THE ZEBULON RECORD
VOLUME 36. NUMBER 62. ZEBULON. N. C.. APRIL 19. 1962
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Hospital Is One Year Old
Tuesday; Success Assured
Wendell-Zebulon Hospital was
one year old Tuesday, April 17.
One of four branch hospitals in
Wa'ke County, the local unit is
valued at $350,000.
Mrs. Mary Temple, director of
nurses, revealed the following
statistics.
In-patients: 895
Out-patients: 1,136
Operations: 302
X-rays: 1,164
Deliveries: 86
Laboratory procedures: 7,148
Blood transfusions: 79
The first birth recorded at the
hospital was that of Thomas
Wayne Phillips, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Cecil Bell Phillips, bom April
23, 1961.
Two sets of twins have been born
at the hospital. Both sets were
boys. They were the sons of Mr.
and Mrs. Oliver Leo Paradis of
Wendell, and sons of Mr. and Mrs.
James Carroll of Route 2, Clayton.
Shepard Juniors
Presenting Play
Members of Shepard High
School junior class will present its
annual dramatic production Wed
nesday night, April 25, at 8 o’clock.
Having roles in the three-act
comedy, “Hillbilly Courtship,” will
be Charles Hodge, Betty Perry,
Betty M. Jones, Joyce Jones, Bea
trice Holden, William Winston,
Millard High, James Upchurch,
Nathaniel Montague, Eleanor Jones
and Jessie Teasley.
Mary Burnette is stage manager,
and Maxine Lyons, Oris Hartsfield
and Donal Crews, properties. Mrs.
A. H. Stallings and H. Yates, Jr.,
are directors.
Marion Goodson was the first
patient admitted, according to Mrs.
1 Temple.
Two persons man the business
office; there are five full-time reg
istered nurses; three part-time reg
istered nurses; four full-time li
censed practical nurses; one part
time licensed practical nurse; five
full-time aides; two part-time
aides, with access to others; four
: people who keep the kitchen;
three orderlies and one maid.
The hospital has equipment val
ued at $40,000, and 11,000 square
feet of floor space.
There are business offices, x-ray
and treatment rooms, laboratory,
nursery with washroom and for
mula room, nurses station, ten
two-bed rooms with piped oxygen,
nurses-page intercommunication
system, individual room air con
ditioners, recessed lockers in each
room, commodes and laboratories
in each room, cubicle curtains and
brussel linen draperies in each
room, six electric beds, utility
room, sterilizing room, operating
room, delivery room, emergency
room, diet kitchen and dining
room, emergency generator which
comes on automatically, power
plant and boiler room and parking
space adequate for 75 cars.
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I Farm Bureau Women
To Hold Meeting
j Mrs. William J. Ammons of
I Wendell will give a demonstration
on flower arranging and corsage
making to members of Zebulon
Farm Bureau Women Thursday
night, April 18. The meeting will
get underway at 8 o’clock in Wake
Ion School home economics de
partment. Visitors are welcome.
Retired Farmer, Realtor Dies
Sunday After Lingering Illness
Funeral rites were held Tuesday
afternoon at 3 o’clock at Lee’s
Chapel Baptist Church for S. Wil
lis Liggins. Liggins died Sunday
at Wake Memorial Hospital after
a lingering illness. Death was at
tributed to cancer.
Liggins was the son of Sam and
Martha Talton Liggins. He was
born September 11, 1882, in North
ern Johnston County near Emit.
A self-made man, Liggins had
only a few days formal schooling.
However, he was very successful in
farming, construction and real es
tate ventures, and at the time of
his death was the owner of large
real estate properties.
He retired from farming several
years ago and devoted his time to
building and real estate dealings.
Liggins and his wife, the former
Lillie Stallings, who survives,
had been married 57 years. They
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Willis Liggins
Boys, Girls State Delegates and
Alternates Named By Clubs
Boys and Girls State delegates
and alternates have been selected
by the American Legion and
American Legion Auxiliary.
Boys State delegates are Mil
lard King, Jr., and Douglas Perry,
whose alternates are Jesse Hor
ton, Jr., and Jimmy Boykin.
King, 17, is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. King of Route 3, Zebulon.
He is a member of the Science and
Beta Clubs and while a student
of Hugh Morson School in Raleigh
was in the Music Club.
Businessmen Speak Out
Share Alike Needed In
Distributing Supplement Tax
Three prominent Zebulon men
maintain that Wake County stu
dents outside the Raleigh school
district are getting the short end
Betas To Induct
13 Candidates
Thirteen Wakelon High School
sophomores and juniors will be in
itiated into the school’s highest
honor society Thursday, April 26.
The thirteen will be inducted
into the Beta Club in ceremonies
which begin at 10 o’clock in the
school auditorium. R. B. Hellams,
State director of Beta Clubs, will
be the principal speaker.
Inductees must have an A aver
age and possess outstanding qual
ities, character, leadership and
other achievements. High school
Betas are comparable to college
Phi Beta Kappas.
The new members are Judy Lee,
Millard King, Gale Pearce, Janice
Perry, Charles Collins, Lewis
Liles, Annette Brantley, Ann Da
vis, Donna Denton, Celia Hales,
Betsy Long, Vickie Tart, and
Broosk Boykin.
