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SEBULON RECORD
VOLUME 38. NUMBER 23. ZEBULON. N. C.. JUNE 6. 1963
Long Distance Charges
May Be Eliminated
From Zebulon to Raleigh
Telephone calls to Knightdale and
Raleigh from Zebulon and Wendell
may soon be placed without a long
distance charge. Public approval is
all that is needed for the Southern
Bell Telephone Company to apply to
the North Carolina Utilities Commis
sion for permission to remove long
distance charges between Raleigh
Knightdale and Zebulon-Wendell.
Zebulon city officials have been ne
gotiating with Southern Bell Tele
phone Company to provide this new
service for telephone users in the
Zebulon area.
To determine sentiment in the com
munity, Southern Bell will mail soon
a letter to all Zebulon telephone sub
scribers giving them an opportunity
to vote for or against this new service.
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Trophies Awarded
Devil Dog Bowlers
Two members of the Devil Dog
Manufacturing Co. bowling team
were the recipients of trophies Sun
day night, May 25. The awards were
presented at a banquet held at the
Red Wolf Restaurant in Raleigh.
Mrs. Minda Finch received a
trophy for the highest individual
game in the women’s division. Her
score was 194, with no handicap.
Hilliard Morgan received two tro
phies, one for the highest game with
handicap and one for the player who
has shown the most improvement dur
ing the season.
The awards were presented by
Wynn Lassater, president of the lea
gue. There are eight teams in the
surrounding area in the league.
The Devil Dog team is composed of
Mrs. Finch, Morgan, Mrs. Barbara
Morgan, Mrs. Ruth Hagwood and
Robert Jones.
New Employee
Grady R. Creech has been em
ployed by Carolina Power & Light
Company as a trainee in line opera
tions at Zebulon. He is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Clem Creech, Jr. of
Route 4, Zebulon.
Zebulon officials and civic groups
also plan to mail letters to each tele
phone user urging a full vote. The
letter from civic and municipal offi
cials will point out the many advan
tages that may be gained by having
toll-free service to more than 64,000
telephones in the Raleigh and Knight
dale exchanges.
The telephone company reports it
has made an extensive study concern
ing toll-free service between Raleigh
and Zebulon.
City officials emphasize the fact
that every telephone subscriber should
vote and return the ballot card to
Southern Bell. This is necessary be
cause Southern Bell has stated that
unless a majority of telephone users
express their thoughts on this matter,
toll-free service to Raleigh may not
be provided from Zebulon.
If approval is shown by Zebulon
Wendell telephone subscribers, tele
phone company spokesmen state it
will require about 18 months to pro
vide the necessary equipment for the
new service.
rne letters containing uie votin'.’
card will be mailed by Southern Bell
on June 17. Every telephone subscrib
er is urged to fill out his card and
return it to Southern Bell immediate
ly
Toll-free service to Raleigh will
cause a slight increase in service to
Zebulon subscribers. The new rates,
which do not include charges for mile
age, extension telephones, or other
miscellaneous services, are:
Residence: individual line, $5.95;
2-party line, $5.20; 4-party line,
$4.45; 8-party line, $4.45.
Business: individual line, $12.75;
2-party line, $11.25; 4-party line,
$10.25; 8-party line, $8.45.
Class Reunion
Wakelon High School graduating
class of 1952 is holding a reunion Sat
urday, June 8. Members of the class
attending will meet in the auditorium
at 3 p.m. Following the assemblage
there, they will move to the communi
ty park for a wiener roast at 5 p.m.
Members who plan to attend the
first meeting of the class in 10 years
are asked to contact Elton Chamblee
or Lawrence Liles.
Wendell Native Named Head
Of State College Fishery Unit
Dr. F. Eugene Hester II
North Carolina State of the University
of North Carolina at Raleigh, accord*
ing to a recent announcement made
by Regional Director Walter A. Gresh,
Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wild
life, Region 4.
Prior to his coming to work with
the Department of the Interior, Dr.
