THE ZEBULON RECORD
VOLUME 37. NUMBER 25. ZEBULON. N. C.. JULY 26. 1962
CHILDREN FIND VICTIM
Farmer Takes Life in Barn
A brother and sister discovered
the body of a Wakefield .nan Fri
day morning hanging from a to
bacco barn where he had commit
ted suicide.
Marie and Leslie Patterson, Jr.,
found the body of Lexton Glenn
Hinton hanging from a plow line,
according to Sheriff’s Deputy Steve
Blackley.
Hinton, whose death was ruled
suicide by Wake Coroner M. W.
Bennett, had tied the plow line to
the top tier of the tobacco 'barn,
according to Blackley, and then
had apparently jumped.
Blackley said Hinton was that
morning in the process of begin
ning barning tobacco. He had
sent the primers to the field of to
bacco. His son, Freddie, was
among them.
Hinton, according to Blackley,
told the scaffold help he would
come for them later. He didn’t
show and Leslie went to the barn
to see what had happened. He
told the deputy he saw Hinton
moving around in the top barn on
the tiers.
Leslie left the scene and later
his sister, Marie, went to the barn
to further check why Hinton had
not come for them. She told the
deputy that she could see Hin
ton’s feet hanging near the bot
tom tier. She immediately noti
fied a neighbor who called Black
ley.
The young girl also told Black
ley she saw Hinton’s hat lying out
side the barn door.
Blackley said Hinton had taken
a plow line and doubled it in order
to commit the tragedy. The dep
uty also added that the rope was
so tight around Hinton’s neck that
it had to be cut off.
Blackley said he was called to
the scene of the accident about 7
a.m. Friday. The accident oc
curred on the farm belonging to
Mrs. W. O. Glover of Durham.
Hinton rented the farm.
Hinton left no note explaining
the reason for his action. It was
thought that he had grown de
spondent over the housing of his
tobacco.
Surviving are his wife, the for
mer Gora Lewis; two sons, Mick
ey Hinton and Freddie Hinton of
the home; five sisters, Mrs. Leon
Driver and Mrs. O. B. Spell, both
of Durham; Mrs. George Powell
of Raleigh, Mrs. J. O. Allen of
Wendell, and Mrs. W. E. Bunn of
Zebulon; two brothers, Dexton
Hinton of Wendell and Braxton
Hinton of Smithfield.
He was the son of the late W.
Bragg and Ella Driver Hinton.
Funeral rites were held Sunday
at 2 p.m. from Zebulon Baptist
Church with the Rev. David Dan
iel, pastor, and the Rev. C. C.
Wheeler, officiating. Burial was
in Hales Chapel Baptist Church
cemetery in Johnston County.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hemp sang
“Sunrise,” accompanied at the or
gan by Charles Horton.
The casket was covered with a
pall of yellow chrysanthemums
and pompons.
Pallbearers were Rex Tippett,
Connie Mack Bunn, Warren Allen,
Steve Driver, Douglas Lewis and
Carson Strickland.
Wilson Stallings
Rookie Policeman
Begins New Duties
The mayor and town board have
added an extra man to the town’s
police force. This brings the po
lice team to a total of four.
Wilson Stallings was made a po
liceman at a recent town board
meeting. The 22-year-old rookie
policeman is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. Woodrow Stallings of
Route 3, Zebulon. He is a 1958
graduate of Wakelon High School.
Stallings will receive a salary
of $260 a month. He will still
maintain his former duties as la
bor foreman.
Police Chief Willie B. Hopkins
said of Stallings: “He comes of a
mighty good back ground. He has
a good character and qualities to
make a good policeman.”
Stallings is unmarried.
‘Messing' Brings Man Trouble
“They were lying in bed togeth
er,” the mother told the police,
her voice trembling emotion and
her welled-up tears springing over
and falling on her cheeks.
“But they weren’t doing any
thing when I walked in,” she con
tinued, brushing her cheeks.
