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BULON RECORD
38. NUMBER 7. ZEBULON. N. C.. FEBRUARY 14. 1963
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New Highway U.S. 64 Path
Related by Highway Official
Municipal and county represen
tatives from eastern Wake Coun
ty met Monday afternoon, Febru
ary 11, with Cliff Benson, State
Highway Commission member and
vice chairman, in Raleigh to dis
cuss plans for U. S. Highway 64
from near Hephzibah Church to
Wakelon School.
Commissioner Benson assured
the local group, which included
County Commissioner Billy K.
Hopkins, Mayor T. E. Hales, Town
Manager W. B. Hopkins, Commis
sioner J. R. Alford, Town Attor
ney Ferd Davis, and Attorney F.
D. Finch, that the intersection of
U. S. Highway 64 with N. C. 96
would be located just north of
Wakelon School between Zebulon
and Wakefield.
The location of U. S. 64 between
Rosedale Manor and Wakelon
School will be in essence a straight
line drawn from the E. V. Rich
ardson place by the old Eli Scar
Hales Chapel Has
New Scout Troop
Boy Scout Troop 580 received
its charter Sunday in ceremonies
at Hales Chapel Baptist Church.
The charter was presented by
Humphrey Lee, professor at
Louisburg College and Occonee
chee Council official.
The troop, first for the commu
nity, was organized under the di
rection of the church’s pastor, the
Rev. Robert Lovell. Calvin Hales
was named scoutmaster.
The 15 boys from the ages of
11 to 14 meet each Tuesday night
at 7:30 o’clock at the church.
borough homeplace to just north of
the local school, Mr. Benson told
the Zebulon delegation.
“Present plans call for four
laning of a section of US 64 be
tween Rosedale Manor and Heph
zibah in addition to the new sec
tion,” the vice chairman said,
“with the new highway touching
the old highway in one or two
spots between Hephzibah and Zeb
ulon.”
The east Wake delegation ex
pressed appreciation to Mr. Ben
son for granting the conference
and for commitments made at the
conference.
Wakelon PTA
Meets Monday
Wakelon PTA will meet Mon
day night at 7:45.
A member of the North Caroli
na Safety Council will discuss pro
posed changes in the driving laws.
Also the beginning driver and
responsibility of parents will be
discussed.
On Wednesday, February 20, at
Rolesville School the Wake Coun
ty Council Study Course will be
held. A panel moderated by Miss
Ella Stephens Barrett, Guidance
Supervisor for the State Depart
ment of Public Instruction, and
composed of representatives of
different phases of industrial and
vocational education will discuss
“Dropouts as related to Curricu
lum and Vocational Education.”
Time will be allowed for questions
and discussion.
A large attendance from Wake
lon School is hoped for.
Mrs. Pattie Tunnell, First Florist
In Wendell, Dies Saturday Morning
Wendell’s first florist, Mrs. Pat
tie G. Tunnell, died Saturday
morning. Her death occurred at
Wendell-Zebulon Hospital where
she had been a patient for several
days, suffering from a respira
tory ailment.
Mrs. Tunnell, talented and
gifted, opened the town’s first
floral shop in 1929. Twenty-one
years later she decided to retire
from the business.
• She was born December 11,1878,
the daughter of John and' Lucretia
M. Freeman Griffin of the Poplar
Springs Community of Franklin
County. After her marriage to H.
Mrs. Pattie G. Tunaell
Franklin Tunnell in 1905, the cou
ple settled in Wendell in 1915.
Mrs. Tunnell was one of the most
active members of Wendell Bap
tist Church. She was a charter
member of the Philathea Sunday
School Class and was the teacher
of this class for many years. She
also belonged to the Emma Oldham
Missionary Society Circle.
She was a charter member of
the Mother’s Circle, and took an
active interest in the civic, reli
gious, and educational affairs of
her community.
Mrs. Tunnell is survived by her
husband; one daughter, Mrs
Thomas C. Bunn of Wendell; and
one son, Jack Tunnell of Hickory.
Another son, H. Franklin Tunnell,
Jr., died in 1939. There are two j
grandchildren and two great
grandchildren and several nieces
and nephews, and. two sisters, Mfs.
Petrona G. Dodd of Wendell and!
Mrs. Lily G. Miller of Raleigh.
A funeral service was held Mon
day at 3 p.m. from Wendell Bap
tist Church with the pastor, the
Rev. William H. Vinson, and a
former pastor, the Rev. Earle J.
Rogers of Madison, officiating.
The casket was covered with a
pall of white carnations, purple
orchids, purple tulle and purple
ribbon. Bill Pearce sang “Forgive”
and “Have Faith in God.” Jerry
Lovelace sang “Near to the Heart
of God.” Pallbearers were R. E.
Barham, Leo Britt, A. R. Ledford,
Everette Ledford, Jr., O. G. Spell
and Wayne Cook.
Burial was in Greenmount Cem
etery.
