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VOLUME 38. NUMBER 15. ZEBULON. N. C.. APRIL 11. 1963
NO MORE R. B. WHITLEY & SON
Finn Makes Name Change
After 82 Years of Operation
After 82 years of serving the
surrounding communities with ex
cellent service, R. B. Whitley and
Son in Wendell has changed
ownership and name.
The business establishment was
bought by June Gill Perry a year
ago. He became associated with
the firm in 1960, and later in the
same year became an officer in
the firm.
Perry, 28, was born in the Pearce
community in Franklin County.
He is the son of Mrs. Jarvis W.
Perry of Route 3, Zebulon, and
the late Mr. Perry.
After graduating from Bunn
High School, he took a mechanized
agriculture degree in 1958 from
N. C. State College. He served as
principal of Harris Elementary
School in Franklin County for two
years following his college gradua
tion.
He is a member of the Youngs
ville National Guard unit and
carries a lieutenant’s rating. His
initial military duty was six
months at Fort Jackson. He is
also a graduate of the Officers
Sunrise Service
Scheduled Sunday
Four churches, Zebulon Baptist,
Zebulon Methodist, Wakefield
Baptist and Union Chapel, will
join in a sunrise service at the
city cemetery Sunday morning,
April 14, at 5:30.
The Rev. Robert Ward, Union
Chapel pastor, will deliver the
meditation, entitled “A Matter of
Life or Death.” The Wakelon
High School band will also be
featured on the service.
Candidate School at the N. C.
Military Academy at Fort Bragg.
The business was begun in 1881
by the late R. B. Whitley. It con
tinued to operate under the super
vision of his son, Philip R. Whitley,
after his death. It was chartered
and incorporated in 1943.
Perry is president of the firm.
R. M. (Mac) Creech, who has been
with the firm 37 years, holds the j
title of vice president. He was j
trained under the founder and ]
served as manager of the store j
before Mr. R. B.’s death in 1945. i
Besides Perry and Creech, the!
store has a personnel of Mrs. j
Merle Richardson, secretary-book
keeper; J. Ray Noweil, a clerk of
18 years; Clifton Croom, fuel de
livery driver; Talmadge Whitley,
heating oil distributor; Everette
Perry and Cary Winston, ware
housemen.
The firm carries a general line
of hardware building supplies,
Esso products, feed, seed, tele
vision sets, washers, refrigerators
and freezers. It has maintenance
men who are able to install and
service all types of oil tobacco
curers.
Perry is married to the former
Patsy King. They were wed De
cember 15, 1956, and are the par
ents of twin sons, Barry and Larry,
ages two and a half. Mrs. Perry
is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
W. O. King of Route 4, Zebulon.
Perry is a Mason, with member
ship in White Stone Lodge No.
155, a member of Pearce Baptist
Church, president of the Wendell i
Chamber of Commerce, and a!
member of the Wendell Rotary
Club.
Hobbies he would like to pursue
would be reading and swimming.
The firm is located on the
corners of Third and Pine Streets.
Perry and his family reside on the
corner of Third and Griffin Streets.
Board of Education Unanimous
In Request for 4-School Vote
The Wake County Board of Ed- I
ucation, meeting in Raleigh Mon- j
day afternoon, voted unanimously j
to request the Wake County mem- '
bers of the General Assembly to!
introduce a bill giving residents j
of the Rolesville, Knightdale,
Wendell, and Wakelon communi
ties the right to vote on their in- j
elusion in a proposed consolidated j
high school at Martin Center. j
The board agreed to be bound ;
by the vote, and will include in j
the consolidation only those dis
tricts which by majority vote ask
to be included.
The unanimous action of the
board followed by one week a 3-1
favorable vote on essentially the
same question, and came after a
plea from a group headed by Jim
my Buchanan of Wendell that no
vote be held in Wendell, Knight
dale, or Rolesville.
Buchanan requested that the
money which would be spent for
the election in those three commu
Choral Work to Be
Aired over WETC
“The Passion of Christ,” a sacred
choral work by an Englishman
which was performed for the first
time in North Carolina Sunday ev
ening, March 30, by the Zebulon
Baptist Church choir and University
of North Carolina music depart
ment members will be played over
Radio Station WETC Sunday af
ternoon at 1:30 o'clock. The choir
was accompanied by Mrs. Susan
Horton, organist, and the Univer
sity String Quartet. Charles Hor
ton conducted.
First Husband and Wife Team Made
Worthy Patron and Matron of 0E5
The first husband and wife team
to serve as Worthy Patron and
Worthy Matron of the Wakefield
Zebulon Order of the Eastern Star
were installed Saturday night,
March 30.
Mr. and Mrs. Willie Bullock
were installed in public
installation ceremonies in the Ma
sonic Temple here. Mrs. Geneva
Wilder was the installing officer.
Mrs. Bullock succeeds Mrs. Bar
bara Finch and Mr. Bullock sue- j
Dixie Bollock
ceeds Spencer Tant in the organ
ization’s highest offices.
Mrs. Finch opened the cere
monies with a welcome to the
friends, visitors and introduced the
officers. The slate of officers are
Eva Richards, Associate Matron;
Albert Pulley, Associate Patron;
Pauline Tant, treasurer; Mary
Bunn, secretary; Mozelle Flood,
Conductress; Jean Richardson,
Associate Conductress;
Spencer Tant, Chaplain; Vera
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Wfliie Bullock
Rhodes, Marshall; Elizabeth
Murray, organist; Verina Simpson,
Ada; Lala Pulley, Ruth; Virginia
Eddins, Esther; Repsie Pearce,
Martha; Rella Privette, Electa;
Aldonia Pate, Warder; and Ralph
Bunn, Sentinel.
