THE ZEBULON RECORD
VOLUME 36. NUMBER 54. ZEBULON. N. C.. FEBRUARY 22. 1962
Wendell's Oldest Business
Changes Hands This Week
Wendell’s oldest business estab
lishment has been sold to a Pearce
Community native.
The general mercantile firm of
R. B. Whitley & Son has been sold
to June G. Perry, it was announced
this week by Philip R. Whitley,
president, and R. M. Creech, vice
president and general manager of
the firm.
The firm, established in 1881 in
northern Johnton County as a
small country store by the late
Raford B. Whitley, has served
farmers of Wake and Johnston
Counties for several decades.
Balloon Day Is
Success Saturday
Mrs. Andrew Jenkins, Little
River Heart Fund chairman, re
ported that $100 was donated dur
ing Balloon Day Saturday.
The main thoroughfares of
Zebulon were canvassed by Inter
mediate and Junior GA’s, MYF’ers,
YWA’s, and Boy Scouts selling bal
loons.
Mrs. Jenkins reminds the public
that Sunday will be Heart Fund
Sunday. Solicitors will be out
from 1 until 3 p.m. canvassing the
town’s residential areas and sur
rounding communities.
The chairman complimented the
young folks for their part in the
program Saturday. She just hopes
that this enthusiasm carries over
to the other solicitors and donors
Sunday.
Persons who are not home when
solicitors call will be left an en
velope whereby they may mail
their contributions. However, Mrs.
Jenkins said that mailed contribu
tions will not be added to the
amount collected, but will go di
rectly to the Wake County unit.
Zebulon, however, will be given
credit.
Mrs. Jenkins, who said she ex
pects the citizens to divvy up, said
contributions may be taken to R.
D. Massey, cashier of Peoples
Bank and Trust Co.
The purchaser has served as sec
retary of the corporation for the
past two years. Perry is the son
of Mr.'and Mrs. J. W. Perry of
the Pearce Community in Franklin
County. He is a graduate of N.
C. State College, holding an agri
cultural engineering degree. He
is married to the former Patsy
King, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
W. O. King. The couple reside on
Griffin Street in Wendell and are
the parents of twin sons, Larrie
and Barry.
Creech, long-time general .man
ager of the establishment, will
continue his association with the
corporation.
“The present corporate name
will be retained, certainly for the
time being,” Perry said. “I an
ticipate no interruption of our
business and look forward to a
continuation of the pleasant rela
tions the firm has enjoyed with
its customers these many years.”
Whitley was asked if this means
his retirement. “No, indeed,” he
said. “I’m too young for that. I’ll
still have plenty to do. I shall de
vote more time to real estate man
agement, farming operations, and
I hope to reopen my law office.”
Queried as to whether he might
re-enter politics this spring, he
replied: “Very unlikely.”
Hospital Notes
The following were patients at
Wendell-Zebulon Hospital Wed
nesday morning.
White
Rhonda Richards, Mary Eva
Johnson, Clifton Perry, Gerry
Poole, Mi ck Pe»ry, A. E. Kemp,
Otha Underhill, George Byrd, Nel
lie Gay and Pauline Arnold.
Colored
Eva Ma .> O’Neal and Katie
Whitley.
White Birth
Mr. and Mrs. Sherwood Brantley
announce the birth of a daughter
February 17 at Wendell-Zebulon
Hospital. Mrs. Brantley is the
former Annie Mae Betts of Har
nett County.
UNC Student Speaks To Club
On Preparations for European Trip
A lovely University of North
Carolina graduate student spoke
last Friday evening to the Zebu
Ion Rotary Club, telling of her
delight at being selected to study
for a year in Europe under a
scholarship provided by Rotary
International.
Miss Gayle Henrotti of Martins
ville, Va., will study musicology in
Vienna, Austria, during the 1962
63 school year as a Rotary Fellow.
The sparkling coed was intro
duced by Charles Horton, who
praised her as a brilliant student.!
