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VOLUME 37. NUMBER 22. ZEBULON. N. C.. JULY 5. 1962
Court- News
Liquor, Speed Keeps
Local Court Going
The following cases were dis-,
posed of at the June 27 session
of Zebulon Recorder’s Court with I
Judge Irby D. Gill presiding.
Charles Finch, public drunk, $20 1
fine and costs.
Maylon Weaver, speeding, $15 i
fine and costs.
Lena Bell King Gill, allowing a
non-licensed person to operate a
motor vehicle, $25 fine and costs.
Lee Barber, public drunk, $10
fine and costs.
Lawrence Montague, Jr., no op
erator’s license, $25 fine and costs.
Robert Curtis Smith, public
drunk, $10 fine and costs.
Millard King, disregarding stop
sign, $10 fine and costs.
Hurbert Dickerson, Jr., careless
and reckless driving, $15 fine and
costs.
Monroe Lucas, speeding, $15 fine
and costs.
Tyree Upchurch, public drunk,
$10 fine and costs.
Pearish Pretty, public drunk,
$10 fine and costs.
Oroyster Miles, following too
closely, $10 fine and costs.
Wayne L. Duke, speeding, $25
fine and costs.
Nancy Pretty, operating without
license, $25 fine and costs.
Willis Cordell Rogers, disregard
ing stop sign, $10 fine and costs.
Walter Allen, public drunk, $20
fine and costs.
Ben Allen Rhodes, failure to give
proper signal for left turn, $10
fine and costs.
Roy Winston Cash, driving on
wrong side of road, 30 days on
Cemetery To Be
Part of City
The cemetery is to be brought
into the city limits, according to
a resolution passed by the town
board at its June meeting. Town
Attorney Ferd Davis is drawing up
a resolution and ordinance to effect
the change.
One of the first improvements
planned for the cemetery is paved
drives financed with Powell Bill
funds. Heretofore, the town has
been unable to find money to pave
the drives.
Swimming Classes
For Wendell
Instruction in swimming includ
ing the basic strokes and water
safety and rescue skills will be
given at Bailey’s Lake in Wendell
by Peggy Richardson beginning
July 9 and concluding July 23.
Classes will be open to begin
ners, both adult and children, and
to intermediate swimmers.
The fee will be $1.00 per lesson.
Miss Richardson is a graduate
of Woman’s College and an in
structor at Mt. Holyoke College in
South Hadley, Mass.
As a water safety instructor she
is certified to teach in three differ
ent states with a background of
five years experience.
roads suspended on payment of
costs.
Oliver Lee Jones, driving drunk
and carrying concealed weapon,
not guilty on concealed weapon
charge; driving drunk case con
tinued.
Walter Thomas Jenkins, stealing
tire from Wiggins Service Station
valued at $16. Found guilty and
given six months on roads. Appeal
was taken and bond set at $300.
Dr. Blanton
Baptist Speaker
Dr. Sankey L. Blanton, past in
terim pastor of the Zebulon Bap
tist Church, will preach at the 11
o’clock worship hour Sunday. He
served the local church for about
one year between the pastorates
of George Griffin and Carlton Mit
chell.
Dr. Blanton has held pastorates
in Wilmington; New Haven, Conn.;
and was associated with Wake For
est College as dean of the School
of Religion. For 12 years he served
as president of Crozer Theological
Seminary in Chester, Pa., before
becoming public relations director
of Meredith College.
The speaker will be introduced
by the Rev. David Daniel, pastor,
who attended Crozer while Dr.
Blanton was president.
Employees Changed
At First Federal
The local branch of First Fed
eral Savings and Loan has experi
enced a change in tellers.
Mrs. Kay (Basil) Perry has left
the teller’s job after 18 months
to “just become a housewife.” She
resigned June 30.
Replacing Mrs. Perry is Mrs.
Linda (Charles) Smith. Mrs.
Smith, a native of the Corinth
Holders community and the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Batten,
has been with First Federal for
three months, having been trans
ferred from the Raleigh office.
Her husband is with the Army sta
tioned at Fort Bragg.
Town Funds Show
Increase During Year
The Town of Zebulon had $2,
056.17 in the general fund at the
end of the June report.
Current year receipts at the end
of June were $111,711.93 compared
to last year’s receipts of $101,861.
17. Disbursements last year at the
end of June were $93,012.64 com
pared to this year’s $114,986.37.
FIRST TO BARN?
Willie Fowler harvested two
barns of tobacco on June 28. He is
a tenant on J. K. Barrow’s farm
on Route 1, Zebulon. Fowler was
one of the first in that vicinity last
year to begin harvesting tobacco.
Red Cross Not Giving Swimming
Lessons Here At Local Pool
The Red Cross is not sponsoring
swimming lessons at the Zebulon
Swimming Pool Association pool.
It was incorrectly stated in this
paper that the Red Cross was stag
ing the instruction. Although the
instruction is excellent, those who
successfully complete the course
will not be authorized the Red
Cross Certificate.
Life guards employed by the As
sociation are conducting the classes
and members of the Association
are eligible to participate.
CELEBRATION—These women are members of the Wendell Wednesday Afternoon Club which cele
brated the club’s 35th anniversary last week. Standing: Mrs. J. W. Dean, Mrs. Pearl Wall, Mrs. Graham
Dean, Mrs. Jimmy Hobgood, Mrs. Wayne Cooke, Sr., Mrs. G. C. Conoley, and Mrs. L. C. Ledford.
