THE ZEBULON RECORD
VOLUME 36. NUMBER 60. ZEBULON. N. C.. APRIL 5. 196Z
School Board Member
Gets Governor's Okay
Randolph Hendricks, a member
of Wakelon School Board and in
tensely interested education leader,
has been appointed by Governor
Terry Sanford to the North Caro
lina Citizens Committee for Better
Schools.
He is the first citizen of Zebu
Ion to receive this honor.
As a member of the State Com
mittee, Hendricks will participate
in a state-wide campaign to pro
mote and support school im
provement. The Committee for
Better Schools will work with
state and local educational leaders
to help build public understanding
and support of high quality edu
cation.
One of the first responsibilities
of the members of the Better
Schools Committee will be to work
with local school officials to or
ganize an education rally in the
county to which the Governor will
be invited to speak. At the rallies,
emphasis will be placed on citi
zen, parent, and student respon
sibility for school improvement.
The education rally will be the
first of several projects designed
to promote an intense interest in
school improvement on the local
level. An opinion survey leaflet
has been designed for use in
helping to identify public thinking
about needed improvements. A
quality education test has been
planned for use by local citizen
groups in their work with school
officials. A vital part of the cam
paign will be an attempt to help
more schools become accredited.
Members of the North Carolina
Citizens Committee for Better
Randolph Hendricks
Schools serve at the pleasure of
the Governor. The Committee was
organized in 1957 by former Gov
ernor Luther Hodges.
He is serving his second term as
a member of the Wakelon School
Board. A member of Zebulon
Baptist Church, he serves his
church as treasurer and has been
a member of the Senior Board of
Deacons. He is a Lion.
On January 10, 1948, he was
married to the former Ruby Mar
tin, daughter of Mrs. Ara Martin
of Johnston County and the late
Mr. Martin. They have two sons,
David, 10, and Dion, 3. The fam
ily resides on Wakefield Street.
Donations Needed To Help
Light Pearce Ball Park
J. W. Perry, Jr., is spearheading
a campaign seeking donations to
buy lights for the Pearce Commu
nity soft ball park.
Perry said slightly more than
$1,000 is needed before erection of
the lights can be made. The poles
have been purchased and are ready
for erection when lights can be
had.
The young Pearce Community
civic leader said plans are being
made for the youth of the com
munity and surrounding commu
nities for a summer recreational
program. Soft ball will be one of
the foremost activities.
The park is on the Pearce Bap
tist Churdh Annex grounds.
Soft ball leagues which may
participate are Zebulon, Hopkins,
Pilot, Pine Ridge, Bunn and oth
ers, Perry said. '
Persons who desire to make
monetary donations are asked to
contact Perry immediately.
SEAT BELTS
Zebulon Jaycees began the sale
of seat belts here Wednesday. This
is a State-wide campaign Jaycees
are sponsoring. The local club
has 48 belts for sale at $4 each.
They are assorted colors. It is
strictly non-profit. See any Jaycee
for a belt.
Garden Club Meets
Monday Night at 8
Carmen Flowers Garden Club
meets Monday night, April 9, at
eight o’clock at the home of Mrs.
George Tucker. Mrs. Ruby Man
ning will be co-hostess. Members
are to bring exhibits of flowering
shrubs, pansies, daffodils, iris, and
azaleas.
Leary Davis
Selected As Platoon Tactical
Officer; Youngest Pilot In NO
Lt. Leary Davis, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ferd Davis, has been selected
as a platoon tactical officer for
Officer Candidate Class Number
5 at the North Carolina Military
Academy, Major William P. Kee
ton, Jr., commandant, announced
this week.
Lt. Davis, who received his
wings as an army pilot at Fort
Rucker, Alabama, last month, is
presently at Fort Sill, Oklahoma,
as a student at the U. S. Army
Artillery School. He will enter
his duties at the military academy
following the National Guard field
training at Fort Bragg in June.
The local aviator, the youngest
ipilot and the youngest tactical
officer in the North Carolina Na
tional Guard, will complete his
duties for 1961 at the academy in
July, and will return that month to
his studies at Wake Forest College,
where he is a pre-law student.
A 1959 graduate of *Vakelon
High School, he has completed
army courses of study at Ft. Jack
son, S. C., Fort Sill, Fort Rucker,
and Camp Wolters, Texas. He is
a member of the 30th Aviation
Company of Apex.
Grocery Robbed Friday Night;
$500 In Merchandize Taken
Honkeytpnk Operator
Escapes Serious Assault
The bullet zipped through the
air and tore a tour-inch split in
the leather band of the cap.
The bullet from the .22 auto
matic rifle that hit the right side
of Willie Cotton’s cap came from
the weapon used by Exum Jenkins,
according to Police Chief Willie
B. Hopkins.
Cotton miraculously escaped in
jury, police stated. 1
Cotton, operator of the Down
beat, a well-known Negro night
spot north of Zebulon, was stand
ing behind his counter Saturday
night about nine o’clock when he
was fired upon, officers said.
Jenkins, 46-year-old Negro of
Route 4, Zebulon, fired twice at
Cotton, officers said. The first
shot hit Cotton’s cap. The second
shot was misdirected and hit the
ceiling of the honkeytonk when a
bystander grabbed Jenkins’ arm.
Officers said Jenkins had been to
Cotton’s establishment Friday
night and trouble had ensued.
Cotton allegedly took a poke with
his first at Jenkins.
Police said Saturday Jenkins
saw a number of friends and said
he “was out to get Cotton.”
Jenkins had been drinking dur
ing the day and police reported
that he was drinking heavily when
i the attack occurred.
1 James Edward Richardson was
a companion of Jenkins’. Officers
arrested Richardson at Paul
Brantley’s No. 2 Service Station
and charged him with driving un
der the influence of alcohol.
