage recently completed at Central Baptist Church. Reading from left to right are Vassar Cooke, Joseph Wheeler, George E. Marshburn, W. R. Hinnant, the Rev. W. L. Addle ton, W. A. Nowell, Mrs* W. L. Addleton, Clarence Richardson, Bradley Roberts, and F. L. Love lace. Seated is Mrs. A. E. Glover who donated the land. Central Baptist Parsonage Dedication Held On Sunday Dedicatory services of Central Baptist Church’s new parsonage were held Sunday, May 29. The new parsonage is located near the church on Poole Road near Wen dell. The land on which the parson age is set was donated by Mrs. A. E. Glover. Gifts of money, drapes, electric stove, refrigerator, timber and other items were giv en for the new structure. The minister’s home, valued at $13,500, has three bedrooms, living room, dinette, kitchen, study, two baths and car port. The building committee was composed of W. A. Nowell, chair man, Herbert Douglas, Bradley Roberts, Joseph Wheeler and W. R. Hinnant. Sanford Rally Saturday Gubernatorial Candidate Terry Sanford will speak’ informally from the steps of Zebulon Munici pal Building Saturday, it has been announced by Mrs. Frederick Chamblee, ardent supporter of Mr. Sanford. Sanford supporters of Little River Township will stage a giant Pep Rally at the town office build ing from 8 to 9 a.m. Mrs. Chamblee said Mr. Sanford is anxious to meet all residents of Little River Township. “All local supporters of Mr. Sanford are urged to come and Negro Summer Recreation Program Got Underway Monday Mrs. Rochelle (Ivan) Malone is heading the Zebulon Negro sum mer recreational program for the third year. Mrs. Malone stated yesterday that she is very pleased with the program’s beginning this year. Be tween 85 and 90 youngsters partic ipated in the activities Monday, the first day of the summer program. All types of games were played, volley ball, bingo, checkers, skip rope, Mrs. Malone said. Prizes were awarded to winners— of bingo games. Other games will be promoted as the summer goes along, she said. Little League baseball was also organized Mon day. Mrs. Malone, one of the most prominent Negro citizens of Zebu Ion and a personable woman, said she is seeking to give the young sters participating in the summer recreation program varied ways of recreation, ways of expressing themselves. Above all, she is trying to teach and instill in them rules of fair play, she said. Mrs. Malone, a Zebulon native who is very interested in the well being of her town, has taught third grade at Shepard School for the past 25 years. She is the daughter of Joseph Hall and the late Mrs. Addie P. Hall. She was graduated from Bricks High School and received her bachelor of arts Mrs, Rochelle Malone degree from Shaw University. Presently, she is working for her master of arts degree at the North Carolina College for Negroes at Durham. She is one of six living children of Mr. Hall and the late Mrs. Hall. She has two brothers, John Hall of Washington, D. C., and J. An drew Hall of Bronx, New York, and three sisters, Mrs. Addie P. , (Continued on page. 4) bring their friends and neighbors .and make this a tremendous ova tion as Mr. Sanford begins a coun ty-wide caravan,” Mrs. Cham blee said. Zebulon Youths Freed In Wendell Court In Assault Case Three Zebulon youths were cleared of charges of participat ing in an affray which happened near Lake Glad Friday night, May 20. Z. W. “Zeke” Chamblee, Jr., Mickey Phillips and Charles Dri ver were found not guilty by Wendell Recorder’s Court Judge Clarence Kirk when the court was in session last Thursday. Billy S. Etheridge, another Zeb ulon youth, was found guilty with prayer for judgment and $50 fine and court costs. Etheridge testified he was noti fied of the settling of the argu ment while he was out at the Dairy Queen in Zebulon. He said he and Mickey Phillips drove over to Lake Glad and did not see any signs of trouble, then drove on down the road to Medlin’s Store. | The fight was already going on, Etheridge said on the stand, when he arrived at Medlin’s Store. When a police car siren started blowing, someone, whom he identified as Ronald Smith of Selma, grabbed him by his coat collar behind his neck and walloped him twice in the mouth. Phillips stated that he parked his car beside the store and got out and stood beside the car and watched the fight. He testified that he did not get into the fracas be cause he had only recently had an operation, Chamblee said he rode to the scene of the trouble after hearing (Continued on Page 4) Check Those Driver's License A series of patrol checking sta tions has been set up in