Hester was assistant professor of Zool
ogy. at North Carolina State College
for ZVz years.
As Unit leader, Dr. Hester Will re
main a member of the Zoology faculty
where he recently has been promoted
to the rank of associate professor.
Dr. Hester is a native of Wendell,
and attended Wake Forest College.
He obtained his BS and MS degrees
at North Carolina State College and
his Ph.D. degree at Auburn Universi
ty, Auburn, Alabama.
He is married to the former Kather
ine Sherron of Wendell and they have
two sons. He and his family reside at
521 North wood Drive, Raleigh.
His sister, Mrs. Sidney Eddins, lives
in Zebulon.
Miss Delores J. Joseph, who teaches
foreign languages at Central High
School in High Point, will pack her
warm weather clothes for a trip to
Guatemala City, Guatemala, where
she will participate in the National
Defense Education Act Summer Span
ish Institute from June 21 to August
9. Last year she completed the first
year NDEA Summer Institute with
a final ranking within the upper third
of the group. The 1962 Institute
was held at the University of Ten
nessee in Knoxville. Miss Joseph is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. N.
Joseph of Wendell.
35 Corinth Seniors
Receive Diplomas
Thirty-five Corintli-Holders seniors
were presented diplomas in gradua
tion ceremonies Monday night. The
diplomas were presented by the prin
cipal, H. C. Bowers.
A. R. Burkot, dean of Campbell
College, was the featured speaker for
the evening.
Receiving diplomas were: Donnie
Ray Bailey, Richard Wilfred Beliveau,
Linda Pearce Bishop, Billy Wallace
Boyette, Larry Winston Brown, Paul
ette Lynch Brown, Janice Fay Capps,
Edith Clara Carroll, Avery Vemon
Congleton,
Carolyn Sue Corbett,-Beverly Rose
Creech, Carol Gray Doan, Yvonne
Glover, Edith Gail Godwin, Jesse Lee
Hamilton, Virginia Louise Harris,
Judy Narron Hawley, Linda Joyce
Hinton, Cary Allen Hocutt, Martha
Jean Hocutt, Martha Jeannette Ho
cutt,
Sally Ruth Hocutt, Blanche Carol
Horton, Nellie Rose Johnson, Carolyn
Annette Martin, Daniel Yates Mur
phrey, Linda Anne Narron, Peggy
i Louise Narron, Katherine Delories
Smith, Vonnell Taylor, Peggy Ruth
Turner, Bobby Wilton Wall, Delma
Ellen Whitley, Daphne Eva Wilson
and Betty Jean Wood.
The salutatory was given by Carol
Doan and the valedictory by Edith
Carroll. The Rev.'C. W. Driver pro
nounced the invocation.
Voter Registration
Required for School
Consolidation Ballot
On Saturday, June 29, voters will decide whether each of the four
school districts shall be included in a proposed consolidation of high schools
of Wakelon, Wendell, Knightdale and Rolesville areas. In order to be
eligible to vote on the consolidation issue Wakelon School patrons and other
voters of the four school districts must register anew.
Registration books were opened
June 1 and will be open until June
15. Challenge day will be held on
June 22.
The referendum was called for in ,
a bill passed by the General Assembly.
The legislation provides that the
vote in each district shall determine
whether that district wishes to become
a part of the new consolidated school,
and that at least three of the districts
m\ist favor consolidation for the new
district to be formed.
Only qualified voters will be al
lowed to vote.
Voters must vote in the district in
which they reside, regardless of where
their children attend school. If a
majority of the persons voting in any
of the four districts vote in favor of
excluding their district from the con- i
solidation, then that district will not
be included in the consolidation.
If less than three of the four dis
tricts approve inclusion of the re
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then the Board of Education will not
be requited to proceed with constru
tion of the new school.
The Board already has purchased
a site for the proposed new school
at Martin Center and has employed
an architect to draw up plans.