Back row, seated: Mrs. B. C. Satterfield, Mrs. Kelly Hunter, Mrs. W. R. Nowell, Mrs. R. R. Thompson,
and Mrs. Melvin Britt. Left of the table: Mrs. Haywood Biggs, Mrs. W. C. Faison, and Miss Marjorie
Richardson. Right of the table: Mrs. Miley Johnson, Mrs. Otha Mullen, and Mrs. J. J. Henderson.
Wendell's Oldest Literary Club
Has Thirty-Fifth Birthday
It was an evening of reminiscing
when the Wendell Wednesday Af
ternoon Club celebrated its 35th
anniversary Friday, June 22.
During the pleasant evening the
members talked about their first
meeting long, long ago. They talk
ed about when their children were
toddlers, the marriages that have
taken place over the years, and,
of course, the grandchildren.
The club, Wendell’s oldest liter
325 Pound Man, His Dog
Are Rescued After Accident
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the boat even if it hadn't leaked. |
But with a weight of 325 pounds
and a leaky boat it wasn’t long
before the boat sank and William
P. Murphy found himself sinking
with it.
Murphy and his black cocker
spaniel dog were together two
weeks ago on the farm pond of
Clifton Perry in Pearces commun
ity. Murphy, a former Pearce resi
dent, was fishing.
Suddenly the boat sank and
Murphy and dog went with it. The
dog clambered atop the capsized
boat and Murphy clung to it with
one hand and to his snuff box with
the other.
William Smith saw the hapless
fisherman and hurried to J. W.
Perry, Jr.’s Store for help. Perry,
who runs a fishing tackle shop,
grabbed an arm load of life saving
rings and went to help the two
water-soaked victims.
The life preservers were thrown
to Murphy, but they didn’t help.
The 68-year-old couldn’t swim, j
and his weight was too much to be j
supported by the preservers.
A rope was tossed out to him, j
and a group of bystanders pulled |
in the boat, the dog, and a dripping
Murphy.
He still clung to his snuff box.
He said he wanted to keep that
from getting wet.
Murphy admitted he was so in
terested in pulling in the bream
he didn’t realize he was sinking.
But next time you can be sure he
will find a boat that doesn’t leak.
Closed
Louise’s Flower Shop has closed,
according to Mrs. Bertha Hood,
manager. The local shop merged
with a sister shop in Raleigh, Sir
Walter Florist. Mrs. Hood will be
employed with the Raleigh firm,
which is owned by her daughter,
Miss Louise Hood.
Elected VP
Miss Ruby M. Dawson, post
master, was elected a vice presi
dent of the North Carolina Chapter
of the National Association of
Postmasters at the State Conven
tion at Blowing Rock June 18-21.
She will represent the second class
postoffices.
On Air
Sunday morning worship serv
ices aired over Station WETC for
the next two months will come
from the Zebulon Baptist Church.
Time of the broadcast is 11 a.m.
The Rev. David Daniel is pastor
of the church.
ary organization, is an outgrowth
of the matrons gathering at a local
drug store in the afternoons. They
would sit around talking, and fi
nally they decided to organize a
club and pursue literary and cul
tural aspects.
Mrs. Tom Allen encouraged the
then-young mothers and even gave
them access to her home. There the
meetings began, with the guiding
hand of Mrs. Allen.
The programs have been pre
sented with quality. The once-a
month meetings always produced
something for the members’ bet
terment. Only recently they have
finished a study of famous persons.
One member commented that
“something must have rubbed off
on us” when the cultural aspect
was mentioned.
Mrs. B. C. Satterfield was the
group’s first president when the
band of 20 organized in September
of 1926. Mrs. Melvin Britt will
serve as next year’s president, suc
ceeding Mrs. W. R. Nowell.
Asked the ages of the members,
one person chimed: “Just put we
are a middle-age group.”
The club has lost but two of
its charter members. Death has
claimed Mrs. Haywood Swanson
and Mrs. Joe Wootton. Charter
members were Mrs. Otha Mullen,
Mrs. R. R. Thompson, Mrs. W. C.
Land, Mrs. W. C. Faison, Mrs. J.
W. Dean, Mrs. W. R. Nowell, Miss
Marjorie Richardson, Mrs. B. C.
Satterfield, Mrs. J. Thomas Allen,
Mrs. Douglas Bain, Mrs. Marie
Liles, Mrs. Reid Key, Mrs. James
Ward, Mrs. Norwood Harris, Mrs.
Bob Young, Mrs. L. C. Ledford,
Mrs. Silas Todd, and Miss Nora
Davis.
The present membership in
cludes Mrs. G. P. Conoley, Mrs.
Wayne Cooke, Sr., Mrs. Graham
Dean, Mrs. J. W. Dean, Mrs. W. C.
Faison, Mrs. J. J. Henderson, Mrs.
J. D. Hobgood, Mrs. Kelly Hunter,
Mrs. Miley Johnson, Mrs. Marie
Liles, Mrs. E. V. O’Neal, Mrs. Pearl
Wall, Mrs. W. R. Nowell, Mrs.
Haywood Biggs, Mrs. Melvin Britt,
Miss Marjorie Richardson, Mrs. L.
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