Wake County, according to Patrolman B. K. Tucker. Patrolman Tucker said these checking stations are for the pur pose of checking driver’s license. The genial patrolman who lives in Zebulon said many persons are forgetting to renew their driver’s license. All persons, he said, license. All persons, he said, should check their license to make sure they have not expired and are in current order. These ,checking stations are lo cated on all of the main highway arteries in Wake County, Patrol man Tucker said. They are lo cated at every four or five miles. Last Saturday Patrolman Tucker said vehicles were stopped every 15 minutes as required by the pa trol department. He said this was not because of any violation com mitted by the drivers, but to check their driver’s license. Many persons were apprehend ed because of expired licenses or improper licenses. Highways 64, 1 and 70 had pa trol checking stations last Satur day. The same procedure will be employed for the next two weeks. Patrolman Tucker urges drivers to check and keep a constant check on therr driver’s licenses. '' ■»* ** r "Stumpy" Hicks Ap peals In Affray At Medlin Store Nathan “Stumpy” Phillip Hicks, 22, of Zebulon gave notice of ap peal after being sentenced last Thursday by Wendell Recorder’s Court Judge Clarence Kirk. Judge Kirk sentenced Hicks to six months on the roads suspended on paymjnt of $250 fine and court costs for participating in an af fray which occurred May 20 at Medlin’s Store near Wendell. Hicks was also ordered by Judge Kirk not to operate an automobile within 12 months. Hicks and some Selma youths, testimony revealed, were engaged in an affray which had its be ginning at Lake Glad near Wen dell on May 13, a week prior to the fracas. Benny R. Barnes, a Selma youth, testified that he was helping Tom my Batten, another Selma youth, put a muffler on Batten’s car when six or seven carloads of Zebulon boys drove up. Barnes said Hicks, whom he identified on the stand, drove a 1957 Oldsmobile into Batten’s car, pushing it across the highway at Medlin’s Store. He said, too, that four Zebulon youths attempted to drag him through the window of the car and beat him up. He said he was knocked unconscious by one of the four Zebulon youths. On Friday night, May 13, the Selma youths were at Lake Glad, it was brought out. Raven Dale of Selma testified that some Zeb ulon boys were there at the time and made unkind remarks about the Johnston County boys. C. G. Lovelace, operator of the lake, testified that on May 13 he heard an argument going on be tween a group of boys behind his store. He said it “looked like an army,” there were so many boys. He told them to get away. A few minutes later they had congre gated again, so he called the law. He said he heard some of them say, “Meet us and we’ll have it out.” Deputy Sheriff C. C. Doan re ported that Lovelace called him and he wdnt to the Lake, but he found no fighting going on. Hs (Continued on Page 4) Father Of Year Harold Green Is Ideal Father Harold Green has been named Father of the Year for this com munity. Green believes three things are the prime requisites for a happy, well-adjusted family. They are to be church-going, use plenty of music, and recreation. “I have always led my family to church,” Green said. “I don’t be lieve in taking children to church and then coming back home as so many parents do.” Green and his family are regu lar church-goers of Wakefield Baptist Church of which they are members and active participants. He has served on the Board of Deacons since he was 20 years old. Mrs. Green is active in BTU work, the choir, is church treasur er and teaches the Beginner Sun day School Class. “I have always encouraged my children to take an active part in the work of the church,” he said. Harold Green “I feel when they work in the church they are going to get more out of it, feel a greater part of it, and get a bigger reward from the service given.” Green has never taught Sunday School. He says he can’t talk be cause he gets stage fright. He loves, though, to work with the choir. He sings in the tenor sec tion because that is what the choir needs most, but he says he is really a bass. Because he can read music fluently, he is able to sing any of the parts. “I love to sing," he said. "Choir work is one of my favorite church activities. I am not a soloist, though. Too much stage fright. But I have tried duets, which I like very much.” Music has played a great part in Green’s family. Green, him self, comes from a musical fam I (Continued on page 4)
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