Bull Dogs Play Benvenue Tomorrow Night
THE ZEBULON RECORD
VOLUME 36. NUMBER 31. ZEBULON. N. C.. SEPTEMBER 7. 1961
Governor Appoints Strickland
National Guard Lieutenant
The appointment of John Larry
Strickland, former Specialist in
the North Carolina Army National
Guard, as a Second Lieutenant in
the National Guard was announc
ed last week by Governor Teiry
Sanford.
Lt. Strickland was a member of
Battery A, Zebulon National Guard
unit, at the time he was com
missioned.
A native of Nash County, he
presently resides with his wife on
Route 2, Zebulon. He is employed
by the House of Stokely in Raleigh.
Lt. Strickland graduated from
Middlesex High School in 1955,
and from the North Carolina Mili
tary Academy Officer Candidate
School at Ft. Bragg in 1961.
From the time he enlisted in the
National Guard in January 1954,
Lt. Strickland served continuously
with Battery A. His new assign
ment is with Headquarters Bat
tery, 4th Howitzer Battalion, 113th
Artillery, in Washington.
The new officer is the eighth
member of Battery A to receive
a commission through the Nation
al Guard. Captain Jack Tippett
advanced to his present rank after
enlisting with Battery A and serv
ing as a truck driver.
Lt. Strickland was congratulat
r
ed by Captain Jack Potter, Battery
A commanding officer.
“The Army National Guard is
fortunate to have Lt. Strickland as
a member of its officers’ corps,”
Capt. Potter said. “His commis
sioning is another example of tne
opportunity available for men with
ability and initiative in the Nation
al Guard.”
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Quick Kicks
by Bill Quick
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David Meets Goliath Friday Night
Rocky Mount 8 p.m.
The above might summarize the
feeling of many as they view the
seasonal opener between the [
Wakelon Bulldogs and defending
conference champion Benvenue.'
The question remains, however, as 1
to whether the outcome of the
Biblical David-Goliath duel might
be repeated in the Friday night.
affray. |
For some years Benvenue—the
laTgest high school in the Wake- |
Nash-Edgecombe League — has j
dominated the football scene and
most coaches are predicting they i
shall repeat in 1961. !
Last Friday night the Rocky
Mountains opened their season the
underdog against favored Selma
of the Mid-Central 2-A. Actually
Benvenue should have emerged
victorious in that contest that end
ed in a 13-13 tie.
Midway in the second quarter
Benvenue trailed 13-0 when
Quarterback Wayne Green hit on
a 70-yard touchdown pass to half
back Frank Joyner. They failed
to convert the BAT and were be
HOSPITAL NOTES
The following were patients at
Wendell-Zebulon Hospital Tuesday j
morning.
White
Shirley Strickland, Ann Narron,!
Alice Whitaker, Alma Woodlief,1
Jean Knuckley, Barbara Carroll,;
Furney Todd, Harvey Hocutt,
James Wesley Davis, Charles Due
Cooper and Rosa Mae Perry.
White Births
Mr. and Mrs. James Ray Carroll,
of Route 2, Wendell, announce the
birth of a baby girl, September 4.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Strick-1
land of Route 2, Clayton, announce
the birth of a baby girl Septem
ber 4.
Mr. and Mrs. Carlyle Woodlief
of Route 2, Wake Forest, announce
the birth of a baby girl September |
4.
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hind by seven.
The same passing combination
Green to Joyner connected in the
last quarter to put B'envenue into
a tying position.
Just yards away from a TO late
in the fourth the Benvenue squrd
elected to kick rather than att .• npt
a fourth down running or passing
play.
So Wakelon faces stiff competi
tion in the seasons opener but how
do we know that the black and gold
may not prove to be the 1961 sur
prise of the Tri-County confer
ence?
Nashville Defeats Louisburg
In other Friday night contests,
two of Wakelon’s opponents met
in the county seat of Franklin
County. Louisburg High—the
name has been changed, we un
derstand, from “Mills High,” fell
victim to Nashville 13-7. Nashville
Blue Flames are an early season
opponent for Wakelon. Challeng
ing those who would pick Benve
nue as champ, the Nashville boys
are determined to end the season
a little higher in the standings
than a year ago. They play Roles
ville this Friday night. Wendell
meeis Angler ana bpring Mope is
at Norlina in other conference ac
tion this weekend.
