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ZEBULON RECORD
VOLUME 38. NUMBER 46. ZEBULON. N. C.. NOVEMBER 21. 1063
MASCOTS . . . Shyly holding hands while they pose for the
photographer are Kathy Ann Perry, left, and John Walter Perry.
Kathy and Walt are the mascots for Wakelon School’s senior class.
Kathy, 4, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bobby H. Perry of Route 4,
Zebulon, and Walt is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Basil Perry of Route
3, Zebulon.
Cemetery, Old Dump
Make Town Bigger
Bank is Host
A remodeled Peoples Bank &
Trust Co. will be hosts Friday,
Nov. 22, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. to
its patrons and friends.
Persons who attend the open
house will see the evidences of the
approximately $50,000 which was
spent on the renovation project
that took almost six months to
complete.
Refreshments and favors will be
given to all those persons attend
ing the event.
Cashier Robert D. Massey said
Peoples Bank & Trust Co. is a full
service bank, offering the patron
all the advantages of efficient and
modern banking facilities.
The basic functions of the local
bank are to accept and safeguard
deposits, to transfer funds, and to
make sound loans.
Peoples Bank & Trust Co. has
the latest and most modern bank
ing machines—operated efficiently
by the bank’s personnel—to insure
the patron of high quality bank
ing services.
The basis of modern banking is
mutual understanding. This mu
tual understanding is brought a
bout between Peoples Bank &
Trust Co. personnel and its pa
trons.
The town’s bigger by approxi
mately 20 acres.
Mayor Ed Hales and members of
the town board met Monday night,
Nov. 11, in a special session and
unanimously voted to take the
cemetery and old trash dump
property into the city limits.
Town Manager Willie B. Hop
kins said since the cemetery has
been taken into the town limits
it will receive more and better
care. He also added that all drive
ways and streets in or around the
cemetery will be paved as soon
as Powell Bill Funds are avail
able.
The area once used to dump the
town’s garbage on will probably be
turned into a recreational section
for Negroes, Town Manager Hop
kins feels. It is adjacent to a Ne
gro development.
Local Man Aboard
Submarine Tender
Harvey R. Carter, interior com
munications electrician first class,
USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie
C. Carter of Route 4, Zebulon, is
serving aboard the submarine
tender USS Holland which ope
rates out of Charleston, S. C.
Pearce Church Pastor is
Leaving for Sanford
The pastor of Pearoe Baptist
Church submitted his resignation
to the congregation at the Sunday
morning service.
The Rev. Garland Foushee, for
the last four and one-half years
pastor of Pearce Church, said he
“feels that the work at Pearce has
reached its peak and his new pas
torate will offer more challenges.”
The Rev. Mr. Foushee has ac
cepted a pastorate with the East
Sanford Baptist Church in San
ford. His resignation from the
Pearce Church becomes effective
January 1.
East Sanford Church has a
membership of 558, the minister
said.
The Rev. Mr. Foushee is a native
of Sanford. He has degrees from
Wake Forest College, Southeastern
Theological Seminary, and special
courses from the School of Pas
toral Care at the Baptist Hospital
in Winston-Salem.
He is married and is the father
of three children.
Xmas Parade
Plans far a Christmas parade for
Zebulon are being rounded out,
according to Chamber of Com
merce President Robert D. Massey.
Massey said Monday, December
9, has been set for the parade.
Massey, Aaron Lowery, Pat Farm
er and Bobby Pace are in charge
of arrangements.
Professional floats and other
floats are scheduled for the parade.
Firms desiring to rent a profes
sional float should contact one of
the four men mentioned above.
Clubs, organizations, schools and
other firms are urged to enter
floats, Massey said. The parade is
only three weeks away, so plans
for entering it should be made
now.
Seal Luncheon
Several women from Zebulon
will attend the annual Christmas
seal sale luncheon Thursday, No
vember 21, at the Raleigh Wom
an’s Club.