Mrs. Privette has served each of
the stations twice. She is the
only person in the history of the
organization who has accomplish
ed this feat.
The Past Matron’s jewel was
presented to Mrs. Finch by her
sister, Mrs. Melrose Ferrell. The
jewel was pinned on by Elmo
Finch, her husband. Tant was pre
sented a gift from the chapter.
This was presented to him by his
wife, Mrs. Pauline Tant.
Phyllis Parrish was soloist for
the ceremony. She sang, “Bless
This House.”
The dedicatory prayer was given
by the Rev. David Daniel, pastor
of Zebulon Baptist Church.
The new matron was presented
a basket of red carnations, her
flower for the year.
Other installing officers were
Christine Hopkins, marshal; Le
land Simpson, chaplain; and Inez
McNabb, organist.
At the conclusion of the cere
mony, Mrs. Bullock was presented
a white gavel. This gift was from
her family and presented to her
by her daughter, Gloria.
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nities be turned over instead to
individuals to help pay for the
school site already bought by the
county board of education at a
lower price than that originally
asked by the property owners.
Included in the group visiting
the board meeting were C. V.
Whitley of Zebulon, former board
chairman, J. T. Knott, Jr., of
Knightdale, B. A. Weathers, Buch
anan, and Mr. and Mrs. Billy Am
mons of Wendell, and H. E. Perry
of Rolesville. „
In other action Monday the
board approved reelection of J.
C. Hawkins as Wakelon principal;
Garland L. Crews, Shepard; Rich
ard Barfield, Riley Hill; Coyte
Lanier, Rolesville; Ronald Berry,
Wendell; James Speed, Carver;
James Hudson, Knightdale.
Pepsi Party Is Planned
For Beauty Contestants
By Bill Quick
The Zebulon Jaycees are spon
soring a “Pepsi-Party” for pros
pective contestants in the Miss
Zebulon Pageant on Saturday af
ternoon at 4 p.m. The party is
set for the Lions Club Building on
Lee Street in Zebulon.
All girls, who will be 18 by
September 1, 1963, and who may
be interested in finding out details
regarding the pageant, are invited
to participate. Notices of the get
together and invitations have been
mailed to around 70 girls in the
Wendell-Zebulon area but pageant
director, Douglas Perry, urges
that all girls who may have an in
terest, whether they received an
invitation or not, should plan to
attend.
The Miss Zebulon Pageant is set
for the Wakelon High School Au
ditorium for May 17, 1963. The
second annual pageant is expected
to draw a large field of vying beau
ties who seek the title now held
by Miss Jacqueline Mitchell, a
Wake Forest College senior. Al
ready a large number of inquiries
have been received.
All of the pageant committee
chairmen and their wives are also
invited to the informal get-togeth
er on Saturday, Perry said. Ques
tions regarding applying as a con
testant, talent, dress etc. will be
answered, he stated, at the April
13 party.
The pageant a year ago, drew a
field of ten contestants with Miss
Mitchell emerging the winner. The
present Miss Zebulon did a modern
jazz and tap routine for her tal
ent. The first runner-up was Miss
Priscilla Bercik, a Pfeiffer Col
lege freshman, who presented a
dramatic reading of a portion of
Peter Marshall’s “Keeper of the
Springs.” The second runner-up,
Miss Elaine Doyle, portrayed Joan
of Arc in a dramatic monologue.
The winner of the Miss Zebu
Ion title will represent the town in
a gala, week-long festival in July
when Miss North Carolina will be
selected.
Methodist Revival
Begins on Sunday
The annual revival of the Zebu
Ion Methodist Church will begin
on Sunday night, April 14, at 7:45
p.m. Visiting speaker for the week
of special evangelistic services will
be the Rev. Dr. Joyce V. Early,
pastor of the First Methodist
Church in Rockingham. Dr. Ear
ly, one of the outstanding preach
ers in North Carolina Methodism,
will preach each night during the
week.
Special singing each night of
favorite hymns will be led by the
minister, the Rev. Bill Quick. Mu
sic will be provided by the Chan
cel Choir of the Church each night.
On Tuesday night, the Wood wine
Choir of Wakelon School will pro
vide special music and on Wednes
day night the Wakelon High School
Chorus will sing.
Dr. Early has served some of the
larger churches in N. C. Method
ism and prior to his Rockingham
appointment was pastor at Grace
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Wake County Commissioners
Ask Library Tax Referendum
ine wake County Board of
Commissioners voted Monday to
hold a county-wide referendum on
the issue of establishing a flve
cent special tax for support of
the Olivia Rainey Library system.
The referendum must be approv
ed by the State Legislature.
The motion came after a letter
from the City of Raleigh was re
ceived by the County Commis
sioners which warned that unless
Wake County takes over complete
support of the library, bookmobile
and other support for the county
outside Raleigh will be discon
tinued.
Two commissioners, James Judd
of Fuquay and Billy K. Hopkins of
Zebulon, voted against asking for
the referendum. Commissioner
Judd said the election is not neces
sary, noting that Raleigh pres
ently receives $146,500 from the
County ABC operation and that
combining this with the $83,500
now appropriated by the commis
sioners for the library would pro
vide all the money the library
needs.
William W. Holding III, com
missioner from Wake Forest, said
approval of a special library tax
will mean a 2<? increase in the
County tax rate. At present two
cents of the county tax assessment
goes for operation of the Olivia
Rainey Library, and additional
money would be required to re
place that presently provided by
the City of Raleigh.
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