^EBULON RECORD
VOLUME 38. NUMBER 35. ZEBULON. N. C.. SEPTEMBER 5. 1963
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Classes Taught in Gym
“Conditions are so congested |
that high school and elementary
classes must be taught in the gym,”
Shepard Principal Garland Crews
said this week.
The school opened the new term
with 423 enrolled in the elemen
tary department and 341 in the
high school, the principal re
ported.
Ten new faculty members joined
the staff this year. Four of the new
additions are in the elementary
school and six are in the high
school.
New elementary teachers are
Janie Lurene Brown, a Fayette
ville State College graduate who
will teach the fifth grade; Mrs.
Barbara Sharpe Cotton, Fayette
ville State College with a master
of arts from North Carolina Col
lege, 4Y-5X grades; Johnny W.
Fuiell, Winston-Salem State Col
lege and Smith University, band
director and 6X grade; and Betty
Jean Hunt, North Carolina Col
lege, English and elementary li
brarian.
New high school staff members
are Mrs. Nettie Bailey Betts, N. C.
College and the University of
North Carolina, high school li
brary; Theocian H. Carter, Ten
nessee State College and the Uni
versity of Connecticut, mathemat
ics, general science and history;
Thomas S. Cooper, A & T College,
music, history and glee club;
Thelma F. Cowan, Shaw Univer
sity, English-French; Edmond R.
Johnson, N. C. College, social
studies, physical education and
band; and William E. Teel, Eliza
beth City State College, chemis
try, physics and earth science.
Returning teachers to the ele
mentary school are: Charles E.
Batts, grade 8Y; Mrs. Martha
Boatwright, grade IX; Elester Lee
Brandon, grade 2X; Mrs. Grade R.
Carpenter, grade 1Y; Roy Lee Col
lins, grade 6U; Mrs. Ruby
Vaughan Collins, grade 4X;
Richard Gregg, Jr., grade 6Z
7X; Mrs. Edith Jenkins Smith,
grade 3X; Mrs. Rochelle Hall Ma
lone, grade 3Y; Lawson W. Terrell,
Weekend Lockups
Four Negro men were appre
hended Saturday night and placed
in Zebulon jaiL Three were for
public drunkenness and one was
a capias.
Drunks arrested were Mike
Weaver of Zebulon, Joseph Pearce
of Baltimore and Samuel Massen
burg of Wake Forest. Zachariah
Clifton of Youngsville was picked
up on a capias.
Sheriff’s Deputy Graham Bunn,
and Zebulon officers, Windell
Perry, L. A. Baker and Wilson
Stallings y^ere the arresting of
ficers.
Jr., grade 5Y; Rose Mary White,
grade 2Y; and Mrs. Marie Smith
Wilcox, grades 7Y and 8X.
Mrs. Mathelia W. Boy, English
French-social studies; Mrs. Mary
Hicks Geiger, social studies-Eng
lish; Lilian Wilson Pinchback,
mathematics - guidance - student
council; Ernest T. Revell, agricul
ture; Charles A. Robinson, science
mathematics - school treasurer;
Mrs. Arabella H. Stallings, Eng
lish-commerce; Mrs. Dorothy
Parker Taylor, vocational home
economics; Frank L. Turner, guid
ance; and Handy Yates, Jr., mathe
matics-industrial arts are mem
bers of the high school faculty
who returned for the new term’s
work.
Meeting Planned
To Organize
Beginner Band
Two meetings lor parents and
children interested in joining a
beginners band class at Wakelon
I School will be held Thursday,
September 5, in the high school
band room, Jimmy Burns an
nounced this week. The first meet
ing will be from 3:15 to 5 p.m. and
the sapond from 7 to 9 p.m.
A music aptitude test was gfveii
last May to children in the 4th
and 5th grades to determine the
natural musical ability and apti
tude of each child. Those mak
ing satisfactory scores have been
invited to become members of the
beginning band class.
The popular Wakelon Band Di
rector urged parents to make a
special effort to attend one of the
Thursday meetings.
Forest Hendricks, president of
the Wakelon Band Boosters Club,
has announced a meeting of this
group for Tuesday, September 10,
at 8 p.m. in the band room.
A membership drive for ^the
Band Boosters is scheduled to be
gin next week for the 1963-64
school year.
For members of the beginner
band, special arrangements have
been made with a reliable music
company to provide band instru
ments. The. instruments may be
rented for three months to pro
vide time to determine the ability
and interest of a student before
the instrument is purchased. The
rental paid may be applied toward
the purchase price of the instru
ment.
