THE ZEBULON RECORD
VOLUME 37. NUMBER 20. ZEBULON. N. C.. JUNE 21. 1962
Citizen's Reply
Reveals Feelings
In reply to “Nameless Street Needs Attention” editorial in The
Record on June 14, I wish to state that this editorial reflects my
feelings. I have for the past four years attempted through numer
ous town officials to get this hazardous road corrected.
When the Town of Zebulon was laid out th s “Nameless Street”
was designed for a 15-foot alley. At that time only a few buggies,
wagons and pedestrians traveled its way.
Forty years ago my late husband bought a house and lot adjoin
ing this 15-foot alley. It was quiet and peaceful. Since then this
alley has been turned into a public thoroughfare which is heavily
traveled by cars, trucks, motor freight trucks, government mail
trucks, tractors and all other kinds of movable vehicles. A steady
stream of traffic flows by day and night. Now the noise is almost
unbearable!
Several years ago the Town paved and widened this alley in
some places. There are other places where there is not enough
room for two cars, to pass. Constantly cars turn into my private
driveway to keep from having a collision, or crashing head-on. On
several occasions I have seen this happen, a narrowly escaped
wreckage.
Since the hard freezes from the sleet and snow last winter the
pavement has been broken and washed out. There are large holes.
These places are hazardous!
There is danger in this “Nameless Street!” I have talked with
several of the town officials several times, asking them to make
this a one-way street. No response has been given.
There is going to be disaster unless some improvement is made.
There is going to be blood spilled right here before my eyes. Then
I must say: “I told you so” unless I am the victim.
Mrs. L. R. Temple
Nurse Director Say's LPN's
Always Needed; Class Starting
Licensed practical nurses are al
ways needed, according to Mrs.
Mary Temple, Wendell-Zebulon
Hospital director of nurses.
Mrs. Temple cited that a practi
cal nursing class will begin train
ing next September at Wake Me
morial Hospital. She urges as
many local women as are able to
take this course.
The class will be under the
sponsorship of the Wake County
Industrial Education Center.
The class is open to single or
married men or women between
the ages of 18 through 50 who are
graduates of an accredited high
school or have a State High School
Equivalency Certificate. Regis
trants must also be United States
citizens, must perform satisfac
torily on preadmission tests and
must be in good physical and
mental health.
The training program will last
52 weeks, Mrs. Temple said. There
will be one week for vacation. In
struction will be divided into class
room instruction in Memorial Hos
pital’s education building and clin
ical training in the hospital.
An entrance fee of $60 is re
quired of each student before the
course begins. This will cover
registration, textbooks, supplies
and minimum uniform needs.
Housing, meals and laundry for
the year are left up to the indi
vidual. During the last four
months of the course, a stipend of
$25 per month will be paid to all
students.
Graduates of the program are
eligible to take the licensing exam
ination of the State Board of Nurse
Registration and Nursing Educa
tion. All who successfully com
plete the course will be awarded
certificates.
Inquiries concerning the training
program should be made to Mrs.
Temple at Wendell-Zebulon Hos
pital or to Wake County Memorial
Hospital.
Mrs. Mary Temple
Hospital Notes
The following were patients at
Wendell-Zebulon Hospital Wed
nesday morning.
White
Wallace Temple, Daylon Pulley,
James Pernell, John Whidden,
Thelma Earp, Celia Whitley, Ruth
Brown, Lucy Long, Bessie Gay and
Pervis Lovelace.
White Birth
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Boykin an
nounce the birth of a son June 15
at Wendell-Zebulon Hospital. Mrs.
Boykin is the former Faye Ward.
The baby weighed 10 pounds
10 ounces and is the biggest yet
born at Wendell-Zebulon Hospital,
according to Mrs. Mary Temple,
director of nurses.
Over Due Fine Paid Recorder's
Court; One of Largest Ever
Group Trying To Secure
Language Teacher For School
A group of interested Wakelon
School patrons are spearheading a
project to secure a language teach
er for the school.
One member of the group said
applications have been received
from several natives of foreign
countries. The group is especial
ly interested in getting a teacher
for Spanish. They also feel that
the teacher should be able to speak
the language fluently as well as
teach it adequately.
This will not be a state allotted
teacher. This teacher, if secured,
will be an addition to the Wake
Ion faculty and will be paid from
funds secured through private
subscriptions. An estimated $5,000
will have to be secured from indi
vidual donations to pay the teach
er.
One member of the group said
such teachers are being used
throughout the public schools of
the United States with great suc
cess. He feels that such a teacher
would be a “great addition” for
the students at Wakelon and
would “serve the students and
community well.”
There are many problems to be
worked out by the group. How
ever, they are proceeding with the
plans for securing the teacher, and
as one member said, “We started
on the project a little late, but
we are hopeful that if we don’t
secure one for the coming year
that next year we may add such a
person to the faculty.”
There also may be a chance that
funds from the Federal govern
ment may be secured to help alle
viate the salary of a language
teacher, once the plan becomes
a working thing.
Red Cross Swimming
Classes Begin Mon.
Red Cross swimming lessons
will begin Monday and Tuesday
for members of Zebulon Swimming
Pool Association, it has been an
nounced by pool officials. These
lessons will be for both children
and adults.
Members are reminded that
dues should be paid. Annual dues
are $15. According to reports a
number of members’ dues are still
unpaid.
