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VOLUME 38. NUMBER 6. ZEBULON. N. C.. FEBRUARY 7. 1963
Architect’s drawing of low rent housing unit.
Local Housing Project
Begins Wednesday
Construction of low cost hous
ing units got underway here Mon
day, according to Melvin Massey,
executive director of the Wake
County Housing Authority.
The 12 white and 20 non-white
units here will cost an estimated
$390,914. The entire project for
the towns of Zebulon, Wendell,
Wake Forest and Apex will cost
in excess of $1,442,000.
The white units will be located
between East Horton and Vance
Streets. The non-white units will
be across the highway from Devil
Dog Manufacturing Co.
The units will have outside
walls of brick veneer over cement
blocks. The interior will be plas
tered. There will be one, two and
three bedroom units and four and
five single bed units!
Completion date for the four
projects is January 1964, Massey
said.
The construction contract was
awarded to W. H. Weaver Con
struction Co. of Greensboro. Dixie
Plumbing Co. of Raleigh was a
warded the plumbing contract. The
electrical and heating contracts
were awarded to Larving Co. of
Charlotte and E. L. Scott of Kin
ston, respectively.
John J. Rowland of Kinston is
the architect for the project.
Men Order Gas and Oil,
Leave Without Paying
Riding on unpaid gasoline and
oil landed two Negro men in jail
Saturday night.
Grover Lee Dunn, about 27, of
Route 4, Zebulon, and George
Williams, Jr., about 42, of Roles
ville, were apprehended Saturday
night by Zebulon police and
charged with larceny and care
less and reckless driving. They
are in Wake County jail with a
bond of $200 each.
Police said the two men drove
up to Sinclair service station at
the comer of Arendell and Gan
1962 Was Best
Year in History
For Wended Bank
The Bank of Wendell had its
best year in 1962 since its estab
lishment, President W. A. Scar
boro reported to the stockholders
meeting held on January 21.
Scarboro reported the bank’s net
income for 1962 before taxes and
dividends were paid was $54,766.
84. This annual income was the
bank’s largest.
During the meeting a resolu
tion was passed approving a 100
percent stock dividend.
Directors elected during the
meeting are Scarboro, Miles A.
Dean, J. J. Henderson, Sr., J. H.
Parish, Curtis Todd, Philip R.
Whitley, L. A. Doub, C. M. Martin,
C. N. Robertson, and E. R. Sykes,
Jr.
Immediately following the meet
ing the directors appointed the
following officers: president, W.
A. Scarboro; vice presidents, L.
A. Doub, Curtis Todd, and Miles
A. Dean; cashier, Willard EL Perry,
and assistant cashier, Mrs. Wil
lie H. Perry.
non Avenues and ordered their
1955 Ford serviced with gasoline
and oil.
Durwood Richardson, attend
ant, told police he gassed and
oiled the car and then the men
drove off without paying for the
merchandise. He took the license
number and later saw them drive
through town and then notified
the police.
Police found the car ditched be
tween Barbee Street and the Na
tional Guard Armory. However,
no one was in the car and so the
vehicle was towed to a local gar
age.
About an hour after police dis
covered the car the men came to
the police station to reclaim the
car. Both denied to police they
had driven the car. Under ques
tioning, however, Dunn admitted
he was driving the car.
Police said Richardson said the
men got three quarts of motor oil
and $2 worth of gasoline.
Damages to the car were minor,
police said.
Dunn was charged with larceny
and careless and reckless driving.
Williams was charged with lar
ceny.
Zebu Ion Soldier
At Fort Hood
Army Pfc. Nevester Chamblee,
son of Mrs. Lizzie L. Chamblee,
Bunn, recently was assigned to the
2d Armored Division at Fort Hood,
Tex.
Chamblee, a member of Com
pany C of the division’s 37 th Ar
mor, entered the Army in Novem
ber 1960, completed basic training
at Fort Jackson, S. C., and was
last stationed in Korea.
The 25-year-old soldier is a
graduate of Gethsemane High
School.
County Board of Commissioners
Votes Delay in Site Approval
90-Day Study
Period Is Set
The Wake County Board of
Commissioners, after hearing ar
guments for and against a pro
posed school site for a consolidated
high school in eastern Wake Coun
ty, voted Monday to postpone for
90 days a decision on approval of
the site, which would serve Zeb
ulon, Wendell, Knightdale, and
Rolesville.
The decision to postpone final
action came in the face of an ap
peal by Education Board Chairman
C. V. Whitley and School Super
intendent Fred Smith to the com
missioners to approve the site.
Smith told the commissioners
that he would never permit the
consolidated school to be built on
a site other than the one recom
mended by the Board of Educa
tion, since it would take too long
for Rolesville students to get to
other sites.