Dr. Herbert O. Siker, professor
of medicine of Duke University
School of Medicine, will speak on
respiratory diseases.
A report on the year’s work at
the Tuberculosis Association will
be given.
Mrs. B. D. Thomas is assisting
with the arrangements of the
luncheon. She is a former board
member and is now on the educa
tional committee of the board.
Mrs. Amos Estes succeeded Mrs.
Thomas on the board.
Teacher Speaks
To Woman's Chib
There were 30 members and two
guests present at the November
meeting of the Zebulon Woman’s
Club to hear the program on inter
national affairs presented by Mrs.
Elizabeth Ellett.
Mrs. Ellett, a member of Wake
Ion School faculty and a former
town commissioner, spent part of
last summer traveling around the
world. She told of her experiences
on the trip and showed slides of
some of the beautiful spots she
visited.
Hostesses were Mrs. E. C. Dan
iel, Mrs. J. F. Coltrane, Mrs. J. K.
Barrow, Mrs. C. V. Whitley and
Miss Margaret Barrow.
Mrs. Armstrong Cannady, presi
dent of the club, presided over the
business session.
Union Service
A community-wide Thanksgiv
ing observance will be held Wed
nsday, November 27, at 7:30 p.m.
in Zebulon Methodist Church, the
Rev. Pierce Layfleld, pastor, an
nounced this week.
Dr. John Wayland, interim pas
tor of Zebulon Baptist Church, will
be the speaker.
The Rev. Mr. Layfleld extends
an invitation to the community to
be present at this Thanksgiving
observance service.
Power Off
Work on a 12,000-volt power line
near Zebulon will necessitate an
interruption of electric service in
some neighborhoods early Sunday
morning.
F. T. Scarborough, manager for
Carolina Power fc Light Co. of
Zebulon, said the work will be
between 6 and 8 a.m., Sunday,
November 24. The region to be
affected by the interruption is
from Shepard School on Highway
64 to Tant’s Crossroads, including
the Pilot community.
Principal Says Pupils
Learning to Think
At Wakelon School
“A thinking person is what we
are trying to create,” Wakelon
Principal J. C. Hawkins told Zeb
ulon Rotarians last Friday evening
in a report on his program at
Wakelon School. During his spir
ited discussion, the school head re
lated his beliefs on what needs
emphasis in schools.
Rotarion Ed Ellington intro
duced Mr. Hawkins, who is a na
tive of Mecklenburg County. The
Principal’s undergraduate work
was completed at Campbell and
Appalachian Colleges, and he did
graduate work at N. C. State and
East Carolina.
The tremendous tasks before the
school in educating children is em
phasized by the vast increase in
knowledge today, he said. “The
knowledge gained between 1950
and 1960 equals all that attained
before,” he related.
Because of the advance of tech
nical knowledge, he said, pressures
are placed on school leaders to im
prove scientific and mathematical
knowledge of boys and girls, and
in many instances humanities are
being left behind as a result.
While instructors in math and
science are paid additional wages,
no urging is heard to sopplemenl
the salaries of language and social
science teachers.
Justifying efforts in teaching
humanities at Wakelon, Mr. Haw
Car Strikes Negro
Henry High, 66-year-old Zeb
ulon Negro, was hospitalized Fri
day night, Nov. 15, after -being
struck by an auto.
Police Chief Willie B. Hopkins
said High received two breaks in
his right leg after being struck
about 6:30 p.m. by a 1962 Cadillac!
driven by Austin W. Perry of
Route 4, Zebulon.
Hopkins said High was riding
his bicycle and was making a turn
into West North Street. Perry was
traveling South on Highway 96
and struck High and his vehicle
squarely in the middle.
The policeman said the impact
threw High over the hood of Per
ry’s car, breaking off the car’s an
tenna. High received minor lace
rations and contusions from the
flight.
Hopkins said he has informa
tion that High is recovering very
nicely at Wake Memorial Hospital.