Bulldogs in Uniform Elsewhere
Reports from Frederick College
in Portsmouth, Va., indicate that
Ellis King is holding his own in
the new Cavalier four-year insti
tution. King—who scored 100
points last year for Wakelon and
made the first string All-East
squad chosen by the coaches of
eastern North Carolina and the
sports staff of “The Old Reliable”
—is competing against stiff com
petition. Many former marines,
who were high school stars before
their stint with Uncle Sam, are
at the Frederick institution and
their maturity and experience
makes it difficult for many ex
cellent younger athletics who have
just graduated from high school.
Unofficially, we learn that the
squad of 80 dropped the first
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Night Policeman Foils Breakin
Of Wholesale Grocery Firm Here
Case Dropped
Police Chief Freed
Zebulon Police Chief Willie B.
Hopkins had the charge of simple
assault against him dropped last
Thursday in Wendell Recorder’s
Court.
Tony Murray, 22-year-old South- ■
land Insurance salesman, charged,
the chief with assaulting him Au-!
gust 8. Murray alleged that Hop- !
kins slapped him after an argu- !
ment over Murray’s 1932 automo- 1
bile and the speed limit on the j
streets of Zebulon.
Hopkins was tried August 24 be- !
fore Wendell Magistrate H. V. An
drews and was found guilty and
fined $10 and costs. He appealed
the case to Wendell Recorder’s
Court.
Murray gave no reason why he
chose not to prosecute. Hopkins
said he knew nothing about Mur
ray’s decision until the morning of
the trial.
Wendell Recorder’s Court Judge
Clarence Kirk ordered Murray to
pay costs for failing to prosecute
after swearing out a warrant.
Five County Fair To Open
Sept. 18; Lions Sponsoring
For the third consecutive year*
the Zebulon Lions Club will spon
sor the Five County Fair which
opens at the Zebulon Fair Grounds
September 18 and will run through
September 23.
Plans have been made to make
the 1961 Five County Fair, serv
ing the counties of Wake, John
ston, Nash, Wilson and Franklin,
the biggest and best ever. The ex
hibit hall will have displays of all
items on the premium list and
everyone will have an opportunity
to enter and compete for the
awards.
There will be attractions for
everyone—rides for the children
and home-baked foods at the
booths operated by local civic or
ganizations. The Lions Club will
serve fried country ham and the
Zebulon Junior Woman’s Club
menu will include hot dogs, fried
chicken, biscuits and a variety of
homemade pies.
Nightly at 9 o’clock—Tuesday
through Friday — entertainment
will be furnished from the band
stand by outstanding performers
and artists.
On Tuesday a variety show of
country, western and rock ’n roll
music will headline Bill Pollard
and his Rythmnaires, and feature
Fred Sherwood, WTVD personality
and western ballad recording star
under the Brooke Label. Pollard
ic \ ypl 1-lrnr»\»rn thrmiit tho pact.
;rn part of North Carolina as coun
try music emcee and radio deejay
with Radio Station WETC.
Wednesday has been designated
by the fair management as Color
ed School Children’s Day. Each
Colored school child entering the
fairgrounds before six o’clock will
ae admitted free and given a ticket.
Stubs will be drawn at nine o’clock
to select the winners of two $25
Savings Bonds. The featured en
tertainment will be Chad Narron
and the,Ravens, who will provide
the latest in rock ’n roll rhythm.
White School Children’s Day
md Free Will Baptist Orphanage
Day will be observed Thursday,
rhese children will be admitted
free until six o’clock. Tickets giv
?n at the gate will be drawn at
line o’clock and those holding the
:wo lucky number stubs will be
jwarded a $25 Savings Bond.
A gospel singing contest will
De the attraction and many out
standing harmony groups have
ieen selected, including Aaron H.
tiocutt and the Happy Times
Quartet, the Rocky Cross Quartet
featuring B. C. Williams and his
accordion, Nell Renfro and the
Melody Quartet and Jimmy Pitt
man and the all-male gospel quar
tet of Wilson.
