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VOLUME 38, NUMBER 32. ZEBULON. N. C.. AUGUST 8. 1063
Wakelon Faculty to Include
Speech Teacher in 1963-64
Wakelon School will have a
speech therapist for the first time
in four years, Principal J. C. Haw
kins announced this week.
Mrs. Ann Fisher has been em
ployed as speech correction teach
er for the coming school year. She
will work in conjunction with
Wendell School.
Mrs. Fisher is a graduate of Ap
palachian College in Boone. She
holds a bachelor of science degree
in speech and elementary educa
tion. Prior to coming to Wakelon
she taught for two years in the
North Carolina School for the
Deaf in Morganton.
Principal Hawkins said there
is a great need for speech correc
tion, especially in the lower
grades.
Miss Rebekah Talbert was the
school’s last speech teacher. She
resigned to accept employment in
the Winston-Salem school system.
Mrs. Frances Massey will be in
charge of the public school music,
Principal Hawkins said. Mrs.
Massey taught seventh grade in the
local system last year. She suc
ceeds Mrs. Bob Pugh, who resign
ed because of impending mother
hood.
Principal Hawkins said the
school’s enrollment is expected to
be smaller than last year, unless
there is a large registration of pu
pils who have not been attending
Wakelon previously.
The % principal announced the
faculty for the coming school year
this week. They are:
Private Norman G. Dean III, son
of Sgt. and Mrs. Norman G. Dean
of Route 4, Zebulon, has been as
signed to Company A, 1 Battalion,
1 Training Regiment, of the U. S.
Army Training Center, Infantry,
at Fort Jackson, S. C.
Lois Wall, Eva Page, Arlene
Hawkins, Selma Alford, Sadie
Braswell, Angelene Raper, Judith
Boyd, Margaret Ann Strickland,
Elizabeth Ellett, Edna Longest,
Marjorie Richardson, Helen Greg
ory, Elizabeth Todd,
Coressa Chamblee, Lucy Cone,
Mildred Mullen, Alma Lou Pierce,
Edythe Tippett, Dorothy Blackley,
Mary Lacy Palmer, Doris Privette,
Mary P. Seago, Bessie Smith,
Carol Stanley, Roscoe Spellman,
Maurice Chapman, Laura Blanche
Gay, Jose L. Rey Barreau, C. V.
Tart, Madyline Pippin, Jimmy
Burns and Flossie LeMay.
Two vacancies have not been
filled. These are high school sci
ence and a grammar grade teacher.
Principal Hawkins said he has
hopes of filling these vacancies this
week.
Wakelon School begins its school
year August 30.
Seven Firemen
Complete Course
Seven members of Zebulon’s
volunteer fire department com
pleted a 12-hour course of instruc
tion in the latest techniques in
fire fighting practices Thursday,
August 1.
The school was conducted by
personnel of the Fire and Rescue
Division of the State Department
of Insurance and Raleigh Fire
Department officials. Subjects
taught in the six different class
groups included practical demon
strations and student participa
tion in everything from rope knot
tying to extinguishing large house
fires.
The fire rescue class became pro
ficient in various methods of res
cuing persons from burning mul
ti-storied buildings. The officers
class included training in direct
ing fire fighting operations in
special situations involving lique
fied petroleum and gasoline tank
ers.
Almost all Wake County munic
ipal and rural fire departments
were represented at the school. It
was sponsored by the Wake Coun
ty Firemen’s Association and plans
are already underway to make it
an annual affair.
Attending the school from the
local fire department were Willie
B. Hopkins, James Richardson,
Bruce Creekmore, Bobby Ray Lee,
Wilson Stallings, Earl Medlin and
Wilbert Morgan.
Three Wakelon Bandsmen
Cited for Outstanding Work
Three Wakelon band members
were among 32 students of the
10th Annual Summer Music Camp
at East Carolina College who won
awards. The presentations were
made Saturday.
The awards ceremony followed
a concert featuring four bands, an
orchestra and choral groups. Sat
urday’s finale was presented in
ECC’s brand new portable stage,
an all-aluminum facility rigged
for the show in the campus mall
area.
Joan Kay Baker came home with
a majorette award, and Vickie
Tart and Linda Green took the
camper awards.
Attending the camp from Zebu
Ion were Andrew Fagan Canna
dy, Robert Lynwood Johnson,
Rodney C. McNabb, Ben David
Thomas, Joan Kay Baker, Cher
rie L. Bowling, Cheryl Lynn Gay,
Linda Margaret Green, Catherine
Jane Hinton, Debby Massey, Con
nie Perry and Vicki Jon Wood.
The students experienced an in
tensive program in two areas
chosen from band, orchestra, choir,
piano, art, creative dancing and
majorette and drug major tech
niques. The staff for the camp,
sponsored by ECC’s School of Mu
sic, included 63 instructors. It was
the largest registration in the his
tory of the two-week camp.
SEMINARIAN
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Kenneth Hopkins, for several
years the Town of Zebulon’s book
keeper-office manager, will enroll
in Golden Gate Baptist Theologi
cal Seminary in September. He
will seek a degree in music and
Christian education. Hopkins is
married to the former Sue Baker
and is the father of two children,
Joan, 8%, and Allison, 2. He is
the son of the late Mr. and Mrs.