Parents attending the Thursday
meetings should bring theirl child
ren who plan to be in the band
so that Director Bums can help
select the proper instrument the
student is best suited to play.
Highway Improvements Are
Noted bv Rotary Speaker
Highway US 64 east from
Raleigh, long the orphan child
of the N. C. State Highway Com
mission, is seeing better days, ac
cording to Roger R. Jackson, Jr.,
Public Relations Officer for the
State Highway Commission. Dur
ing the present administration nine
projects costing more than $15,
000,000 have been approved for
US 64 east of Raleigh.
The personable Mr. Jackson, a
native of Louisburg and two-term
member of the N. C. Legislature,
was introduced to the Rotary Club
last Friday night by Ferd Davis,
program chairman.
Main reason for the improve
ment bding made in Highway 64
is an administration sufficiently
interested in eastern North Caro
lina to spend money on improving
eastern highways, he said.
Included in the improvements
are a 4-lane section from Raleigh
to Neuse River costing $1,000,000;
4 lanes to near Knott’s store,
$1,700,000; 4 lanes to the Wen
dell by-pass, $400,000; six miles
of the Zebulon by-pass, $3,500,000;
and a new location from Zebulon
to Tar boro by-pass which will be
2 lines initially at $3,000,000.
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Wake School Man
Is in Accident
Jack Ruffin Pearce of 411 N.
Poplar St., Charlotte, was charged
with driving under the influence
of some intoxicating beverage or
narcotic drug following an acci
dent Sunday at 6:45 p.m. when he
collided wtih a car driven by Ed
Ellington of Zebulon.
Ellington, Wake County Schools
superintendent of buildings and
grounds, was driving a 1963
Chevrolet. Damages to it were
estimated at $300. The damages
to Pearce’s car were estimated at
approximately $200.
No injuries were reported to
the occupants. The accident oc
curred on Highway 64 approxi
mately one and a half miles east
of the city limits.
Patrolman B. K. Tucker was the
investigating officer.
Wakelon Bulldogs
Tackle Webb Hi
Wakelon Bulldog grid ironers
meet Webb High cleaters in the
first game of the season Friday
night, September 6, at 8 o’clock.
Webb High School is a consoli
dated school, formerly known as
Oxford High School.
Other home games of the season
are‘fr, .September 20, Nashville,
September 27, Oxford Orphanage;
October 18, Wendell; and October
25, Fremont.
Hits Car
Leroy Johnson, 51-year-old
Negro of Zebulon, was charged
with careless and reckless driving
Saturday afternoon after hitting
the parked car of Robert Lee
Doughty, Wendell Negro.
Investigating Officer Windell
Perry said Johnson, who was driv
ing a 1959 Oldsmobile, was taking
“tail spins” when he hit the other
car. Doughty’s car was a 1955
Chevrolet, which had estimated
damages of approximately $50.
The accident occurred on East
Barbee Street at about 6:30 p.m.
'Homecoming
The public is invited to the
Homecoming at Hopkins Chapel
Baptist Church Sunday, Septem
ber 8. Following the worship ser
vice with the sermon delivered by
the pastor, the Rev. Claude
Walker, a picnic lunch will be
served on the grounds of the
church. Beginning at 2 pm. and
continuing throughout the after
noon, religious music will be pre
sented by various singing groups.
Local Boy's Horse
Winner in Show
“Taffy,” four-year-old Palami
no belonging to Larry Arnold of
Zebulon, was declared a fifth
place winner in the Enfield Horse
Show held Labor Day.
Taffy was ridden by Miss Carol
Wood, 14-year-old daughter of
Mrs. Ira Wood of Enfield and
granddaughter of Mrs. Herbert
Winstead of Zebulon.
The Palamino was exhibited in
the pleasure class division. Thirty
horses participated in this division.
This annual horse show is the
largest one-day horse show in the
world.
Wakelon Has Fewer
Elementary Students
Garden Club Meet
To Be Monday
The first meeting of its new year
will be Monday night, September
9, Mrs. George Tucker, president,
said of the Carmen Flowers Gar
den Club.
Hoyle Clay, Wyatt-Quarles Seed
Co. horticulturist, will be the
guest speaker. He will instruct
the members on bulb planting,
new varieties, and other aspects
of bulb growing.