Friday, Chad Narron and the
Ravens will be back to furnish mu
sic for the dancing contest open to
any couple wishing to display their
free style dancing talents. Judges
will award prizes for the contest
ants winning first, second and third
places.
Hospital Has New
Employee—Cashier
Mrs. Ruby Martin Hendricks
accepted a position as cashier at
Wendell-Zebulon Hospital Mon
day, August 21. She has held va
rious bookkeeping positions in Zeb
ulon.
Mrs. Hendricks is married to
Randolph Hendricks. She is the
mother of two children, David, 10,
and Dion, 3. The family resides
on Wakefield Street.
Zebulon Police Department has
n’t enough evidence to bring
charges against thieves who al
most succeeded in making off with
95 V2 cases of cigarettes from W.
B. Bunn Wholesale Grocery early
last Friday morning.
Police Chief Willie B. Hopkins
would not reveal the names of the
thieves but indicated that the po
lice department has a pretty good
idea who they were.
But, the chief said, there is not
enough evidence to get a case
against them.
W. B. Bunn went tc his whole
sale warehouse on West Horton
Street Friday about 6 a.m. and
found $10,000 worth of cigarettes
sitting on a loading platform inside
the building waiting to be carried
off.
The culprits, police said, had
come into the building by remov
ing a skylight from the roof of the
warehouse. Once inside, they en
tered the cigarette room and car
ried the cases to the platform to be
loaded for their destination.
Police Chief Hopkins theorized
that the theft was halted by the
Night Policeman Wendell Perry.
Perry was making a routine
check of the town about 1:30 a.m.
Friday when he saw a truck park
ed outside Bunn’s warehouse. He
was taking down the license num
ber of the 1954 Cadillac ambulance
which had been converted into a
panel truck, and just as he saw a
white man sitting behind the wheel
of the vehicle the police fire bell on
Arendell Avenue rang. Perry left
to answer it.
When he returned, he found1 no
sign of the truck or its occupants.
He checked the building and found
no signs of an attempted breakin,
figuring the truck could have been
there for any number of reasons.
Hopkins said the foiled robbers
must have been scared away by
Perry just before they were ready
to get away with the loot. Their
plan could have been completed,
Hopkins said, had they simply
lifted the bar on an inside door
and driven the truck inside to the
waiting cartons of cigarettes.
Officers wonder if the alarm bell
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Town Crier
Optometrist To Locate Soon
OPTOMETRIST ... A Man, West Virginia native is expected to
open an office in Zebulon around the first of the year for the practice
of optometry.
Dr. Perry Grogan was in town during the weekend setting up
the ground work for the opening of his office here. He has had five
years’ experience.
While here Dr. and Mrs. Grogan and their two children, Marcia
and Carole, were houseguests of the Rev. and Mrs. W. K. Quick.
KINDERGARTEN BRIEFS . . . Friday, September 1, marked the
beginning of the second year of Mrs. Howard Bunn’s kindergarten.
The children and their parents were given an opportunity to become
acquainted with the many interesting features of this school designed
and operated for pre-school children.
Mrs. Bunn said the school will offer a variety of activities for
the child: rhythm band, story time, mid-morning snacks, free play
and reading Teadiness. These activities will enable the child to grow
mentally, emotionally and physically.
Mrs. Bunn’s program will not over-lap the first grade, but will
serve as a readiness program for the pre-school child, she said.
During the year the children will be taken on visits to a farm,
a train ride, and other activities for their interests and enjoyment.
The school will operate from 9 until 12 noon Monday through
Friday. It will observe the same school holidays as the local school.
Mrs. Bunn said she has room for a few more students and any
parents desirous of having their child attend kindergarten are asked
to call her at once.
Children enrolled are: Gilford Edwards, Curtis Estes. Dana Jill
Fowler, Stephen Kellon Quick, Timothy Markham Brown, Gary Wall,
Robbie Pierce, Betty Denise Blackley, Elisa Dew Lowery, Michael Lee
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