THE ZEBULON RECORD
VOLUME 37. NUMBER 27. ZEBULON. N. C.. AUGUST 9. 1962
No Thalidomide Here
No thalidomide can be found in
Zebulon.
A check with three doctors, Dr.
Ben Thomas, Dr. George Tucker,
and Dr. Durwood Stallings, re
vealed that not one has prescribed
the drug.
Both drug firms here—Zebulon
Drug and Morgan Drugs—reported
they have not had any of the drug,
now being blamed for malforma
tion of thousands of babies in
Europe, Canada and Australia.
Mrs. Mary Temple, Wendell
Zebulon Hospital nurse director,
said none of the drug has been re
ceived or used at the local hospital.
Headline Causes Stir
A headline in last week’s paper
caused a bit of a stir among some
&■ .* members of the Wakelon School
Board who were disturbed by a
headline which stated that a Cu
ban refugee had been “approved”
as a teacher in the school system.
Dr. Jose L. Roy Barreau was in
terviewed by the board for the
position of Spanish instructor in
the high school for the coming
year. He was not, however, ap
proved by the board.
It has been reported that two
members of the board did not ap
prove hiring a second foreign lan
guage teacher. They preferred
strengthening another department
in the school.
One board member said he is
in favor of a teacher of Spanish in
the school. He said he thinks
Spanish is infinitely more im
portant now than French, the on
ly foreign language taught in the
school.
“However, we really ought to
have Russian taught,” he added.
Wake County has been allotted
an additional teacher and Supt.
Fred Smith agreed that this teach
er may be employed in the Wake
Ion system.
The county will pay the salary
for Dr. Barreau, if he becomes a
member1 of the Wakelon faculty.
At first, the salary was to be made
up of donations from citizens of
the school district.
Interested citizens in the project
have expressed hope that the
school board will think strongly
before it decides to miss the op
portunity of enriching the school’s
foreign language curricula.
The board did not meet Monday
night. Chairman Philip Olive
could not say when the group will
hold another meeting.
Operation
Policeman L. A. Baker under
went an operation last week on his
right ear for the removal of a
growth. He is doing very well
and has not had a report yet as to
whether or not the growth was
malignant.
Hospital Has Its
Biggest Month
Wendell-Zebulon Hospital was
fairly bursting at the jams
Thursday, August 2.
According to hospital officials,
there were 27 patients—23 adults
and three babies.
This is the biggest patient list
so far. The hospital has beds for
only 20 patients.
Biggest Day At
Hospital Aug. 2
Wendell-Zebulon Hospital of
ficials said Tuesday they had the
greatest daily census during the
month of July than any month
since the hospital opened.
There were 104 admissions; 44
operations were performed; and
nine babies were delivered.
Final Session
The final session of the Dale
Carnegie class is August 14. Fol
lowing the class the 11 members
and instructor will hold a banquet
at Dolphin’s Restaurant in Wen
dell.
KNIFING
Junius Royal didn’t duck quickly
enough and the sharp blade ripped
his cheek, and so
Louis Bobbitt, about 50, has
been charged with assault with a
deadly weapon, to wit a pocket
knife.
Royal was cut, according to Po
lice Chief Willie B. Hopkins Fri
day night. The affray occurred
on Barbee Street.
Bobbitt is in jail in lieu of $100
bond. He will be given trial in
Zebulon Recorder’s Court.
Both men are Negroes.
Norwich Mills . . . Wendell Division
Underwear Factory Begins
Operation Monday Morn
The Wendell branch of Norwich
Mills, Inc., began operation Mon
day, according to George M. Klos
ter, manager of the Wendell am'.
Clayton divisions.
The Wendell company manufac
tures nationally known under
wear and sweat shirts.
Kloster said the branch is now
in a training program with 15 per
sons. When the plant gets into
full production 80 workers will be
employed.
The plant, located on Highway
264 at Wendell city limits, has
15,000 square feet of floor space.
Kloster said he is “looking for
ward to a very nice and success
ful operation.”
Milton Riddell will be assistant
manager of the Wendell and Clay
ton plants.
Five Churches To Hold A
Simultaneous Revival in Sept.
PLANNING . . . Ministers of five Baptist churches are shown laying
plans for the first evangelistic crusade to be held in Zebulon community.
Left to right are the Rev. Gilbert McDowell, Pilot Church pastor; the Rev.
Horace Hamm, Wakefield pastor; the Rev. Garland Foushee, Pearce pastor;
the Rev. Claude Walker, Hopkins Chapel pastor; and the Rev. Robert Ward,
Union Chapel pastor, planning the crusade to be held in the Pearce com
munity baseball park September 7, 8, and 9. Dr. Leo Green of the
Southeastern Baptist Seminary will be the evangelist conducting the series
of meetings.
Fires Take Toll of Tobacco
Barns; Adds Up To $5,000
Approximately $5,000 has gone
up in smoke from tobacco barn
fires during the last week, and
the Zebulon Rural Fire Depart
ment was called to help extinguish
six fires within a week.
July 17 at 5:30 p.m. damage
from fire to a tobacco bam on the
M. T. Taylor farm resulted in a
$1,000 loss.
There was no estimate of loss
when a bad burner caused a fire
in a barn belonging to Earl Horton,
one mile southwest of Zebulon.
This fire was at 1:45 p.m. on July
23.