Mrs. Tucker said: “I feel that
our last club year was the best
one yet. We had a lot of new
members. And there was a great
deal of enthusiasm.”
The club has a membership of
approximately 20 now, the presi
dent said.
Mrs. Tucker issued an invita
tion to non-members to attend the
Monday night meeting at Mrs.
Thurman Murray’s. Memberships
may be accepted then or later if
the visiting guest desires.
“We would like for every wom
an in Zebulon to become a mem
ber of the 'gat-den club,” Mrs.
Tucker said. “We really feel that
we are doing a very fine job, and
we are anxious to grow and do
an even better one this year.”
Dentist III
Dr. L. M. Massey, prominent
Zebulon dentist and civic leader,
is a patient at Wendell-Zebulon
Hospital. The nature of his ill
ness has not been disclosed by his
family or hospital officials.
Financial Reports
OK Audit Shows
Reports from Wakelon princi
i pal’3 office reveal that the school’s
elementary department has 20
fewer students than last year. The
high school gained one additional
student.
School opened Friday, August
30. Enrollment figures were for
the first school day, September 3.
They are: high school, 257; ele
mentary, 570.
Release of the school’s financial
report was made this week. The
audit of the local school’s book
was made in the Raleigh offices.
Comments from the auditors
stated: “TJie books and records
were well kept, accurate, neat and
in good order. Disbursements were
supported by invoices and other
supporting data. Duplicate cash
receipts were on hand for the
months tested and were distri
buted to the proper fund.”
One school official, Mrs. Mar
garet Bowling, office clerk, secre
tary and bookkeeper, said: “We
are very happy with the auditor’s
report.”
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Hospital N|tes
The following were patients ait
Wendell-Zebulon Hospital Wedf
nesday morning.
Peggy Gay, Dottie Davis, Laura
Smith, Mildred Puryear, Joan
Privette, Ethel Green, Blonnie
Williams, Kay Tippett, Mary Wat
kins, William Stockton, Melvin
Medlin, Dr. L. M. Massey, Fletcher
McPherson, Minnie Privette, Es
telle Upchurch, Herbert Alford
I and Russell Weathers.
Takes Appeal in Tree Cutting
Case; Bond is Set at $500
The following cases were dis
posed of by Judge I. D. Gill in
Zebulon Recorder’s Court last
Wednesday.
Henry Smith, Route 1, Zebulon
Negro, was sentenced to six months
on roads for cutting trees and al
lowing them to fall in Little River,
impeding and preventing the
stream from drainage.
Court information revealed that
Smith cut the trees on August 4.
The incident occurred just below
Tarpley’s Mill.
Smith took an appeal, and bond
was set at $500. The case was sent
to Superior Court.
Billy Graham Brantley of Zeb
ulon was found not guilty of
failing to grant the right of way
to on-coming traffic.
A 12-month road sentence was
levied against David Cordell,
Route 1, Spring Hope Negro, for
driving while under the influence
of some intoxicating liquor or
narcotic drug. The sentence was
suspended on payment of a fine
of $250 and court costs.
Joe High, Route 4, Zebulon Neg
ro, was sentenced to 90 days on
the roads for a charge of tres
passing on land after being duly
warned by the owner and tenant
to stay off. The sentence was
suspended on payment of court
costs and not to go on the land
across the bridge until he shows
the court he has a Tight to go on
land.
Terry Parker of Zebulbn, who
has a charge of being public
drunk on the public highway of
North Carolina and did have in
his possession a quantity of non
tax paid whiskey and transport
the same on the State Highways of
North Carolina, received a 90-day
road sentence, suspended on pay
ment of $100 fine and costs.
Maylon Weaver plead guilty to
a charge of operating a motor ve
hicle on the State Highways of
North Carolina while under the
influence of an intoxicating bev
erage or some narcotic drug. He
received a sentence of 90 days on
roads, suspended on payment of
$100 fine and costs.
A worthless check in the amount
of $35 given by Edna Earle Lamm
of Princeton to Debnam Hard
ware netted the defendant 30 days
on the roads. This sentence was
suspended on payment of a $10
fine and court costs and to reim
burse Debnam the amount of the
check. The defendant appealed
and bond was set at $100.
Because Holena Holder was
found to be wider 16 years old
two charges of assaulting Annie
Hose McClain were sent to Do
mestic Relations Court for trial.
The young Negress of Route 1,
Zebulon, was charged with
asaulting Annie Rose McClain
with her hands and fists on the
streets of Zebulon and acting in
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