THE ZEBULON RECORD
VOLUME 36. NUMBER 56. ZEBULON. N. C.. MARCH 8. 1962
FINAL WORD . . . Wakelon Bulldog's Coach Maurice Chapman is giving two of the team, Thurston
Debnam and Tommy Wood, the final word before the game. The Bulldogs entered the State Class A basketball
tournament Wednesday night. The Zebulon boys finished the season with a 14-6 record, their best in several
years.
Wendell-Zebulon Area To Get
Tee Shirt, Skivvy Factory
The Wendell-Zebulon area is to
have a new industry, according to
an announcement made here to
day by Philip R. Whitley, president
of Wendell Industries, Inc., and
Edward H. O’Hara, president, Nor
wich Mills, Inc., Norwich, New
York.
Wendell Industries, Inc., will
erect a plant of brick and steel
construction containing 15,000
square feet, located on a 9.5 acre
site on the eastern outskirts of
Wendell on U. S. Highway No. 64.
Rogers Construction Company,
Smithfield, has been awarded the
contract for construction.
Wendell Industries, Inc., local
development corporation formed in
1952, owns another building in
Wendell presently occupied by a
firm manufacturing children’s
dresses.
The new plant, it was stated,
will be purchased by Norwick
Mills, Inc., following completion.
The manufacturer will employ 50
people initially, Mr. O’Hara stated,
with ultimate employment reach
ing 100.
Norwich Mills, with its home
office and original plant in Nor
wich, New York, has plants also
in Clayton. It is one of the na
tion’s leading producers of men’s
tee shirts and allied lines. It
markets its products under the
trade name “Skivvies.”
“I have known Mr. O’Hara and
his fine firm since 1945, and we
welcome them to the Wendell
Zebulon community,” Whitley said.
Thumbs Ride
With Sheriff's Deputy
He waved his thumb in the air.
The two cars passed him by. And
then another. It passed, too.
He had to get back to Zebulon.
He had to have another drink. But
how could he when the car he was
driving had hit a ditch and rolled
over?
Down the country secondary
road he saw another car coming
in the distance. He poised him
self, flaying the air with his
thumb. Great, the car was slow
ing down
“Zebulon ” he shouted. “Goin’ to
Zebulon?”
The car stopped. He had a ride!
Good! He fumbled with the door
a second, and crawled in.
The gentleman was nice, fine.
He wanted to know his name. He
told him. Kenneth Edward Watson.
And, Watson, wanted to know
whom he was riding with. He
learned. Wake Sheriff’s Deputy
S. J. Blackleg.
Deputy Blackley brought Wat
son, colored and 19 years old, to
Zebulon police department and
questioned him. Watson was
placed in jail on a charge of pub
lic drunkenness.
The local police department in
the meantime had received a re
Heart Fund Drive More Than
$800 Chairman Reported Tuesday
More than $800 has been col
lected for the nation’s number one
health enemy, heart and blood
vessel diseases.
Mrs. Andrew Jenkins, Heart
Fund chairman of Little River
Township for 1962, announced the
figure this week.
This is approximately $300 more
than was collected last year. Last
year’s total was slightly more than
$500.
“I am very pleased,” Mrs. Jen
kins said. “I want to thank all who
contributed their time and their
money.”
Heart and blood vessel diseases
claimed more lives in Wake Coun
ty last year than all other causes
of death combined, Mrs. Jenkins
said. The total number of deaths
from all causes was 1,332. The
heart diseases thus accounted for
49 per cent of all deaths in the
past year in Wake County.
“Although heart and blood ves
sel diseases are still the nation’s
leading killers, medical science
has made impressive gains in the
fight against them, Dr. L. M. Mas
sey, president of the Wake Coun
ty Heart Council, pointed out.
“Many thousands of persons are
surviving heart and blood vessel
diseases that physicians considered
hopeless only two decades ago,”
he continued.
Mrs. Jenkins said: “With 1962’s
contributions, an expanded re
search program might produce new
major breakthroughs within the
lifetime of many of us.”
The month of February was de
signated Heart Fund Month, with
the campaign reaching its peak
Sunday, February 26, which was
Heart Fund Sunday.
1 port that the 1954 Chevrolet sta
! tion wagon owned by Dalmon
Whitley of Zebulon was missing
! from the back of his business es
J tablishment.
Police investigated Watson fur
■ ther and found that he had taken
the station wagon. He had over
turned it about three and one-half
miles north of Zebulon on a secon
dary country road.
Whitley was not aware his ve
hicle had been stolen until it was
pulled in. Police reported that
several persons later told the de
partment they had seen Watson
tampering with the Whitley station
wagon but did not suspect him of
theft.
The incident occurred Saturday,
February 17, according to the po
lice.
Watson waived a hearing Febru
ary 28 in Zebulon Recorder’s
Court and trial was held March 2
in Wake County Superior Court.
Verdict was two years on the
roads.
