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ZEBULON RECORD
VOLUME 38. NUMBER 43. ZEBULON. N. C., OCTOBER 31. 1963
Cancer Victim
Death Not Fearful for Her
Mrs. Iris Temple
Band Boosters to
Enlarge Program
Members of the Wakelon Band
Boosters made plans for an en
larged activities program to pro
mote Wakelon’s bands following
an inspiring talk by William Ke
ner of the Cary Band Boosters
Club. The largest attendance of
the year was present for the spir
ited meetings.
Mr. Keener described the opera
tion and activities of the Cary
Band Boosters, told of the $9,000
annual budget supported for the
Cary Bands, and urged similar
support for the Wakelon Band by
the community.
The speaker urged that the
Wakelon group adopt a constitu
tion and by-laws to govern its
operation.
Following his talk, Wakelon
Principal J. C. Hawkins explained
the source of funds used to finance
the Wakelon Band.
To plan and direct efforts to
raise additional funds for the
Wakelon Band program, a Ways
and Means Committee was elected
composed of Frank Wall, chair
man; Frank Kemp, Armstrong
Cannady, and Hardin Hinton. As
chairman of this committee, Frank
Wall also will serve as business
manager of the Band Boosters.
A By-Laws Committee was
formed of Andrew Jenkins, Barrie
Davis, and the four elected officers
of the Boosters: R. F. Hendricks,
president; Mrs. Harold Greene,
vice president; Mrs. Armstrong
Cannady, treasurer; and Mrs. Bill
Bowling, secretary.
How does it feel to see the jaws
of death staring you coldly in the
face?
How does it feel to feel death’s
icy fingers draining you of your
life?
Iris Temple sees death constant
ly and feels her life slowly ebbing
away. She is a victim of cancer.
“We are all going some way or
the other,” Mrs. Temple says
philosophically. “I did not set my
way to go.”
Mrs. Temple still keeps a stiff
upper lip, confident smile, and
warm and radiant personality. She
indicated that she sees no reason
to become glum and morose.
“When you see death staring you
in the face,” she said, “ you can
see down the road and in front,
too. Where you have been and
where you are going.”
She smiled charmingly after a
grimace of pain and said that she
feels that everything that has hap
pened to her has made a better
person out of her.
“I’ve had my ups and downs
in life,” 56-year-old Mrs. Temple
said. “But I feel strongly that
these ups and downs have made
me a better person.”
Mrs. Temple has been suffering
from a bladder disorder for three
years. After an operation on her
bladder three years ago, she felt
that all might be well. But last
spring, she learned the worst after
another operation. She had cancer.
“Oh, no, I don’t mind talking
about it,” Mrs. Temple said. “It’s
a fact I’ve accepted.”
She said she is in pain day and
night. At times the pain is very
intense and excruciating.
“Nobody can imagine,” she said
of the pain. “It is as hard as any
labor pain I have ever suffered,
and I’ve had four children.”
She said she could not be as
active as she is without killing
the pain with dope. She said she
has to knock herself out with dope
many nights in order to sleep.
Now she gets extremely weak
and tired, even though she possess
es a good appetite. She has had to
take several pints of blood to re
vitalize her system.
“The doctors have given me no
idea how much longer I’ve got
to live,” Mrs. Temple, grasping
her lower abdoman when a pain
struck. “One doctor has implored
with me that I go to a hospital in
Lumberton which is strictly for
cancer patients. But I’m not going
as long as I can stay any ways
active.”
Hemorrhaging and unable to
control her urine necessitates Mrs.
Temple to wear baby diapers.
(Continued on page 7)
Driver Education Courses Set
For Area; To Begin Nov. 7
Driver Education Representa
tive Gene Lucas of the Department
of Motor Vehicles announced this
week that driver education courses,
sponsored by the vehicles agency,
have been scheduled for this area.
The first courses for this area
are to begin November 7 in the
court room of Zebulon Municipal
Building, he said. Each lesson
will be two hours in length. There
will be four lessons in the course,
one each week for four weeks.
Courses will be held from 4 to 0
in the afternoon.