Miss Henrotti received her MA
degree in music from Vassar, and '
is now completing her residence!
for a Ph.D. in music.
“I will be an ambassador of:
good will,” Miss Henrotti assured
the Rotarians. “I will try to live
up to your Four-Way Test in all
that I do.”
The Rotary Four-Way Test con- |
sists of four questions to ask of
things a person thinks, says, and ,
does:
1) Is it the truth?
2) Is it fair to all concerned?
3) Will it build good will and 1
better friendships?
4) Will it be beneficial to all1
concerned?
Her eyes shining with excite-1
ment, Miss Henrotti related the
story of the Rotary Foundation.
“I am surprised that the Founda
tion now is worth $8,000,000,” she
said, “and that this money was
given voluntarily by Rotarians
like you.”
The first money for the Founda
tion was given in 1917, and by the
late 1930’s the fund contained
just $100,000. In 1947 at the death
of Paul Harris, founder of Rotary
International, it was decided to
use the fund as a memorial to
Paul Harris to work for world
peace by providing scholarships
for graduate students to study in
colleges in other lands.
A goal of $2,000,000 was set for
the fund. Contributions were giv
en generously by Rotarians across
the world, and during the first
year 13 students were awarded
scholarships.
In 13 years, contributions have
exceeded $8,000,000; and in 1961
scholarships were awarded to 135
students. “These scholarships,”
said Miss Henrotti, “are eagerly
sought after.”
Under the rules governing the
scholarships, a student can follow
any course of study at any univer
sity or college in the world.
(Continued on page 5)
Science Fair Set
For February 28
The 1962 Wakelon Science Fair
will be held Wednesday, February
28, it has been announced by Prin
cipal C. V. Tart. The exhibition
will get underway at 7 p.m. in the
school’s gymnasium.
All students taking science
courses will participate. Principal
Tart said. There will be four di
visions; junior physical and bio
logical for ninth grade students;
and senior physical and biological
for tenth, eleventh and twelfth
grade students.
The twelve winners will be eli
gible to compete in the district sci
ence fair to be held in Durham
March 24. There will be three
winners from each division.
The local fair is an. annual pro
ject of the Science Club and is
under the direction this year of
Tommy Bunn, president of the
club, and Mrs. Carol Stanley and
Mrs. Louise Yert, science teachers
and sponsors.
The exhibition is open to the
public.
Charm S<hool Has
Twenty Charms
Twenty women are taking the
charm school course sponsored by
the home economics department of
Wakelon School.
Miss Mary L. Palmer, home in
structor, said she is “very pleased”
with the instruction and demon
strations.
“I believe the women taking this
course are enjoying it and are
learning to improve their appear
ance,” Miss Palmer added.
The course lasts six weeks and
is taught by Mrs. Billie Cook,
who is associated with a Raleigh
charm school.
Taking the course are: Vivian
Massey, Elizabeth Murray, Alma
Doris Massey, Selma Davis, Hazel
Monk, Janie Hinton, Dorothy
Thomas, Eva Page, Bessie Smith,
Edna Longest, Helen Gregory,
Margaret Barrow, Rosalind
Alford, Urtrice Carter, Cornelia
Smith, Joyce Hales, Mary Kay
Grogan, Margaret Bowling, Mady
line Pippin, and Helen Wall Mas
sey.
The course has been in session
for two weeks.
Local Woman Gets
CP&L Office Job
Mrs. Willard Johnson has been
employed by Carolina Power &
Light Company as clerk in the
company’s Raleigh district office.
Mrs. Johnson is the former
Jeanette Gay, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Wilson Gay of Route 2, Zeb
ulon. She is a graduate of Wake
Ion High School and attended
Hardbarger’s Business College.
Her husband, a Wake County na
tive, is employed with the State of
North Carolina. They have a son,
Willard, Jr.
Institutions Close
First Federal Savings and
Loan branch. Peoples Bank and
Trust Co., and Zebulon ABC
Store will be closed February
22 in commemoradon of George
Washington's birthday.