Judge Puts $700
Fine On Local Man
Recorder’s Court Judge I. D.
'Gill imposed an 18-month road
sentence suspended on payment
of a $700 fine and court costs on
George Sprite Barbee last Wednes
day in Zebulon Recorder’s Court.
Barbee, 46, was charged with
driving a motor vehicle while his
license is revoked and driving for
the third time while under the in
fluence of an intoxicating beverage
or narcotic.
Barbee, driving a 1958 Bel Air
Chevrolet, ran into the rear of
a 1962 Nash Rambler. Be Ram
bler was headed north on Aren
dell Avenue and stopped at the
traffic light at Zebulon Drug
Company. Damage was negligible,
Police Chief Willie B. Hopkins,
investigating officer, said.
Driver of the Rambler was un
obtainable from police records.
The accident occurred around
10:45 a.m. on February 15.
Barbee was also told by the court
to not drink any alcoholic bever
ages within three years.
The defendant is owner of a
light bulb concern in Zebulon.
Megro
Agent
Rogers'0/?' ABc
* Hobs i,
It took ABC Agent Willie Rog
ers three months undercover work
before indictments were brought
against 11 persons for the posses
sion of alcoholic beverages for the
purpose of sale.
Rogers, who is classed as one of
the best undercover agents of
Wake County, is a Negro. All ar
rests made were Negroes.
Rogers, who made the arrests
Saturday, worked in different
ways. He would gain the confi
dence of persons whom he sus
pected possessing liquor, ask where
he might buy a drink, and other
ways.
Chief 01 Police Willie B. Hop
[ kins complimented Rogers on his
work. Hopkins said he did an
excellent job.
All persons are Zebulon resi
dents.
The 11 had approximately 75
different charges brought against
them. Charges were as small as
two drinks to a gallon.
Warrants were drawn up
against Katie Mae Pettiford, Nettie
Sharp, Willie Farley, Junior
Scott, Mary Katherine Hunt,
Francis Birch. Ervin Jenkins, Ver
nell Flowers, James Ray Todd,
Buck Montague (alias George
Montague) and Willie Cotton.
Hearings will be given the Ne
groes March 28 in Zebulon Record
er’s Court before Judge I. D. Gill.
Failure to Yield
Causes Accident
Police charged Robert Morgan
of Route 1, Zebulon, with failing
to yield right of way when he
was involved in an auto accident
Saturday at 3:30 p.m.
Policeman L. A. Baker said Mor
gan, 50, pulled his 1950 Studebaker
out in front of a 1960 Falcon driv
en by Miss Joyce Lynn Fergeson
(Chapman).
Baker said the collision was al
most head-on. The accident oc
curred near Phil-ette Motor Com
pany on Highway 65. The police
man said Miss Chapman was com
ing from the Dairy Queen.
Damage to Miss Chapman’s car
wlas estimated at $200 and to
Morgan’s car at $150.
Miss Sue Hilliard, an occupant
in Miss Chapman’s car, received
head and facial injuries, according
to the policeman. She received
first aid from a local physician.
Her head crashed the windshield
in the Chapman auto, the police
man said.
Morgan’s wife was traveling
with him but was uninjured.
Scout Uniforms
Needed By Pack
Out-grown Cub Scout uniforms
take up lots of closet room in many
Zebulon homes, yet they could
be put to good use by many of the
Cubs in Zebulon’s two packs, ac
cording to Cubmaster Andy Jen
kins.
Parents of former Cub Scouts are
urged to check for usable Cub uni
forms—which usually are out
grown before they are worn out.
Those willing to contribute used
uniforms for use by deserving
Cubs can turn them over to Rolan
Gordon, Scoutmaster of Troop
540, or Charles Hawkins, Pack
525 Committeeman.
Parents who prefer selling uni
forms may contact the Cubmasters
giving the uniform size and price.
Pre-School Clinic
Tues., March 13
Wakelon School pre-school clinic
will be held Tuesday, March 13, at
9 a.m., Principal C. V. Tart has
announced.
All parents who are planning to
use the facilities of the school clinic
for physical examination and im
munizations are urged to have their
children present at this time.
The clinic will be held in the
gymnasium.
Brazilian Lass Charms Rotary
With Appearance Last Week
A sparkling South American co
ed from Elon College spoke and
sang of her native Brazil for mem
bers of the Zebulon Rotary Club
last Friday evening. Miss Anna
Elizabeth Fulda charmed the Ro
tarians with her glowing descrip
tion of her life in Brazil and her
impressions of North Carolina and
the United States.
The attractive student is study
ing under a scholarship sponsored
by Rotary District 771 Student Ex
change Fund. Zebulon Rotarians
make voluntary annual contribu
tions to the Fund, which provides
two annual scholarships for se
lected foreign students to study
in North Carolina.
Telling of her home city, Miss
Fulda said, “Rio de Janeiro is one
of the most beautiful cities in the
world.”
Her father, a German native,
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Miss Fulda