The new courses getting under
way ?re being offered in compli
ance with the law and will be
available in all 100 counties of
North Carolina. They are designed
to supplement regular high school
driver training and to meet the
needs of those young people to
whom such training is not avail
able.
High school drop-outs may take
advantage of these courses. Lucas
said, or high school students who
were not able to take the summer
driver education course. High
school students will be required
to have written permission from
their principal prior to enrollment.
Lucas said persons wanting to
attend the classes should apply at
the local driver licensing office.
Enrollment forms are available
there and examiners will complete
the application and make class as
signments. Applicants must bring
with them a copy of their birth
certificate.
Traffic safety education was
made mandatory by an act of the
1963 General Assembly for all 16
18 year old youths wanting a dri
ver’s license, Lucas explained.
Wakelon Senior Named Queen;
Bulldogs Win Over Fremont
A pretty Wakelon senior was j
crowned homecoming queen at
half time Friday night.
Joan Kaye Baker, the new
queen, will hold the title for a
year. She was crowned by Miss
Linda Liles, 1963 homecoming
queen.
Miss Baker, whose measure
ments are 34-24-36, wore a white
strapless gown with a white lace
fitted bodice, ruffled full skirt with
lace continued from the bodice to
the middle of the skirt.
Seventeen-years-old, she is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. K.
Baker of Route 3, Zebulon. She
is head majorette, president of
F.T.A., a member of the National
Honor Society, and treasurer of
Wake County F.H.A.
Miss Baker represented Mrs.
Bessie Smith’s home room. She
rode in a convertible driven by
Calvin Richardson.
Other home room representa
tives vying for the honor were
Betsy Faye Long, Shirley Faye
Baker, Ann Layfleld, Donna Faye
Stallings, Carolyn Sue Denton,
Faye Douglas Finch and Sandra
Nell Perry.
Betsy Faye Long is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Cameron D. Long
of Route 1, Zebulon. The 17-year
old senior vepresented Mrs. Doris
Privette’s home room. Her meas
urements are 34-23-35. She wore
a strapless gown in a pastel green
with layers of Chantilly lace cover
ing the bodice and flowing skirt.
She is active in the Beta Club,
National Honor Society, Mono
gram Club, and is a majorette. ]
Thieves Burglarize 2 Stores
i hieves apparently shimmied up
the drain pipe behind Antone’s
Department Store some time dur
ing the weekend and burglarized
the department store and the ap
pliance store belonging to B. A.
Antone.
Zebulon police department of
ficials said Monday preliminary
revealed that two transistor
radios and approximately $70 was
found missing in Antone’s ap
pliance store. Approximately
$100 was missing from the cash
register in the clothing store.
Night Policeman Windell Perry
said the thieves entered the stores
after breaking a window pane in
the second story of the main
building. They then came down
into the appliance and clothing
stores.
Antone discovered the burglary
Monday morning.
An employee of the clothing firm
said one of the thieves apparently
tried on a man’s coat and then
took if off, throwing it on the
floor, leaving the sleeves turned
inside out.
Perry said he was told that the
Hospital Gets Funds
Wendell-Zebulon Branch Hos
pital was one of 184 North and
South Carolina hospitals assisted
by the Duke Endowment. The re
port was received last week of the
annual report of the Endowment.
Assistance to Wendell-Zebulon for
operating expenses was $890, ac
cording to the report.
Fund Drive Lax
The recent Boy Scout financial
drive here has not produced the
desired amount.
Bill Komegay, drive chairman,
said a goal of $2,500 was set. Only
$2,068.25 of this amount has been
collected.
Even though the drive has of
ficially closed, Komegay is hope
ful that the goal will be reached.
He said there are more persona
to contact and promises of more
money have been made.
Bake Sale
Friendship Bible Class mem
bers of Hopkins Chapel Church
are taking orders for pies and
cakes. The proceeds from the
desserts which you may order for
your meals or parties will be used
for the class’s projects in connec
tion with the church program.
Orders may be placed with any
members of the class.
cash register in the clothing store
was left open. No clothing or
other articles was found to be
missing, Perry said; however, no
inventory had been made Monday.