Parents are urged to constantly
warn their children afoou the rules
and regulations of the pool. Horse
play and other antics are forbidden
and the person doing them can be
forbidden from the pool's pleasure.
Children are also warned to re
spect the life guards’ rules. Of
ficials said the guards are there for
the protection of the life and limb
of those who take advantage of
the pool.
Each member is supposed to
wear a patch on his or her suit.
Patches may be bought for 25<t.
Children under 12 years old are
not allowed at the pool at night
unless accompanied by their par
ents. No children are allowed on
Wednesday night, which has been
set aside for adults only.
One of the things which has
concerned pool officials greatly is
visitors. It has been voiced by
some officials that the visitor per
mit is being abused. Should you
have any questions about guests
visiting the pool, consult a pool
official.
The Rev. E. M. Rhiner will be
the preacher for the Middlesex
Methodist Church revival services
to be held June 24 through June
29. The speaker is a senior at the
Duke Divinity School and pastor
of City Road Methodist Church in
Henderson. Services will get un
derway each evening at 7:30. Ev
eryone is cordially invited.
Emit Girl Is 4-H
Club Speech Winner
Judy Strickland has been de
clared the winner of the Emit
4-H Club speaking contest. She
is now eligible to enter Johnston
County 4-H Club speaking con
test.
Business transacted was the dis
tribution of cards to be sold as a
money-making project and for ob
serving 4-H Church Sunday.
Miss Strickland is vice president
of the club. Charles Creech is
president, where the meeting was
held. Rowland Strickland was in
charge of the refreshments. Re
freshments were served by Toni
Hinton.
Sprite Barbee paid a $717.50
fine to Zebulon Recorder’s Court
Wednesday, June 13, for failing to
comply with a judgment put on
him February 28.
Barbee, who was tried in Feb
ruary for operating a motor vehi
cle with a revoked license and
while under the influence of a
drug or intoxicant, was found
guilty by Judge I. D. Gill.
Barbee had failed to pay the
court the fine and costs and was
brought before the bench again
last week for failing to comply
with the February judgment.
It was one of the biggest fines
on record paid the local Record
er’s Court.
Ronald Draper McCrea, operat
ing with expired license, $25 fine
and costs.
Jessie Lee King, improper muf
fler, $10 fine and costs.
Vance Raybon, public drunken
ness, $10 fine and costs.
William B. Tolbert, following
too closely, $10 fine and costs.
James Jones, public drunken
ness, $10 fine and costs.
Carl Bland Pearce, improper
muffler and failure to transfer
title, $35 fine and costs.
Jack Gay Nelms, driving with
out valid operator’s license, $25
fine and costs.
Charles Wesley Long, careless
and reckless driving, $25 fine and
costs.
Dewey W. Massey, disregarding
stop sign, $10 fine and costs.
Charles Ray Williams, exceed
ing speed limit, $15 fine and costs.
Leslie R. Boykin, public drunk
enness, $10 fine and costs.
James Foster Ferrell, allowing a
non-licensed person to operate his
motor vehicle, $25 fine and costs.
John Milton Upchurch, no oper
ator’s license, six months on
roads suspended on payment of
$50 fine and costs.
Attorney Foster D. Finch was
acting solicitor in the absence of
Ferd Davis, who is at National
Guard encampment at Fort Bragg.
The following cases were dis
posed of on May 23 in Zebulon Re
corder’s Court. Judge I. D. Gill
presided.
Charles C. Curtis, careless and
reckless driving, $25 fine and
costs.
Jimmy Lee Winstead, improper
muffler and speeding, $25 fine and
costs.
Willie Kevin Price, failing to
stop for stop sign, $10 fine and
costs.
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Bridge Accident Snuffs Four
Lives; Rescuer Drowns Helping
Tragedy struck six miles north
west of Zebulon last Friday night
when four Negroes had their lives
snuffed out after the car they were
riding in crashed into the railing
of a river bridge and submerged
into the river.
Dying in the midnight accident
were James Davis Watkins, 23,
Route 2, Wake Forest; Beatrice
Baker, 26; Lonnie Hinton, 24; and
MacArthur Ferrell, 20, all of
Route 4, Zebulon.
State Highway Patrolman R. A.
Barefoot said the car was appar
ently traveling at a high rate of
speed when it rounded the curve,
crashed into the railing of the
bridge, and plunged into the wa
ter, which was estimated to be
approximately 12 to 14 feet deep.
The car straddled the bridge
railing, Barefoot said, and lengths
of the timber penetrated the ve
hicle through the windshield and
body.
The car, a 1951 Pontiac, was
driven by Watkins. It was a total
loss.
A would-be rescuer perished
trying to save the victims. He was
Milton Reid, 16. Reid and a group
of young boys were the first on the
scene after the car went over the
bridge into the river. All jumped
into the water in a rescue attempt
and all came out except young
Reid.
Friends of Reid told the patrol
man Reid could not swim but ap
parently jumped into the water
on an impulse to help those trap
ped in the car.
There was one survivor. He was
Victor Baker of Route 4, Zebulon.
He told highway patrolmen he
managed to crawl from the wreck
age. He was treated for minor
cuts and bruises at Wendell-Zeb
ulon Hospital and released.
The bridge is near W. A. Perry’s
store.