The Wake County Board of Educa
tion named the following registrars
and judges for the election:
Wakelon: Mrs. Evelyn Creech,
registrar; the Rev. William Quick and
David Daniel, judges.
Wendell: Mrs. Margaret Todd,
registrar; Marsh Knott and William
J. Ammons, judges.
Knightdale: Mrs. L. E. Flowers,
registrar; J. T. Knott, Jr. and Paul
C. Newton, Jr., judges.
Rolesville: Mrs. Coley Barham,
registrar; G. Harold Wall and L. F.
Weathers, judges.
Bethany Revival
The Rev. L. D. Gourley, pastor of
the First Baptist Church of Dover,
Fla., will be the guest minister at the
revival beginning at Bethany Baptist
Church Monday, June 10, and con
tinuing through Sunday, June 16.
Bethany is located on Route 2,
Wendell.
There will be special music nightly
and the public is invited, according to
the pastor, the Rev. Joe Zimmerman.
All-Star Softball
Came Scheduled
Sunday Afternoon
An AH Star game between the
teams of the Eastern and Western
Wake County League will be held
Sunday, June 9, it has been announced
by Keith Temple. The game will
be played on the Hopkins Crossroads
diamond.
The Eastern teams are Wake
Forest, Shotwell, Hopkins and Zebu
Ion. Cary, Raleigh, Chestnut Hills
and Goldston compose the Western
division.
Temple will represent Zebulon in
the All Star game. Ellis King, Tony
Strickland and Edward Bunn will
represent rne nopKins ream.
Temple is the leading batter in
the league with an average of .650.
Others leading the list are Aubrey
Williams, .480; Brantley Carter, .429;
and Rupert May, .375.
Indications are that this should be
one of the better games of the season,
according to league offiicials.
Guard Unit Packs
National Cuardsmen of Zebulon's
Battery A spent Monday night loading
equipment for the long motor move
ment to Ft. Benning, Ga. The missile
unit will leave Zebulon at 6 a.m. to
morrow morning for the two-day trip
to summer camp.
Under the supervision of Capt. Jack
Tippett, commanding officer, and First
Sergeant Sidney Holmes, the Guards
men worked on past normal quitting
time to insure everything is in top
condition for the 17-day field training
period.
Units from Louisburg and Youngs
ville will join the Zebulon battery for
the trip. Friday night will be spent in
Johnson City, S. C., and the Guards
men will arrive at Ft. Benning Satur
day evening.
POTTER PATTER
She'll Vote for Opportunity
By Eloise Potter
Following publication of my col
umn last week someone whose opin
ions I generally respect said to me,
"You’ve been taken in by Fred
Smith’s slick talk. You don’t know
what he really wants to do. He wants
to ruin Zebulon.”
Now I don't intend to get
this newspaper involved in a libel suit
over Mr. Smith’s intentions. However,
I am aware that the superintendent
of the Wake County Schools has
certain faults. Mr. Smith is not
omniscient, and he—like all mortals—
is indeed fallible. I have told Mr.
Smith to his face that I think the
consolidation movement in eastern
Wake County was poorly organized,
particularly in Zebulon.
Furthermore, I think it was an in
sult to the intelligence of people in
Zebulon when members of the county
board of education pretended to con
sider the Pattie Lee property as a
site for the proposed high school
after deeds had already been signed
for the purchase of land on which
Mr. Buchanan held an option. Board
members were well aware that some
people in Zebulon vehemently op
posed consolidation, yet they de
liberately gave opponents a new cause
for complaint. They put those of us
in Zebulon who favor consolidation
in a decidedly awkward position.
But this I swear to ' ok: Neither my
personal opinion of Fred Smith nor
my personal opinion of any other in
dividual who either actively supports
or opposes consolidation has in
fluenced my decision to vote for con
solidation. If Fred Smith, Foster
Finch, Vaiden Whitley, Ed Hades,
and Ferd Davis were all to suddenly
vanish from the face of the earth, the
citizens of eastern Wake County
would still have to face the problem
of several small high schools strug
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