Mrs. Pat Van Dyke, operator of
Pat’s Grill at the forks of High
ways 97 and 264 about two miles
east of Zebulon, called police Sun
day morning and signed a warrant
against her husband, Frank Van
Dyke, charging him with carnal
knowledge of her 12-year-old
daughter.
The woman told police she had
been working in the grill and la
ter left and walked into the bed
room and found Van Dyke in bed
with the girl.
The pretty young girl is by an
earlier marriage of Mrs. Van
Dyke’s.
“I suspected something was go
ing on,” police quoted Mrs. Van
Dyke.
The mother told police she got a
confession from her daughter that
the stepfather had “known” her.
The girl also told police that
Van Dyke had “messed” with her.
Police said she cried all the time
she told of the aiTair with her step
father.
The girl said Van Dyke, who
police said is about 43-years-old,
“started messing” with her on
April 11. She said the first act
took place two days later.
Further questioning of the girl
by the police officers revealed that
Van Dyke had had intercourse
with her “several times.”
Asked by police why she didn’t
tell her mother of her stepfather’s
advances, the girl said: “I was
scared.”
Mortician Heading Annual Drive
In Community for Boy Scout Funds
Crafton Hudson has been se
lected to head the annual cam
paign for funds for Boy Scouting
in Zebulon, it was announced this
week by Nello Teer, Jr., of Dur
ham, Council finance chairman.
Teer, president of Nello Teerj
Company and prominent civic |
leader, said Dr. Ben Thomas’s se
lection virtually insures the suc
cess of the Boy Scout Finance
Drive locally. The campaign,
scheduled for September 12, with
the leadership gifts enrollment
coming several weeks earlier, seeks
to enlist the direct financial sup
port of at least one-fifth of all
local citizens.
The leadership gifts is made up
of business Arms and individuals
who give $100 or more to the Boy
Scouting program here.
Zebulon now has seven scout
units with 105 Boy Scout members
and is served by 60 leaders. Many
more boys would like to be Scouts
said Armstrong Cannady, District
Chairman of the Saponi District.
But unfortunately it takes money
to organize additional Scout
troops, he added.
Last year’s drive here netted
$2,600, Cannady said. The goal
for 1062-63 is $2,600.
Hudson, prominent Zebulon bus
inessman and active civic leader,
is a partner in a mortuary estab
lishment, Screws and Hudson Fu
neral Home.
When police told Van Dyke of
the charges brought against him,
Van Dyke looked amazed, and de
nied the accusations.
“You’re joking,’’ he was quoted
by police as saying.
He was placed in the local jail
and was transferred to Wake
County Jail Monday.
According to the officers Van
Dyke has had difficulties with the
law several times before.
Officers did not learn if Van
Dyke is employed or not
He will be given a hearing in
Zebulon Recorder’s Court.
Wake Sheriff’s Deputy S. J.
Blackley and Zebulon Police Chief
Willie B. Hopkins were the inves
tigating officers.
No Principal Yet
School Board Chairman Philip
Olive said no decision has been
reached on a principal for Wake
Ion School.
“We are very close, though,”
Olive added.
The board is still conducting in
terviews of prospective principals.
Olive indicated he feels certain
that a principal would be named
for the school next week.
June Bustin' Out
At Local Hospital
There were 82 adult admissions,
9 births, and 45 operations at
Wendell-Zebulon Hospital during
the month of June, according to
hospital officials.
Plans Are Discussed
For Nursing Home
For Zebulon-Wendell
There is a need for a nursing
home in the Wendell-Zebulon
area, Frank Ceruzzi of Fayette
ville’s Highsmith Hospital told
Zebulon Rotarians last week. He
suggested that a 25-bed nursing
home be constructed and gave
step-by-step requirements from
FHA to be completed before a
loan application can be made.
Mr. Ceruzzi is well-known in
this area, having served as admin
istrator of the Wake County
Branch Hospitals until the local
hospital was established.