Ground Is Broken Wednesday
For Local Housing Development
GROUND BREAKING . . . Robert D. Massey, chairman of the1
Wake County Housing Authority is shown breaking the ground for the
low cost housing development begun here last week. With him are the
Rev. David Daniel, Zebulon Baptist Church pastor who pronounced the
benediction; P. D. Chamblee, Jr., Weaver Construction Co. representative;
Ed Hales, mayor; Melvin Massey, executive director of the Authority; and
J. T. Stover, P. H. A. inspector. James H. Parish of Wendell, vice chairman
of the Authority, was absent when the picture was made.
Zebulon Water Plant Bids
To Be Opened on March 12
Bids on the construction of Zeb
ulon’s $350,000 water plant will be
let March 12 at 3:30 p.m.
The water plant, the first of
two projects to be constructed—the
other is the Sewage disposal plant
—will be erected on a 25-acre site
on the East side of Little River ad
jacent to the present water pump
ing station.
The land for the site was pur
chased on December 30 for a sum
of $13,000. As soon as the two
projects are completed, land not
needed will be auctioned off to the
highest bidder.
Town Manager Willie B. Hop
kins estimated that approximately
five acres of the 25-acre site will
be needed on which to construct
the water plant.
The tobacco allotment acreage
had been rented for standing rent
to Wake Sheriff’s Deputy Graham
Bunn for a sum of $653.95. The
orn allotment will be put in the
soil bank and a revenue of ap
proximately $150 will be received.
Hopkins said the revenue from
the two rents will slightly over
pay the interest on the money bor
rowed for the purchase of the site
property.
Town Engineer John Edwards
and his assistant met with the
board at its last meeting when the
group set the date for the bid
opening.
The town will construct water
and sewer mains to the low cost
housing development for a cost of
approximately $12,000.
Store Closed
The doors of Flowers 5 and 10
Shore were closed January 19,
ending the life of the 41-year-old
business establishment.
The business was begun in 1921
by the late S. G. Flowers, Sr.
Hopkins said work on the two
projects for the development are
expected to start in August or
September.
Agreement to do this project
was made by the councilman be
fore the development project was
approved by the Wake County
Housing Authority.
Ground breaking ceremonies
took place Wednesday for the low
cost housing development to be
constructed here during 1963.
Robert D. Massey, chairman of
the Wake County Housing Author
ity, lifted the first spade of dirt,
signaling that construction of the
development is underway.
Also attending the ceremonies
were Melvin Massey, executive di
rector of the Authority; J. T. Sto
ver, Public Housing Administra
tion inspector; P. D. Chamblee,
Jr., representative of Weaver Con
struction Co. which will build the
projects in the four Wake County
towns, Mayor Ed Hales, and the
Rev. David Daniel, Zebulon Bap
tist Church minister.
James H. Parish of Wendell,
vice chairman of the Authority,
was not present for the ceremonies.
He and his wife were on a Carib
bean cruise.
The property for the white and
non-white projects here will cost
approximately $15,950. It was
purchased from Avon Privette, L.
E. Long and the Zebulon Five
County Fair.
Three acres were purchased for
the white development and four
acres for the non-white. The
white development is located on
the south side of East Horton
Street. The non-white develop
ment is opposite Devil Dog Manu
facturing Co.
Commissioners of the Authority
are J. E. Wooten of Wake Forest,
F. M. Taylor of Cary, and W. J.
Booth of Apex.
Quiet Weekend
Saturday night was “one of the
quietest in a long time,” accord
ing to night Policeman Windell
Perry. Not a single solitary soul
was apprehended. Perry attrib
uted this to the fact that it was
a rainy night.
Funeral Services Held Wednesday
At Lees Chapel for Archie L Lewis
Former Zebulon policeman, Ar
chie Leonard Lewis, died Sunday
about 11 o’clock in Wake Memorial
Hospital.
Lewis, 53, served the town as
policeman for two years. He also
at one time operated a farm on
Route 1, Zebulon, where the fam
ily resided.
He had been an invalid for more
than 10 years. Several of these
years Lewis spent in a rest home.
Lewis was the son of the late I
Charlie G. and Oma Lewis. He
was married to the former Lillian
Bunn, daughter of the late Sidney
and Aurelia Hagwood Bunn, on
April 8, 1935.
Surviving besides his wife are
two children, one son, A. Leonard,
Jr., of Knightdale; and one daugh
ter, Mrs. John P. Bullock of Kai
sersloutin, Germany; two brothers,
Franklin Lewis of Wendell, Roy
Lewis of Middlesex; two sisters,
Mrs. Bettie Driver of Middlesex,
and Mrs. Mamie Denton of Smith
field; and two grandchildren.
Funeral rites were held Wed
nesday afternoon from Lees Cha
pel Baptist Church of which he
was a member. Officiating were
the Rev. William Furr, pastor, and
the Rev. David Daniel, pastor of
Zebulon Baptist Church.
The casket was covered with a
pall of white gladioli and mums.
The choir sang, “Near to the Heart
of God” and “The Old Rugged
Cross.” Carl Pearce sang, “How
Great Thou Art.”
Pallbearers were W. B. Hopkins,
Cameron Long, Louis Driver,
Randall Long and Roy L. Moon.
Masonic rites were held at the
grave side. Burial was in the
church cemetery
Archie Leonard Lewis