MANN FILM LABOFATOHIE< 740 CHATHAM RD WINSTON-SALEM, N C 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 \ 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.

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