Perry said the window pane
broken measured approximately
14x20, and added that a teenager
or young adult could have easily
wiggled his way through it.
Neither of the locks on the
clothing or appliance store seemed
to have been tampered with. Perry
said he suspected that the thieves
left the store the way they
entered.
A fingerprint expert from Wake
County Identification Bureau was
called but was unable to find any
usable prints.
Assisting Perry were Sheriff’s
Deputy S. J. Blackley and Police
man Wilson Stallings. They are
still continuing investigations.
Legion Auxiliary
To Bring Gifts
The November meeting of the
American Legion Auxiliary will be
held Wednesday, November 6, at
8 p.m. in the home of Mrs. Frank
Wall. All members are reminded
to bring the two gifts which are
to be sent to the gift shops in the
veterans hospitals. If members
can’t be present they are requested
to get their gift, or money, if
they prefer, to Mrs. Wall by the
meeting date. The local unit
will work at the gift shop in Vet
erans Hospital in Durham Tues
day, December 10, from 6 to 9
p.m.
Junior Girl Scout Troop to
Be Organized in Zebulon
A junior Girl Scout Troop is to
be organized for the girls of Zebu
Ion community, Mrs. Ruric Gill,
Jr., announced this week. No date
has been set for the organization,
but Mrs. Gill said she suspects the
troop will be organized soon.
The troop will be sponsored by
the Lioness Club Auxiliary. Troop
leaders will be Mrs. Gill and Mrs.
Frank Wall.
Mrs. Gill said she is expecting
organizational materials from the
Scout office. In these materials
will be parent consent forms which
will be distributed to giTls in the
fourth, fifth and sixth grades.
The leaders are hoping that
enough girls between the ages
of nine and 11 will become mem-1
bers to break the troop down into
patrols. The patrol system is the
most effective and the one which
the leaders would like to use.
No meeting date has been set.
At the organizational meetings—
four before the girls are allowed to
join—plans will be made for meet
ing dates, Mrs. Gill said.
Both Mrs. Gill and Mrs. Wall
expressed a desire for full commu
nity support. The community has
been without a Girl Scout troop
for several years, and the leaders
are anxious that the forthcoming
organization function efficiently
and successfully.
Mrs. Gill estimated that at least
50 girls between the ages of nine
and 11 are eligible'.
Driving her convertible was Rod
Strickland.
Shirley Faye Baker, daughter
of Mrs. Melba Baker of Zebulon,
represented Mrs. Stanley Seago’s
junior home room. She Is 16
years-old and has measurements
of 34-24-34. The gown she chose
was a white strapless with Chan
tilly lace over white net and satin
and has a satin cummerbund and
half train. She is vice president
of the Science Club, a member of
the F.T.A., National Piano Music
Association, and many church
activities. Eddie Baker drove the
convertible she rode.
Ann Layfield represented Ros
coe Spellman’s junior home room.
Joan Baker
The 16-year-old is the daughter
of the Rev. and Mrs. P. H. Lay
field, Jr. Her 34-24-35 measure
ments were gowned in a pink
chiffon over taffeta long formal
with a pink chiffon streamer in the
back. She is vice president of the
Methodist Subdistrict MYF, secre
tary of the local MYF, and active
in many church activities. Her
driver was Tim Gay.
Donna Faye Stallings rode atop
a convertible driven by Norman
Perry. This 15-year-old sopho
more, representing Jose Barreau’s
home room, wore a white strap
less evening gown with nylon- or
gandy tiers with lace over satin.
Her measurements are 34-24-35,
and she is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Donald Stallings of
Zebulon.
Carolyn Sue Denton, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Denton of
Route 2, Middlesex, is 17-years
old and a member of the sopho
more class. She represented Mrs.
Stanley’s sophomore room. With
measurements of 36-25-36, she
wore a white gown of lace and taf
feta with a rounded bodice and
full skirt. She is a member of the
F. H. A. Her driver was Ronnie
Perry.
Faye Douglas Finch represented
Mrs. Owen Strickland’s freshman
home room. She has chosen a
blue strapless full length gown
(Continued on Page 6)