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ZEBULON RECORD
VOLUME 38. NUMBER 31. ZEBULON. N. C.. AUGUST 1. 1963
Ex Town Bookkeeper
Hopkins to Enter Seminary
Kenneth Hopkins, for several
years the Town of Zebulon’s book
keeper-office manager, left Sun
day for Mill Valley, Calif., where
^he will enroll in Golden Gate Bap
tist Theological Seminary.
Hopkins has dedicated himself
to work for the Lord. He said
he felt the call in September, 1962.
“One day I seemed to hear the
call, a sort of inner voice,” he said
reverently.
At the seminary, which was
moved from Berkley, Calif., to
Mill Valley in 1959, Hopkins will
study music and education. He
will seek a degree in the field of
minister of music and Christian
education.
He has a well-planned back
ground in the field of church mu
sic already. He was the unpaid
minister of music for Hopkins
Chapel Baptist Church for six
year, planning the music for wor
ship services and other special oc
casions, and conducting the adult
choir and some youth choir work.
Golden Gate Seminary students
specialize in church music as well
as Christian education. It has a
student body of slightly more than
300.
Hopkins is a graduate of Wake
Ion High School and attended
Hardbarger Business College for
one year. He was bookkeeper for
the town of Zebulon for eight
years, administrative assistant for
the local National Guard unit for
1% years, junior clerk accountant
with Gulf Oil Company in Raleigh
for Wi years, and recently re
signed from the N. C. Prison De
partment after five years as ac
counting clerk HI.
The son of the late Lucy Pearce
and W. B. Hopkins, Sr., he is 33
years old and is married to the
former Sue Baker. The couple has
two daughters, Joan, 8Vz, and Alli
son, 2.
The family will live on the col
lege campus in accommodations
provided for married students.
After completing work at the
seminary, will he come back to
North Carolina?
The Hopkins community native
replied, “Wherever the Lord sees
fit, wherever the need is greatest.”
Hopkins, a rather retiring young
man with an amiable disposition
and pleasant personality, said the
family is looking forward to the
change.
“My wife has been very coop
erative, too, he said. “It will be
a great change, for all of us, but
she wants to do what I think is
right.”
He added, “I don’t mind leav
ing the community, my family,
and friends at all. I feel it’s a
part of the plan, that it is neces
sary that I go.”
Store Burglarized
The store of Bonnie S. Perry,
located on Route 3, Zebulon, was
burglarized sometime last Friday
night, according to investigating
officer, Sheriff’s Deputy S. J.
Blackley.
Perry estimated that there was
a loss of $361.20, Blackley said.
The merchandise stolen was beer.
Blackley said the thieves enter
ed the store after breaking a win
dow. Shatters of the glass and a
money box were fingerprinted by
finger print experts of the county.
The deputy said there were tire
marks visible where the get-away
car parked for the heist.
Investigation is still underway,
Deputy Blackley said.
Training School
Youth Caught
Sheriff’s Deputy S. J. Blackley
apprehended a Negro youth re
cently who had escaped from Mor
rison Training School. Bobby
Tillman, 15, was caught, but a
companion, George Munson, Jr.,
was not.
Deputy Blackley said the youth
“just walked away” from the
training school located near Hoff
man, N. C. He said Tillman was
picked up at his mother’s home
on Route 2, Zebulon.
Morrison Training School of
ficials came for the youth last
week.
Pfc Hocutt Now
Under ROTAPLAN
Army PFC Aaron H. Hocutt III,
whose parents live in Wendell, is
a member of the 2d Battalion of the
2d Division’s 9th Infantry, which was
airlifted to Germany from Fort
Benning, Ga., July 15, under the
ROTAPLAN troop rotation system.
ROTAPLAN is designed to ex
pedite the movement of troops be
tween the two continents. Under the
| system, units will be stationed in
Europe for six months and in the
U. S. for 18 to 36 months.
The 18-year-old soldier, a driver
in the battalion’s Headquarters Com
pany in Germany, entered the Army
in August 1962 and completed basic
training at Fort Gordon, Ga.