No charges have been preferred
against either driver, Hopkins said.
kins asked: “How can we under
stand the rest of the world if we
know nothing about it?”
Illustrating the ignorance of the
average high school student of hu
manities, Mr. Hawkins said in
North Carolina seniors averaged
only 24% in knowing North Caro
lina public officials and their du
ties.
Reading is almost a lost art, he
indicated. “(Wakelon) students
can do mathematics if someone
will read the problem to them,”
he said. Because of the lack of
reading skill in high school stu
dents, a concentrated effort is be
ing made at Wakelon to improve
reading by high school students.
“We want the average high school
student to read at least on the
level a ninth grade student should
read,” he said, “but the average
high school student now reads on
the sixth grade level.”
Instruction in foreign languages
is very important, Mr. Hawkins
said. “I am one of those old fash
ioned people who believes you
can’t learn about something far
away from you without first learn
ing about what is close to you.”
"I wish Aye could give Russian
in our school,” he Said. “We need
to understand the Russian people.
Why are they like they are?”
He said he is proud of Wfekelon’s
Spanish classes. "I believe in the
not too far future we are going to
have to deal with our neighbors
to the South more than ever be
fore ... Look at the news ... We
need to know the languages of
other people. I am proud we are
offering Spanish in our school.”
The technical fields are not be
ing neglected, in spite of the work
in humanities at Wakelon. Six
math courses and five science
courses are offered. “As long as we
can keep a balance we will have
boys and girls coming out of
Wakelon who will be citizens we
can be proud of,” he said. “Don’t
let pressure groups cause us to em
phasize one field at the expense
of others.”
No matter how much is done by
the schools, students can’t learn all
they should. “All we can do is
teach them the knowledge that is
now available and try to get them
to see why they are learning what
they are,” he said.
“The greatest thing we can do
for a student,” Mr. Hawkins con
cluded, “is to get him to assume
his responsibility to think.”
Route 3 Zebulon Farmer
Is Charged With latest
Jimerson Puckett waived preliminary
hearing for a charge of incest m Zebulon
Recorder's Court Wednesday. Judge I. D.
Gill sent the case to Wake Superior Court
for trial.
The W’ake County Grand Jury found
a true bill against Puckett when they met
this week, according to local police depart
ment.
A warrant was sworn out by Betty Mae
Puckett, 16, against her father for the
assault. Sheriffs Deputy S. J. Blackley
served the warrant on Puckett.
Police said the girl told that the assault
occurred on November 9 on the side of
the road between Zebulon and their home
on Route 3, Zebulon.
Puckett, about 50-years-old, is a farmer.
He was released on a $2,000 bond.
Judge Giil held the hearing after clearing
the court room.
Other cases disposed of in the Wednesday
session were:
Allison Troy Strickland was found guilty
of driving drunk and given a one year road
sentence. His sentence was suspended on
payment of $500 fine and costs. This was
Strickland's third offense while his driver's
license was revoked.
James Pace was found guilty of appearing
in a drunken condition and given a 30-day
jail sentence suspended on payment of a
425 fine and costs. On a second charge of
being public drunk and disorderly at the
borne of Joe Tippett. He was given a 60-day
jail sentence suspended on payment of 425
fine and costs.
James Edward Richardson was given a
six months road sentence suspended on
payment of a 4200 fine and costs for driving
without a valid operator’s license, careless
and reckless driving, no insurance, improper
registration, and hit and run. He gave
notice of appeal and bond was set at 4300.
Allan B. I. Smith was found guilty of
going 65 mpn in a 55 .mph zone and with
an improper muffler. He was given a 60
day road sentence suspended on payment of
a 425 fine and costs and pay 425 to Poplar
Springs Church.
Norman Lee Holman, speeding, $100 fine
and costs.
James McGee Ruffin, improper passing
to wit in face of on-coming traffic, case
abated because defendant died.
Grover Lee Baker, drunk and disorderly
on public highway, 30 days on roads sus
pended on payment of 410 fine and oasts.
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