Paul Strickland! had a - loss of
$1,250 when his barn caught fire
on July 28 at 2:35 a.m.
A bad oil burner was the cause
of a fire in the barn belonging to
Ebbie Stallings at 6:15 p.m. Fri
day. Loss was $1,000.
The cause of a fire to Jesse Bai
ley’s barn last week was unknown.
The barn was full of green tobacco
and the burners 'had not been
lighted. Damage was listed at
$200.
Little Business
The Town Board acted on three
issues Monday night. It unani
mously passed a rezoning ordi
nance which allows Carolina Pow
er & Light Co. sub-station here to
expand. The sub-station is in the
residential district.
The board rejected all bids on
a truck for the Sanitary Depart
ment and on a, 1953 police car.
These bids are to be readvertised.
Forrest Hendricks, Robert Edd
Horton and John Hilliard were re
appointed by the Wake County
Board of Commissioners to the
Zebulon Planning Commission.
These three men will represent the
outside area of the town. Their
terms expire in 1963.
SUSPECT
A suspect is being held in Zebu
Ion jail for burglarizing the home
of Dillard Tant on North Street
Monday night. Police would not
reveal his identity. He was ap
prehended by Night Policeman
Wendell Perry. An investigation is
continuing.
Lewis Liles Performs
In 4-H Talent Parade
Lewis Liles was one of 30 out
standing 4-|H club members of the
State to 'be selected to perform in
the 4-H Parade of Talent on July
27 at the Coliseum.
Liles represented Wake County
in the talent show. He presented
Rachmaninoff’s Prelude in C Sharp
Minor on the piano.
The popular Wakelon student
and outstanding community and
county 4-H leader was the Wake
County and district winner in the
recent talent contests. He is also
an accomplished pianist, organist
and dancer.
Liles is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Liles of Route 2, Zebulon.
Businessman Is
Patient
Prank Kannon, long-time Zebu
Ion merchant, is a patient at Wen
dell-Zebulon Hospital. He was
admitted last Thursday and is suf
fering from a bleeding stomach ul
cer. The popular young merchant
is expected to undergo an opera
tion when he is built up suffciently.
The first simultaneous evange
listic crusade ever to be held in
the Zebulon community is set for
September 7, 8, and 9.
Sponsored by the churches of
Pearce, Pilot, Union Chapel, Hop
kins and Wakefield, the crusade
will be held in the Pearce commu
nity ball park.
The ministers of the churches
voiced unanimous opinions that
such a crusade will “create a new
stimulant for our churches and
every individual that participates.”
They said, too, that they “feel
that evangelism is the very heart
of Christian life.”
The amply lighted ball park
where the three-night services are
to be held will furnish accommo
dations for the many persons ex
pected. One of the ministers said
at least 1,000 persons are expected
nightly. Services will get under
way at 7:30 o’clock.
Dr. James Leo Green, professor
of Hebrew and Old Testament
at Southeastern Baptist Theologi
cal Seminary at Wake Forest, will
deliver the nightly sermons.
Dr. Green was born at New Al
bany, Miss., on November 27,
1912. He has an A. B. degree from
Mississippi College, Th.M. and
Ph.D. degrees from Southern Bap
tist Theological Seminary, has
taught Old Testament and Hebrew
at Southeastern Baptist Theological
Seminary where he is acting head
of the department, and has held
pastorates in Pensacola and
Gainesville (Fla.). He has been
associated with the Seminary since
1951.
His wife is the former Mary
Ruth Huff of Forest, Miss. They
have three children, James Leo,
Jr., 14; John Richard, 9; and
Rebecca Lynn, 6.
Dr. Green has been active in
evangelistic work; conducted many
programs of religious focus, em
phasis, etc., on campuses of num
bers of colleges and universities.
Douglas McCullough will be in
charge of the singing at the three
night evangelistic rally. A Ten
nessee native, he is a graduate of
Howard College in Birmingham,
Ala., and attended Southeastern
Seminary. He has served as pastor
of churches in Alabama and North
Carolina. He is presently serving
as pastor of Immanuel Baptist
Church in Kinston.
The combined 100-voice choirs
of the churches participating will
sing at the crusade. Cadwin Cone,
Pilot Baptist Church organist
choir director, will accompany the
song sessions.
Two Brothers Shot On Street
Here; Receive Only Minor Injuries
A shot pierced the ears of by
standers and caused on-lookers to
shudder Saturday at 12 o’clock
when James T. Richardson fired
at Charles Richardson and Lee
Richardson.
The three men are all Negroes.
Charles and Lee Richardson are
brothers.
According to Police Officer Wil
lie B. Hopkins, James Richardson
took a bead on the brothers with
a shotgun. Charles Richardson
suffered shot in his back, and Lee
Richardson was wounded in the
face.
Police Officer Hopkins quoted
| the Richardson brothers as saying
I that James Richardson wanted
some money from them and they
wouldn’t give the money to him.
Richardson was about 50 feet
from the brothers when the shoot
ing occurred at the comer of Ar
endell Avenue and Barbee Street.
The brothers received first aid
from a local physician.
Richardson, who gave his ad
dress as Route 1, Zebulon, is
charged with assault with a deadly
weapon, disorderly conduct, and
discharging fire arms in the town.
He will be given trial in Zebulon
Recorder’s Court. He was placed
in jail in lieu of $1,000 bond.
The Richardson brothers gave
their address as Route 4, Zebulon.