Minister's Widow Celebrates Her
Seventy-Fifth Birthday on July 26
Mrs. R. H. Herring was pleasantly
surprised on her 75th birthday, July
24. Hostesses for the occasion were
Mrs. Claude Dunn and Mrs. Fred
Beck.
Mrs. Herring is the former Nellie
Smith of Rutherfordton. She is the
widow of the late Rev. Mr. Herring,
who died in 1954. She is the mother
of one daughter, Mrs. Merle Sho
walter of Baltimore, and three step
children, Dr. Edward Herring of
Raleigh, Miss Annie Mildred Herring
of Massachusetts, and Robert Herring
of Florida. There are five grand
children.
Attending the party were long-time j
friends of the honoree, Mis. A. C.
Dawson, Mrs. M. T. Debnam, Mrs.
M. B. Chamblee, Mrs. John Kemp
and Mrs. Howard Massey.
The hostesses served cake, punch
and nuts to the honoree and guests.
Mrs. R. H. Herring
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Court News
The following cases were dis
posed of in Zebulon’s Court last
Wednesday. Judge I. D. Gill pre
sided.
Josh Lucas, driving in a drunk
en condition, $10 fine and costs.
Robert Len Perry, drunk, $10
fine and costs.
Roy Ricks, speeding, $15 fine
and costs.
Preston Davis Perry, driving
without a valid operator’s license,
$25 fine and costs.
Douglas M. Hinton, failure to
obey stop signal, $10 fine and
costs.
Joe H. Cooley, failure to obey
stop signal, $10 fine and costs.
Ervin N. Batchelor, public
drunkenness $10 fine and costs.
Robert S. Crews, appearing in
a drunken condition, $10 fine and
costs.
John Thomas Prichard, driving
on wrong side of highway, $15 fine
and costs.
Ercell Richardson, bad check,
$10 fine and costs and make check
good.
Steve Bryant Bunn, improper
brakes and lights, $25 fine and
costs.
E. T. Lewis, assault on Willard
Denton by striking him with his
fists without any cause, 30 days on
roads.
Calvin Barham and Miriam
Pearce, cohabitating, each found
not guilty.
Kevin Price, trespassing on the
property of Mrs. S. G. Rogers and
did break the door to her home
open and did go into her house,
two years on roads. Notice of
appeal given and bond set at $500.
Wesley Baker, trespassing, using
Negro Farmers
Tour Seed Farms
Twenty adult fanners from
Shepard School community visited
McNair Seed Farms, Inc., in Scot
land and Roberson counties the
early part of July. The group
along with farmers from Wayne,
Johnston, Harnett and Wake
counties visited test plots of new
and old varieties of tobacco, corn,
the dehydrating plant and Rex
cotton while in the area as well
as the test plot beef cattle farm.
They also viewed the plow used
for deep cultivation which turns
land 18 to 24 inches in depth. The
beef cattle demonstration showed
four groups of cattle being fed
different rations along with the
pasture to find out the cheapest
rations to put on a pound of fat.
They spent 20 minutes in the
test plot for corn while the pro
cess of corn breeding was explain
ed. Several of the varieties seen
may be bn die market within the
next five years.
At the dehydrating plant Coastal
Bermuda grass was cut and
chopped up in the field and dehy
drated, put into pellets, and stored
under gas for thirty minutes.
These pellet forms are sold to
large feed companies, mixed with
other ingredients and put on the
market for sale.
Several of the Shepard com
munity farmers participated in a
panel discussion of new tobacco
varieties.
Sixty-four farmers from four
counties made the tour, arranged
by E. T. Revell, Shepard agricul
ture instructor; M. B. Albright,
Richard B. Harrison School in
structor; and L. M. Burton, Berry
O'Kelly School instructor.
Rev. Daniel Tenders
Resignation Sunday
Rev. David Daniel
. . . resigns
profanity, and threats, found not
guilty.
James (Guss) Haley, assaulting
Early Lee Boone with a shotgun,
prayer for judgment. Bond set
at $200.