All are members of the sopho
more class except one who is a
member of the junior class.
The club has 20 members at
present. Mrs. Stanley Seago is
sponsor for the club.
Club membership is open only
to members of the junior and sen
ior classes.
Six members of the club at
tended the State Beta Club conven
tion held in Raleigh April 6-7.
Priscilla Bercik, Betsy Alford,
Jane Ihrie, Sandra Perry, Betty
Dunn and Carolyn Finch were at
the convention held at Sir Walter
Hotel and Memorial Auditorium.
Miss Bercik and Alford were chief
marshals at the meeting.
WATER PLANT
The Town Board unanimously
agreed Monday night to purchase a
tract of land from Wilbur Bullock for
the site of the new water plant for
the Town of Zebulon. The two and
one-half acre plot will cost between
$3,250 and $3,500, Mayor Ed Hales
said. The site is located on the
Wendell-Zebuion bypass.
School Board
Takes No Action
Wakelon School Board took no
action on any business at its last
meeting, according to Principal C.
V. Tart.
Principal Tart said only three
teachers have indicated they will
not be returning to the faculty j
next year. He would not release
the names.
of the 32-cent school supplement.
Mayor Ed Hales, wholesale gro
ceryman W. B. Bunn, and attor
ney Foster D. Finch have called
for a share-and-share-alike dis
tribution of the funds.
The three men say probably the
best way to get equal disburse
ment of the tax supplement is to
consolidate the city and county
school systems.
The men pointed out that the per
capita property valuation in Zebu
Ion is slightly higher than that of
Raleigh. However, Zebulon stu
dents get only about half as much
per pupil as do Raleigh pupils.
Hales said this is because all
the incorporated towns in the
county except Raleigh have to
help pay for schools for the rural
areas. The rural areas have little
taxable property, so the incor
| porated areas have to share their
burden by giving nearly half their
supplement dollars.
“The general feeling throughout
the county is that Raleigh should
help share the cost of the rural
schools,” Hales said.
Raleigh and Zebulon real es
tate values were compared. Ra
leigh has $5,215 property value,
the per capita average for Zebu
lon is $5,360.
If Zebulon could hold out all its
school supplement from the rest of
the county it could have a slightly
higher per pupil allocation than
Raleigh, the men said.
The three pointed out that the
school system is supposed to be
set up on an equal education op
portunity for everyone.
Raleigh with 42 per cent of the
students of the county is getting 64
per cent of the supplement while
the county system with 58 per
cent of the students is getting 36
per cent of the supplement.
His hobbies are all types of
sports and he has a special in
terest in airplanes. This interest
in airplanes has given him a de
sire to apply for admittance to the
U. S. Air Force Academy. He says
ha would like to make the Air
Force his career.
His father is a World War II
veteran of the Navy.
Perry, 16, is the son of Mrs.
Betty Hales Perry and the late
Ronald Lee Perry. He is a mem
ber of the Beta Club, National
Honor Society and was a member
of the Student Council during his
freshman year.
At Zebulon Baptist Church of
which he is a member he is super
intendent of the Fellowship of the
Young Adults Department and is
president of his Sunday School
Class.
His hobbies are sports. He has
plans to enter the University of
North Carolina and would like to
go into radio or television. But,
then there is law, which he is al
so considering.
He has a part time job with
Morgan Drugs here.
Horton is tne son ot ivir. ana
Mrs. Horton of Route 4, Zebulon.
This sixteen-year-old is a member
of the Science, Monogram and
Public Speaking Clubs, National
Honor Society, and Student Coun
cil.
He served as vice president of
his freshman class, president of
his sophomore and junior classes
and is vice president of the Stu
dent Council. He has been a
member of the debating team for
the past two years.
He li'kes football and plays
tackle. He is a member of the
Explorer Scouts and is president
of Post 535.
Horton will seek a degree in
engineering or applied mathemat
ics from some North Carolina col
I lege.
! Boykin, 17, is the son of Mr.
| and Mrs. Donie B. Boykin of
j Route 3, Zebulon. He is a mem
ber of the FFA, Science, Public
Speaking, Beta and Dramatic
Clubs, and a member of the Na
tional Honor Society.
His hobbies are scientific read
ing and studying the conditions
of the world.
He plans to attend the Universi
ty of North Carolina.
Girls State delegates selected by
the Legion Auxiliary are Betty
Bunn and Jane Ihrie, whose alter
nates are Carolyn Finch and Pat
Walters.
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Dale Carnegie Course Will Be
Held Here; Meeting May 1
E. G. Taylor
L. J. Taylor of Greensboro,
managing director of the Dale Car
negie Courses in North Carolina
and South Carolina, announced
Tuesday that the world-famous
course would be given in Zebulon
under the sponsorship of the local
Jaycee Club.
A free explanation demonstra
tion meeting will 'be held in the
Fellowship Hall of Zebulon Meth
odist Church Tuesday night, May
1, at 7:30 o’clock, Jimmy Medlin,
president of the Jaycees, said.
Some of the highlights of this
meeting will be unusual memory
demonstrations, graduates will
speak, refreshments will be serv
ed and door prizes will be given.
Every adult attending this demon
stration will receive a compli
mentary copy of Dale Carnegie’s
best seller, “How to Win Friends
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