Jenkins was arrested walking be
tween Zabulon and the Downbeat.
He is charged with assault with
a deadly weapon with intent to
kill.
The men will be given trial at
Zebulon Recorders Court April 11.
Arresting and investigating of
ficers were Sheriff’s Deputy Gra
ham Bunn, Sheriff’s Deputy S. J.
Blackley and Night Policeman
Wendel Perry.
300 Juniors, Seniors Are
Here For "Career Day"
More than sou juniors ana sen
iors from Millbrook, Knightdale,
Rolesville, Wake Forest, Wendell
and Zebulon schools will gather at
the Zebulon Baptist Church to
day to observe Wake County Ca
reer Day.
Bobby Sawyer, Wakelon High
School senior and president of the
Student Council, will give the
welcome. The Rev. David Daniel,
pastor of Zebulon Baptist Church,
will pronounce the invocation.
Wakelon Principal C. V. Tart
WENDELL SOLDIER
Army Pvt. Joel P. Moody, 19,
whose wife, Joel, lives in Wen
dell, completed the automotive re
pair at The Ordnance School,
Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md.,
March 16.
Moody was trained to maintain
I and repair wheeled and track -
j ed vehicle engines and accessories,
■ power train units and chassis com
j ponents.
He entered the Army in Sep
tember, 1961, and received basic
training at Fort Jackson, S. C.
Moody is a 1960 graduate of
Wgndell High School and was em
ployed toy the Automatic Electric
Sales Corporation, North Lake,
111., before entering the Army.
His mother, Mrs. Bertie M. Jones,
lives at 413 Third St, in Wendell.
His grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Callie Powell, reside in Zebulon.
PROMOTED
Preston Bethea, Jr., son of Mrs.
Cannie S. Bethea of Route 3, Zebu
lon, has been promoted to staff
sergeant in the United States Air
Force.
Sergeant Bethea is assigned to
the 1100th Support Group at Bol
ling AFB, as an accounting and fi
! nance specialist.
A former student of Virginia
State College in Petersburg, he
' entered the service in May, 1954.
will be the hrst speaker on the
session. He will speak on “The
Importance of Career Day.”
Prominent men and women in
their chosen fields will act as
career consultants.
These consultants will place em
phasis on 1) the nature of work;
2) employment; 3) training and
other qualifications; 4) employ
ment outlook; 5) earnings and
working conditions; 6) where to
get more information.
Each junior will attend three
classes in which he is most inter
ested. The career consultants will
talk in general concerning their
particular fields and the rest of
the period will be devoted to
questions and answers.
Miss Blanche Gay, Wakelon
guidance counselor, said she feels
sure Career Day will be most bene
ficial to the juniors in gaining in
formation concerning their fu
ture vocations.
Two young Negro men burglar
ized Harold Massey’s Grocery on
Highway 64 about one-half mile
northeast of Zebulon City Limits
Friday night, March 23, and car
ried off an estimated $500 worth
of merchandise, according to local
Chief of Police Willie B. Hop
kins said Arthur Jones, Jr., 25, of
Route 4, Zebulon, and Ji nes Ar
thur Privette, 20, of Route 2,
Wendell, have been charged with
the theft.
Junior Scott, 30, of Route 4, Zeb
ulon, and Bobby Lee McKinnon,
19, of Route 1, Wendell, Negroes,
were implicated in the case and
have been charged with receiving
stolen property.
Jones and Privette entered the
rural grocery after breaking the
back door. Hopkins said the two
admitted using tire tools to break
the door’s hinges.
A 1954 Mercury belonging to
Jones was loaded with: a 12
pound box of bacon, four pipes,
cigars, 25 cartons of cigarettes,
two dozen bags of potato chips,
pocket knives, six 10-pound size
sugar, five 10-pound sugar, porta
ble Philco television set, Philco
radio, 11 men’s and women’s wrist
watches, five cases of wine, four
cases of beer, two round cheeses,
40 dressed fryers, one 18-20 pound
pre-cooked ham, 10 pounds of
smoked sausage, 10 pounds of
chitterlings, one over-under rifle
shotgun combination, one 410
gauge used shotgun, and broke
open a postage stamp machine
which had $20 worth of stamps.
Hopkins said Jones and Privette
took some of the stolen merchan
dise to Club 57, operated by
Scott. They then went to Raleigh
where they tried to unload some
of the goods, later coming back
to the home of McKinnon.
Jones’ wife and Gracie Ander
son were given chickens and the
h"m and wrist watches. They
' .'e charged with receiving stolen
property.
Sheriff’s Deputy S. J. Blackley
received a tip on the case Wednes
day, March 28. He and Hopkins
wound up the case with final ar
rests made about 1:30 Thursday
night, March 29.
Blackley said the majority of
the stolen items were recovered,
except the perishable goods, some
of which had been eaten.
Jones was released on $500
bond. Privette and Scott were in
Wake County Jail Monday.
Billy Hopkins Is Seeking
Wake Commissioner Seat
Billy K. Hopkins last week an
nounced hlis candidacy for the
Wake County Board of Commis
sioners. He is seeking the seat
vacated by Carey Robertson of
Knightdale.
Hopkins, 47, is a farmer, insur
ance agerft, and merchant. He is
the fifth of 12 children of the late
Lucy Pearce and W. B. (Teat)
Hopkins, Sr. He was born and
reared in Little River Township
where his father wras a life-long
merchant and farmer and civic
leader. Hopkins still owns his
father’s business.
He received his elementary
schooling at Union Level, and af
ter taking prescribed courses and
examinations he received a high i
school equivalency certificate from
N. C. Board of Public Instruction
at State College.
“My one and only campaign
(Continued on
Billy Hopkins