Early Lee Boone, prayer for
judgment, bond set at $200.
Sam Green, allowing his motor
vehicle to be operated by a non
licensed driver, four months on
roads suspended on payment of
$50 fine and costs.
Melza Carpenter, obtaining
monetary advances from St. Z.
Corbett, four months on roads.
Two Cars Are
Involved in Wreck
Near Dairy Queen
Night Policeman Windel Perry
investigated an accident Saturday
night about 8 o’clock near the Dai
ry Queen.
James Richardson, Route 4, Zeb
ulon Negro, was charged with
failing to yield the right of way
when he collided with a car driven
by Warren Bascoe Lewis of Mid
dlesex.
Perry said Richardson was en
tering Highway 264 by making a
left turn when he collided with ]
Lewis who was making a left turn i
into North Street. ]
Damages to Richardson’s 1954 i
Ford were listed at approximately
$25. Lewis, who was driving a
1963 Studebaker, had damages es
timated at approximately $125.
Both men’s ages were 19.
Congregation Stunned
The congregation of Zebulon
Baptist Church received a shock
at the Sunday morning worship
service, July 28, when the
church’s pastor announced his re
signation.
The Rev. David Daniel stated
his resignation will become effec
tive September 1. On September
2 he joins the faculty of Louisburg
College, teaching in the depart
ments of religion and sociology.
“My decision is not made with
out a great deal of personal an
guish,” the minister said. “We
have made many friends here, and
you have been more than gracious
to us but I pray that you will
understand that we feel the Lord
has led us in this direction.”
At the Methodist College, lo
cated in the county seat of Frank
lin County and only 22 miles from
Zebulon, the Rev. Mr. Daniel will
teach two classes of New Testa
ment and two classes of sociology,
he said.
He will have other duties at the
college. He indicated that he will
be working mainly with young
people of college level “who need
to have a positive influence to
ward religion.”
The Rev. Mr. Daniel accepted
the pastorate of Zebulon Baptist
Church in July, 1961. He is mar
ried and the father of one child,
a son.
Hospital Notes
The following were patients at
Wendell-Zebulon Hospital Wed
nesday morning.
White
Deborah Slater, Rose Holland,
Ruby Gay, Mollie Wilson, Flon
nie Parker, Joyce Thomas, Mary
Clark, Mary Johnson, Rella Bry
ant, Larry Morgan, Charles Mc
Lendon, Ronald C. Ellis, and Mary
Brice Mitchell.
Colored
Watson Hill, Robert Allen and
James Gamble.
White Birth
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Franklin
Holt of Route 1, Wendell, announce
the birth of a daughter, July 25.
Mrs. Holt is the former Geraldine
Crawford.
Mr. and Mrs. John William Sla
ter of Zebulon announce the birth
of a son July 29. Mrs. Slater is
the former Deborah Faye Batche
lor.
Rota nans, Wives Make a Tour
Wake Industrial Education Center
Some twenty Zebulon Rotarians
and guests journeyed to McCul
lera last Friday night after a sup
per meeting at the local Woman’s
Club, and toured the new Wake
County Industrial Education Cen
ter, named for the late W. W.
Holding, Jr., longtime member of
the County Board of Commission
ers.
The Rotary group was escorted
about the center by Dr. Kenneth
Wold, director of the center, who
gave an informal talk about the
purpose of the institute in the cen
ter’s auditorium. The local group,
first civic group to tour the instal
lation which will open next month,
spent about two hours looking over
classrooms, offices, shops, and lab
oratories. 'J
The center, located on U. S.
Highway 401 about ten miles south
of Raleigh, is presently under the '■
supervision of the Wake County
Board of Education.
Prior to the visit of the Rotary
group to the center, President Sid
ney Ed dins announced that L. R.
Harrill, District 771 Rotary Gover
nor from Raleigh, will make his
official visit to the Zebulon Club
on Friday night, September 0.
Friday night, August 2, Jyles J.
Coggins, member of the North 1
Carolina legislature from Wake
County, will be the local Rotary
speaker.