W. B. Hopkins, Sr.
Legislator Relates
Events Occurring
During First Term
The North Carolina Legislature
does not show enough interest in
agriculture, Wake County Repre
sentative Jyles J. Coggins told
members of the Zebulon Rotary
Club last Friday night. He in
dicated farmers will do well to
encourage more interest in North
Carolina’s top industry.
The unassuming Raleigh con
tractor was introduced by Program
Chairman Ferd Davis. His talk
was the third in a series on state
and local government.
Mr. Coggins used his time to
describe various bills considered
by the General Assembly during
its last session. There were 2,101
bills and resolutions introduced,
including 31 local bills introduced
by Wake County members.
His present office is the first
elective position ever held by Rep
resentative Coggins.
Relating principles which guide
ed him during his service in the
Legislature, Mr. Coggins said, “I
had rather serve one time doing
what I thought was right than
serve 15 terms doing what was
not the will of the people.”
He said he decided before seek
ing public office to be impartial
in hearing the people who came to
talk to him. “I kept in mind, re
gardless of who was speaking,
there was another side of the
question.”
The “communism speaker” bill,
which prohibits professed commu
nists from speaking at state insti
tutions, has attracted considerable
attention from newspapers and ed
ucators across the state. The
measure was passed in the closing
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Registration
Pupils who have not attended
Wakelon School previously are re
quested to register for the coming
school year, Principal J. C. Haw
kins announced this week. Regis
tration will be held August 16
from 9 to 12 a.m. and 1 to 3 p.m.
in the school office.
Consolidated School
Will Be Named
For Vaiden Whitley
A prominent Zebulon civic lead
er will have an eastern Wake
County school named for him.
Colon Vaiden Whitley. 72-year-old
semi-retired business man, re
ceived the honor Monday when
the Wake County Board of Edu
cation agreed to name for him the
comprehensive high school which
is now in the planning stage
Whitley said he finds the honor
“quite rewarding.” He added that
he was “elated over fhe consoli
dation of the three schools. How
ever, I wish it could have been
a four-way instead of a three-way
consolidation effort.”
Three school districts, Wendell,
Rolesville and Knightdale, voted on
June 29 to approve consolidation
of their districts. Wakelon dis
trict citizens did not endorse the
consolidation plan.
Whitley indicated that he feels
it won’t be long before Wakelon
School District patrons will coop
erate in the comprehensive high
school.
Whitley was described at the
board meeting as a man who “has
always had the interest of the child
at heart” by a delegation from
Wendell, Rolesville and Knight
dale.
He retired earlier this year as
chairman of the five-member
board, a position he held for sev
en years. He served on the board
for 22 years.
Grading of the school site has
begun near Martin’s Center. The
school is scheduled to be ready in
the fall of 1964.
Rural Firemen
Answer Two Calls
Zebulon Rural Fire Department
answered its first tobacco barn fire
call Monday at 3 p.m. The bam
was on the farm of Walter Holding
of the Riley Hill section.
Firemen said damage to the bam
was slight, mostly water and
smoke damages. No estimate was
made of damages.
The second tobacco bam fire call
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C. V. Whitley
Pilot SoftbaHers
Best in League
Pilot softball league tops the
six teams in the Wake-Franklin
Softball League. It has 14 wins
and six losses for the season.
Standings:
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Pilot . 14 6
Pearces . 12 8
Hopkins . 10 10
Zebulon Methodist . 9 11
Wake Cross Roads ......... 8 12
New Hope . 7 13
The teams have played 20 games
out of the league’s 25 games sched
uled. There are five more remain
ing games to be played before the
double elimination play-off which
will follow the August 22 games.
Schedule
August 8—Wake Cross Roads vs.
Hopkins, 7:30 p.m.
Pilot vs. New Hope, 9 p.m.
August 9—Pearces vs. Wake
Cross Roads, 7:30 pm.
Zebulon Methodists vs. Hopkins,
9 p.m.
August 13—Hopkins vs. Pilot,
7:30 p.m.
New Hope vs. Wake Cross Roads,
9 p.m.
Free Vision Tests Available
For Students Entering School
In order to make sure that chil
dren starting to school for the first
time this year are visually ready to
learn to read, the North Carolina
Optometric Society is again of
fering the pre-school vision
screening program.
This program, which is available
to every child in North Caro
lina who is starting to school for
the first time, will be held on
Wednesday, August 14.
Dr. Perry Grogan, Zebulon op
tometrist, is participating in this
program, as is Dr. R. D. Cox of
Wendell. It is offered without
charge as a public service.
Dr. Grogan is ordinarily closed
on Wednesday afternoons but an
nounced that he will be open all
day Wednesday for this worth
while service.
“The pre-school vision screen
ings are thorough enough to de
termine if a visual problem exists,
or if the child is suffering from
an eye condition which needs
treating,’’ Dr. Grogan said.
Dr. Grogan stated that vision is
the key to a child’s whole develop
ment. A study of the
child’s vision reveals many impor
tant facts about the growth and
development of his personality as
well as his body. A child must
see well to grow well.
It is not necessary to make an
appointment for the pre-schooler’s
vision test, Dr. Grogan said.
Dr. Grogan Is a member of the
North Carolina Optometric Society