An adequate nursing home costs
about $5,000 a bed, he said. The
Much Action Taken
At July Meeting
Of Commissioners
Willie B. Hopkins need not fear
about his job with the town. The
mayor and town board has engaged
his myriad services for another
year. Hopkins, who holds titles
such as town clerk, water com
missioner, Are chief, chief of po
lice, town manager, etc., etc., etc.,
etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc.,
asked the board to release him for
Sunday duties except in the case
of emergencies. He was granted
this release. Hopkins has been
with the town for more than
20 years.
The hoary old 1953 police car
sits like an old woman, weary with
age and a lot of miles. It has
racked up 54,541 miles of patrol
work for the town. And now it
waits to change hands. It is up
for auction to the highest bidder.
Sad, dejected, but happy to have
served the citizens, it waits like
a hoary old woman who has done
her do.
The mayor and town board
think that the word Zebulon is
too small on the city license plates.
Next year they want Zebulon big
ger, bigger, bigger. Big enough
to be seen at a great distance.
They also want to retain the motto,
“The Town of Friendly People.”
However, if it is impossible to
put the motto on the plates with
the big, big, big Zebulon, they con
sented to omit the motto and in
crease the size of the town’s name
to Zebulon, Zebulon, ZEBULON.
Businesses can breathe a sigh
of relief. The town board hasn’t
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proposed 25-bed home could be
expanded as required to a 40-bed
unit. The FHA will finance up to
90% of the construction costs, if
its requirements are met.
In addition to the necessary 10%
of the construction costs, Mr. Ce
ruzzi cited the need of at least
$7,000 in operating capital to get
the nursing home in operation.
“In this area,” he said, “the
nursing home should reach a
break-even point during its second
year of operation.”
The Zebulon Rotary Club has
begun work toward acquiring a
nursing home here as a community
service project.
A site near the Wendell-Zebulon
Hospital is desired, so that the x
ray and laboratory facilities of the
hospital will be available and con
venient to the residents of the
nursing home.
An estimate was made of
$32,000 to build the nursing home
and get it in operation.
Prior to the program, Rotarian
Ed Hales was recognized for hav
ing danced with Miss Zebulon
without noticeable damage to the
beauty queen; and Rotarian Lee
Sedwitz was applauded for his out
standing work as surgeon at the
Wendell-Zebulon Hospital.
This week’s program will in
clude a talk on zoning with mem
bers of the Zebulon Board of Com
missioners as guests of the club.
Balcony Battle
In Movie House
A fist fight broke out in the
balcony of Wakelon Theater Sun
day night about 8:30, according to
Night Policeman Wendell Perry.
Two Negroes engaged In an af
fray which led to the distraction
on one’s Sunday shirt.
Police said an argument ensued
between the two youths—14 and
17. The argument allegedly start
ed over pop corn throwing, and
ended with a battle of the fists.
The two declined to tell police
very much about the incident.
George High will be tried in
Wake Juvenile Court; James Ed
ward Yarborough has been charg
ed with engaging in an affray in a
public place. He will be tried in
Zebulon Recorder’s Court.
Sheriff’s Deputy Graham Bunn
assisted Perry with the investiga
tion.
PRACTICES WHAT HE PREACHES
'Women Need Whipping'
“A man ought to whip a woman
once in a while."
So said Otha High, Negro, after
he had given Core Ree High a
going over.
"And she ought to stand there
and take it and not do anything
about it,” High continued.
Cora Ree didn’t stand there and
take it. And she did something
about it. She went to the police
and swore out a warrant for High.
However, after going back to her
home on Barbee Street, Cora Ree
began thinking it over and she
tripped back to the police station
again.
“I don’t want to indict him,” she
told police. "I decided I love him.
Couldn't you do something about
the warrant? I love him and I
don’t want him to go to the roads.”
Police said they didn’t promise
the pleading woman anything.
The papers had been drawn up
against the worn a n-whipper.
“Yes, sir, a man Ought to whip
a woman once in a while,” High
said.