Landscape Architect
Gives Planting Tips
Bayard Pearce
New IEH House
Open to Public
The Institute for Essential Hous
ing which lends buyers all the
money with which to purchase
low-cost essential homes, will
hold its grand opening of its model
home in Raleigh, Saturday and
Sunday. The home on display is
the Hemlock Hill, a three-bed
room home which is completely
finished and ready for occupancy.
Manager of the Raleigh Display,
which is located on Highway 64
east of Raleigh near the Memorial
Hspital, is Ranzy Spainhour of
Hillsboro, North Carolina.
IEH will build the homes any
where their trucks can go, and
as the homes are livable when de
livered to the customer, the buyer
“starts living instead of building.”
IEH was given excellent public
ity in the Congressional Record
several months ago when a west
ern representative stated that IEH
was doing what the government
meant to do, but hadn’t. This
was that the company is selling
people of moderate income good,
well-built low cost homes with fi
nancing up to 12 years and no bal
loon payments.
The house will be open Satur
day all day, and Sunday after
church until 7 p.m. Refreshments
will be served visitors to the
home.
Excess Vegetation
Spoils Home Looks
Too many home owners are not
careful enough when it comes to
landscaping their lots. They clut
ter their lawns with trees and
shrubs, and swallow up their
homes with vegetation.
“Careful planning and plant
ing,” said Bayard Pearce, “makes
a home more beautiful.”
No matter how beautiful the
home, its loveliness can be lost
because of the way it is land
scaped, Pearce said.
“People make the mistake of
planting too many plants around
the home. This is especially true
when it comes to ranch style
homes. They use too many tall
plants.”
fie suggested tnat plants should
be planted in groups, and not
spread out. The taller shrubs
should be used at corners, he
added.
“Open spaces are good. Too
many people don’t think so, but
they are. They count very much.
And if you have ever noticed
when a neighbor comes up and
asks the home owner why he hasn’t
got something planted in an open
space the home owner goes into
a tizzy and the next thing you
know he has this space filled.’’
Another mistake he cited was
that home owners plant symmetri
cally. This gives tha home a
“boxed planting” look. Plants, he
said, need not be put just so. Na
ture doesn’t do that. This does
n't, he said, mean scatter them.
“And please don’t mar a pretty
lawn with too many shrubs and
trees. Keep the front lawn as
free of patches of shrubs or trees
as possible. Too many break up
the beauty, and nothing is as
pretty as a pretty lawn,” Pearce
said.
If the home owner does not
know, or has a vague idea of what
he wants, he should consult a
landscaping architect. This is the
(Continued on page 5)
Better Buy Now
A total of 526 town license tags
had been purchased as of Monday,
according to town officials. This
figure is running slightly above
that of last year.
March 1 is the deadline unless
vehicle owners wish to pay a $2
penalty. License plates before the
deadline cost $1.
St. Eugene's Begins Discourse
On Bible; Sessions In Homes
Two discussion groups got off
the ground last week when mem
bers of St. Eugene’s Church in
Wendell began their eight-week
forums on the Bible and Tradition.
The first meeting was held at
the Eunice Kannon home in Wen
dell and at the Thomas Monk
home in Zebulon. Discussion lead
er for the first meeting in Wendell
was Miss Alma Kanrr-f.t and Mrs.
Norman Screws at the Monk home.
In the first evening’s discussion
the men and women covered the
question of inspiration—how God
guided the thinking and writing of
the authon> of the books of sacred
Scripture. Emphasis was given to
tiie difference between the Catho
lic and Protestant Bibles. It was
noted that seven books contained
in the Catholic Bible are omitted
in the Protestant Bible.
All agreed that the lively dis
cussion that came up from the sub
jects covered at this first evening
forecast some excellent hours of
research and discussions during
the coming two months. Another
eight-week course will begin in
September.
Refreshments were served after
each meeting.