Raleigh lawyers J. W. Bunn and
Clem Holding appeared before the
commissioners to urge that other
sites be considered. Bunn spoke
in favor of a site between Lizard
Lick and Hephzibah Church own
ed by Miss Pattie Lee, and Hold
ing stated that detailed studies
had been made showing several
other available sites would be far
more economical than the Board
of Education site.
After the appeals were made,
the Board of Commissioners voted
unanimously to appoint a five man
committee from its membership
to study the matter and report
back in 90 days. Named to the
committee were Commissioners W.
J. Booth of Apex, chairman, W. W.
Holding III, of Wake Forest, Billy
K. Hopkins of Zebulon, James
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Children's Pictures to Be
Made for Zebu Ion Record
It is an undisputed fact that i
the responsibilities of tomorrow’s j
world, our Nation, and Commu-j
nity will rest upon the shoulders
of the children of today. Since!
this is true, the publishers of this
newspaper would like to give you
a good look at these future “World ]
Builders.”
The only way we can do this is
by publishing pictures of them in
a feature series. To assure the
latest and best reproduction pic
tures . . . they must all be of
uniform size and quality.
An expert children’s photogra
pher with all the necessary equip
ment for this specialized work,
will be here Saturday, February
23. Pictures will be taken at
Zebulon Woman’s Club and will
be open from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00
p.m.
No Charge to Parents
There is no charge to the par
ents. There are absolutely no
strings to this invitation. It is
bonaflde in every sense of the
word. Parents do not have to be
subscribers, nor even readers of
this newspaper to take advantage
of this feature. Neither are they
obligated to purchase pictures af
ter they are taken. Those who
want some additional prints may
obtain a limited number by ar
rangement with the Studio repre
sentative when they select the
pose they want printed in the pa
per. It is entirely up to them.
The Zebulon Record simply
wants pictures of all the young
sters and the more, the better.
So the Mothers and Fathers of the
community in which this paper
circulates should remember the
date—February 23 at Zebulon
Woman’s Club—and not fail to
bring their children to the pho
tographer.
You will be mighty glad, after
wards, if you did, and very, very
sorry if you do not permit your
children to participate in this
event. The kiddies will have
much fun and both Mother and
Dad—and the youngsters, too—
will be very proud to see their pic
tures in print later.
Appointments may be made by
calling the Zebulon Record, AN 9
4231.
Argument Results
In Call for Police
Police were called Saturday
night to the home of Mrs. Mary
Woodlief of Route 4, Zebulon,
where they arrested Donald Wil
son.
Mrs. Woodlief told police of
ficers that when she came home
she found Wilson there. After an
argument, she called officers.
Wilson was charged with disor
derly conduct, trespassing and as
sault with a pistol by pointing it
at Mrs. Woodlief.
Wilson, a Warren County resi
dent, was jailed and placed un
der a $200 bond. He will be tried
in Zebulon Recorder’s Court Feb
ruary 27.
Husband & Wife Work to Keep School Clean
How would you like to get up
during the cold winter months and
get two boilers going.
And how would you like to
sweep approximately 30 rooms for
180 days of the year.
That’s what Repsie and Walter
Boyette, custodians of Corinth
Holders School, have been doing
for 36 years.
“We enjoy it,” Mr. and Mrs.
Boyette said, “or else we wouldn’t
have stayed in it this long.”
Boyette became janitor in 1927.
His first job was tending to the
plant which provided electrical
current for the original building.
A year later he became full-time
custodian.
“The old building has 12 rooms
plus an auditorium which later
served as a gymnasium before the
present modem gymnasium was
built,” Boyette said.
In 1928 a high school building
was erected and Boyette and his
wife began the daily routine of
cleaning. This building has 15
classrooms and a full basement.
The basement has now been turn
ed into a cafeteria and the couple
doesn’t have to care for it.
“Work begins about two o’clock
each school day,” Mrs. Boyette
said. “This means every class
room which is used is gone over
by us.”
The sweeping and cleaning
takes from three to four hours for
the two.
Mrs. Boyette began helping her
husband when they were married
in 1927. She has been with her
husband on the job each year since
except the years when she gave
birth to her three children.
“I wouldn’t say children keep
the rooms any worse today than
years ago,” soft-spoken Boyette
said. “They did some things then
they don’t do now and do some
things now they didn’t do then.
I’d say it’s about equal.”
Boyette spoke of some children
who disfigure the desks, take the
screws out of the desk feet, and
scratch or cut scars on the furni
ture. He feels this is an abomi
nable act.
“It gets mighty dusty now
sweeping,'’ the couple said. “There
has been no oil on the floors for
the past three years and the dust
presents somewhat of a problem.”
Boyette said plans are to wax
the floors when the oil has van
ished from the wood.
What do they dislike most?
“Cleaning up vomit,” Mrs. Boy
ette hurriedly answered. “We
wish the teachers would scurry
the child to the bathroom when he
becomes ill.”
Most of the illnesses occur in
the lower grades.
Boyette said approximately sev
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Repsie and Walter Boyette